Earthquake details

Wednesday, March 26, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Lebanon on Wednesday, March 26, 1997 at 04:22 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nabatîyé et Tahta (Lebanon - LB), about 3.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 35.452 and latitude 33.386.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	33.386, 35.452
UTC time	1997-03-26 04:22:51.630

Location	Sidon
Country	Lebanon (LB)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1997-03-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nabatîyé et Tahta	3.1 km
Habboûch	3.6 km
Ghazieh	16.5 km
Sidon	20.5 km
Tyre	27.1 km
Quneitra	45.2 km
Safed	47.1 km
Aley	48.6 km
Nahariya	53.4 km
Karmiel	54.0 km
Beirut	56.7 km
Sakhnin	59.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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Lebanon · 2026-01-10 21:50 UTC

98.9 km

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