Essen
Notable events within 100 km, 12 months
0
Quakes within 100 km, 12 months (all sizes)
0
Strongest nearby, 10 years
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Hazard summary for Essen
In the past 12 months 0 notable hazard events were recorded within 100 km of Essen. Instruments also logged 0 earthquakes of all sizes in the same area. The nearest volcano is West Eifel Volcanic Field, about 144 km away. No magnitude 4+ earthquakes have been recorded within 100 km of Essen in the last 10 years. The deadliest disaster on record within 300 km was the 1983 magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Belgium, which killed 2 people.
Notable events within 100 km, by month
Temperature and air quality history
How conditions near Essen have changed day by day.
Daily highs and lows, last 30 days
Each bar runs from the day's low (teal) to its high (orange) at Essen.
Worst air quality each day
- Hottest day
- 22°C / 72°F
- 16 Oct 2026
- Coldest night
- 11°C / 52°F
- 17 Oct 2026
- Worst air
- AQI 53
- 16 Oct 2026
Records since tracking began on 16 Oct 2026. Hourly modelled values from Open-Meteo, stored by Open Earth.
Recent activity nearby
Events within 300 km in the last 90 days.
Strongest earthquakes on record
Magnitude 5 and above within 300 km, since 1900.
No magnitude 5+ earthquakes on record within 300 km of Essen.
Historic disasters nearby
The most significant damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and eruptions within 300 km, from NOAA records going back centuries.
M5.0 earthquake, Belgium
8 November 19832 killed30 injured$50m damage
M5.2 earthquake, Roermond; Germany: Bonn, Heinsberg
13 April 19921 killed45 injured$100m damage
M4.8 earthquake, Aachen, Cologne, Spangdahlem
22 July 2002
M3.6 earthquake, Hesse
17 May 2014$1m damage
M3.4 earthquake, Groningen
8 January 2018
M3.2 earthquake, Groningen
14 November 2025
M3.2 earthquake, Groningen
22 May 2019
Tsunami, Vlissingen
1 August 1837