EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Bern

8,553 earthquakes catalogued in and around Bern between 1905 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.0
Latest earthquake · depth 2 km
03.08.2026 15:05 UTC · from centre 59 km
8,553
recorded earthquakes
M6.0
largest
1905–2026
record span
1.36
mean magnitude
3,528
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

061112231905: 1 (M5+)190519151924: 1 (M5+)1925193519451946: 2 (M5+)1954: 2 (M5+)19551956: 1 (M4–5)1964: 1 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M4–5)19651968: 1 (M4–5)1975: 1 (M4–5)19751977: 1 (M4–5)1978: 3 (M3–4)1979: 1 (M4–5)1980: 1 (M3–4)1981: 1 (M3–4)1981: 1 (M4–5)1982: 2 (M3–4)1982: 1 (M4–5)1983: 9 (M<3)1983: 4 (M3–4)1984: 10 (M<3)1984: 6 (M3–4)1984: 1 (M4–5)1985: 8 (M<3)1985: 4 (M3–4)19851986: 3 (M<3)1986: 2 (M3–4)1986: 1 (M4–5)1987: 26 (M<3)1987: 13 (M3–4)1987: 2 (M4–5)1988: 26 (M<3)1988: 7 (M3–4)1989: 19 (M<3)1989: 3 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1990: 18 (M<3)1990: 6 (M3–4)1990: 1 (M4–5)1991: 18 (M<3)1991: 5 (M3–4)1992: 32 (M<3)1992: 1 (M4–5)1993: 17 (M<3)1993: 3 (M3–4)1994: 25 (M<3)1994: 2 (M3–4)1994: 1 (M4–5)1995: 32 (M<3)1995: 5 (M3–4)1995: 3 (M4–5)19951996: 20 (M<3)1996: 9 (M3–4)1997: 26 (M<3)1997: 5 (M3–4)1997: 1 (M4–5)1998: 83 (M<3)1998: 1 (M3–4)1999: 164 (M<3)1999: 3 (M3–4)1999: 3 (M4–5)2000: 71 (M<3)2000: 8 (M3–4)2001: 100 (M<3)2001: 4 (M3–4)2002: 74 (M<3)2002: 4 (M3–4)2003: 252 (M<3)2003: 4 (M3–4)2003: 3 (M4–5)2004: 344 (M<3)2004: 6 (M3–4)2004: 2 (M4–5)2005: 235 (M<3)2005: 6 (M3–4)2005: 2 (M4–5)20052006: 204 (M<3)2006: 3 (M3–4)2007: 212 (M<3)2008: 234 (M<3)2008: 1 (M3–4)2009: 172 (M<3)2009: 7 (M3–4)2010: 191 (M<3)2010: 2 (M3–4)2011: 264 (M<3)2011: 5 (M3–4)2012: 94 (M<3)2012: 2 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M4–5)2013: 45 (M<3)2013: 1 (M3–4)2014: 117 (M<3)2014: 4 (M3–4)2015: 141 (M<3)2015: 3 (M3–4)20152016: 172 (M<3)2016: 7 (M3–4)2016: 1 (M4–5)2017: 227 (M<3)2017: 4 (M3–4)2017: 1 (M4–5)2018: 144 (M<3)2018: 3 (M3–4)2019: 236 (M<3)2019: 6 (M3–4)2019: 1 (M4–5)2020: 321 (M<3)2020: 1 (M3–4)2021: 492 (M<3)2021: 3 (M3–4)2021: 2 (M4–5)2022: 402 (M<3)2022: 2 (M3–4)2023: 598 (M<3)2023: 7 (M3–4)2024: 1,219 (M<3)2024: 4 (M3–4)2025: 749 (M<3)2025: 5 (M3–4)20252026: 476 (M<3)2026: 1 (M3–4)
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
6.025.01.1946 17:3135 km50 km
5.830.05.1946 03:4135 km61 km
5.615.04.1924 12:4815 km67 km
5.519.05.1954 09:3415 km61 km
5.429.07.1954 04:4215 km58 km
5.329.04.1905 01:4715 km95 km
4.914.03.1964 02:3711.2 km55 km
4.824.10.1965 12:164.5 km57 km
4.714.02.1999 05:5710 km39 km
4.603.07.1979 21:1333 km57 km
4.605.09.1984 05:1633 km86 km
4.608.09.2005 11:276.2 km105 km
4.519.08.1968 00:361.4 km95 km
4.412.11.2005 19:3122 km85 km
4.316.11.1995 05:575 km91 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.003.08.2026 15:052 km59 km
0.603.08.2026 08:50-0.6 km82 km
0.203.08.2026 01:081.5 km86 km
0.702.08.2026 15:300.5 km63 km
0.601.08.2026 09:082.7 km59 km
1.231.07.2026 17:465 km90 km
1.931.07.2026 17:455.2 km90 km
1.631.07.2026 14:301.1 km85 km
0.831.07.2026 02:091.6 km84 km
1.330.07.2026 04:490.6 km77 km
1.428.07.2026 14:30-0.3 km84 km
0.624.07.2026 16:332 km85 km
1.424.07.2026 11:300.7 km84 km
1.124.07.2026 01:531.8 km37 km
1.323.07.2026 13:235.3 km63 km
1.023.07.2026 11:591.6 km73 km
1.322.07.2026 16:000.2 km42 km
1.220.07.2026 23:268.7 km49 km
1.620.07.2026 20:351.3 km85 km
1.720.07.2026 14:30-0.6 km85 km
0.119.07.2026 23:191.9 km85 km
0.619.07.2026 14:363.9 km62 km
0.918.07.2026 16:451.3 km86 km
1.217.07.2026 17:331.8 km85 km
1.517.07.2026 09:23-1.1 km51 km
2.415.07.2026 11:1018.8 km71 km
1.715.07.2026 07:279.6 km56 km
0.715.07.2026 00:201.6 km85 km
1.614.07.2026 14:30-0.8 km84 km
1.314.07.2026 11:42-0.5 km83 km
1.214.07.2026 08:12-0.6 km56 km
1.713.07.2026 11:4040.1 km26 km
1.211.07.2026 13:2012.1 km49 km
0.810.07.2026 07:211.1 km85 km
1.110.07.2026 07:110.1 km73 km
1.110.07.2026 06:381.7 km85 km
0.510.07.2026 02:563 km60 km
0.610.07.2026 00:415.2 km53 km
0.609.07.2026 23:221.4 km85 km
0.709.07.2026 22:341.7 km85 km
1.609.07.2026 17:091.8 km86 km
0.909.07.2026 13:551.4 km85 km
1.009.07.2026 07:200 km64 km
0.508.07.2026 23:351.6 km85 km
1.208.07.2026 16:131.9 km85 km
0.608.07.2026 16:101.4 km95 km
0.708.07.2026 15:081.7 km85 km
0.808.07.2026 15:071.6 km85 km
1.408.07.2026 14:30-0.8 km85 km
1.708.07.2026 13:341.6 km47 km
0.907.07.2026 12:226.1 km65 km
1.607.07.2026 09:380.8 km88 km
0.907.07.2026 02:471.9 km86 km
1.606.07.2026 20:462.5 km86 km
2.106.07.2026 20:288.3 km85 km
1.606.07.2026 14:30-0.9 km84 km
0.606.07.2026 03:400.1 km85 km
1.806.07.2026 01:535.2 km19 km
1.405.07.2026 19:300.1 km86 km
1.005.07.2026 19:280.9 km85 km

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.