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Scientists study seismology by triggering tiny quakes beneath Swiss Alps

Strata of granite and gneiss line the BedrettoLab tunnel, where researchers study how faults behave deep beneath the Swiss Alps near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

An aerial view shows the entrance to the BedrettoLab research tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

ETH Zurich geology professor Domenico Giardini stands beside measuring instruments inside the BedrettoLab tunnel near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

Borehole cores lie piled outside the entrance to the BedrettoLab tunnel after drilling work near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

Staff ride a scooter through the BedrettoLab tunnel as researchers move through the underground facility near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

An emergency exit sign marks a section of the BedrettoLab tunnel, underscoring the controlled conditions of the underground experiment near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

Lab manager Marian Hertrich monitors measurements on a computer inside the BedrettoLab tunnel near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

ETH Zurich master students Alessandro Profeta, left, and Alba Zappone examine cracks in the BedrettoLab tunnel near Bedretto, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. (AFP)

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