Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Obock
Obock, Djibouti · population 15,429. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year2M2.5+
Since 1900358M4.5+, 15 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 Obock. 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
- 6.2 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
- 6.1 36 km ENE of Dubti, Ethiopia Apr 5, 1969
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
- 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
- 4.3 99 km SE of Aden, Yemen May 4, 2025
- 4.4 130 km SE of Aden, Yemen Apr 26, 2025
- 4.6 116 km SE of Aden, Yemen Oct 21, 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
- 4.4 23 km NNE of Loyada, Djibouti Feb 3, 2024
- 4.2 13 km NNE of Loyada, Djibouti Feb 3, 2024
- 5.4 27 km SSE of Obock, Djibouti Jan 25, 2024
- 4.4 20 km E of Tadjourah, Djibouti Oct 25, 2023