Germany
DEU · 2024 energy mix · renewables 23.0% · fossil fuels 76.0%
Threat reading 30 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 12 events recorded here in the last seven days, 12 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 | 37.3% |
|---|---|
| Gas | 24.9% |
| Coal | 13.9% |
| Wind | 10.7% |
| Solar | 5.7% |
| Other renewables | 4.8% |
| Hydro | 1.7% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 23.0% and fossil fuels for 76.0%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Germany 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 8 significant earthquakes in or just off Germany since 1510.
The deadliest was the 10 June 1510 earthquake (Germany: Bavaria: Nordlingen), which killed 2,000 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 5.3, on 3 September 1978 (Germany).
The most recent entry is the 17 May 2014 magnitude 3.6 earthquake (Germany: Hesse).
Across the entries that record a death toll, 2,019 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 1510 | earthquake | Germany: Bavaria: Nordlingen | 2,000 dead |
| 22 December 1689 | earthquake | Austria: Innsbruck; Germany: Augsburg | 19 dead |
| 3 September 1978 | magnitude 5.3 earthquake | Germany | $150 million damage |
| 5 December 2004 | magnitude 4.8 earthquake | Germany: Emmendingen, Freiburg Im Breisgau | damage under $1 million |
| 22 July 2002 | magnitude 4.8 earthquake | Germany: Aachen, Cologne, Spangdahlem | damage under $1 million |
| 22 March 2003 | magnitude 4.7 earthquake | Germany: Albstadt | damage under $1 million |
| 17 May 2014 | magnitude 3.6 earthquake | Germany: Hesse | $1 million damage |
| 1629 | earthquake | Germany: Mecklenburg | - |
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 Germany:
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FROST
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FROST
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FROST
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FROST
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FROST
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FROST
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FOG
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FOG
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FOG
- 7 November 2026: Official WARNING of FOG
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 45 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 7 |
| Natural hazard | 30 |
| Resilience | 83 |
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.