EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Kainuu

2,171 earthquakes catalogued in and around Kainuu between 1989 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
2,171
recorded earthquakes
M5.3
largest
1989–2026
record span
1.27
mean magnitude
1,266
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

02565121989: 2 (M3–4)19891992: 1 (M3–4)19921993: 3 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M5+)1995: 1 (M<3)1995: 8 (M4–5)19951998: 5 (M<3)1998: 2 (M3–4)19981999: 2 (M<3)2000: 4 (M<3)20012002: 1 (M<3)2004: 1 (M<3)20042005: 1 (M<3)2006: 1 (M<3)2007: 385 (M<3)20072008: 512 (M<3)2009: 423 (M<3)2010: 417 (M<3)20102011: 348 (M<3)2012: 1 (M<3)20132016201920222023: 3 (M<3)2023: 1 (M3–4)2024: 35 (M<3)2025: 7 (M<3)2025: 1 (M4–5)20252026: 4 (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
5.307.04.1993 08:58108 km
5.113.08.1993 09:00104 km
4.915.07.1993 09:52108 km
4.803.03.1993 10:00113 km
4.303.10.1993 03:5333 km
4.323.04.2025 09:590 km93 km
4.219.07.1995 10:000 km115 km
4.114.04.1995 09:000 km70 km
4.130.06.1995 08:590 km106 km
4.006.09.1995 09:000 km99 km
4.016.08.1995 09:000 km71 km
4.026.04.1995 10:430 km57 km
4.024.05.1995 10:000 km91 km
4.007.07.1995 09:160 km71 km
3.925.03.1992 10:0010 km102 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.210.05.2026 03:360 km104 km
1.416.04.2026 11:570 km115 km
0.811.03.2026 18:120 km111 km
0.905.02.2026 04:040 km104 km
1.328.12.2025 22:310 km68 km
1.320.09.2025 16:180 km98 km
1.206.09.2025 18:090 km42 km
2.303.07.2025 11:3013.6 km81 km
2.114.05.2025 15:2711.7 km95 km
2.101.05.2025 11:3012.5 km65 km
4.323.04.2025 09:590 km93 km
2.126.02.2025 12:3013.6 km69 km
1.726.11.2024 12:3010 km71 km
1.426.11.2024 11:5710 km56 km
1.821.11.2024 09:5910 km113 km
1.720.11.2024 10:0010 km109 km
1.418.11.2024 12:3010 km76 km
1.318.11.2024 10:2010 km125 km
1.215.11.2024 15:1410 km116 km
2.015.11.2024 10:0010 km114 km
2.012.11.2024 10:0910 km111 km
1.807.11.2024 09:5910 km111 km
1.306.11.2024 09:5910 km56 km
1.405.11.2024 13:5110 km114 km
1.805.11.2024 12:3010 km72 km
2.002.11.2024 10:0010 km86 km
1.231.10.2024 13:1310 km59 km
1.230.10.2024 12:3410 km72 km
1.830.10.2024 12:3010 km71 km
1.330.10.2024 11:4810 km57 km
2.029.10.2024 10:0410 km111 km
1.725.10.2024 11:2910 km71 km
2.024.10.2024 09:5910 km108 km
1.623.10.2024 13:1910 km128 km
1.622.10.2024 11:3010 km71 km
1.918.10.2024 09:5910 km105 km
1.617.10.2024 11:3010 km70 km
1.717.10.2024 10:0010 km119 km
1.215.10.2024 10:5410 km57 km
2.015.10.2024 10:0010 km111 km
1.414.10.2024 10:5710 km73 km
1.311.10.2024 12:2910 km75 km
1.310.10.2024 07:0010 km42 km
2.009.10.2024 11:3410 km69 km
1.908.10.2024 09:5910 km95 km
2.213.09.2024 11:3012.6 km72 km
2.405.09.2024 11:3012.5 km66 km
1.629.12.2023 12:3013.6 km71 km
1.402.11.2023 12:3013.6 km76 km
1.807.09.2023 11:3012.6 km65 km
3.425.08.2023 10:474.2 km93 km
1.825.05.2012 09:001 km100 km
1.130.12.2011 13:000 km154 km
1.430.12.2011 11:470 km71 km
1.029.12.2011 19:550 km150 km
1.629.12.2011 09:000 km99 km
1.328.12.2011 19:560 km151 km
1.227.12.2011 19:570 km149 km
1.127.12.2011 19:550 km151 km
1.323.12.2011 19:320 km149 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.