EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Gobustan

203 earthquakes catalogued in and around Gobustan between 1934 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
203
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1934–2026
record span
3.89
mean magnitude
47
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

08171934: 1 (M5+)19341941194819551956: 1 (M5+)19621963: 1 (M5+)1965: 1 (M4–5)19691970: 2 (M4–5)1970: 1 (M5+)1971: 3 (M5+)1972: 1 (M5+)1975: 3 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M5+)19761980: 1 (M5+)1981: 1 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M5+)1982: 1 (M4–5)19831986: 1 (M4–5)19901991: 1 (M5+)1992: 1 (M4–5)1995: 2 (M4–5)1996: 2 (M3–4)1996: 3 (M4–5)1997: 8 (M4–5)19971998: 1 (M3–4)1998: 1 (M4–5)2000: 3 (M5+)2001: 3 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M3–4)2002: 3 (M4–5)2003: 1 (M<3)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 3 (M4–5)20042005: 1 (M3–4)2005: 2 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M3–4)2006: 1 (M4–5)2007: 3 (M3–4)2007: 2 (M4–5)2008: 2 (M3–4)2008: 1 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 1 (M3–4)2009: 2 (M4–5)2010: 1 (M<3)2010: 1 (M4–5)2011: 8 (M3–4)2011: 6 (M4–5)20112012: 6 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M5+)2013: 5 (M3–4)2014: 5 (M3–4)2014: 1 (M5+)2015: 1 (M3–4)2015: 3 (M4–5)2016: 5 (M3–4)2016: 1 (M4–5)2017: 2 (M3–4)2017: 1 (M5+)2018: 2 (M3–4)2018: 4 (M4–5)20182019: 1 (M<3)2019: 7 (M3–4)2019: 4 (M4–5)2019: 1 (M5+)2020: 9 (M3–4)2020: 3 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M<3)2021: 8 (M3–4)2021: 2 (M4–5)2022: 3 (M3–4)2022: 3 (M4–5)2023: 4 (M3–4)2023: 1 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M5+)2024: 3 (M3–4)2024: 2 (M4–5)2025: 5 (M3–4)2025: 1 (M4–5)20252026: 11 (M3–4)2026: 6 (M4–5)
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
6.825.11.2000 18:0939.2 km88 km
6.525.11.2000 18:1028.8 km94 km
5.629.10.1934 16:1535 km25 km
5.520.12.1971 01:4115 km88 km
5.527.01.1963 19:3545.5 km85 km
5.510.02.2014 12:0662.9 km33 km
5.407.12.2023 04:1545.7 km82 km
5.421.03.1956 04:5415 km67 km
5.329.11.1981 23:3724.7 km83 km
5.205.02.2019 19:3113.5 km48 km
5.221.11.1970 08:3552.1 km70 km
5.211.05.2017 03:2457.7 km93 km
5.203.02.1976 16:4053.8 km85 km
5.201.01.1991 19:1861 km92 km
5.203.02.1972 02:2913.4 km63 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.107.06.2026 12:4511 km23 km
4.111.03.2026 01:2210 km55 km
3.628.02.2026 18:365.8 km39 km
3.028.02.2026 04:3113 km35 km
4.028.02.2026 02:340 km33 km
3.227.02.2026 23:380 km34 km
4.127.02.2026 22:0110 km38 km
3.027.02.2026 20:368 km39 km
3.227.02.2026 15:129.7 km38 km
4.027.02.2026 12:040 km35 km
4.927.02.2026 11:5210 km37 km
3.922.02.2026 01:070 km12 km
3.320.01.2026 21:526.8 km43 km
4.018.01.2026 03:566.2 km41 km
3.011.01.2026 23:077.8 km42 km
3.111.01.2026 21:417.8 km40 km
3.810.01.2026 14:558.4 km40 km
3.706.06.2025 06:184.6 km41 km
3.406.06.2025 02:405 km48 km
3.605.06.2025 12:054.7 km44 km
4.305.06.2025 12:037.4 km33 km
3.705.06.2025 12:024.6 km46 km
3.412.04.2025 11:3112 km30 km
3.804.12.2024 20:4139.2 km14 km
4.020.11.2024 01:500 km38 km
4.007.11.2024 08:340 km42 km
3.125.08.2024 03:2910 km28 km
3.106.07.2024 20:1411.4 km32 km
5.407.12.2023 04:1545.7 km82 km
3.316.10.2023 22:372.3 km18 km
3.011.06.2023 23:3749 km11 km
3.003.06.2023 18:568 km27 km
4.018.04.2023 15:2112 km58 km
3.116.01.2023 12:098 km15 km
3.215.12.2022 19:0924 km26 km
3.130.10.2022 04:084 km13 km
4.229.10.2022 13:5010 km16 km
4.210.10.2022 02:2310 km44 km
3.401.09.2022 18:2114 km46 km
4.007.02.2022 13:5631.5 km57 km
3.820.11.2021 12:4842.7 km35 km
5.020.11.2021 12:4631.8 km35 km
4.028.09.2021 09:465 km56 km
3.020.06.2021 20:125 km26 km
3.924.03.2021 12:405 km29 km
3.324.03.2021 11:278 km24 km
3.801.03.2021 13:4545 km17 km
3.808.02.2021 04:123 km31 km
3.908.02.2021 04:1010 km33 km
2.701.02.2021 16:137 km45 km
3.513.01.2021 08:129 km42 km
4.026.10.2020 13:5042 km37 km
4.013.08.2020 05:2114 km49 km
3.201.08.2020 19:547 km25 km
3.001.07.2020 23:0118 km29 km
3.925.04.2020 20:242 km33 km
3.925.04.2020 14:242 km34 km
3.202.03.2020 13:333 km36 km
3.323.02.2020 00:431 km36 km
3.422.02.2020 04:2220 km30 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.