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Earthquakes in Eritrea
Every earthquake in and around Eritrea 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 year0M2.5+
Magnitude 6+1since 1900
StrongestM 6.61977 · 144 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea
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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 Eritrea
- 6.6 144 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Dec 28, 1977
- 5.9 101 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea Sep 21, 1921
- 5.9 26 km N of Asmara, Eritrea Mar 27, 1913
- 5.7 131 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Jan 14, 1980
- 5.6 185 km NNE of Massawa, Eritrea Nov 11, 1962
- 5.6 Eritrea Aug 1, 2023
- 5.6 69 km S of Edd, Eritrea Jun 17, 2011
- 5.6 57 km S of Edd, Eritrea Jun 12, 2011
- 5.3 123 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Jan 14, 1980
- 5.2 212 km NNE of Massawa, Eritrea Jul 17, 1979
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.4 143 km WSW of Farasān, Saudi Arabia Jul 29, 2025
- 4.3 32 km WNW of Massawa, Eritrea Feb 22, 2025
- 4.4 68 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea Dec 23, 2024
- 4.4 25 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea Apr 28, 2024
- 4.2 35 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Apr 28, 2024
- 5.0 30 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea Apr 28, 2024
- 4.7 26 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Apr 27, 2024
- 4.1 59 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Apr 19, 2024
- 4.4 27 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Apr 19, 2024
- 4.5 182 km WNW of Farasān, Saudi Arabia Mar 22, 2024
- 4.5 189 km WNW of Farasān, Saudi Arabia Feb 15, 2024
- 5.0 42 km S of Massawa, Eritrea Sep 13, 2023
- 4.6 36 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea Aug 3, 2023
- 4.6 36 km N of Adi Keyh, Eritrea Aug 3, 2023
- 4.4 35 km S of Massawa, Eritrea Aug 2, 2023