Earthquake in Accra today?
No earthquake has been recorded within 300 km of Accra in the last 12 months (checked 11 Oct 2026, 07:55 UTC (07:55 GMT)).
Latest earthquakes near Accra
No earthquakes within 300 km of Accra in the last 12 months. Monitoring is continuous; a new one appears here within minutes of the agencies publishing it.
Earthquakes near Accra in numbers
No earthquakes have been recorded within 300 km of Accra in the last 12 months.
Before 9 August 2026 these counts come from the USGS catalogue at magnitude 2.5 and above. Since then we also read EMSC and national networks, which record smaller earthquakes too, so recent weeks can show more small events than earlier ones.
Distances are measured from the centre of Accra. Whether an earthquake is felt depends on its magnitude, its depth and the ground, so a small shallow earthquake close by can be felt more than a larger deep one further away.
What to do in an earthquake
Drop to your hands and knees, take cover under a sturdy table, and hold on until the shaking stops. Do not run outside during shaking — most injuries come from falling objects and debris near doorways and walls.
Earthquakes near other cities in Ghana
Questions people ask
Was there an earthquake in Accra today?
No earthquake has been recorded within 300 km of Accra in the last 12 months (checked 11 Oct 2026, 07:55 UTC (07:55 GMT)).
How often are there earthquakes near Accra?
No earthquakes have been recorded within 300 km of Accra in the last 12 months.
Where does this data come from?
Earthquake records come from the US Geological Survey, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the UN's GDACS and national networks, merged so that one earthquake is one record. Very small tremors that only a national network records may not appear. How we track incidents →