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Earthquakes in Kuwait
Every earthquake in and around Kuwait 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 4.72020 · 38 km NW of Al Wafrah, Kuwait
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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 Kuwait
- 4.7 38 km NW of Al Wafrah, Kuwait Nov 11, 2020
- 4.7 45 km S of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Jun 2, 1993
- 4.6 47 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Dec 29, 2006
- 4.6 44 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Sep 18, 1997
- 4.4 22 km SSW of Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait Jun 4, 2022
- 4.4 37 km N of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Aug 18, 2015
- 4.3 48 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Mar 15, 2025
- 4.3 35 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Aug 2, 2021
- 4.3 43 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Dec 21, 2020
- 4.3 42 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Mar 21, 2015
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.2 33 km NW of Al Wafrah, Kuwait May 5, 2026
- 4.3 48 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Mar 15, 2025
- 4.4 22 km SSW of Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait Jun 4, 2022
- 4.3 35 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Aug 2, 2021
- 4.3 43 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Dec 21, 2020
- 4.7 38 km NW of Al Wafrah, Kuwait Nov 11, 2020
- 4.4 37 km N of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Aug 18, 2015
- 4.3 42 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Mar 21, 2015
- 4.2 40 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Nov 12, 2012
- 4.3 41 km S of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Feb 19, 2008
- 4.0 37 km WNW of Al Wafrah, Kuwait Aug 17, 2007
- 4.6 47 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Dec 29, 2006
- 4.6 44 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Sep 18, 1997
- 4.7 45 km S of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait Jun 2, 1993