Austria
AUT · 2024 energy mix · renewables 42.0% · fossil fuels 56.7%
Threat reading 35 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 1 events recorded here in the last seven days, 1 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Oil | 32.8% |
|---|---|
| Hydro | 27.1% |
| Gas | 16.9% |
| Coal | 6.9% |
| Solar | 5.7% |
| Wind | 5.6% |
| Other renewables | 3.6% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 42.0% and fossil fuels for 56.7%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Austria is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 5 significant earthquakes in or just off Austria since 1556.
The deadliest was the 4 December 1690 earthquake (Austria: Carinthie), which killed 20 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 6.6, on 15 September 1590 (Austria: Kamp River).
The most recent entry is the 1 February 2024 magnitude 4.0 earthquake (Austria: Lower Austria).
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 December 1690 | earthquake | Austria: Carinthie | 20 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 15 September 1590 | magnitude 6.6 earthquake | Austria: Kamp River | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 1 February 2024 | magnitude 4.0 earthquake | Austria: Lower Austria | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 17 July 1670 | earthquake | Austria: Innsbruck, Schwaz | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 24 January 1556 | earthquake | Austria: Probably Karnten | damage $5 to 25 million |
A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Austria:
- 7 November 2026: Europe-2026
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 0 |
| Natural hazard | 60 |
| Resilience | 82 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.