Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Brest
Brest, Brittany, France · population 144,899. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 19006M4.5+, 0 of them M6+
How often M6+—none on record nearby
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Brest. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 5.4 16 km SW of Portbail, France Jul 30, 1926
- 5.3 2 km NNW of Saint-Yvi, France Jan 2, 1959
- 5.1 118 km SSW of Le Palais, France Mar 22, 1959
- 4.6 1 km WSW of Pénestin, France Mar 13, 1993
- 4.5 1 km WSW of Plescop, France Nov 21, 2013
- 4.5 North Atlantic Ocean Aug 21, 1989
- 4.3 2 km E of La Guérinière, France Jun 22, 2005
- 4.2 3 km W of Languidic, France Sep 30, 2002
- 4.1 1 km E of Languidic, France Sep 30, 2002
- 4.0 20 km NNW of Flexbury, United Kingdom May 31, 2001
The latest nearby
- 3.7 3 km ESE of Brest, France Feb 19, 2020
- 3.6 1 km WNW of Tresbœuf, France Sep 28, 2017
- 3.9 2 km WSW of Plabennec, France Dec 11, 2016
- 3.7 30 km SW of Saint Helier, Jersey Feb 25, 2015
- 3.3 France Jul 23, 2014
- 3.9 23 km W of Saint Helier, Jersey Jul 11, 2014
- 3.5 6 km WSW of Le Faou, France Dec 11, 2013
- 4.5 1 km WSW of Plescop, France Nov 21, 2013
- 2.7 4 km WSW of Bovey Tracey, United Kingdom Jun 23, 2011
- 2.5 3 km SSW of Pléhédel, France Nov 17, 2008
- 2.9 227 km WSW of Plogoff, France Nov 14, 2008
- 2.8 55 km WSW of Le Conquet, France Oct 1, 2008
- 2.5 52 km S of Guilvinec, France Sep 21, 2008
- 2.5 2 km NNE of Montigné-le-Brillant, France Sep 19, 2008
- 2.6 55 km NNW of Trégastel, France Sep 19, 2008