The Earth shook around 900 times in or close to Switzerland last year.
In September the year’s strongest quake was measured, at a strength of 4.7. The epicentre was in Alsace in France, but it was felt across the country.
The Swiss Seismological Service had 11,000 reports following that – which is a new record.
Although there were a large number of tremors registered – no property damage was reported. That last time a quake caused damage was in 1991 in Graubünden – that was rated at strength 5.
Bank details compromised
British digital bank Revolut has admitted handing customer information to fraudsters who impersonated a European government agency
Watch theft victim speaks out
A luxury watch dealer just across the French border from Geneva has broken his silence about a violent robbery earlier this month
Crans Montana hearings due before end of year
Jessica Moretti, who ran the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, is now living in near-isolation in the Valais village of Lens more than eight months after the deadly New Year's Eve fire
Better news for economy
Switzerland's economy will grow 1.7% this year — nearly double the 0.9% expansion forecast in June, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said yesterday
Geneva budget plan unveiled
Geneva has now put figures to its austerity plan — a CHF 546 million deficit for 2027, even after CHF 247 million in cuts
Summer fires increase
Firefighters across French-speaking Switzerland tackled far more vegetation fires this summer than in any of the past five years
