Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia, United States · population 100,011. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 19007M4.5+, 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 Roanoke. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 5.8 11 km SSW of Mineral, Virginia Aug 23, 2011
- 5.1 4 km SE of Sparta, North Carolina Aug 9, 2020
- 4.6 6 km NE of Luray, Virginia Apr 10, 1918
- 4.5 8 km ENE of Athens, West Virginia Nov 20, 1969
- 4.5 8 km SW of Mineral, Virginia Aug 25, 2011
- 4.5 5 km ENE of Columbia, Virginia Dec 9, 2003
- 4.5 5 km S of Greeneville, Tennessee Nov 3, 1928
- 4.3 13 km NW of Raven, Virginia Nov 23, 2006
- 4.3 13 km NNW of Raven, Virginia Nov 2, 2006
- 4.2 6 km W of Blackey, Kentucky Nov 10, 2012
The latest nearby
- 2.7 7 km N of Columbus, North Carolina Aug 14, 2025
- 3.0 8 km S of Dillwyn, Virginia May 6, 2025
- 2.8 0 km NE of Reno, Ohio Feb 3, 2025
- 3.1 2 km NNW of Oak Hill, Ohio Feb 3, 2025
- 2.8 1 km NNE of Wyndham, Virginia Jan 14, 2025
- 3.2 1 km NW of Chesapeake, Ohio Dec 16, 2024
- 2.7 18 km SSE of Hyden, Kentucky May 22, 2024
- 2.6 Virginia-North Carolina border region Jul 8, 2023
- 2.7 5 km S of Hillsville, Virginia Jul 6, 2023
- 2.5 2 km N of Pembroke, Virginia Jun 17, 2023
- 2.5 13 km SSW of Rio Grande, Ohio Mar 20, 2023
- 2.5 6 km ESE of Cheshire, Ohio Feb 17, 2023
- 2.6 Virginia-North Carolina border region Oct 25, 2022
- 2.6 9 km SSW of Abingdon, Virginia Nov 21, 2021
- 2.6 4 km N of Lafayette, Virginia Sep 27, 2021