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Earthquakes in Bhutan
Every earthquake in and around Bhutan 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 year1M2.5+
Magnitude 6+0since 1900
StrongestM 5.71950 · 15 km E of Shemgang, Bhutan
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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 Bhutan
- 5.7 15 km E of Shemgang, Bhutan Feb 26, 1950
- 5.6 Bhutan Feb 26, 1938
- 5.6 13 km WSW of Punākha, Bhutan Jun 7, 2026
- 5.5 20 km E of Punākha, Bhutan Apr 13, 1964
- 5.5 14 km SSE of Ha, Bhutan Mar 25, 2003
- 5.3 32 km E of Punākha, Bhutan Nov 5, 1969
- 5.2 22 km E of Jakar, Bhutan Aug 18, 1998
- 5.1 13 km WSW of Daga, Bhutan Feb 9, 1981
- 5.0 5 km SSW of Lhuentse, Bhutan Dec 20, 1988
- 4.7 15 km S of Shemgang, Bhutan Jul 10, 2012
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 5.6 13 km WSW of Punākha, Bhutan Jun 7, 2026
- 4.4 22 km WNW of Trongsa, Bhutan Jan 2, 2023
- 4.2 22 km NNW of Daphu, Bhutan Jul 1, 2022
- 3.7 5 km SSE of Tsimasham, Bhutan Feb 10, 2021
- 4.4 28 km E of Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan May 24, 2017
- 4.2 19 km W of Trongsa, Bhutan Nov 17, 2014
- 3.9 35 km NNW of Paro, Bhutan Jun 6, 2013
- 4.7 15 km S of Shemgang, Bhutan Jul 10, 2012
- 4.5 20 km NNW of Trongsa, Bhutan Nov 18, 2009
- 4.0 17 km SW of Daga, Bhutan Jul 6, 2008
- 3.9 17 km WNW of Trongsa, Bhutan Feb 23, 2008
- 4.4 18 km S of Trongsa, Bhutan Mar 11, 2005
- 4.0 29 km WNW of Mongar, Bhutan Nov 24, 2004
- 5.5 14 km SSE of Ha, Bhutan Mar 25, 2003
- 4.1 14 km NNW of Trongsa, Bhutan May 3, 2001