Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Amman
Amman, Jordan · population 1,275,857. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year4M2.5+
Since 190024M4.5+, 1 of them M6+
How often M6+126 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Amman. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.1 Dead Sea region Jul 11, 1927
- 5.9 127 km WNW of Jaffa, Israel Jan 30, 1951
- 5.7 27 km SE of Za‘tarah, Palestinian Territory Dec 18, 1956
- 5.5 11 km WSW of Aanjar, Lebanon Mar 16, 1956
- 5.3 7 km SSE of Baabda, Lebanon Mar 16, 1956
- 5.3 23 km SSE of Jericho, Palestinian Territory Feb 11, 2004
- 5.3 1 km SSW of Rekhasim, Israel Aug 24, 1984
- 5.1 11 km ENE of Tyre, Lebanon Feb 15, 2008
- 5.1 10 km ENE of ‘En Boqeq, Israel Apr 23, 1979
- 5.0 3 km WNW of Nabatîyé et Tahta, Lebanon Mar 26, 1997
The latest nearby
- 4.1 13 km ESE of Tyre, Lebanon Sep 10, 2026
- 4.3 52 km NW of Tyre, Lebanon Apr 6, 2026
- 4.1 14 km S of Arad, Israel Jan 15, 2026
- 4.1 66 km WNW of Ra’s Bayrūt, Lebanon Jan 10, 2026
- 4.4 65 km NW of Tyre, Lebanon Feb 22, 2023
- 4.1 19 km ENE of Bcharré, Lebanon Feb 8, 2023
- 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
- 4.1 66 km W of Ma'an, Jordan Jun 15, 2021
- 3.9 1 km NNE of Eilat, Israel Dec 15, 2020
- 4.1 14 km S of Jayrūd, Syria Nov 26, 2020
- 4.5 26 km W of Atlit, Israel Feb 6, 2020
- 3.4 16 km ESE of Bcharré, Lebanon Apr 29, 2019
- 3.2 23 km WNW of Tripoli, Lebanon Dec 14, 2018