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Earthquakes in West Sumatra

6,048 earthquakes catalogued in and around West Sumatra between 1900 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
3.2
Latest earthquake · depth 89 km
03.08.2026 17:45 UTC · from centre 89 km
6,048
recorded earthquakes
M8.5
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.94
mean magnitude
4,901
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

02464921900: 1 (M5+)19001909: 1 (M5+)19101914: 1 (M5+)1915: 1 (M5+)1917: 1 (M5+)1918: 1 (M5+)1919: 1 (M5+)19201926: 3 (M5+)1927: 1 (M5+)1930: 1 (M5+)19301933: 1 (M5+)1934: 3 (M5+)1935: 3 (M5+)1936: 5 (M5+)1937: 2 (M5+)1938: 3 (M5+)1939: 1 (M5+)19401941: 2 (M5+)1942: 1 (M5+)1943: 3 (M5+)1944: 1 (M5+)1946: 3 (M5+)1947: 1 (M5+)1950: 2 (M5+)19501951: 3 (M5+)1952: 2 (M5+)1953: 2 (M5+)1955: 2 (M5+)1958: 1 (M5+)1960: 1 (M5+)19601961: 1 (M5+)1963: 2 (M5+)1964: 1 (M5+)1965: 3 (M5+)1966: 2 (M4–5)1966: 1 (M5+)1967: 1 (M4–5)1967: 9 (M5+)1968: 2 (M4–5)1968: 2 (M5+)1969: 2 (M4–5)1969: 3 (M5+)1970: 2 (M4–5)1970: 4 (M5+)19701971: 4 (M5+)1972: 7 (M4–5)1972: 11 (M5+)1973: 8 (M4–5)1973: 7 (M5+)1974: 7 (M4–5)1974: 7 (M5+)1975: 2 (M4–5)1975: 8 (M5+)1976: 1 (M3–4)1976: 3 (M4–5)1976: 5 (M5+)1977: 5 (M4–5)1977: 8 (M5+)1978: 3 (M4–5)1978: 2 (M5+)1979: 1 (M3–4)1979: 9 (M4–5)1979: 10 (M5+)1980: 1 (M3–4)1980: 4 (M4–5)1980: 5 (M5+)19801981: 13 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M5+)1982: 1 (M3–4)1982: 13 (M4–5)1982: 1 (M5+)1983: 3 (M3–4)1983: 7 (M4–5)1983: 4 (M5+)1984: 11 (M4–5)1984: 6 (M5+)1985: 2 (M3–4)1985: 11 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M5+)1986: 9 (M4–5)1986: 10 (M5+)1987: 4 (M3–4)1987: 11 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M5+)1988: 1 (M3–4)1988: 9 (M4–5)1988: 5 (M5+)1989: 10 (M4–5)1989: 4 (M5+)1990: 9 (M4–5)1990: 6 (M5+)19901991: 8 (M4–5)1991: 5 (M5+)1992: 23 (M4–5)1992: 6 (M5+)1993: 1 (M3–4)1993: 10 (M4–5)1993: 5 (M5+)1994: 10 (M4–5)1994: 11 (M5+)1995: 25 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M5+)1996: 2 (M3–4)1996: 38 (M4–5)1996: 2 (M5+)1997: 1 (M3–4)1997: 42 (M4–5)1997: 7 (M5+)1998: 2 (M3–4)1998: 35 (M4–5)1998: 6 (M5+)1999: 1 (M3–4)1999: 28 (M4–5)1999: 2 (M5+)2000: 6 (M3–4)2000: 28 (M4–5)2000: 3 (M5+)20002001: 4 (M3–4)2001: 42 (M4–5)2001: 8 (M5+)2002: 3 (M3–4)2002: 40 (M4–5)2002: 3 (M5+)2003: 6 (M<3)2003: 3 (M3–4)2003: 33 (M4–5)2003: 7 (M5+)2004: 8 (M<3)2004: 3 (M3–4)2004: 49 (M4–5)2004: 7 (M5+)2005: 11 (M<3)2005: 49 (M3–4)2005: 389 (M4–5)2005: 43 (M5+)2006: 4 (M<3)2006: 16 (M3–4)2006: 60 (M4–5)2006: 1 (M5+)2007: 34 (M<3)2007: 56 (M3–4)2007: 283 (M4–5)2007: 69 (M5+)2008: 12 (M<3)2008: 35 (M3–4)2008: 132 (M4–5)2008: 36 (M5+)2009: 43 (M3–4)2009: 306 (M4–5)2009: 31 (M5+)2010: 43 (M3–4)2010: 179 (M4–5)2010: 22 (M5+)20102011: 21 (M3–4)2011: 74 (M4–5)2011: 15 (M5+)2012: 11 (M3–4)2012: 55 (M4–5)2012: 9 (M5+)2013: 12 (M3–4)2013: 61 (M4–5)2013: 9 (M5+)2014: 8 (M3–4)2014: 57 (M4–5)2014: 2 (M5+)2015: 10 (M3–4)2015: 49 (M4–5)2015: 5 (M5+)2016: 12 (M3–4)2016: 47 (M4–5)2016: 8 (M5+)2017: 21 (M3–4)2017: 46 (M4–5)2017: 9 (M5+)2018: 24 (M3–4)2018: 70 (M4–5)2018: 14 (M5+)2019: 2 (M<3)2019: 55 (M3–4)2019: 77 (M4–5)2019: 18 (M5+)2020: 75 (M<3)2020: 157 (M3–4)2020: 63 (M4–5)2020: 12 (M5+)20202021: 49 (M<3)2021: 167 (M3–4)2021: 64 (M4–5)2021: 6 (M5+)2022: 95 (M<3)2022: 251 (M3–4)2022: 84 (M4–5)2022: 11 (M5+)2023: 103 (M<3)2023: 201 (M3–4)2023: 62 (M4–5)2023: 11 (M5+)2024: 63 (M<3)2024: 143 (M3–4)2024: 63 (M4–5)2024: 5 (M5+)2025: 191 (M<3)2025: 210 (M3–4)2025: 53 (M4–5)2025: 4 (M5+)2026: 205 (M<3)2026: 132 (M3–4)2026: 24 (M4–5)2026: 1 (M5+)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
8.512.09.2007 11:1024 km384 km
7.912.09.2007 23:4939.2 km168 km
7.804.06.2000 16:2844 km429 km
7.825.10.2010 14:4222.9 km259 km
7.828.12.1935 02:3530 km242 km
7.604.06.2000 16:3935.7 km432 km
7.625.06.1914 19:0735 km350 km
7.630.09.2009 10:1691 km65 km
7.509.06.1943 03:0610 km73 km
7.308.05.1946 05:2035 km136 km
7.203.06.1909 18:4035 km123 km
7.208.06.1943 20:4215 km286 km
7.225.02.2008 08:3629 km146 km
7.124.04.2023 20:0029.3 km194 km
7.117.11.1984 06:4933.7 km300 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.203.08.2026 17:4589 km89 km
2.702.08.2026 22:528 km233 km
2.802.08.2026 17:46119 km67 km
3.302.08.2026 14:3038 km21 km
3.131.07.2026 05:0817 km236 km
2.729.07.2026 15:0567 km233 km
3.028.07.2026 16:0910 km97 km
2.527.07.2026 23:0852 km109 km
3.927.07.2026 16:1518 km168 km
2.624.07.2026 22:5330 km146 km
2.824.07.2026 22:3410 km212 km
3.324.07.2026 22:2710 km210 km
3.623.07.2026 13:54123 km243 km
2.622.07.2026 04:3741 km135 km
4.221.07.2026 06:499 km108 km
2.920.07.2026 17:11114 km176 km
3.420.07.2026 01:3926 km69 km
3.019.07.2026 06:293 km105 km
2.919.07.2026 05:174 km108 km
2.618.07.2026 15:3871 km65 km
2.518.07.2026 12:5710 km106 km
2.518.07.2026 12:084 km219 km
3.118.07.2026 04:585 km110 km
3.018.07.2026 04:565 km200 km
2.918.07.2026 03:107 km103 km
3.018.07.2026 03:0110 km153 km
4.518.07.2026 00:5046 km177 km
3.118.07.2026 00:1824 km237 km
2.517.07.2026 19:1710 km156 km
3.717.07.2026 00:197 km239 km
2.912.07.2026 18:5332 km165 km
4.311.07.2026 10:33176 km137 km
3.210.07.2026 13:4824 km251 km
3.210.07.2026 13:173 km248 km
2.709.07.2026 11:1316 km146 km
3.509.07.2026 10:029 km186 km
3.108.07.2026 11:1710 km189 km
2.607.07.2026 18:186 km93 km
2.906.07.2026 16:29135 km188 km
2.705.07.2026 17:4130 km231 km
3.905.07.2026 12:3184.2 km130 km
3.102.07.2026 14:0228 km211 km
2.730.06.2026 17:4341 km133 km
3.630.06.2026 09:3349 km205 km
2.829.06.2026 23:179 km100 km
3.726.06.2026 02:5626 km51 km
2.825.06.2026 16:2132 km264 km
2.625.06.2026 11:5170 km42 km
3.224.06.2026 00:5133 km129 km
3.023.06.2026 09:4367 km65 km
3.223.06.2026 02:0616 km256 km
2.722.06.2026 16:4226 km45 km
3.022.06.2026 10:088 km240 km
3.621.06.2026 02:4824 km45 km
4.421.06.2026 02:3362.8 km42 km
3.220.06.2026 23:4410 km264 km
3.420.06.2026 16:2010 km233 km
2.620.06.2026 13:5410 km47 km
4.120.06.2026 03:250 km102 km
2.919.06.2026 10:1820 km28 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.