Map of past earthquakes in Switzerland and neighbouring regions
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Datasets
ECOS09 is the earthquake catalogue of Switzerland and bordering regions. It integrates the following sources: - Macroseismic Earthquake Catalogue of Switzerland (MECOS 02) with events since 250 a.d. – the yearly reports of the Swiss Earthquake Commission since 1879 – earthquake locations of the instrumental networks of the Swiss Earthquake Service (SED) since 1975 – Supplemented by 12 earthquake catalogues from neighbouring countries and international agencies. This data show a selection of earthquakes in Switzerland with a minimum intensity of VI (buildings lightly damaged) from the ECOS09 catalogue.