Asia
Earthquakes in Malaysia
Every earthquake in and around Malaysia 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 days1M2.5+
Past year2M2.5+
Magnitude 6+5since 1900
StrongestM 7.12026 · 57 km NNW of Kota Belud, Malaysia
Loading the map…
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 Malaysia
- 7.1 57 km NNW of Kota Belud, Malaysia Feb 22, 2026
- 6.6 26 km NNW of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Aug 11, 1923
- 6.2 7 km SSW of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Jul 26, 1976
- 6.1 10 km W of Kudat, Malaysia Jun 2, 1951
- 6.0 14 km WNW of Ranau, Malaysia Jun 4, 2015
- 5.7 35 km ENE of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Nov 2, 1994
- 5.7 20 km NNE of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Mar 14, 1984
- 5.5 56 km NNW of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Apr 2, 2023
- 5.4 19 km ESE of Ranau, Malaysia May 26, 1991
- 5.4 33 km SSE of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Dec 25, 1981
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 5.0 43 km NNE of Semporna, Malaysia Oct 6, 2026
- 7.1 57 km NNW of Kota Belud, Malaysia Feb 22, 2026
- 4.0 13 km ESE of Segamat, Malaysia Aug 23, 2025
- 4.3 26 km SSW of Kudat, Malaysia Jul 22, 2025
- 5.5 56 km NNW of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Apr 2, 2023
- 4.2 106 km NW of Kuching, Malaysia Jan 11, 2022
- 4.9 48 km W of Kudat, Malaysia Jun 30, 2020
- 4.2 36 km ESE of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Apr 14, 2020
- 4.5 68 km ENE of Ranau, Malaysia Aug 3, 2019
- 5.2 16 km NNW of Ranau, Malaysia Mar 8, 2018
- 4.3 36 km W of Taman Rajawali, Malaysia Jan 5, 2018
- 4.6 50 km E of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Mar 26, 2017
- 4.1 16 km SE of Lahad Datu, Malaysia Mar 4, 2016
- 4.6 41 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia Jul 26, 2015
- 4.5 22 km NNW of Ranau, Malaysia Jun 23, 2015