Europe
Earthquakes in Malta
Every earthquake in and around Malta 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 year0M2.5+
Magnitude 6+0since 1900
StrongestM 5.52023 · 108 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta
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 Malta
- 5.5 108 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta Apr 21, 2023
- 5.4 91 km WNW of San Lawrenz, Malta Dec 13, 1929
- 5.3 109 km S of Qormi, Malta Jan 30, 2023
- 5.3 112 km S of Qormi, Malta Jan 24, 2023
- 5.3 156 km S of Qormi, Malta Sep 29, 1992
- 5.2 31 km ESE of Marsaskala, Malta Mar 21, 1972
- 5.1 234 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta Sep 15, 2025
- 5.1 104 km SSW of Qormi, Malta Jan 23, 2023
- 5.1 115 km S of Qormi, Malta Jan 18, 2023
- 5.0 108 km S of Qormi, Malta Jan 18, 2023
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.5 233 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta Oct 20, 2025
- 5.1 234 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta Sep 15, 2025
- 4.4 239 km SE of Marsaskala, Malta Sep 11, 2025
- 4.7 220 km SE of Marsaskala, Malta Aug 30, 2025
- 3.3 13 km NE of Sliema, Malta Apr 17, 2025
- 4.0 228 km SE of Marsaskala, Malta Jan 1, 2025
- 4.1 95 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta May 11, 2023
- 4.1 108 km SSW of Żurrieq, Malta Apr 25, 2023
- 5.5 108 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta Apr 21, 2023
- 4.2 108 km SSW of Qrendi, Malta Apr 11, 2023
- 4.4 98 km SSW of Qrendi, Malta Mar 8, 2023
- 4.0 114 km SSW of Qormi, Malta Feb 19, 2023
- 4.7 109 km S of Qormi, Malta Feb 4, 2023
- 4.5 113 km S of Qormi, Malta Jan 31, 2023
- 5.3 109 km S of Qormi, Malta Jan 30, 2023