Heavy rain can cause earthquakes - expert explains how high the danger is for Bavaria.. As of: February 28, 2024, 11:04 a.m By: Lisa Metzger CommentsPressSplit In the past few weeks there have been significantly more tremors than usual in the Alpine region.

The region is repeatedly affected. Professor Heiner Igel from LMU explains the background. Professor Igel teaches seismology at the Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Ludwig Maximilian University.