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Earthquakes in Libya
Every earthquake in and around Libya 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 year4M2.5+
Magnitude 6+3since 1900
StrongestM 6.81935 · near the coast of Libya
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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 Libya
- 6.8 near the coast of Libya Apr 19, 1935
- 6.4 115 km NNE of Darnah, Libya Aug 17, 1982
- 6.2 112 km WSW of Sirte, Libya Apr 20, 1935
- 5.9 124 km W of Sirte, Libya Apr 19, 1935
- 5.8 46 km WSW of Sirte, Libya Jan 23, 1939
- 5.8 155 km N of Al Qubbah, Libya Feb 2, 1907
- 5.7 81 km W of Sirte, Libya Jan 20, 1939
- 5.7 60 km WNW of Sirte, Libya Sep 2, 1972
- 5.6 near the coast of Libya Feb 21, 1963
- 5.6 144 km E of Ajdabiya, Libya Jan 2, 1940
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.2 110 km ESE of Bani Walid, Libya Sep 27, 2026
- 4.3 30 km N of Mişrātah, Libya Jun 3, 2026
- 4.3 173 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece Nov 11, 2025
- 4.2 180 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece Nov 11, 2025
- 4.5 98 km NNE of Tobruk, Libya Oct 18, 2025
- 4.0 111 km SW of Kastrí, Greece Oct 12, 2025
- 4.2 62 km NE of Tājūrā’, Libya May 10, 2025
- 4.1 158 km NE of Mişrātah, Libya Jan 10, 2025
- 4.0 115 km N of Al Qubbah, Libya Sep 27, 2024
- 4.0 69 km N of Al Khums, Libya Sep 15, 2024
- 4.5 131 km ENE of Mişrātah, Libya Jul 27, 2024
- 4.3 146 km N of Darnah, Libya Dec 1, 2023
- 4.1 near the coast of Libya Sep 20, 2023
- 4.1 near the coast of Libya Apr 2, 2023
- 4.1 75 km E of Darnah, Libya Jan 20, 2023