Series of small earthquakes near Sörenberg (LU)

In the morning of January 4, 2024, starting from 7:37 h (local time), a sequence of more than a dozen earthquakes with magnitudes between 1.5 and 3 was registered near Sörenberg (LU). The strongest events with magnitudes of 2.8, 3.0 and 2.9 happened within one minute and were partly felt by the population up to 15 km from the epicenter. Damage is not expected for such small events.

Since the start of modern seismic monitoring in Switzerland some 40 years ago, hardly any earthquakes were observed in that region. The future development of the sequence is not really predictable. However, one can expect the activity to continue within the next hours and days.