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.

Earthquake map of the last 90 days

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Swiss earthquakes counter

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Felt earthquakes

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2025-12-06 00:54	2.9	Herisau AR	Widely felt
2025-11-19 01:31	2.9	Bourg-Saint-Pierre VS	Slightly felt
2025-11-19 00:32	2.2	Bourg-Saint-Pierre VS	Slightly felt
2025-11-15 07:09	2.7	Chamonix F	Slightly felt
2025-11-14 20:39	2.6	Chamonix F	Slightly felt
2025-10-10 20:53	2.2	Leukerbad VS	Slightly felt

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Latest earthquakes

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2025-12-10 05:15	2.2	ZUG
2025-12-10 01:19	1.3	Binn VS
2025-12-09 22:27	1.4	Arolla VS
2025-12-09 19:50	1.5	Grindelwald BE
2025-12-09 16:11	2.5	Feldkirch A
2025-12-09 14:31	1.3	St-Ursanne JU
2025-12-09 13:56	1.7	Boncourt JU

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News

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2025-12-06

Felt earthquake east of Herisau (AR)

Saturday, December 6 at 00:55h (local time) an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 took place east of Herisau (AR) at a depth of 6-7km. It was felt predominantly in an area up to 15 km from the epicenter.

Earthquakes of this magnitude typically don't cause damage; they are not exceptional in this region of Switzerland.

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2025-11-20

Confederation updates natural hazards portal

For more than ten years, the Confederation's natural hazards portal (www.natural-hazards.ch) has provided the public with information on the current natural hazard situation in Switzerland. To ensure that the portal continues to meet users’ needs in the future, the federal agencies with responsibility for natural hazards have revised it: warnings and notifications, as well as information on ...

Find previous "SED News" posts here.

Projects

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Seismo@school

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

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BedrettoLab

The BedrettoLab is a unique research infrastructure run by ETH Zurich making it possible to ...

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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 ...

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DemoUpStorage

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

Find more projects here.

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