Earthquakes in Nigeria
6 earthquakes have been recorded in Nigeria by Global Incident Tracker, 6 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 8 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Thin record. We hold only 6 earthquakes for Nigeria, which is too few to describe a pattern. This page is not offered to search engines until it holds more.
Most recent earthquakes in Nigeria
When they happen
September carries the most earthquakes we hold for Nigeria — 4 of 6. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 0 | |
| September | 4 | |
| October | 2 | |
| November | 0 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Earthquakes have official real-time feeds, and ours come from USGS · EMSC · BMKG · GeoNet · INGV · GDACS.