Berlin — Two earthquakes struck Liechtenstein just as the Alpine microstate was discussing the merits of earthquake insurance. The first minor quake occurred just before 2 p.m. (6 a.m. Eastern) on Thursday. Legislator Bettina Petzold-Maehr had recently cautioned that the likelihood of all Liechtenstein people being impacted by a countrywide earthquake was high.
Petzold-Maehr laughed and continued until the second earthquake, which shook the room significantly.
“This is becoming a little much, you never know whether there will be aftershocks,” Albert Frick, the speaker, remarked as he announced a 15-minute break.
Thursday afternoon, a magnitude 4 earthquake struck Liechtenstein, which is located between Switzerland and Austria, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.
The police in Liechtenstein said that no casualties or property damage were recorded and provided a magnitude of 3.9 for the quake.
With a population of little under 39,000 and an area of 62 square miles, Liechtenstein is somewhat smaller than Washington, D.C.