EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Tigray

154 earthquakes catalogued in and around Tigray between 1913 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
154
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1913–2026
record span
4.42
mean magnitude
88
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

013261913: 1 (M5+)19131915: 1 (M5+)1921: 1 (M5+)1922193119401942: 1 (M5+)1945: 1 (M5+)19491950: 2 (M5+)1952: 1 (M5+)19581967: 2 (M5+)19671976: 1 (M4–5)19761979: 2 (M4–5)19851989: 3 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M5+)1990: 1 (M4–5)1993: 17 (M4–5)1993: 1 (M5+)1994: 1 (M4–5)19941996: 1 (M4–5)1996: 2 (M5+)1998: 1 (M4–5)2000: 1 (M4–5)2001: 1 (M4–5)2001: 1 (M5+)2002: 1 (M3–4)2002: 9 (M4–5)2002: 2 (M5+)2003: 1 (M3–4)2003: 2 (M4–5)20032004: 2 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)2005: 1 (M3–4)2005: 11 (M4–5)2005: 10 (M5+)2006: 1 (M3–4)2006: 1 (M4–5)2007: 2 (M3–4)2007: 1 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M3–4)2008: 1 (M4–5)2009: 1 (M4–5)2010: 1 (M3–4)2011: 1 (M4–5)20122014: 1 (M3–4)2014: 2 (M4–5)2018: 1 (M3–4)2018: 2 (M4–5)2018: 1 (M5+)20212022: 6 (M3–4)2022: 1 (M4–5)2022: 2 (M5+)2023: 2 (M3–4)2023: 9 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M5+)2024: 1 (M3–4)2025: 14 (M3–4)2025: 8 (M4–5)2025: 4 (M5+)2026: 4 (M3–4)2026
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
6.223.09.1915 08:1410 km114 km
6.231.03.1945 22:0715 km173 km
5.927.02.1913 16:2210 km178 km
5.905.12.2001 15:522 km229 km
5.802.08.1950 13:4915 km198 km
5.710.09.1952 09:0615 km177 km
5.710.08.2002 15:5620.1 km174 km
5.621.09.1921 11:0135 km98 km
5.618.11.1942 12:0135 km260 km
5.601.08.2023 17:1514 km232 km
5.511.10.2025 16:1810 km182 km
5.526.12.2022 12:2110.8 km228 km
5.413.04.1989 12:172.5 km190 km
5.422.10.2004 12:0012.8 km233 km
5.413.04.1989 07:5510 km193 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.911.06.2026 07:230 km182 km
3.321.01.2026 23:520 km178 km
3.621.01.2026 23:190 km169 km
3.504.01.2026 20:050 km186 km
3.701.11.2025 09:5710 km172 km
3.420.10.2025 16:270 km198 km
4.820.10.2025 16:2610 km176 km
3.217.10.2025 05:4310 km176 km
3.615.10.2025 06:010 km181 km
3.614.10.2025 20:2210 km180 km
3.314.10.2025 13:020 km161 km
3.414.10.2025 09:120 km170 km
3.611.10.2025 23:570 km183 km
3.511.10.2025 21:4110 km178 km
3.411.10.2025 21:2310 km177 km
4.911.10.2025 19:3010 km177 km
4.911.10.2025 18:3810 km178 km
4.111.10.2025 18:3610 km186 km
4.511.10.2025 16:2510 km172 km
5.511.10.2025 16:1810 km182 km
5.311.10.2025 16:0110 km179 km
4.311.10.2025 12:0710 km166 km
3.229.08.2025 02:130 km181 km
4.425.08.2025 20:0010 km206 km
5.015.07.2025 05:5410 km221 km
3.703.03.2025 04:3710 km194 km
4.102.03.2025 20:3810 km184 km
3.602.03.2025 15:110 km197 km
5.202.03.2025 08:1410 km198 km
3.602.03.2025 04:000 km172 km
4.028.04.2024 07:2410 km201 km
4.003.10.2023 22:3410 km201 km
5.601.08.2023 17:1514 km232 km
4.105.07.2023 22:5218 km213 km
4.104.07.2023 13:010 km253 km
4.102.07.2023 19:5818 km200 km
4.002.07.2023 16:5218 km231 km
3.602.07.2023 16:5110 km228 km
4.002.07.2023 10:1118 km231 km
3.402.07.2023 07:1718 km235 km
5.004.06.2023 04:1418 km211 km
4.008.01.2023 17:470 km231 km
4.001.01.2023 07:260 km251 km
5.128.12.2022 16:1418 km235 km
3.428.12.2022 14:3518 km225 km
3.528.12.2022 14:0218 km217 km
3.628.12.2022 02:0018 km207 km
3.826.12.2022 16:2718 km209 km
4.026.12.2022 14:0918 km211 km
5.526.12.2022 12:2110.8 km228 km
3.631.10.2022 00:2818 km232 km
4.905.06.2022 12:3810 km229 km
3.329.06.2018 14:4510 km199 km
4.301.06.2018 08:260.1 km187 km
4.128.03.2018 05:120 km167 km
5.224.03.2018 10:2713.1 km182 km
4.322.08.2014 08:4210 km209 km
4.320.06.2014 12:4210 km164 km
3.530.03.2014 03:5318 km205 km
4.012.06.2011 19:480 km212 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.