Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Samara
Samara, Āfar, Ethiopia · population 50,000. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year11M2.5+
Since 1900360M4.5+, 21 of them M6+
How often M6+6 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Samara. 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
- 6.3 37 km ENE of Āt’aye, Ethiopia Sep 27, 1938
- 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
- 6.2 18 km NNE of Mehal Mēda, Ethiopia Jun 1, 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
The latest nearby
- 4.4 15 km SW of Tadjourah, Djibouti Jul 25, 2026
- 4.2 75 km E of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Jun 11, 2026
- 4.4 34 km SE of Debre Birhan, Ethiopia Apr 21, 2026
- 3.7 14 km NNE of Arta, Djibouti Feb 3, 2026
- 4.2 56 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Jan 21, 2026
- 4.4 52 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Jan 21, 2026
- 4.5 68 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Jan 4, 2026
- 5.4 116 km WSW of Edd, Eritrea Nov 23, 2025
- 5.5 116 km WSW of Edd, Eritrea Nov 23, 2025
- 4.4 115 km ENE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Nov 23, 2025
- 4.4 39 km ENE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia Nov 1, 2025
- 4.9 26 km S of Debre Sīna, Ethiopia Oct 26, 2025
- 4.4 55 km ESE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Oct 20, 2025
- 4.5 44 km SE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Oct 20, 2025
- 4.3 72 km ESE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Oct 17, 2025