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Earthquakes in Germany

18,558 earthquakes catalogued in and around Germany between 1911 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.8
Latest earthquake · depth 0.3 km
04.08.2026 05:35 UTC · from centre 393 km
18,558
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1911–2026
record span
1.93
mean magnitude
16,718
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

069913981911: 1 (M5+)19111913: 1 (M5+)19201927: 1 (M5+)19291930: 1 (M5+)1932: 1 (M5+)1933: 1 (M5+)1935: 1 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)19381943: 1 (M5+)1946: 1 (M5+)19471951: 1 (M5+)1953: 1 (M5+)1955: 1 (M5+)1956: 1 (M4–5)19561958: 3 (M5+)1964: 1 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M4–5)19651967: 1 (M4–5)1969: 1 (M4–5)1970: 1 (M4–5)1971: 1 (M4–5)1973: 1 (M3–4)1973: 3 (M4–5)1974: 1 (M<3)1974: 2 (M3–4)1974: 2 (M4–5)19741975: 4 (M3–4)1975: 1 (M5+)1976: 1 (M3–4)1976: 2 (M4–5)1977: 7 (M3–4)1977: 2 (M4–5)1978: 15 (M<3)1978: 29 (M3–4)1978: 7 (M4–5)1978: 1 (M5+)1979: 10 (M<3)1979: 12 (M3–4)1979: 1 (M4–5)1980: 9 (M<3)1980: 8 (M3–4)1980: 3 (M4–5)1981: 4 (M<3)1981: 5 (M3–4)1981: 2 (M4–5)1982: 15 (M<3)1982: 28 (M3–4)1982: 2 (M4–5)1982: 1 (M5+)1983: 48 (M<3)1983: 33 (M3–4)1983: 2 (M4–5)19831984: 58 (M<3)1984: 38 (M3–4)1984: 6 (M4–5)1985: 156 (M<3)1985: 77 (M3–4)1985: 14 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M5+)1986: 86 (M<3)1986: 22 (M3–4)1986: 3 (M4–5)1987: 63 (M<3)1987: 26 (M3–4)1987: 3 (M4–5)1988: 48 (M<3)1988: 23 (M3–4)1989: 73 (M<3)1989: 27 (M3–4)1989: 4 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1990: 105 (M<3)1990: 31 (M3–4)1991: 135 (M<3)1991: 20 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)1992: 174 (M<3)1992: 40 (M3–4)1992: 5 (M4–5)1992: 1 (M5+)19921993: 232 (M<3)1993: 33 (M3–4)1993: 1 (M4–5)1994: 139 (M<3)1994: 23 (M3–4)1994: 1 (M4–5)1995: 102 (M<3)1995: 25 (M3–4)1995: 3 (M4–5)1996: 57 (M<3)1996: 33 (M3–4)1996: 3 (M4–5)1997: 115 (M<3)1997: 27 (M3–4)1997: 5 (M4–5)1998: 410 (M<3)1998: 38 (M3–4)1999: 300 (M<3)1999: 21 (M3–4)1999: 1 (M4–5)2000: 709 (M<3)2000: 79 (M3–4)2000: 7 (M4–5)2001: 435 (M<3)2001: 69 (M3–4)2001: 3 (M4–5)20012002: 572 (M<3)2002: 28 (M3–4)2002: 2 (M4–5)2003: 793 (M<3)2003: 51 (M3–4)2003: 5 (M4–5)2004: 443 (M<3)2004: 42 (M3–4)2004: 7 (M4–5)2005: 512 (M<3)2005: 64 (M3–4)2005: 3 (M4–5)2006: 612 (M<3)2006: 53 (M3–4)2007: 753 (M<3)2007: 71 (M3–4)2007: 3 (M4–5)2008: 810 (M<3)2008: 82 (M3–4)2008: 7 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 533 (M<3)2009: 14 (M3–4)2009: 3 (M4–5)2010: 487 (M<3)2010: 23 (M3–4)2010: 1 (M4–5)20102011: 809 (M<3)2011: 108 (M3–4)2011: 7 (M4–5)2012: 253 (M<3)2012: 6 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M4–5)2013: 273 (M<3)2013: 14 (M3–4)2014: 237 (M<3)2014: 28 (M3–4)2015: 250 (M<3)2015: 8 (M3–4)2016: 260 (M<3)2016: 9 (M3–4)2017: 203 (M<3)2017: 5 (M3–4)2018: 310 (M<3)2018: 28 (M3–4)2018: 2 (M4–5)2019: 240 (M<3)2019: 14 (M3–4)20192020: 326 (M<3)2020: 6 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M4–5)2021: 343 (M<3)2021: 15 (M3–4)2021: 2 (M4–5)2022: 330 (M<3)2022: 13 (M3–4)2023: 902 (M<3)2023: 16 (M3–4)2024: 1,384 (M<3)2024: 13 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)2025: 1,103 (M<3)2025: 9 (M3–4)2025: 1 (M4–5)2026: 652 (M<3)2026: 4 (M3–4)2026: 1 (M4–5)2026
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
6.216.11.1911 21:2540 km333 km
6.025.01.1946 17:3135 km569 km
5.828.05.1943 00:2415 km345 km
5.627.06.1935 17:1935 km348 km
5.520.07.1913 12:0615 km342 km
5.514.03.1951 09:4615 km262 km
5.523.06.1975 13:173.3 km55 km
5.503.10.1936 15:4810 km543 km
5.425.07.1927 20:3515 km523 km
5.422.02.1953 20:1610 km32 km
5.313.04.1992 01:2019.7 km325 km
5.307.10.1930 23:2715 km430 km
5.330.09.1958 08:4515 km416 km
5.308.07.1958 05:0215 km34 km
5.228.06.1982 09:5710 km190 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.804.08.2026 05:350.3 km393 km
1.003.08.2026 23:2115 km244 km
1.902.08.2026 02:094 km393 km
1.231.07.2026 09:161.5 km417 km
0.831.07.2026 00:329 km232 km
2.130.07.2026 13:300.8 km434 km
1.230.07.2026 10:04-0.3 km427 km
2.230.07.2026 07:526.2 km348 km
1.029.07.2026 09:040 km426 km
0.728.07.2026 20:3115 km426 km
1.227.07.2026 23:4510 km404 km
0.926.07.2026 22:0217 km433 km
0.826.07.2026 04:3021.2 km428 km
0.926.07.2026 02:547 km213 km
0.425.07.2026 19:4820 km437 km
0.625.07.2026 17:0511 km246 km
0.525.07.2026 05:5514 km229 km
0.825.07.2026 03:0413 km194 km
2.425.07.2026 02:5821.4 km378 km
0.524.07.2026 20:061.7 km422 km
2.424.07.2026 16:331.8 km445 km
0.523.07.2026 22:532.8 km424 km
1.823.07.2026 13:290.4 km434 km
0.623.07.2026 11:5410 km377 km
0.523.07.2026 04:2511 km246 km
0.522.07.2026 19:278 km399 km
0.320.07.2026 21:259 km339 km
1.020.07.2026 10:541 km425 km
1.819.07.2026 11:005.6 km359 km
0.918.07.2026 19:139 km332 km
0.817.07.2026 11:349 km347 km
1.517.07.2026 09:23-1.1 km499 km
1.917.07.2026 07:0412 km259 km
1.216.07.2026 08:402 km427 km
0.616.07.2026 04:4311 km232 km
2.415.07.2026 11:1018.8 km452 km
1.915.07.2026 09:395.1 km378 km
1.715.07.2026 07:279.6 km489 km
0.714.07.2026 00:5514 km330 km
1.513.07.2026 10:561.3 km415 km
0.413.07.2026 00:599 km212 km
0.813.07.2026 00:4021 km427 km
1.012.07.2026 00:525.1 km451 km
0.511.07.2026 21:3411 km230 km
0.711.07.2026 19:102 km386 km
1.011.07.2026 15:3813 km426 km
0.410.07.2026 19:278 km343 km
0.809.07.2026 18:199 km246 km
1.409.07.2026 16:000 km290 km
0.509.07.2026 15:4014 km327 km
0.509.07.2026 11:1414 km327 km
0.509.07.2026 10:3815 km231 km
1.009.07.2026 07:200 km484 km
1.108.07.2026 18:2720 km366 km
1.708.07.2026 13:341.6 km497 km
2.108.07.2026 10:440 km310 km
1.008.07.2026 06:209 km247 km
0.507.07.2026 12:188 km342 km
1.607.07.2026 09:380.8 km479 km
2.307.07.2026 08:410 km132 km

Regions

Bavaria5,939Baden-Württemberg5,593Rhineland-Palatinate3,583North Rhine-Westphalia2,396Saxony2,339Thuringia1,872Saarland1,254Hesse1,106Lower Saxony1,093

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.