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Earthquakes in Israel
Every earthquake in and around Israel 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 5.91951 · 127 km WNW of Jaffa, Israel
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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 Israel
- 5.9 127 km WNW of Jaffa, Israel Jan 30, 1951
- 5.3 1 km SSW of Rekhasim, Israel Aug 24, 1984
- 4.7 2 km NNE of Giv‘at Avni, Israel Jul 4, 2018
- 4.6 79 km W of Eilat, Israel Aug 3, 1993
- 4.5 26 km W of Atlit, Israel Feb 6, 2020
- 4.5 34 km WNW of Eilat, Israel Nov 19, 1998
- 4.4 2 km NE of Karmé Yosef, Israel Nov 23, 2007
- 4.2 24 km NNE of ‘En Boqeq, Israel Jul 30, 2015
- 4.1 14 km S of Arad, Israel Jan 15, 2026
- 4.1 Dead Sea region Feb 7, 2023
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.1 14 km S of Arad, Israel Jan 15, 2026
- 4.1 Dead Sea region Feb 7, 2023
- 3.7 14 km ESE of Naẕerat ‘Illit, Israel Jan 23, 2022
- 4.1 4 km E of Taiyiba, Israel Jan 22, 2022
- 3.9 1 km NNE of Eilat, Israel Dec 15, 2020
- 4.5 26 km W of Atlit, Israel Feb 6, 2020
- 2.9 1 km ESE of Migdal, Israel Jul 27, 2018
- 2.9 9 km E of Tiberias, Israel Jul 22, 2018
- 4.7 2 km NNE of Giv‘at Avni, Israel Jul 4, 2018
- 4.0 1 km N of Giv‘at Avni, Israel Jul 4, 2018
- 4.2 24 km NNE of ‘En Boqeq, Israel Jul 30, 2015
- 3.5 6 km ENE of Migdal, Israel Oct 20, 2013
- 4.1 40 km WNW of Sdot Yam, Israel Aug 7, 2011
- 3.2 48 km WNW of Haifa, Israel Aug 13, 2008
- 4.0 11 km W of Metulla, Israel Jun 12, 2008