Significant earthquakes of 2025

November 14, 2025 Earthquake: Groningen, The Netherlands

November 14, 2025 · M3.2

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck Groningen, The Netherlands on November 14, 2025 at 00:16:39 UTC, 10 km below the surface.

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The earthquake

Date
November 14, 2025
Time
00:16:39 UTC
Place
Groningen, The Netherlands
Magnitude
3.2 (ML)
Focal depth
10 km (6 mi)
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
53.400° N, 6.722° E

The toll

Damage
Limited (under about $1 million); Moderate (about $1 to $5 million) with its tsunami and other effects
Houses damaged
2,117

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

The number of damage reports following last week’s earthquake in Groningen province has risen to 2,117, monitoring body IMG has said. Of those, 1,486 come from within the quake zone. The earthquake was centred on the village of Zeerijp. Almost 60 reports involved people who felt acutely unsafe because of the impact of the quake, which at 3.4 on the Richter scale was one of the most severe ever measured in the province. (reference #14213)

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Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10944.