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Earthquakes in Switzerland
Every earthquake in and around Switzerland since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year0M2.5+
Magnitude 6+1since 1900
StrongestM 6.21946 · 2 km WNW of Kandersteg, Switzerland
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Switzerland
- 6.2 2 km WNW of Kandersteg, Switzerland Jan 25, 1946
- 5.9 0 km WNW of Adelboden, Switzerland May 30, 1946
- 5.5 12 km S of Gstaad, Switzerland May 19, 1954
- 5.4 1 km SSE of Kriens, Switzerland Mar 14, 1964
- 5.4 9 km NNW of Ayent, Switzerland Jul 29, 1954
- 5.3 1 km NNW of Martigny-Combe, Switzerland Apr 29, 1905
- 4.8 2 km WSW of Arosa, Switzerland Jul 17, 1976
- 4.7 3 km NNE of Belfaux, Switzerland Feb 14, 1999
- 4.7 1 km WSW of Churwalden, Switzerland Nov 20, 1991
- 4.6 8 km NNE of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France Sep 8, 2005
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.1 4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland Jul 21, 2025
- 4.2 2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland Jun 4, 2024
- 3.2 9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland May 9, 2024
- 2.7 4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland Aug 23, 2022
- 4.1 10 km SSW of Evolène, Switzerland Oct 5, 2021
- 3.4 11 km ESE of Samoëns, France Jun 23, 2020
- 4.1 7 km E of Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland Jul 1, 2017
- 4.1 8 km SSE of Muotathal, Switzerland Mar 6, 2017
- 4.4 6 km NW of Leukerbad, Switzerland Oct 24, 2016
- 3.8 12 km ESE of Samoëns, France Oct 1, 2016
- 3.6 3 km ESE of Andwil, Switzerland Jul 20, 2013
- 2.7 1 km S of Hérémence, Switzerland Apr 6, 2013
- 4.2 2 km WNW of Unterägeri, Switzerland Feb 11, 2012
- 3.0 1 km S of Varen, Switzerland Jan 8, 2011
- 3.4 1 km ESE of Randogne, Switzerland Jan 8, 2011