Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Asmara
Asmara, Maekel, Eritrea · population 563,930. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year8M2.5+
Since 1900139M4.5+, 4 of them M6+
How often M6+32 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Asmara. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.6 144 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Dec 28, 1977
- 6.2 42 km NNW of Axum, Ethiopia Sep 23, 1915
- 6.2 22 km S of Adi Keyh, Eritrea Mar 31, 1945
- 6.1 160 km NNW of Edd, Eritrea Aug 14, 1921
- 5.9 101 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea Sep 21, 1921
- 5.9 17 km S of Adi Keyh, Eritrea Feb 27, 1913
- 5.9 26 km N of Asmara, Eritrea Mar 27, 1913
- 5.8 40 km NE of Idaga Hamus, Ethiopia Aug 2, 1950
- 5.7 40 km ENE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Aug 10, 2002
- 5.7 131 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea Jan 14, 1980
The latest nearby
- 4.2 75 km E of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Jun 11, 2026
- 4.2 56 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Jan 21, 2026
- 4.4 52 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Jan 21, 2026
- 4.5 68 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Jan 4, 2026
- 5.4 116 km WSW of Edd, Eritrea Nov 23, 2025
- 5.5 116 km WSW of Edd, Eritrea Nov 23, 2025
- 4.4 115 km ENE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Nov 23, 2025
- 4.4 39 km ENE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Nov 1, 2025
- 4.4 55 km ESE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Oct 20, 2025
- 4.5 44 km SE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Oct 20, 2025
- 4.3 72 km ESE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Oct 17, 2025
- 4.4 55 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Oct 15, 2025
- 4.3 61 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Oct 14, 2025
- 4.3 53 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Oct 14, 2025
- 4.3 70 km ESE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Oct 11, 2025