In Sweden, an unusually intense earthquake – “just as a large excavator had rolled into the house” | Brief news

The earthquake was 3.5 magnitude.

In Sweden, there has been an earthquake in Lake Vänern. Among other things Mariestads-Tidningen, Aftonbladet and Expressen.

According to the local rescue service, the quake has not caused injuries.

According to the Swedish National Seismology Center, the earthquake was 3.5 magnitude.

This is a relatively strong earthquake, a lecturer in seismology at the University of Uppsala Björn lund says to Aftonbladet.

– Such earthquakes take place every three or five years. The strongest earthquake in Sweden was in the Gulf of Bothnia in 2016, four magnitude, says Lund.

According to Lund, the quake is not strong enough to cause dangerous waves on Lake Vänerjärvi.

“The whole building shook”

Mariestad Katrin’s Jedselius50, sat down as the quake struck his office.

“As if a large backhoe had rolled into the house,” Jedselius comments to Aftonbladet.

Jedselius says he rushed to the window to see what had happened.

– I was really scared and wondered what had happened. I was alone in the building. The whole building was shaking.

Vänern is located in the southern part of the country near Gothenburg.

The news is updated.