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?
2026-10-03 15:36 2.8 Liestal BL Felt
2026-09-24 20:30 2.1 Arolla VS Slightly felt
2026-09-21 13:36 3.2 Porrentruy JU Slightly felt
2026-09-06 10:44 2.2 Bourg-Saint-Pierre VS Slightly felt
2026-09-01 08:48 2.3 CHAMPERY VS Slightly felt
2026-08-22 10:03 2.5 Savognin GR Slightly felt
2026-07-31 19:45 2.0 CHAMPERY VS Slightly felt

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Latest earthquakes

Local Time
 Magnitude
 Location
2026-10-09 05:03 2.0 Courmayeur I
2026-10-09 03:58 1.2 Lenk im Simmental BE
2026-10-09 00:21 1.4 Sierre VS
2026-10-08 10:45 1.2 Courmayeur I
2026-10-08 08:01 0.4 Courmayeur I
2026-10-08 05:44 0.8 Courmayeur I
2026-10-07 21:10 2.1 Bourg-Saint-Pierre VS

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2026-10-03

[Available in DE/FR] Verspürtes Erdbeben bei Liestal (BL)

Am Samstag, dem 3. Oktober 2026, ereignete sich um 15:36 Uhr Ortszeit unter Liestal, in einer Tiefe von etwa 18 km ein Erdbeben der Stärke 2.8. Beim Schweizerischen Erdbebendienst an der ETH Zürich gingen in den ersten 30 Minuten nach dem Beben etwa 60 Verspürtmeldungen ein. ...
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2026-09-17

Play, learn, understand earthquakes

How well do you know the causes of earthquakes, key technical terms and what to do in the event of an earthquake? Test your knowledge with our two quizzes and discover more resources on the topic of earthquakes. Put your earthquake knowledge to the test with two online quizzes and learn something new – either about earthquakes in general or with a particular focus on Switzerland. ...
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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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CITru

Das Pilot- und Demonstrationsprojekt CITru (CO2-Pilotinjektion in Trüllikon) prüft unter der ...Go to page
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EARTH-AID

EARTH-AID delivers GEODE, a trustworthy agentic AI that turns plain-language questions from ...Go to page
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FEAR

Despite intensive research, scientists cannot predict exactly when and where the next major ...Go to page

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