Earthquakes recorded near Beirut lately, from the USGS feed — with the fault story behind them and what to do when the ground shakes on a coast with no siren.
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Lebanon sits astride one of the world's great faults, and Beirut has been shaken — and once even drowned — by it. This page lists earthquakes recorded near the city lately, from the US Geological Survey's global feed, with the fault story behind them and the channels that matter when the ground moves.
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M4.3
373 km north of Beirut · Moderate — felt by all ·
1 earthquake of magnitude M2.5 or larger within 400 km of town in the last 60 days.
| Magnitude | Where | Depth | Shaking | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M4.3 | 373 km north | 10 km deep | Moderate — felt by all |
This page is not an earthquake warning
If the shaking is long or strong near the sea, move to higher ground
Beirut sits on the Dead Sea Transform, the fault system marking the boundary between the Arabian and African plates that runs the length of Lebanon. Its strands — the Yammouneh, Roum and Serghaya faults inland, and the Mount Lebanon Thrust just offshore — have produced destructive earthquakes throughout the city's history.
The record is long and real. In 551 AD an earthquake of roughly magnitude 7.5 destroyed Beirut and sent a tsunami into the city. On 16 March 1956 the Chim earthquake (about magnitude 5.5) struck the Chouf just south of here, killing 136 people, destroying some 6,000 homes and cracking building fronts in Beirut. On 6 February 2023 the magnitude 7.8 Turkey–Syria earthquake swayed Beirut for about 40 seconds and sent residents into the streets.
The list below is a record of what has already happened near Beirut, drawn from the USGS global feed — never a prediction. Earthquakes cannot be predicted. The global catalogue can miss the smallest local tremors; Lebanon's own monitor, the CNRS National Center for Geophysics, catalogues those and runs the LebQuake app for felt reports and alerts.
Checked 3 July at 13:51. Earthquake data from USGS (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain). Magnitude, depth and felt intensity are revised as analysis improves, and very fresh quakes can take minutes to appear.