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Earthquakes in Switzerland

21,936 earthquakes catalogued in and around Switzerland between 1905 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.8
Latest earthquake · depth 0.3 km
04.08.2026 05:35 UTC · from centre 119 km
21,936
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1905–2026
record span
1.50
mean magnitude
19,920
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0127825561905: 1 (M4–5)1905: 1 (M5+)19051907: 1 (M4–5)1911: 1 (M5+)1913: 1 (M5+)19151918: 1 (M5+)1924: 1 (M5+)19251930: 1 (M5+)1933: 1 (M5+)1935: 1 (M5+)19351943: 1 (M5+)19451946: 2 (M5+)1948: 2 (M4–5)1954: 2 (M5+)19551956: 1 (M4–5)1958: 1 (M5+)1964: 1 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M4–5)19651967: 1 (M4–5)1968: 2 (M4–5)1971: 2 (M4–5)1974: 1 (M4–5)1975: 1 (M3–4)1975: 2 (M4–5)19751976: 3 (M4–5)1977: 2 (M3–4)1977: 2 (M4–5)1978: 6 (M3–4)1978: 1 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M<3)1979: 7 (M3–4)1979: 3 (M4–5)1980: 4 (M<3)1980: 4 (M3–4)1980: 4 (M4–5)1981: 1 (M3–4)1981: 1 (M4–5)1982: 7 (M<3)1982: 7 (M3–4)1982: 2 (M4–5)1983: 37 (M<3)1983: 30 (M3–4)1983: 3 (M4–5)1984: 25 (M<3)1984: 12 (M3–4)1984: 5 (M4–5)1985: 21 (M<3)1985: 17 (M3–4)1985: 1 (M4–5)19851986: 21 (M<3)1986: 7 (M3–4)1986: 2 (M4–5)1987: 72 (M<3)1987: 31 (M3–4)1987: 6 (M4–5)1988: 55 (M<3)1988: 17 (M3–4)1988: 2 (M4–5)1989: 54 (M<3)1989: 13 (M3–4)1989: 2 (M4–5)1990: 69 (M<3)1990: 17 (M3–4)1990: 1 (M4–5)1991: 80 (M<3)1991: 14 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)1992: 86 (M<3)1992: 10 (M3–4)1992: 7 (M4–5)1993: 65 (M<3)1993: 12 (M3–4)1993: 2 (M4–5)1994: 78 (M<3)1994: 7 (M3–4)1994: 3 (M4–5)1995: 90 (M<3)1995: 16 (M3–4)1995: 5 (M4–5)19951996: 91 (M<3)1996: 34 (M3–4)1996: 3 (M4–5)1997: 115 (M<3)1997: 21 (M3–4)1997: 3 (M4–5)1998: 284 (M<3)1998: 14 (M3–4)1999: 370 (M<3)1999: 11 (M3–4)1999: 6 (M4–5)2000: 254 (M<3)2000: 29 (M3–4)2000: 3 (M4–5)2001: 332 (M<3)2001: 33 (M3–4)2001: 1 (M4–5)2002: 266 (M<3)2002: 19 (M3–4)2002: 1 (M4–5)2003: 583 (M<3)2003: 25 (M3–4)2003: 6 (M4–5)2004: 599 (M<3)2004: 15 (M3–4)2004: 3 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)2005: 608 (M<3)2005: 18 (M3–4)2005: 3 (M4–5)20052006: 656 (M<3)2006: 17 (M3–4)2007: 597 (M<3)2007: 11 (M3–4)2007: 1 (M4–5)2008: 483 (M<3)2008: 8 (M3–4)2008: 2 (M4–5)2009: 466 (M<3)2009: 18 (M3–4)2009: 1 (M4–5)2010: 519 (M<3)2010: 14 (M3–4)2011: 705 (M<3)2011: 10 (M3–4)2012: 232 (M<3)2012: 7 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M4–5)2013: 133 (M<3)2013: 11 (M3–4)2014: 230 (M<3)2014: 9 (M3–4)2014: 1 (M4–5)2015: 353 (M<3)2015: 8 (M3–4)20152016: 419 (M<3)2016: 15 (M3–4)2016: 1 (M4–5)2017: 409 (M<3)2017: 6 (M3–4)2017: 2 (M4–5)2018: 417 (M<3)2018: 10 (M3–4)2018: 1 (M4–5)2019: 539 (M<3)2019: 16 (M3–4)2019: 1 (M4–5)2020: 1,244 (M<3)2020: 13 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M4–5)2021: 1,103 (M<3)2021: 9 (M3–4)2021: 2 (M4–5)2022: 1,023 (M<3)2022: 9 (M3–4)2022: 2 (M4–5)2023: 1,635 (M<3)2023: 12 (M3–4)2024: 2,543 (M<3)2024: 12 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)2025: 2,083 (M<3)2025: 7 (M3–4)2025: 1 (M4–5)20252026: 1,070 (M<3)2026: 4 (M3–4)2026: 1 (M4–5)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
6.216.11.1911 21:2540 km180 km
6.025.01.1946 17:3135 km70 km
5.830.05.1946 03:4135 km78 km
5.828.05.1943 00:2415 km167 km
5.627.06.1935 17:1935 km175 km
5.615.04.1924 12:4815 km56 km
5.520.07.1913 12:0615 km171 km
5.519.05.1954 09:3415 km88 km
5.429.07.1954 04:4215 km81 km
5.307.10.1930 23:2715 km187 km
5.329.04.1905 01:4715 km119 km
5.330.09.1958 08:4515 km202 km
5.024.04.1918 14:2115 km146 km
5.024.11.2004 22:5913.5 km221 km
5.008.11.1933 00:5015 km209 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.804.08.2026 05:350.3 km119 km
1.003.08.2026 15:052 km79 km
1.603.08.2026 11:314.6 km156 km
1.703.08.2026 09:004.3 km146 km
0.603.08.2026 08:50-0.6 km56 km
0.203.08.2026 01:081.5 km118 km
0.702.08.2026 15:300.5 km88 km
1.902.08.2026 02:094 km119 km
0.601.08.2026 09:082.7 km81 km
1.331.07.2026 22:335.7 km165 km
1.231.07.2026 17:465 km119 km
1.931.07.2026 17:455.2 km119 km
1.631.07.2026 14:301.1 km114 km
1.231.07.2026 09:161.5 km97 km
0.831.07.2026 02:091.6 km50 km
0.930.07.2026 21:334 km132 km
2.130.07.2026 13:300.8 km82 km
1.230.07.2026 10:04-0.3 km92 km
1.330.07.2026 04:490.6 km40 km
1.629.07.2026 13:243.1 km130 km
1.029.07.2026 09:040 km108 km
0.728.07.2026 20:3115 km108 km
1.428.07.2026 14:30-0.3 km113 km
1.727.07.2026 13:31-0.5 km72 km
0.926.07.2026 22:0217 km109 km
0.826.07.2026 20:343 km136 km
0.826.07.2026 04:3021.2 km112 km
0.425.07.2026 19:4820 km98 km
2.024.07.2026 22:03-0.5 km145 km
1.924.07.2026 22:02-0.4 km145 km
0.524.07.2026 20:061.7 km89 km
2.424.07.2026 16:331.8 km118 km
0.624.07.2026 16:332 km118 km
1.424.07.2026 11:300.7 km113 km
0.424.07.2026 02:024 km76 km
1.124.07.2026 01:531.8 km40 km
0.523.07.2026 22:532.8 km87 km
1.823.07.2026 13:290.4 km81 km
1.323.07.2026 13:235.3 km71 km
1.023.07.2026 11:591.6 km31 km
0.823.07.2026 04:5110 km126 km
1.222.07.2026 21:196.8 km87 km
1.122.07.2026 16:387 km87 km
1.322.07.2026 16:000.2 km74 km
1.721.07.2026 12:35-0.4 km72 km
0.421.07.2026 00:474.4 km113 km
1.220.07.2026 23:268.7 km53 km
1.220.07.2026 23:146.8 km126 km
1.620.07.2026 20:351.3 km118 km
0.920.07.2026 19:546.4 km133 km
1.320.07.2026 16:431.4 km97 km
1.720.07.2026 14:30-0.6 km114 km
1.020.07.2026 10:541 km109 km
1.420.07.2026 09:316.3 km153 km
0.720.07.2026 01:573.5 km156 km
1.020.07.2026 01:304 km188 km
0.119.07.2026 23:191.9 km118 km
1.119.07.2026 20:123.9 km111 km
0.619.07.2026 14:363.9 km84 km
1.019.07.2026 11:093.9 km155 km

Regions

Valais10,703Bern8,553Vaud4,948Grisons4,427Fribourg2,705St. Gallen2,365Jura2,102Solothurn2,025Aargau1,872Uri1,872Basel-Landschaft1,466Zürich1,448Schwyz1,381Glarus1,244Ticino1,223Neuchâtel1,171Lucerne872Thurgau863Basel-Stadt800Schaffhausen776Obwalden716Nidwalden691Appenzell Ausserrhoden554Appenzell Innerrhoden530Zug299

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.