Ancient Earthquakes at Lake Lucerne

By Michael Schnellmann, Flavio Anselmetti, Domenico Giardini, Judith McKenzie, Steven Ward

A recent survey of the sediments beneath a Swiss lake reveals a series of prehistoric temblors

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January-February 2004

Volume 92, Number 1
Page 46

DOI: 10.1511/2004.45.46

"On Tuesday the 18th of September, 1601, shortly before two o'clock in the morning, a strong and truly frightening earthquake hit the region around Lucerne . . . . Nobody could remember a similar event and even chronicles do not document that the city ever experienced a similar occurrence."

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