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Earthquakes in Iraq
Every earthquake in and around Iraq 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 year15M2.5+
Magnitude 6+2since 1900
StrongestM 7.32017 · 30 km S of Halabja, Iraq
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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 Iraq
- 7.3 30 km S of Halabja, Iraq Nov 12, 2017
- 6.1 36 km NNE of Mandalī, Iraq Jan 11, 1967
- 6.0 28 km SSW of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq Jul 17, 1944
- 5.8 21 km ESE of Khānaqīn, Iraq Nov 22, 2013
- 5.8 9 km SSE of Koysinceq, Iraq Dec 18, 1980
- 5.8 59 km N of ‘Alī al Gharbī, Iraq Feb 3, 1956
- 5.8 15 km ENE of Baynjiwayn, Iraq Aug 17, 1946
- 5.7 60 km SSE of Mandalī, Iraq Jan 26, 1938
- 5.6 9 km ENE of Ortaköy, Turkey Apr 19, 1947
- 5.6 36 km SE of Khānaqīn, Iraq Jan 6, 2019
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.2 38 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Aug 29, 2026
- 4.1 19 km SSE of Kirkuk, Iraq Aug 1, 2026
- 4.4 30 km SE of Kirkuk, Iraq Aug 1, 2026
- 4.1 17 km SE of Kirkuk, Iraq Jul 31, 2026
- 4.1 20 km SE of Kirkuk, Iraq Jul 30, 2026
- 4.3 16 km SE of Kirkuk, Iraq Jul 30, 2026
- 4.1 36 km NE of Al Miqdādīyah, Iraq Jul 25, 2026
- 4.2 35 km SE of Mehrān, Iran Jun 1, 2026
- 4.9 36 km SSW of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran May 5, 2026
- 4.3 24 km NW of Mandalī, Iraq Feb 20, 2026
- 4.1 27 km WNW of Mandalī, Iraq Feb 20, 2026
- 4.0 23 km ESE of Bayjī, Iraq Jan 8, 2026
- 4.5 30 km WSW of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Dec 9, 2025
- 4.3 21 km E of Bayjī, Iraq Nov 22, 2025
- 4.6 40 km WSW of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Nov 1, 2025