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Fig. 2

From: Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2015 and 2016

Fig. 2

Epicenters and focal mechanisms of earthquakes recorded by the Swiss Seismological Service: a during 2015; b during 2016. Events and focal mechanisms (lower hemisphere projections) discussed in the text (bold labels) are Basadingen-Schlattingen (BAS), Bernina Pass (BER), Biel (BIE), Crans (CRA), Diemtigen (DIE), Gelterkinden (GLK), Göschenen (GOE), Hilzingen (HIL), Jungfrau (JFR), Mulegns (MUL), Novel (NOV), Salgesch (SAL), Solothurn (SOL), St-Léonard (STL), Vallorcine (VAL). Additional events with focal mechanisms are Guarda (GRD), Lenzkirch (LEK), Klösterle a. Arlberg (KAA), Rebévelier (REB), Schluderns (SLU), Schopfheim (SHO), Stein am Rhein (SAR). Background colors outline major tectonic units: Molasse basin of the northern Alpine foreland (yellow ocher), Jura Mountains (turquois), Alps (gray), external massifs (light red), southern Rhine graben (brown). Gray lines indicate faults and fault systems adopted from Heuberger et al. (2016), Mock and Herwegh (2017), Vouillamoz et al. (2017), and Swisstopo (2005). AM Aar massif, EF Engadine fault, FF Fribourg fault zone, PF Pontarlier fault zone, RSL Rhône-Simplon line, SgF St. Gallen fault zone, SoF Solothurn fault zone. Boxes outline Hegau-Bodensee and Rhône Valley regions discussed in text

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