Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Sandnes
Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway · population 85,386. 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 Sandnes. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 5.5 102 km W of Åkrehamn, Norway Jan 24, 1927
- 5.0 198 km WSW of Åkrehamn, Norway Jun 30, 2017
- 5.0 159 km WSW of Fedje, Norway Jul 29, 1982
- 4.8 20 km SSE of Ølen, Norway Jan 29, 1989
- 4.8 7 km SSW of Mosterhamn, Norway Mar 8, 1983
- 4.7 169 km ESE of Lerwick, United Kingdom Dec 8, 2000
- 4.5 101 km WSW of Fedje, Norway May 5, 2000
- 4.4 47 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark Feb 19, 2010
- 4.4 28 km S of Vestbygd, Norway Jan 28, 2007
- 4.1 16 km W of Sveio, Norway Aug 12, 2000
The latest nearby
- 4.0 20 km WSW of Manger, Norway Nov 7, 2017
- 5.0 198 km WSW of Åkrehamn, Norway Jun 30, 2017
- 3.2 18 km SSW of Fedje, Norway Mar 24, 2012
- 3.6 13 km WSW of Ølen, Norway Mar 14, 2012
- 4.4 47 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark Feb 19, 2010
- 2.7 18 km SW of Fedje, Norway Oct 22, 2008
- 2.8 20 km WSW of Storebø, Norway Aug 23, 2008
- 2.6 North Sea Jan 24, 2008
- 3.1 184 km ENE of Peterhead, United Kingdom Jan 9, 2008
- 2.5 southern Norway Nov 6, 2007
- 3.2 69 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark Jul 21, 2007
- 3.2 31 km W of Rubbestadneset, Norway May 25, 2007
- 2.5 southern Norway Feb 8, 2007
- 2.7 71 km WNW of Hardbakke, Norway Jan 29, 2007
- 4.4 28 km S of Vestbygd, Norway Jan 28, 2007