Swiss Seismological Service

The Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich is the federal agency for earthquakes. Its activities are integrated in the federal action plan for earthquake mitigation.

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Felt earthquakes

Local Time
 Mag.
 Location
 Felt?
2025-10-10 20:53 2.2 Leukerbad VS Slightly felt
2025-09-09 06:43 2.7 Stockach D Slightly felt
2025-09-05 17:16 2.2 Porrentruy JU Slightly felt
2025-09-02 09:49 3.8 Strada GR Felt

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Latest earthquakes

Local Time
 Magnitude
 Location
2025-11-02 07:06 0.8 Aosta I
2025-11-02 06:53 1.0 Walenstadt SG
2025-11-02 05:11 1.6 Livigno I
2025-11-02 03:47 0.6 Adelboden BE
2025-11-01 21:36 1.6 Domodossola I
2025-11-01 19:30 1.1 Walenstadt SG
2025-11-01 15:52 1.5 Walenstadt SG

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2025-10-22

Understanding the earthquake risk in the canton of Basel-Stadt

The strongest known earthquake north of the Alps occurred near Basel in 1356. Even today, the Basel region is considered to be at higher seismic risk than other areas of Switzerland. But what would happen in the event of the next major earthquake? The regional earthquake risk model developed by the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zurich, in collaboration with EPFL, the University of Basel, and the company Résonance, provides answers to this question on behalf of the canton of Basel-Stadt. ...
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2025-09-12

Observing earthquakes where they occur

To study how earthquakes initiate, propagate and stop, a new side tunnel has been built at the BedrettoLab at ETH Zurich. It serves as an observation centre for a fault and is equipped with numerous sensors and instruments, a facility that is unique in the world. The Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich is involved in both research and monitoring of seismic activity. ...
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Projects

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Seismo@school

This project is based on the seismo@school program, which was initiated by the University of ...Go to page
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BedrettoLab

The BedrettoLab is a unique research infrastructure run by ETH Zurich making it possible to ...Go to page
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Microzonation in the cantons Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft

If a spectral microzonation study is published by the responsible authority, this must be used ...Go to page
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DemoUpStorage

The Swiss Energy Strategy foresees CO2 capture and underground storage, possibly abroad, among ...Go to page

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