EveryQuake

Earthquakes in North Sinai

379 earthquakes catalogued in and around North Sinai between 1927 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
5.0
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
03.08.2026 00:00 UTC · from centre 108 km
379
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1927–2026
record span
2.66
mean magnitude
88
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0751501927: 1 (M5+)19271935194319511959196719751979: 1 (M5+)1983: 12 (M4–5)19831984: 2 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M4–5)1986: 2 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M5+)1989: 1 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)19911993: 1 (M3–4)1993: 1 (M4–5)1993: 1 (M5+)1994: 4 (M3–4)1995: 2 (M3–4)1995: 14 (M4–5)1995: 2 (M5+)1996: 13 (M4–5)1997: 3 (M4–5)1998: 3 (M<3)1998: 6 (M3–4)1998: 2 (M4–5)1999: 6 (M<3)1999: 3 (M3–4)1999: 3 (M4–5)19992000: 1 (M3–4)2000: 2 (M4–5)2001: 1 (M4–5)2003: 1 (M<3)2004: 6 (M<3)2004: 3 (M3–4)2004: 1 (M4–5)2005: 37 (M<3)2005: 2 (M3–4)2006: 8 (M<3)2006: 1 (M3–4)2007: 149 (M<3)2007: 1 (M3–4)20072008: 36 (M<3)2008: 5 (M3–4)2009: 10 (M<3)2009: 2 (M3–4)2010: 4 (M<3)2010: 1 (M3–4)2011: 5 (M<3)2011: 1 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M4–5)2013: 1 (M3–4)2013: 1 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M<3)2014: 1 (M3–4)2014: 1 (M4–5)2015: 1 (M5+)20152016: 1 (M3–4)2018: 1 (M<3)2019: 1 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M3–4)20232026: 1 (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
7.222.11.1995 04:1514 km209 km
6.211.07.1927 13:0415 km248 km
6.103.08.1993 12:4310.1 km188 km
5.723.11.1995 18:0724.5 km153 km
5.627.06.2015 15:3414.4 km185 km
5.123.04.1979 13:0116 km181 km
5.002.01.1987 10:1435 km145 km
5.003.08.2026 00:0010 km108 km
5.003.02.1983 13:4622.1 km158 km
4.903.02.1983 23:3016 km155 km
4.803.10.2000 03:1120 km80 km
4.728.12.2012 19:4212.9 km140 km
4.725.11.1995 11:4129.7 km166 km
4.718.10.1987 01:05112 km
4.603.08.1993 13:2910 km89 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
5.003.08.2026 00:0010 km108 km
3.823.02.2023 22:2516.4 km120 km
4.115.06.2021 23:0826 km130 km
3.915.12.2020 02:3010 km148 km
4.110.04.2020 16:315.8 km90 km
3.716.09.2019 10:3512 km77 km
2.507.02.2018 11:0116 km152 km
3.318.04.2016 02:415 km66 km
5.627.06.2015 15:3414.4 km185 km
2.622.07.2014 06:4610 km145 km
4.122.07.2014 03:0310 km141 km
3.824.01.2014 12:3016 km112 km
3.323.10.2013 12:3310 km151 km
4.310.04.2013 02:060 km118 km
4.728.12.2012 19:4212.9 km140 km
2.113.12.2011 03:049 km78 km
2.126.08.2011 02:2210 km160 km
2.006.04.2011 12:212 km142 km
2.004.04.2011 08:282 km131 km
2.018.01.2011 14:4419 km146 km
3.103.01.2011 11:062 km120 km
3.119.07.2010 09:172 km125 km
2.718.06.2010 20:3714 km90 km
2.731.05.2010 20:2423.6 km162 km
2.231.05.2010 06:4517 km133 km
2.431.03.2010 11:1729.8 km162 km
2.830.10.2009 08:3910 km133 km
2.423.10.2009 07:2317.2 km160 km
1.923.10.2009 06:5316.9 km162 km
2.423.10.2009 06:0817.3 km160 km
2.123.10.2009 04:211.3 km157 km
2.323.10.2009 02:261.4 km157 km
3.114.08.2009 18:178 km80 km
3.519.07.2009 15:348 km130 km
2.913.06.2009 04:0910 km98 km
2.826.04.2009 13:2810 km146 km
1.804.04.2009 23:341 km134 km
2.426.03.2009 23:1715 km157 km
3.619.12.2008 08:182 km130 km
1.714.12.2008 16:0413.5 km138 km
2.406.12.2008 20:4323.7 km144 km
2.203.12.2008 09:222 km138 km
1.330.11.2008 05:0215.7 km156 km
1.623.10.2008 00:2413.9 km138 km
2.612.10.2008 12:563.3 km123 km
2.313.09.2008 08:1415.8 km158 km
2.802.09.2008 08:562 km133 km
3.328.08.2008 13:492 km129 km
3.513.08.2008 14:122 km126 km
1.411.08.2008 05:229.4 km158 km
2.710.08.2008 20:4525.5 km150 km
2.109.08.2008 23:3320 km138 km
2.307.08.2008 00:0919.1 km156 km
2.409.07.2008 05:3421.2 km162 km
2.623.06.2008 04:4819.3 km155 km
3.325.05.2008 18:0420 km151 km
3.321.05.2008 08:282 km129 km
2.206.05.2008 02:5714.4 km121 km
2.014.04.2008 08:0412.2 km102 km
2.413.04.2008 13:5712.3 km105 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.