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
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 4.0near Tomer17 Sept 2006 11:22III weak
Magnitude 4.55 km E of Tomer9 Sept 2006 07:58IV largely observed
Magnitude 5.0Eastern Mediterranean Sea30 Mar 2006 00:05II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.5Red Sea2 Feb 2006 11:49II scarcely felt
Magnitude 6.7Aegean Sea8 Jan 2006 13:34May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.44 km SE of Bet Haarava3 Oct 2005 07:05IV largely observed
Magnitude 4.3Eastern Mediterranean Sea15 Apr 2005 09:24II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.162 km SE of Eilat27 Feb 2005 00:57II scarcely felt
Magnitude 3.869 km NW of Eilat28 Oct 2004 09:10II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.7Eastern Mediterranean Sea16 Oct 2004 17:28II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.06 km S of Ram-On8 Aug 2004 15:42III weak
Magnitude 4.531 km NE of Geva Binyamin7 Jul 2004 17:35IV largely observed
Magnitude 4.7Saudi Arabia22 Jun 2004 17:38May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.6Saudi Arabia9 Jun 2004 14:41May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.1Eastern Mediterranean Sea17 Mar 2004 07:21May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.333 km E of Arad16 Mar 2004 01:49III weak
Magnitude 5.326 km SE of Ma'ale Adummim11 Feb 2004 10:15IV largely observed
Magnitude 4.0Syria8 Feb 2004 13:21II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.6Cyprus3 Nov 2003 15:55May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.4Eastern Mediterranean Sea13 May 2003 22:52May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.4Turkey1 May 2003 03:27May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.1Turkey27 Jan 2003 07:26May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.4Eastern Mediterranean Sea21 Feb 2002 06:27May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.0Turkey3 Feb 2002 11:26May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.5Turkey3 Feb 2002 09:11May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.2Aegean Sea22 Jan 2002 06:53May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.4Eastern Mediterranean Sea2 Sept 2001 03:03May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.4Cyprus1 Sept 2001 22:22May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.5Aegean Sea26 Jul 2001 03:21May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 5.5Turkey25 Jun 2001 16:28May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.0Lebanon29 Apr 2001 15:41II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.034 km S of Eilat7 Feb 2001 05:39II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.5Saudi Arabia25 Dec 2000 03:58II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.5Eastern Mediterranean Sea16 Dec 2000 16:27II scarcely felt
Magnitude 6.0Turkey15 Dec 2000 18:44May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.4Red Sea3 Nov 2000 23:19May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 6.0Turkey6 Jun 2000 05:41May have been felt weakly
Magnitude 4.2Red Sea6 Apr 2000 08:37II scarcely felt
Magnitude 4.9Red Sea8 Mar 2000 16:22III weak

History from the USGS catalogue (2000 on) and EMSC (live); felt or not by our calibrated intensity model.