Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Damascus
Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria · population 1,569,394. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year6M2.5+
Since 190078M4.5+, 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 Damascus. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.4 44 km WNW of Ţarţūs, Syria Sep 29, 1918
- 6.3 10 km NNE of Samandağ, Turkey Feb 20, 2023
- 6.1 Dead Sea region Jul 11, 1927
- 6.1 45 km SSE of Ayia Napa, Cyprus Feb 18, 1924
- 5.9 6 km SSE of Xylofágou, Cyprus Sep 15, 1961
- 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 10 km NNW of Samandağ, Turkey Feb 20, 2023
- 5.5 49 km SE of Tadmur, Syria Dec 24, 1996
- 5.5 11 km WSW of Aanjar, Lebanon Mar 16, 1956
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 43 km W of Latakia, Syria Dec 30, 2025
- 3.6 1 km WSW of Samankaya, Turkey Nov 7, 2025
- 4.8 47 km SSE of Ayia Napa, Cyprus Jun 23, 2025
- 4.2 11 km SW of Büyükçat, Turkey Jan 10, 2025
- 4.6 41 km S of Ayia Napa, Cyprus Dec 5, 2024
- 4.2 26 km SSE of Leonárisso, Cyprus Oct 28, 2024
- 4.8 5 km NNW of As Salamīyah, Syria Aug 16, 2024
- 4.5 14 km N of As Salamīyah, Syria Aug 13, 2024
- 5.2 12 km NNW of As Salamīyah, Syria Aug 12, 2024
- 4.1 15 km WSW of Uzunbağ, Turkey Jun 5, 2024
- 4.2 8 km SSW of Yayladağı, Turkey Feb 14, 2024