Quakes felt in Israel: history and statistics
Since 2000, 189 earthquakes that may have been felt in Israel are on record here; the strongest estimated intensity was IV, on 4 Jul 2018 (near Hodayot).
Quakes per year
Quakes that may have been felt in Israel, by year. Light bar: may have been felt weakly; dark bar: felt.
| Year | Felt | Weakly | Quakes per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 12 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 |
All felt quakes
- Magnitude 4.526 km SW of EilatIII weak
- Magnitude 4.122 km W of Qiryat ShemonaIII weak
- Magnitude 5.0EgyptII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.367 km NW of ShelomiIII weak
- Magnitude 4.114 km S of AradIII weak
- Magnitude 4.1Eastern Mediterranean SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.4Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.6Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 5.3CyprusII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.7CyprusMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 5.2CyprusII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 6.0TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 6.1TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.8Eastern Mediterranean SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 6.2Aegean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 6.0Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 6.224 km SE of Marmara Ereğlisi, TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.6Eastern Mediterranean SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.4Red SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 6.0TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.9Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.8SyriaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.5SyriaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 5.2SyriaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.4SyriaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.478 km NW of ShelomiII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 5.5TurkeyII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 6.3TurkeyII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 5.2Eastern Mediterranean SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.8Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.3Eastern Mediterranean SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.1LebanonII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.1near RehelimIV largely observed
- Magnitude 4.7TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.5Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 6.0TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 6.0TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 7.5TurkeyIII weak
- Magnitude 4.6Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.4Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.5Eastern Mediterranean SeaMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 4.7Eastern Mediterranean SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 5.6Turkey-Syria Border RegionMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 6.7TurkeyII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 5.7TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 7.8TurkeyIV largely observed
- Magnitude 4.3SyriaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 4.7Red SeaII scarcely felt
- Magnitude 6.1TurkeyMay have been felt weakly
- Magnitude 5.0Eastern Mediterranean SeaII scarcely felt
History from the USGS catalogue (2000 on) and EMSC (live); felt or not by our calibrated intensity model.