EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Qinghai

2,412 earthquakes catalogued in and around Qinghai between 1902 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
3.6
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
02.08.2026 14:37 UTC · from centre 297 km
2,412
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.23
mean magnitude
2,159
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0851701902: 1 (M5+)19021904: 1 (M5+)19121915: 2 (M5+)1917: 1 (M5+)1918: 1 (M5+)1919: 2 (M5+)1920: 1 (M5+)1921: 1 (M5+)1922: 1 (M5+)19221923: 1 (M5+)1924: 1 (M5+)1925: 1 (M5+)1926: 3 (M5+)1927: 10 (M5+)1928: 2 (M5+)1929: 1 (M5+)1930: 4 (M5+)1931: 1 (M5+)1932: 2 (M5+)19321933: 3 (M5+)1934: 6 (M5+)1935: 4 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)1937: 4 (M5+)1938: 6 (M5+)1940: 5 (M5+)1941: 2 (M5+)19421946: 1 (M5+)1947: 1 (M5+)1949: 1 (M5+)1950: 4 (M5+)1951: 6 (M5+)1952: 9 (M5+)19521953: 1 (M5+)1954: 1 (M5+)1959: 1 (M4–5)1959: 1 (M5+)1960: 2 (M5+)1961: 1 (M4–5)1961: 1 (M5+)1962: 18 (M4–5)1962: 2 (M5+)19621963: 5 (M4–5)1963: 2 (M5+)1964: 1 (M4–5)1964: 2 (M5+)1965: 4 (M4–5)1965: 6 (M5+)1966: 1 (M4–5)1967: 1 (M4–5)1967: 6 (M5+)1968: 2 (M4–5)1968: 1 (M5+)1969: 3 (M4–5)1969: 1 (M5+)1970: 1 (M4–5)1970: 3 (M5+)1971: 2 (M4–5)1971: 6 (M5+)1972: 2 (M4–5)1972: 7 (M5+)19721973: 13 (M4–5)1973: 11 (M5+)1974: 2 (M4–5)1974: 3 (M5+)1975: 8 (M4–5)1975: 3 (M5+)1976: 5 (M4–5)1976: 3 (M5+)1977: 7 (M4–5)1977: 7 (M5+)1978: 7 (M4–5)1978: 1 (M5+)1979: 9 (M4–5)1979: 4 (M5+)1980: 11 (M4–5)1980: 3 (M5+)1981: 1 (M3–4)1981: 7 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M5+)1982: 6 (M4–5)1982: 1 (M5+)19821983: 18 (M4–5)1983: 3 (M5+)1984: 12 (M4–5)1984: 1 (M5+)1985: 15 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M5+)1986: 1 (M3–4)1986: 20 (M4–5)1986: 7 (M5+)1987: 1 (M3–4)1987: 11 (M4–5)1987: 3 (M5+)1988: 4 (M3–4)1988: 20 (M4–5)1988: 2 (M5+)1989: 2 (M3–4)1989: 19 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M5+)1990: 6 (M3–4)1990: 34 (M4–5)1990: 6 (M5+)1991: 2 (M3–4)1991: 25 (M4–5)1992: 3 (M3–4)1992: 15 (M4–5)1992: 1 (M5+)19921993: 2 (M3–4)1993: 13 (M4–5)1993: 4 (M5+)1994: 3 (M3–4)1994: 12 (M4–5)1994: 11 (M5+)1995: 8 (M3–4)1995: 23 (M4–5)1995: 5 (M5+)1996: 3 (M3–4)1996: 22 (M4–5)1996: 2 (M5+)1997: 14 (M3–4)1997: 21 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M5+)1998: 8 (M3–4)1998: 15 (M4–5)1999: 9 (M3–4)1999: 17 (M4–5)1999: 1 (M5+)2000: 17 (M3–4)2000: 46 (M4–5)2000: 9 (M5+)2001: 22 (M3–4)2001: 64 (M4–5)2001: 11 (M5+)2002: 17 (M3–4)2002: 33 (M4–5)2002: 5 (M5+)20022003: 28 (M<3)2003: 21 (M3–4)2003: 51 (M4–5)2003: 9 (M5+)2004: 19 (M<3)2004: 28 (M3–4)2004: 57 (M4–5)2004: 16 (M5+)2005: 5 (M<3)2005: 19 (M3–4)2005: 24 (M4–5)2006: 3 (M<3)2006: 42 (M3–4)2006: 35 (M4–5)2006: 10 (M5+)2007: 7 (M<3)2007: 24 (M3–4)2007: 18 (M4–5)2007: 5 (M5+)2008: 16 (M<3)2008: 83 (M3–4)2008: 50 (M4–5)2008: 21 (M5+)2009: 19 (M3–4)2009: 44 (M4–5)2009: 11 (M5+)2010: 16 (M3–4)2010: 33 (M4–5)2010: 10 (M5+)2011: 15 (M3–4)2011: 15 (M4–5)2011: 3 (M5+)2012: 8 (M3–4)2012: 18 (M4–5)2012: 1 (M5+)20122013: 17 (M3–4)2013: 20 (M4–5)2013: 4 (M5+)2014: 12 (M3–4)2014: 19 (M4–5)2014: 4 (M5+)2015: 11 (M3–4)2015: 13 (M4–5)2015: 2 (M5+)2016: 14 (M3–4)2016: 25 (M4–5)2016: 5 (M5+)2017: 8 (M3–4)2017: 25 (M4–5)2017: 3 (M5+)2018: 13 (M3–4)2018: 16 (M4–5)2018: 3 (M5+)2019: 11 (M3–4)2019: 20 (M4–5)2019: 3 (M5+)2020: 12 (M3–4)2020: 21 (M4–5)2020: 2 (M5+)2021: 40 (M3–4)2021: 65 (M4–5)2021: 19 (M5+)2022: 30 (M3–4)2022: 31 (M4–5)2022: 19 (M5+)20222023: 14 (M3–4)2023: 26 (M4–5)2023: 5 (M5+)2024: 13 (M3–4)2024: 19 (M4–5)2024: 4 (M5+)2025: 15 (M3–4)2025: 16 (M4–5)2025: 7 (M5+)2026: 41 (M3–4)2026: 33 (M4–5)2026: 8 (M5+)
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
7.912.05.2008 06:2810.4 km815 km
7.814.11.2001 09:2612.6 km520 km
7.718.11.1951 09:3530 km664 km
7.717.08.1952 16:0225 km678 km
7.722.05.1927 22:3215 km618 km
7.607.01.1937 13:2015 km138 km
7.625.12.1932 02:0415 km454 km
7.517.03.1947 08:1915 km369 km
7.421.05.2021 18:045.4 km215 km
7.406.02.1973 10:378.2 km600 km
7.325.08.1933 07:5015 km775 km
7.315.12.1934 01:5715 km793 km
7.224.03.1923 12:4015 km616 km
7.111.02.1954 00:3025 km598 km
7.130.08.1904 11:4315 km660 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.602.08.2026 14:3710 km297 km
4.902.08.2026 14:3110 km280 km
3.102.08.2026 03:1510 km512 km
3.002.08.2026 00:2510 km303 km
4.701.08.2026 01:2910 km289 km
4.430.07.2026 20:1410 km291 km
3.129.07.2026 16:059 km280 km
3.829.07.2026 02:239 km300 km
3.028.07.2026 19:018 km593 km
4.228.07.2026 15:3810 km260 km
4.628.07.2026 09:5210 km292 km
5.228.07.2026 08:0410 km311 km
3.128.07.2026 07:2410 km302 km
3.028.07.2026 07:019 km298 km
6.128.07.2026 03:3410 km296 km
5.828.07.2026 03:1610 km278 km
3.127.07.2026 21:0910 km424 km
4.817.07.2026 01:0810 km282 km
3.014.07.2026 23:5910 km274 km
3.907.07.2026 06:040 km280 km
3.503.07.2026 04:440 km256 km
4.830.06.2026 23:4410 km281 km
4.129.06.2026 22:480 km261 km
3.728.06.2026 03:3910 km290 km
3.823.06.2026 15:5610 km269 km
5.223.06.2026 15:2910 km276 km
3.723.06.2026 11:570 km275 km
3.323.06.2026 07:270 km274 km
4.221.06.2026 11:4310 km273 km
3.821.06.2026 04:3710 km335 km
4.020.06.2026 16:1010 km277 km
3.418.06.2026 18:020 km275 km
4.318.06.2026 13:5810 km283 km
4.518.06.2026 07:1110 km271 km
3.917.06.2026 14:2010 km275 km
5.217.06.2026 14:2010 km279 km
3.117.06.2026 13:330 km278 km
3.417.06.2026 08:440 km285 km
3.717.06.2026 07:270 km264 km
3.117.06.2026 06:430 km281 km
3.517.06.2026 06:2810 km288 km
4.817.06.2026 06:2810 km271 km
4.617.06.2026 05:1110 km271 km
3.117.06.2026 05:110 km271 km
4.017.06.2026 03:2510 km275 km
3.617.06.2026 02:0610 km282 km
3.116.06.2026 21:520 km262 km
3.716.06.2026 21:160 km280 km
3.716.06.2026 18:500 km288 km
3.616.06.2026 13:2710 km287 km
4.916.06.2026 13:2712.6 km291 km
3.716.06.2026 11:560 km269 km
4.616.06.2026 11:1410 km279 km
3.916.06.2026 11:050 km280 km
4.316.06.2026 11:0110 km291 km
3.916.06.2026 10:590 km273 km
3.616.06.2026 10:580 km258 km
5.216.06.2026 09:4510 km274 km
4.716.06.2026 09:4210 km289 km
4.216.06.2026 09:260 km268 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.