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Earthquakes in North Rhine-Westphalia

2,396 earthquakes catalogued in and around North Rhine-Westphalia between 1932 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
0.8
Latest earthquake · depth 9 km
31.07.2026 00:32 UTC · from centre 118 km
2,396
recorded earthquakes
M5.5
largest
1932–2026
record span
1.94
mean magnitude
1,974
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

01102201932: 1 (M5+)1932193919461951: 1 (M5+)1953: 1 (M5+)19531958: 1 (M5+)196019671970: 1 (M4–5)1973: 1 (M3–4)1974: 1 (M3–4)19741975: 2 (M3–4)1975: 1 (M5+)1977: 1 (M3–4)1978: 2 (M<3)1978: 1 (M3–4)1978: 1 (M4–5)1981: 1 (M<3)1981: 2 (M4–5)19811982: 6 (M<3)1982: 6 (M3–4)1982: 1 (M5+)1983: 7 (M<3)1983: 5 (M3–4)1983: 1 (M4–5)1984: 2 (M<3)1984: 1 (M3–4)1985: 8 (M<3)1985: 3 (M3–4)1985: 1 (M4–5)1986: 10 (M<3)1986: 1 (M3–4)1987: 3 (M<3)1987: 1 (M3–4)1988: 6 (M<3)1988: 8 (M3–4)19881989: 14 (M<3)1989: 4 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1990: 20 (M<3)1990: 5 (M3–4)1991: 20 (M<3)1991: 4 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)1992: 55 (M<3)1992: 18 (M3–4)1992: 1 (M4–5)1992: 1 (M5+)1993: 26 (M<3)1993: 6 (M3–4)1994: 11 (M<3)1994: 6 (M3–4)1995: 24 (M<3)1995: 14 (M3–4)19951996: 13 (M<3)1996: 8 (M3–4)1997: 13 (M<3)1997: 5 (M3–4)1997: 1 (M4–5)1998: 115 (M<3)1998: 12 (M3–4)1999: 52 (M<3)1999: 4 (M3–4)2000: 73 (M<3)2000: 13 (M3–4)2000: 2 (M4–5)2001: 85 (M<3)2001: 15 (M3–4)2001: 2 (M4–5)2002: 160 (M<3)2002: 11 (M3–4)2002: 2 (M4–5)20022003: 121 (M<3)2003: 11 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 52 (M<3)2004: 3 (M3–4)2004: 1 (M4–5)2005: 75 (M<3)2005: 4 (M3–4)2006: 56 (M<3)2006: 12 (M3–4)2007: 48 (M<3)2007: 18 (M3–4)2007: 1 (M4–5)2008: 56 (M<3)2008: 17 (M3–4)2009: 55 (M<3)2009: 3 (M3–4)2009: 1 (M4–5)20092010: 60 (M<3)2010: 1 (M3–4)2011: 47 (M<3)2011: 9 (M3–4)2011: 2 (M4–5)2012: 28 (M<3)2012: 2 (M3–4)2013: 41 (M<3)2013: 3 (M3–4)2014: 17 (M<3)2014: 2 (M3–4)2015: 30 (M<3)2015: 1 (M3–4)2016: 34 (M<3)2016: 1 (M3–4)20162017: 14 (M<3)2018: 30 (M<3)2018: 2 (M3–4)2019: 8 (M<3)2020: 11 (M<3)2021: 13 (M<3)2022: 6 (M<3)2023: 125 (M<3)2023: 3 (M3–4)20232024: 220 (M<3)2025: 165 (M<3)2026: 79 (M<3)2026: 1 (M3–4)
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
5.514.03.1951 09:4615 km99 km
5.523.06.1975 13:173.3 km176 km
5.422.02.1953 20:1610 km175 km
5.313.04.1992 01:2019.7 km133 km
5.308.07.1958 05:0215 km194 km
5.228.06.1982 09:5710 km78 km
5.213.03.1989 13:025.1 km176 km
5.120.11.1932 23:3615 km153 km
4.823.06.2001 01:3910 km147 km
4.716.05.1991 02:0610 km99 km
4.710.01.1970 12:097.7 km161 km
4.623.06.1983 09:3110 km31 km
4.522.07.2002 05:4513.2 km123 km
4.503.08.2007 02:5818.5 km121 km
4.429.03.1978 21:5110 km122 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
0.831.07.2026 00:329 km118 km
0.525.07.2026 05:5514 km117 km
0.616.07.2026 04:4311 km119 km
0.413.07.2026 00:599 km137 km
0.511.07.2026 21:3411 km104 km
0.509.07.2026 10:3815 km122 km
2.307.07.2026 08:410 km170 km
1.307.07.2026 08:0411 km117 km
0.503.07.2026 14:1111 km122 km
0.429.06.2026 23:3113 km112 km
0.429.06.2026 23:2612 km112 km
0.328.06.2026 05:1514 km119 km
0.626.06.2026 16:0011 km119 km
0.512.06.2026 01:0510 km120 km
1.010.06.2026 06:166 km135 km
0.510.06.2026 05:3112 km127 km
0.608.06.2026 03:3110 km138 km
0.606.06.2026 13:1511 km120 km
0.805.06.2026 21:317 km111 km
0.502.06.2026 07:043 km126 km
0.431.05.2026 21:3612 km134 km
0.723.05.2026 04:3911 km138 km
0.523.05.2026 04:3513 km139 km
1.223.05.2026 00:1314 km119 km
0.316.05.2026 23:1611 km122 km
0.816.05.2026 09:113 km102 km
0.909.05.2026 11:4510 km132 km
0.808.05.2026 15:1711 km133 km
1.207.05.2026 04:4611 km119 km
0.405.05.2026 20:5912 km101 km
0.502.05.2026 14:1511 km118 km
1.030.04.2026 09:183 km126 km
0.628.04.2026 07:5410 km122 km
2.127.04.2026 08:3720.3 km168 km
0.726.04.2026 23:163 km125 km
0.314.04.2026 21:0210 km120 km
0.714.04.2026 05:033 km125 km
0.511.04.2026 17:4311 km119 km
0.508.04.2026 23:5314 km131 km
0.808.04.2026 17:3911 km122 km
0.507.04.2026 11:4910 km120 km
0.730.03.2026 00:1712 km125 km
0.528.03.2026 05:4612 km120 km
0.826.03.2026 23:3710 km123 km
1.418.03.2026 10:0710 km118 km
3.016.03.2026 04:2815.8 km148 km
0.526.02.2026 22:2610 km118 km
1.226.02.2026 17:4810 km106 km
0.525.02.2026 01:0514 km124 km
0.724.02.2026 11:0413 km122 km
0.523.02.2026 14:4913 km125 km
0.820.02.2026 20:213 km125 km
0.520.02.2026 18:0310 km123 km
0.519.02.2026 19:4210 km118 km
0.919.02.2026 10:0415 km124 km
0.519.02.2026 09:4214 km125 km
1.019.02.2026 09:4115 km125 km
1.019.02.2026 09:0714 km125 km
1.117.02.2026 02:405 km135 km
0.517.02.2026 00:3213 km124 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.