EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Belgium

949 earthquakes catalogued in and around Belgium between 1932 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
949
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1932–2026
record span
2.12
mean magnitude
792
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

048961932: 1 (M5+)19321938: 1 (M5+)193919461951: 1 (M5+)1953196019671970: 1 (M4–5)1973: 1 (M4–5)1974: 1 (M3–4)1974: 1 (M4–5)19741975: 1 (M3–4)1976: 1 (M5+)1978: 1 (M<3)1978: 1 (M3–4)1978: 1 (M4–5)19811982: 1 (M<3)1982: 3 (M3–4)1983: 4 (M<3)1983: 7 (M3–4)1983: 1 (M4–5)1984: 2 (M<3)1984: 1 (M3–4)1985: 4 (M<3)1985: 3 (M3–4)1986: 6 (M<3)1987: 1 (M<3)1987: 3 (M3–4)1988: 3 (M<3)1988: 4 (M3–4)19881989: 14 (M<3)1989: 4 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1990: 12 (M<3)1990: 5 (M3–4)1991: 7 (M<3)1991: 2 (M3–4)1992: 31 (M<3)1992: 16 (M3–4)1992: 2 (M4–5)1992: 1 (M5+)1993: 10 (M<3)1993: 4 (M3–4)1994: 12 (M<3)1994: 1 (M3–4)1995: 11 (M<3)1995: 7 (M3–4)1995: 1 (M4–5)19951996: 4 (M<3)1996: 3 (M3–4)1997: 9 (M<3)1997: 3 (M3–4)1998: 24 (M<3)1998: 3 (M3–4)1999: 16 (M<3)1999: 3 (M3–4)1999: 1 (M4–5)2000: 11 (M<3)2000: 4 (M3–4)2000: 1 (M4–5)2001: 42 (M<3)2001: 11 (M3–4)2001: 2 (M4–5)2002: 84 (M<3)2002: 10 (M3–4)2002: 2 (M4–5)20022003: 43 (M<3)2003: 4 (M3–4)2004: 30 (M<3)2004: 1 (M3–4)2005: 15 (M<3)2005: 2 (M3–4)2006: 18 (M<3)2006: 3 (M3–4)2007: 20 (M<3)2007: 5 (M3–4)2008: 71 (M<3)2008: 7 (M3–4)2009: 69 (M<3)2009: 4 (M3–4)2009: 1 (M4–5)20092010: 46 (M<3)2011: 30 (M<3)2011: 1 (M4–5)2012: 9 (M<3)2013: 11 (M<3)2013: 1 (M3–4)2014: 4 (M<3)2015: 13 (M<3)2015: 1 (M3–4)2016: 13 (M<3)20162017: 6 (M<3)2018: 9 (M<3)2018: 1 (M3–4)2019: 6 (M<3)2019: 2 (M3–4)2020: 3 (M<3)2021: 14 (M<3)2022: 3 (M<3)2023: 11 (M<3)2023: 1 (M3–4)20232024: 11 (M<3)2025: 21 (M<3)2026: 9 (M<3)2026: 1 (M3–4)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
5.611.06.1938 10:5735 km68 km
5.514.03.1951 09:4615 km165 km
5.524.10.1976 20:3333 km37 km
5.313.04.1992 01:2019.7 km122 km
5.120.11.1932 23:3615 km148 km
4.823.06.2001 01:3910 km102 km
4.708.11.1983 00:4914 km67 km
4.710.01.1970 12:097.7 km91 km
4.522.07.2002 05:4513.2 km126 km
4.429.03.1978 21:5110 km152 km
4.320.04.1973 12:240 km165 km
4.301.07.1974 01:260 km165 km
4.320.06.1995 01:5420 km39 km
4.314.04.1992 01:0610 km116 km
4.208.09.2011 19:026 km173 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.010.06.2026 10:220 km138 km
2.213.05.2026 16:5213.7 km78 km
1.426.03.2026 08:5110 km175 km
0.819.03.2026 21:407 km174 km
3.016.03.2026 04:2815.8 km113 km
1.111.03.2026 03:2710 km175 km
2.026.02.2026 08:570 km158 km
1.110.02.2026 04:3915 km122 km
2.205.01.2026 02:0419.6 km129 km
2.001.01.2026 21:499.2 km134 km
0.731.12.2025 02:1422 km131 km
1.731.12.2025 01:2724 km131 km
2.208.12.2025 11:170 km164 km
1.102.12.2025 12:5220 km134 km
0.730.11.2025 04:2022 km141 km
2.106.11.2025 14:0010 km130 km
1.915.09.2025 08:3410 km130 km
2.309.09.2025 02:5316.8 km124 km
1.623.08.2025 02:3117.4 km111 km
1.330.06.2025 17:5410 km149 km
1.325.06.2025 05:055.8 km93 km
0.621.06.2025 00:407 km137 km
1.431.05.2025 14:540 km152 km
0.915.03.2025 05:0326 km139 km
1.824.02.2025 21:3810 km123 km
2.024.02.2025 05:057.7 km91 km
1.516.02.2025 21:1510 km113 km
1.021.01.2025 16:4915.4 km92 km
1.721.01.2025 14:021.6 km77 km
2.115.01.2025 11:000 km163 km
2.503.01.2025 07:075 km121 km
0.722.12.2024 05:475.3 km119 km
1.913.12.2024 00:145 km120 km
1.013.12.2024 00:087.8 km119 km
2.414.11.2024 14:050 km155 km
2.220.10.2024 21:345.9 km104 km
2.130.09.2024 12:3318 km156 km
2.117.04.2024 10:040 km49 km
2.012.04.2024 19:3310 km119 km
2.205.04.2024 10:000 km28 km
0.718.02.2024 00:5724 km134 km
1.226.01.2024 23:523 km118 km
1.101.11.2023 11:316 km119 km
2.127.10.2023 20:4921 km51 km
2.324.10.2023 01:1510 km136 km
3.116.09.2023 15:532 km137 km
1.415.09.2023 09:3029.2 km149 km
2.830.08.2023 07:425.6 km154 km
2.903.08.2023 10:192 km115 km
2.523.04.2023 08:0015 km101 km
2.716.04.2023 21:2614 km146 km
2.012.04.2023 16:1310 km133 km
2.201.03.2023 17:581 km118 km
2.022.02.2023 02:4614 km102 km
2.514.12.2022 07:1815 km152 km
2.116.11.2022 08:595 km93 km
1.703.10.2022 00:443 km94 km
2.615.11.2021 02:1710 km112 km
2.620.06.2021 00:102 km34 km
2.330.05.2021 19:505 km69 km

Regions

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.