EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Lower Saxony

1,093 earthquakes catalogued in and around Lower Saxony between 1953 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
1,093
recorded earthquakes
M5.5
largest
1953–2026
record span
2.39
mean magnitude
890
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

047941953: 1 (M5+)19531958: 1 (M5+)1959196519711973: 1 (M3–4)1975: 1 (M5+)1977: 1 (M3–4)19771980: 1 (M3–4)1981: 2 (M4–5)1982: 5 (M<3)1982: 1 (M3–4)1983: 3 (M<3)1983: 2 (M3–4)1983: 1 (M4–5)19831984: 1 (M3–4)1985: 5 (M<3)1985: 1 (M3–4)1986: 9 (M<3)1986: 1 (M3–4)1987: 2 (M<3)1987: 1 (M3–4)1988: 1 (M<3)1988: 3 (M3–4)1989: 3 (M<3)1989: 1 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M5+)19891990: 10 (M<3)1990: 3 (M3–4)1991: 12 (M<3)1991: 3 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)1992: 23 (M<3)1992: 4 (M3–4)1993: 15 (M<3)1993: 1 (M3–4)1994: 4 (M<3)1994: 4 (M3–4)1995: 14 (M<3)1995: 9 (M3–4)19951996: 10 (M<3)1996: 3 (M3–4)1996: 1 (M4–5)1997: 4 (M<3)1997: 1 (M3–4)1998: 85 (M<3)1998: 9 (M3–4)1999: 35 (M<3)1999: 1 (M3–4)2000: 55 (M<3)2000: 8 (M3–4)2001: 40 (M<3)2001: 4 (M3–4)20012002: 75 (M<3)2002: 1 (M3–4)2003: 62 (M<3)2003: 8 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 26 (M<3)2004: 1 (M3–4)2004: 1 (M4–5)2005: 62 (M<3)2005: 3 (M3–4)2005: 1 (M4–5)2006: 37 (M<3)2006: 9 (M3–4)2007: 25 (M<3)2007: 13 (M3–4)20072008: 39 (M<3)2008: 16 (M3–4)2009: 34 (M<3)2009: 1 (M4–5)2010: 22 (M<3)2011: 23 (M<3)2012: 22 (M<3)2012: 2 (M3–4)2013: 31 (M<3)2013: 5 (M3–4)20132014: 14 (M<3)2014: 6 (M3–4)2015: 15 (M<3)2015: 1 (M3–4)2016: 23 (M<3)2016: 2 (M3–4)2017: 4 (M<3)2018: 21 (M<3)2018: 4 (M3–4)2019: 7 (M<3)2019: 3 (M3–4)20192020: 5 (M<3)2021: 9 (M<3)2021: 2 (M3–4)2022: 7 (M<3)2022: 1 (M3–4)2023: 10 (M<3)2024: 11 (M<3)2024: 1 (M3–4)2025: 13 (M<3)2025: 2 (M3–4)20252026: 4 (M<3)
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
5.523.06.1975 13:173.3 km211 km
5.422.02.1953 20:1610 km190 km
5.308.07.1958 05:0215 km207 km
5.213.03.1989 13:025.1 km209 km
4.811.09.1996 03:360 km218 km
4.716.05.1991 02:0610 km104 km
4.623.06.1983 09:3110 km165 km
4.313.07.1981 08:1210 km104 km
4.328.09.1981 22:0810 km171 km
4.306.01.2003 21:4910 km107 km
4.220.10.2004 06:5915.7 km55 km
4.124.07.2009 02:580 km221 km
4.015.07.2005 15:0210 km50 km
3.802.06.1977 13:320 km61 km
3.822.03.1993 18:4010 km98 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.814.04.2026 10:030 km227 km
2.914.03.2026 01:143 km177 km
2.611.02.2026 19:375 km45 km
2.011.02.2026 03:575 km45 km
1.918.11.2025 03:581 km183 km
2.014.11.2025 05:393 km180 km
3.414.11.2025 00:165.3 km193 km
2.103.11.2025 23:543 km32 km
1.622.08.2025 18:554 km6 km
2.015.08.2025 10:470 km122 km
2.018.05.2025 20:573 km195 km
3.201.04.2025 12:334 km80 km
1.430.03.2025 01:041 km18 km
2.121.03.2025 18:144 km68 km
1.610.03.2025 17:315 km60 km
1.417.02.2025 09:511 km187 km
2.212.02.2025 23:223 km194 km
1.727.01.2025 07:344 km41 km
1.826.01.2025 06:293 km157 km
1.125.12.2024 18:481 km178 km
1.311.11.2024 19:163 km79 km
2.231.10.2024 15:153 km185 km
1.713.08.2024 22:513 km153 km
2.110.08.2024 17:511 km177 km
1.627.05.2024 02:204 km46 km
1.623.04.2024 04:331 km176 km
2.111.04.2024 09:103 km183 km
1.631.03.2024 12:063 km36 km
3.725.03.2024 11:078.6 km40 km
2.124.03.2024 01:5710 km158 km
1.701.02.2024 12:163 km71 km
2.423.12.2023 22:335 km52 km
2.221.12.2023 02:3710 km96 km
2.129.10.2023 03:113 km175 km
1.628.09.2023 12:214.4 km60 km
2.015.09.2023 08:193 km187 km
1.714.09.2023 02:215 km48 km
0.829.08.2023 01:181 km152 km
1.228.08.2023 20:425 km9 km
1.127.07.2023 21:383 km43 km
2.212.04.2023 16:473 km182 km
2.222.10.2022 10:143 km177 km
3.108.10.2022 02:173 km178 km
2.724.09.2022 10:205 km178 km
2.309.09.2022 00:393 km187 km
2.105.09.2022 10:083 km67 km
2.120.04.2022 09:0517 km118 km
2.701.04.2022 17:113 km180 km
2.106.03.2022 13:183 km182 km
3.408.12.2021 10:562 km220 km
3.216.11.2021 00:463 km179 km
2.304.10.2021 20:473 km181 km
2.504.10.2021 02:593 km181 km
2.913.09.2021 01:225.3 km58 km
2.021.07.2021 20:494 km35 km
2.201.07.2021 15:383 km175 km
2.319.06.2021 01:033 km181 km
2.111.06.2021 23:293 km180 km
2.328.04.2021 19:463 km186 km
2.219.01.2021 03:421 km176 km

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.