Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Assab
Assab, Southern Red Sea, Eritrea · population 21,300. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year5M2.5+
Since 1900429M4.5+, 16 of them M6+
How often M6+8 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Assab. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.5 12 km ENE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 20, 1989
- 6.4 17 km NNE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 21, 1989
- 6.3 18 km N of Dhamār, Yemen Dec 13, 1982
- 6.2 4 km WSW of Arta, Djibouti Mar 5, 1992
- 6.2 17 km NE of Dubti, Ethiopia Mar 29, 1969
- 6.2 10 km WNW of Djibouti, Djibouti Mar 11, 1961
- 6.1 26 km NNW of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 21, 1989
- 6.1 20 km N of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 20, 1989
- 6.1 18 km NNE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 20, 1989
- 6.1 18 km N of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 20, 1989
The latest nearby
- 4.4 15 km SW of Tadjourah, Djibouti Jul 25, 2026
- 3.7 14 km NNE of Arta, Djibouti Feb 3, 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
- 4.3 91 km ESE of Maych’ew, Ethiopia Sep 2, 2025
- 4.3 130 km N of Semera, Ethiopia Aug 29, 2025
- 4.5 132 km N of Semera, Ethiopia Aug 25, 2025
- 4.5 14 km NW of Arta, Djibouti Jul 28, 2025
- 4.2 77 km ENE of Maych’ew, Ethiopia Jul 21, 2025
- 4.5 56 km WNW of Edd, Eritrea Mar 16, 2024
- 4.6 63 km WNW of Edd, Eritrea Mar 14, 2024
- 4.3 21 km NNE of Djibouti, Djibouti Feb 10, 2024
- 3.9 14 km NNE of Loyada, Djibouti Feb 6, 2024
- 4.4 20 km NNE of Loyada, Djibouti Feb 6, 2024