EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Ararat

307 earthquakes catalogued in and around Ararat between 1916 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
307
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1916–2026
record span
2.80
mean magnitude
95
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

013271916: 1 (M5+)191619251926: 2 (M5+)1930: 2 (M5+)1931: 1 (M4–5)1931: 1 (M5+)19341937: 1 (M4–5)1938: 1 (M5+)1943195219611962: 1 (M4–5)1962: 1 (M5+)1968: 1 (M5+)19701974: 1 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M4–5)1976: 2 (M5+)1977: 1 (M4–5)19791981: 1 (M3–4)1984: 1 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M4–5)1988: 1 (M4–5)1988: 1 (M5+)19881991: 1 (M4–5)1992: 2 (M4–5)1993: 1 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M4–5)19971999: 2 (M4–5)2000: 1 (M3–4)2002: 4 (M4–5)2004: 4 (M3–4)2004: 13 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)2005: 3 (M3–4)2006: 2 (M<3)20062007: 5 (M<3)2007: 2 (M3–4)2007: 1 (M4–5)2008: 4 (M<3)2008: 3 (M3–4)2009: 4 (M<3)2009: 6 (M3–4)2010: 6 (M<3)2010: 5 (M3–4)2011: 8 (M<3)2011: 8 (M3–4)2011: 1 (M5+)2012: 6 (M<3)2012: 3 (M3–4)2013: 2 (M<3)2014: 14 (M<3)2015: 12 (M<3)2015: 3 (M3–4)20152016: 12 (M<3)2016: 1 (M3–4)2017: 12 (M<3)2017: 2 (M3–4)2018: 5 (M<3)2019: 12 (M<3)2019: 1 (M3–4)2020: 12 (M<3)2020: 1 (M3–4)2021: 25 (M<3)2021: 1 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M5+)2022: 15 (M<3)2022: 1 (M3–4)2023: 12 (M<3)2023: 2 (M3–4)2024: 15 (M<3)2024: 1 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)20242025: 15 (M<3)2025: 2 (M3–4)2026: 8 (M<3)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.123.10.2011 10:417.6 km173 km
7.024.11.1976 12:2211.9 km115 km
6.707.12.1988 07:414.6 km114 km
6.427.04.1931 16:5015 km126 km
5.622.10.1926 19:5935 km89 km
5.504.09.1962 22:5940 km51 km
5.429.04.1968 17:0110.3 km85 km
5.308.05.1930 15:0515 km48 km
5.308.05.1930 14:2315 km50 km
5.228.10.1916 20:4820 km57 km
5.214.11.1938 12:0615 km89 km
5.205.02.2021 15:3610.4 km81 km
5.208.07.1926 14:5915 km26 km
5.101.07.2004 22:308.6 km68 km
5.024.11.1976 12:308 km98 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.811.06.2026 05:577 km33 km
2.207.06.2026 10:1114.3 km40 km
2.924.05.2026 10:5911.3 km46 km
2.004.04.2026 21:127 km28 km
2.103.04.2026 11:067.3 km37 km
2.124.02.2026 01:3310 km27 km
1.923.02.2026 15:5214.4 km38 km
2.416.02.2026 11:4919.9 km16 km
1.614.09.2025 01:337 km37 km
2.110.08.2025 11:4710 km52 km
2.431.07.2025 18:267 km46 km
3.830.06.2025 08:537 km37 km
2.229.06.2025 21:517 km36 km
2.325.06.2025 18:1210 km50 km
1.925.06.2025 17:3510 km51 km
3.001.05.2025 03:475 km33 km
2.128.04.2025 18:4910 km25 km
2.221.04.2025 02:377 km51 km
2.212.03.2025 13:108 km43 km
2.025.02.2025 21:5817.5 km40 km
1.507.02.2025 18:177 km44 km
2.004.02.2025 20:2210 km49 km
1.929.01.2025 12:167 km34 km
2.228.01.2025 00:317 km38 km
1.624.01.2025 18:407 km29 km
2.027.12.2024 06:156.7 km31 km
1.921.12.2024 21:2411.1 km39 km
2.111.12.2024 20:2410 km42 km
1.511.12.2024 18:124.6 km41 km
2.710.12.2024 21:047 km34 km
2.108.12.2024 20:156.9 km21 km
2.230.11.2024 09:187.9 km46 km
2.511.10.2024 16:4413.2 km20 km
2.003.10.2024 06:3810 km52 km
2.112.09.2024 16:0710.7 km52 km
4.211.08.2024 22:020.7 km47 km
2.918.07.2024 15:407 km25 km
3.330.05.2024 19:277 km27 km
1.525.05.2024 22:128.6 km27 km
1.929.04.2024 02:037 km41 km
1.415.04.2024 23:077 km30 km
1.913.04.2024 13:1010 km32 km
2.324.12.2023 03:356.7 km42 km
1.409.12.2023 01:137.1 km37 km
1.708.12.2023 07:556.9 km41 km
1.407.12.2023 21:468.1 km34 km
3.207.12.2023 13:556.3 km33 km
2.709.09.2023 18:547 km52 km
2.211.05.2023 17:307 km39 km
3.811.05.2023 16:177 km34 km
2.118.02.2023 09:046.6 km52 km
2.716.02.2023 01:087 km53 km
2.615.02.2023 13:1426 km38 km
2.630.01.2023 12:105.9 km38 km
2.530.01.2023 07:005 km34 km
2.222.01.2023 16:167 km40 km
1.816.12.2022 18:097 km52 km
1.211.12.2022 21:486.5 km15 km
2.111.12.2022 20:147 km31 km
1.602.12.2022 22:027 km43 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.