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Earthquakes in Iraq: live activity, map and history

Explore recent and historical earthquakes in Iraq, with live USGS-derived data, magnitude and depth statistics, regional hubs and an interactive globe.

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LargestM 5.8
avg_depth15.9 km
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Last 365 days1M4.5+ 1 · M6+ 0Max M 4.6
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Recent activity vs baseline

Counts describe detected earthquakes and are not a forecast or hazard assessment.

M4.5+ · 30d0
Monthly reference0.1
Relative activity×0.0
Historical maximumM 5.8

Recent earthquakes — Iraq

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Country activity: Iraq

Quake Pulse groups events assigned to Iraq from coordinate-based country boundaries, with a cautious text fallback for offshore events. The page combines recent activity with the historical catalogue so a short-lived sequence can be read in context.

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Reference localities

Locality hubs are inferred from recurring USGS reference-place descriptions.

‘Al? al Gharb?14 USGS referencesSarpol-e Z?ah?b8 USGS references?alabja7 USGS referencesDehlor?n7 USGS referencesJamjam?l5 USGS referencesMandal?5 USGS referencesKifr?3 USGS referencesKoysinceq3 USGS referencesMehr?n3 USGS referencesÇukurca3 USGS referencesSarpol-e Z̄ahāb2 USGS referencesBaynjiwayn2 USGS referencesAl ‘Am?rah2 USGS references‘Aqrah2 USGS referencesŢūz Khūrmātū1 USGS referencesḨalabja1 USGS references

Recent local earthquakes

Times shown in UTC.

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 4.640 km WSW of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran10.0 km2025-11-01 11:25:03 UTCView event →
M 4.831 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran10.0 km2025-01-27 01:02:30 UTCView event →
M 4.720 km NNE of Ţūz Khūrmātū, Iraq10.0 km2023-09-10 21:43:49 UTCView event →
M 5.114 km NNE of Ḩalabja, Iraq10.0 km2023-03-16 18:32:51 UTCView event →
M 4.610 km SE of Jamjam?l, Iraq10.0 km2022-01-10 20:11:16 UTCView event →
M 4.58 km E of Jamjam?l, Iraq10.0 km2022-01-10 18:29:47 UTCView event →
M 4.535 km E of Kifr?, Iraq10.0 km2021-09-08 15:43:01 UTCView event →
M 5.26 km NE of Baynjiwayn, Iraq10.0 km2021-04-06 15:12:25 UTCView event →
M 4.834 km E of Kifr?, Iraq10.0 km2021-02-11 22:10:35 UTCView event →
M 4.925 km ESE of Jamjam?l, Iraq10.0 km2020-11-09 23:18:25 UTCView event →
M 4.822 km E of Jamjam?l, Iraq12.0 km2020-04-29 17:01:35 UTCView event →
M 4.934 km WNW of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran4.5 km2020-01-09 10:51:58 UTCView event →
M 5.233 km SW of ?alabja, Iraq10.0 km2019-05-11 10:28:59 UTCView event →
M 4.534 km NNW of Mandal?, Iraq10.0 km2019-03-12 12:06:05 UTCView event →
M 4.635 km WSW of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran10.0 km2018-11-27 06:36:34 UTCView event →
M 4.535 km W of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran10.0 km2018-10-17 03:16:54 UTCView event →
M 4.536 km SSW of ?alabja, Iraq10.0 km2018-05-22 00:31:53 UTCView event →
M 4.621 km SSE of Koysinceq, Iraq10.0 km2018-04-16 04:30:35 UTCView event →
M 4.523 km ESE of Koysinceq, Iraq10.0 km2018-02-19 19:20:45 UTCView event →
M 4.649 km WSW of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran10.0 km2018-02-19 11:02:00 UTCView event →
M 4.620 km SSE of Mandal?, Iraq10.0 km2018-01-26 20:17:35 UTCView event →
M 4.527 km SW of Al ‘Am?rah, Iraq10.0 km2018-01-15 14:27:45 UTCView event →
M 4.532 km SE of Mandal?, Iraq10.0 km2018-01-11 09:32:24 UTCView event →
M 4.727 km SW of ?alabja, Iraq14.7 km2017-12-11 14:42:40 UTCView event →
M 5.423 km WSW of ?alabja, Iraq17.6 km2017-12-11 14:09:57 UTCView event →
M 4.8Iran-Iraq border region10.0 km2017-12-06 05:53:42 UTCView event →
M 5.136 km SE of Mehr?n, Iran35.0 km2017-11-20 15:23:42 UTCView event →
M 4.532 km WNW of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran10.0 km2017-11-17 14:02:51 UTCView event →
M 4.533 km SSW of ?alabja, Iraq10.0 km2017-11-13 14:01:48 UTCView event →
M 4.629 km WNW of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran10.5 km2017-11-13 08:28:51 UTCView event →
M 5.346 km SW of ?alabja, Iraq10.0 km2017-11-12 18:29:52 UTCView event →
M 5.129 km ENE of Koysinceq, Iraq8.0 km2017-08-23 13:42:53 UTCView event →
M 4.7Iraq10.0 km2017-08-18 10:18:44 UTCView event →
M 4.721 km SSE of Mandal?, Iraq10.0 km2014-08-22 17:55:59 UTCView event →
M 5.634 km W of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran6.0 km2013-11-22 06:51:25 UTCView event →
M 4.934 km NE of Tallkayf, Iraq7.0 km2013-03-11 14:57:07 UTCView event →
M 4.5Iraq9.1 km2012-09-13 02:42:20 UTCView event →
M 4.625 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq5.0 km2012-04-24 18:16:36 UTCView event →
M 4.527 km SW of Dehlor?n, Iran4.7 km2012-04-23 16:42:59 UTCView event →
M 4.633 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-22 08:13:52 UTCView event →
M 4.934 km SSW of Dehlor?n, Iran10.0 km2012-04-21 06:13:26 UTCView event →
M 5.034 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-21 05:25:08 UTCView event →
M 4.634 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-21 02:39:13 UTCView event →
M 4.630 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-20 17:19:48 UTCView event →
M 4.931 km SW of Dehlor?n, Iran10.0 km2012-04-20 15:37:02 UTCView event →
M 4.516 km NE of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq5.2 km2012-04-20 04:11:50 UTCView event →
M 4.616 km ENE of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-20 03:56:25 UTCView event →
M 4.725 km SW of Dehlor?n, Iran10.0 km2012-04-20 03:07:26 UTCView event →
M 5.028 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-20 03:05:41 UTCView event →
M 5.130 km SW of Dehlor?n, Iran10.0 km2012-04-20 01:21:07 UTCView event →
M 4.626 km ESE of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-19 07:42:51 UTCView event →
M 5.130 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq10.0 km2012-04-18 18:42:57 UTCView event →
M 4.625 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq36.9 km2012-03-25 12:28:54 UTCView event →
M 4.929 km ENE of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq37.8 km2012-03-24 05:25:38 UTCView event →
M 4.651 km WNW of ??z Kh?rm?t?, Iraq32.1 km2012-03-05 06:50:37 UTCView event →
M 4.922 km E of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq5.0 km2012-02-29 05:10:43 UTCView event →
M 4.521 km ENE of ‘Al? al Gharb?, Iraq22.3 km2012-02-28 23:18:53 UTCView event →
M 4.58 km E of Çukurca, Turkey13.6 km2011-12-06 15:46:27 UTCView event →
M 4.622 km SE of Çukurca, Turkey10.0 km2011-11-02 11:43:04 UTCView event →
M 5.121 km E of Çukurca, Turkey10.0 km2011-10-27 08:04:22 UTCView event →
M 5.142 km S of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq25.8 km2009-07-18 20:32:29 UTCView event →
M 4.5Iran-Iraq border region19.4 km2008-09-06 23:53:33 UTCView event →
M 5.144 km S of Dehlor?n, Iran8.0 km2008-09-03 22:43:13 UTCView event →
M 5.843 km S of Dehlor?n, Iran10.0 km2008-08-27 21:52:38 UTCView event →
M 4.515 km W of Jamjam?l, Iraq10.0 km2007-09-18 20:53:27 UTCView event →
M 4.5Iran-Iraq border region15.8 km2006-09-16 08:54:14 UTCView event →
M 4.88 km NE of Baynjiwayn, Iraq35.0 km2006-06-06 17:03:08 UTCView event →
M 4.510 km NE of Kifr?, Iraq10.0 km2006-01-16 09:18:06 UTCView event →
M 4.536 km WSW of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran36.9 km2005-11-03 20:22:15 UTCView event →
M 4.514 km ESE of ?alabja, Iraq22.6 km2005-04-26 23:56:51 UTCView event →
M 4.832 km NW of Mehr?n, Iran15.8 km2005-01-25 08:07:20 UTCView event →
M 4.645 km NW of Mehr?n, Iran50.1 km2005-01-25 00:03:53 UTCView event →
M 4.642 km N of Ash Sha?rah, Iraq36.5 km2004-08-05 20:41:47 UTCView event →
M 4.525 km NW of Mandal?, Iraq53.4 km2004-02-08 20:24:51 UTCView event →
M 4.79 km SSW of ‘Aqrah, Iraq33.0 km2003-03-16 09:06:23 UTCView event →
M 4.528 km NW of ‘Aqrah, Iraq40.2 km2002-05-03 02:18:17 UTCView event →
M 4.538 km N of Al ‘Am?rah, Iraq33.0 km2001-08-25 09:45:37 UTCView event →
M 4.514 km ESE of Kirkuk, Iraq33.0 km2000-11-13 05:55:07 UTCView event →
M 4.626 km NW of As Sulaymānīyah, Iraq74.4 km2000-09-11 16:54:56 UTCView event →
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