Earthquakes: Information in plain language
A natural hazard
Earthquakes happen all over the world.
Including in Switzerland.
Many earthquakes in Switzerland are gentle.
Gentle earthquakes are not bad.
Few earthquakes in Switzerland are strong.
Strong earthquakes can be dangerous.
Find out more about earthquakes
You are on the website of the
Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zurich.
This is the department for earthquakes in Switzerland.
You can find information about earthquakes here.
Click on one of the fields below.
