Switzerland
CHE · 2024 energy mix · renewables 39.1% · fossil fuels 43.2%
Threat reading 0 of 100, classified STABLE. 3 events recorded here in the last seven days, 3 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
| Hydro | 33.2% |
|---|---|
| Oil | 32.5% |
| Nuclear | 17.0% |
| Gas | 10.4% |
| Solar | 4.4% |
| Other renewables | 1.5% |
| Coal | 0.3% |
| Wind | 0.1% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 39.1% and fossil fuels for 43.2%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Switzerland is a net exporter of electricity.
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 29 significant earthquakes and 3 tsunamis in or just off Switzerland since 563.
The deadliest was the 18 October 1356 earthquake (Switzerland: Basel), which killed 300 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 6.2, on 18 September 1601 (Switzerland).
The most recent entry is the 8 December 2006 magnitude 3.9 earthquake (Switzerland: Basel).
Across the entries that record a death toll, 410 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 October 1356 | earthquake | Switzerland: Basel | 300 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 11 March 1584 | magnitude 5.9 earthquake | Switzerland: Geneva-yvoire | 100 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 18 September 1601 | magnitude 6.2 earthquake | Switzerland | 9 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 18 September 1601 | tsunami (waves to 4 m) | Lake Lucerne | 8 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 25 July 1855 | earthquake | Switzerland: Haut-valais | 1 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 14 March 1584 | magnitude 5.4 earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 24 April 1996 | tsunami (waves to 0.5 m) | Lake Brienz | - |
| 563 | tsunami | Lake Geneva | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 8 December 2006 | magnitude 3.9 earthquake | Switzerland: Basel | damage under $1 million |
| 1 January 1851 | earthquake | Switzerland | - |
| 18 April 1835 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 14 May 1801 | earthquake | Switzerland | - |
| 10 September 1774 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 1769 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 9 December 1755 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 20 December 1720 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 3 August 1622 | earthquake | Switzerland | - |
| 25 July 1622 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage under $1 million |
| March 1616 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 29 November 1610 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 13 March 1584 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 3 May 1574 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 1512 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| March 1504 | earthquake | Switzerland | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 15 September 1454 | earthquake | Switzerland | - |
These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 32 entries. 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 Switzerland:
- 7 November 2026: M 1.4 - SWITZERLAND
- 7 November 2026: M 0.7 - SWITZERLAND
- 7 November 2026: M 0.7 - SWITZERLAND
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 0 |
| Natural hazard | 0 |
| Resilience | 96 |
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.
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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.