EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Oman

526 earthquakes catalogued in and around Oman between 1905 and 2025. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
526
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1905–2025
record span
3.72
mean magnitude
276
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

027551905: 1 (M5+)19051913: 1 (M5+)19151925: 1 (M5+)19251926: 1 (M5+)1927: 1 (M5+)1931: 3 (M5+)1935: 2 (M5+)19351936: 2 (M5+)1939: 1 (M5+)1942: 1 (M5+)1945: 3 (M5+)19451947: 1 (M5+)19551960: 1 (M5+)1962: 1 (M4–5)1963: 3 (M5+)1964: 1 (M5+)19651966: 1 (M4–5)1967: 2 (M4–5)1967: 4 (M5+)1969: 4 (M4–5)1969: 1 (M5+)1970: 1 (M4–5)1971: 2 (M5+)1975: 1 (M4–5)19751976: 1 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M5+)1977: 1 (M4–5)1978: 1 (M4–5)1979: 3 (M4–5)1980: 2 (M4–5)1981: 1 (M4–5)1983: 1 (M5+)1984: 4 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M4–5)19851986: 2 (M4–5)1986: 2 (M5+)1987: 5 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1993: 1 (M4–5)1994: 1 (M3–4)1994: 1 (M4–5)1995: 1 (M4–5)19951996: 3 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M4–5)1998: 1 (M3–4)1998: 2 (M4–5)1999: 1 (M4–5)2000: 6 (M4–5)2001: 1 (M3–4)2002: 1 (M3–4)2002: 9 (M4–5)2003: 1 (M4–5)2003: 1 (M5+)2004: 1 (M3–4)2005: 1 (M<3)2005: 2 (M3–4)2005: 1 (M4–5)2005: 2 (M5+)20052006: 2 (M3–4)2006: 1 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M5+)2007: 16 (M<3)2007: 9 (M3–4)2007: 1 (M4–5)2008: 13 (M<3)2008: 14 (M3–4)2008: 13 (M4–5)2008: 7 (M5+)2009: 15 (M<3)2009: 7 (M3–4)2009: 2 (M4–5)2009: 2 (M5+)2010: 16 (M<3)2010: 7 (M3–4)2010: 3 (M4–5)2011: 46 (M<3)2011: 6 (M3–4)2012: 2 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M4–5)2013: 14 (M3–4)2013: 34 (M4–5)2013: 7 (M5+)2014: 10 (M3–4)2014: 9 (M4–5)2014: 6 (M5+)2015: 21 (M<3)2015: 11 (M3–4)2015: 5 (M4–5)20152016: 18 (M<3)2016: 8 (M3–4)2016: 4 (M4–5)2017: 4 (M3–4)2018: 1 (M<3)2018: 3 (M4–5)2019: 6 (M3–4)2019: 4 (M4–5)2019: 1 (M5+)2020: 3 (M3–4)2020: 4 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M5+)2022: 3 (M3–4)2022: 27 (M4–5)2022: 9 (M5+)2023: 1 (M3–4)2023: 4 (M4–5)2023: 2 (M5+)2024: 1 (M3–4)2024: 5 (M4–5)2025: 3 (M3–4)2025: 5 (M4–5)2025
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
8.227.10.1945 21:57615 km
6.209.01.1905 06:1415 km582 km
6.211.05.2013 02:0815.1 km608 km
6.111.01.1945 02:0315 km559 km
6.110.09.2008 11:0017.5 km594 km
6.101.07.2022 23:2513.5 km593 km
6.008.11.1971 03:0613.4 km633 km
6.001.07.2022 21:3213 km596 km
6.024.03.1913 10:3415 km653 km
5.927.11.2005 10:2215.6 km588 km
5.915.01.1945 17:2115 km551 km
5.907.12.1989 12:5912 km588 km
5.828.06.2006 21:0217.7 km594 km
5.824.09.1925 04:3815 km572 km
5.821.04.1936 02:1415 km578 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.410.11.2025 14:4623.9 km388 km
4.009.11.2025 06:180 km629 km
3.904.11.2025 12:4017.2 km458 km
4.315.10.2025 13:5310 km625 km
3.709.06.2025 18:4510 km646 km
4.130.05.2025 14:1710 km643 km
4.527.04.2025 10:3210 km392 km
4.310.02.2025 21:060 km452 km
4.016.09.2024 23:5810 km566 km
4.406.09.2024 13:3818.3 km661 km
3.721.08.2024 19:0110 km675 km
4.729.07.2024 20:279.3 km675 km
4.120.04.2024 00:0810 km576 km
4.206.04.2024 04:5416.8 km591 km
5.023.12.2023 19:2410 km621 km
4.828.11.2023 21:0510 km350 km
3.528.11.2023 21:058 km370 km
4.022.11.2023 08:2710 km562 km
4.821.10.2023 06:0020.4 km438 km
5.313.04.2023 03:2413.3 km602 km
4.012.01.2023 01:2283.4 km603 km
5.630.11.2022 15:1712.1 km598 km
5.017.11.2022 13:5911.3 km600 km
4.102.11.2022 08:0710 km550 km
3.919.09.2022 04:2624.2 km387 km
4.017.08.2022 07:0310 km594 km
4.117.08.2022 06:5710 km592 km
5.523.07.2022 16:0916.4 km599 km
5.423.07.2022 16:0715 km597 km
4.122.07.2022 05:4523.1 km604 km
4.116.07.2022 19:2710 km591 km
4.208.07.2022 20:2810 km589 km
3.302.07.2022 14:4410 km539 km
6.101.07.2022 23:2513.5 km593 km
5.701.07.2022 23:2410.6 km599 km
4.201.07.2022 21:4110 km495 km
6.001.07.2022 21:3213 km596 km
4.225.06.2022 05:5110 km589 km
4.025.06.2022 05:5010 km591 km
4.225.06.2022 04:5918.1 km589 km
4.025.06.2022 03:470 km565 km
5.525.06.2022 03:3711.5 km594 km
4.224.06.2022 13:3210 km593 km
4.024.06.2022 04:5813.6 km587 km
4.224.06.2022 01:2713 km593 km
4.022.06.2022 06:0618.4 km590 km
4.221.06.2022 07:0510 km594 km
4.320.06.2022 02:3810 km597 km
4.918.06.2022 16:4413.5 km594 km
4.116.06.2022 04:4410 km557 km
3.616.06.2022 01:0510 km579 km
4.816.06.2022 00:4018.5 km591 km
4.015.06.2022 23:5210 km594 km
4.115.06.2022 20:5815.3 km593 km
4.115.06.2022 14:3210 km579 km
4.215.06.2022 09:3715.9 km597 km
5.015.06.2022 06:1510 km586 km
5.515.06.2022 06:0617.9 km597 km
4.515.06.2022 05:5924 km593 km
4.315.06.2022 05:5517 km590 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.