Magnitude of 4.1 – earthquake wakes up Austrians – Austria-News
On Sunday morning at 6.13 a.m. the earth shook in southern Germany. The quake was reported as having a magnitude of 4.1.
16 kilometers southwest of Tübingen, Germany, the earth shook at 6:13 a.m. on Sunday morning, according to the Swiss Seismological Service of ETH (SED). The earthquake reached a magnitude of 4.1.
Minor damage possible
The earthquake was also clearly felt in parts of Austria. According to the SED, smaller increases in an earthquake of this magnitude are possible in the vicinity of the epicenter.
An earthquake measuring 3.5 had already shaken Liechtenstein and parts of Vorarlberg on Friday afternoon. And only in September did one occur with a magnitude of 3.9. Explosive: The earthquake shook the main town of Vaduz at the very time when earthquake insurance was being debated in the state parliament.
More tremors felt
This could also be seen in the live broadcast, the hall was evacuated as a precaution (“Heute” reported). Now it was again the dwarf state between Austria and Switzerland that caused an earthquake. Friday afternoon at 5:33 p.m., the tremor four kilometers south-east of Vaduz reached 3.5 on the Richter scale.