Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Elgin
Elgin, Scotland, United Kingdom · population 25,040. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year1M2.5+
Since 19000M4.5+, 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 Elgin. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 3.9 29 km NW of Comrie, United Kingdom Oct 20, 2025
- 3.8 31 km NE of Tobermory, United Kingdom Aug 4, 2017
- 3.6 2 km NW of Dumfries, United Kingdom Dec 26, 2006
- 3.5 42 km WNW of Comrie, United Kingdom Apr 16, 2026
- 3.5 28 km NE of Tobermory, United Kingdom Jan 23, 2011
- 3.5 27 km W of Fort William, United Kingdom Oct 10, 2008
- 3.3 171 km ENE of Peterhead, United Kingdom Mar 14, 2001
- 3.1 18 km NW of Lochgilphead, United Kingdom Nov 16, 2021
- 3.1 184 km ENE of Peterhead, United Kingdom Jan 9, 2008
- 3.0 7 km WNW of Fort William, United Kingdom Dec 10, 2005
The latest nearby
- 3.5 42 km WNW of Comrie, United Kingdom Apr 16, 2026
- 3.9 29 km NW of Comrie, United Kingdom Oct 20, 2025
- 3.1 18 km NW of Lochgilphead, United Kingdom Nov 16, 2021
- 2.5 1 km ENE of Gourock, United Kingdom Aug 30, 2018
- 2.6 2 km NNW of Tarbert, United Kingdom Nov 1, 2017
- 3.8 31 km NE of Tobermory, United Kingdom Aug 4, 2017
- 2.9 27 km NE of Tobermory, United Kingdom May 18, 2013
- 3.5 28 km NE of Tobermory, United Kingdom Jan 23, 2011
- 3.5 27 km W of Fort William, United Kingdom Oct 10, 2008
- 3.1 184 km ENE of Peterhead, United Kingdom Jan 9, 2008
- 2.7 75 km WSW of Sandwick, United Kingdom Mar 22, 2007
- 3.6 2 km NW of Dumfries, United Kingdom Dec 26, 2006
- 2.9 35 km ENE of Portree, United Kingdom Jun 8, 2006
- 2.5 3 km WSW of Auchterarder, United Kingdom Dec 31, 2005
- 2.7 24 km ENE of Tobermory, United Kingdom Dec 23, 2005