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Earthquakes in Erbil

1,399 earthquakes catalogued in and around Erbil between 1907 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.5
Latest earthquake · depth 7 km
02.08.2026 22:19 UTC · from centre 124 km
1,399
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1907–2026
record span
2.80
mean magnitude
847
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0681371907: 1 (M5+)19071908: 1 (M5+)1909: 1 (M5+)1915: 1 (M5+)191719271929: 1 (M5+)1930: 1 (M5+)1932: 1 (M5+)19371944: 2 (M5+)1947: 1 (M5+)19471949: 1 (M5+)19571958: 1 (M5+)1963: 1 (M5+)1965: 2 (M4–5)1967: 1 (M5+)19671968: 1 (M5+)1969: 2 (M4–5)1970: 1 (M5+)1971: 1 (M4–5)1974: 1 (M4–5)1974: 1 (M5+)1975: 1 (M5+)19771980: 2 (M4–5)1980: 2 (M5+)1981: 8 (M4–5)1981: 1 (M5+)1982: 6 (M4–5)1983: 2 (M4–5)1984: 4 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M4–5)1986: 6 (M4–5)19871988: 4 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1991: 1 (M3–4)1991: 4 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)1992: 2 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M4–5)1994: 1 (M4–5)1995: 1 (M4–5)19971998: 1 (M3–4)1999: 4 (M3–4)1999: 5 (M4–5)1999: 1 (M5+)2000: 2 (M3–4)2000: 5 (M4–5)2000: 1 (M5+)2001: 3 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M3–4)2002: 4 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M5+)2003: 2 (M<3)2003: 1 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M5+)2004: 5 (M3–4)2004: 2 (M4–5)2005: 2 (M<3)2005: 10 (M3–4)2005: 5 (M4–5)2005: 2 (M5+)2006: 3 (M<3)2006: 14 (M3–4)2006: 3 (M4–5)2007: 1 (M<3)2007: 16 (M3–4)2007: 1 (M4–5)20072008: 1 (M<3)2008: 23 (M3–4)2008: 1 (M4–5)2009: 5 (M<3)2009: 25 (M3–4)2009: 3 (M4–5)2009: 1 (M5+)2010: 11 (M<3)2010: 34 (M3–4)2010: 1 (M4–5)2011: 92 (M<3)2011: 40 (M3–4)2011: 4 (M4–5)2011: 1 (M5+)2012: 86 (M<3)2012: 29 (M3–4)2012: 2 (M4–5)2012: 2 (M5+)2013: 89 (M<3)2013: 35 (M3–4)2013: 3 (M4–5)2013: 2 (M5+)2014: 75 (M<3)2014: 6 (M3–4)2014: 2 (M4–5)2015: 51 (M<3)2015: 13 (M3–4)2015: 4 (M4–5)2016: 34 (M<3)2016: 8 (M3–4)2017: 28 (M<3)2017: 9 (M3–4)2017: 4 (M4–5)2017: 2 (M5+)20172018: 54 (M<3)2018: 7 (M3–4)2018: 3 (M4–5)2019: 38 (M<3)2019: 9 (M3–4)2019: 2 (M4–5)2020: 26 (M<3)2020: 18 (M3–4)2020: 4 (M4–5)2021: 13 (M<3)2021: 3 (M3–4)2021: 2 (M4–5)2022: 20 (M<3)2022: 7 (M3–4)2022: 1 (M4–5)2023: 35 (M<3)2023: 11 (M3–4)2023: 4 (M4–5)2024: 106 (M<3)2024: 16 (M3–4)2024: 4 (M4–5)2025: 68 (M<3)2025: 11 (M3–4)2025: 2 (M4–5)2026: 29 (M<3)2026: 6 (M3–4)2026: 3 (M4–5)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
7.412.11.2017 18:1820.1 km226 km
7.106.05.1930 22:3415 km199 km
6.118.12.1980 12:3442.1 km68 km
6.028.09.1908 06:2830 km182 km
6.017.07.1944 10:5315 km89 km
5.825.01.2005 16:4413.1 km149 km
5.823.07.1981 00:0519.3 km128 km
5.711.04.1909 04:0230 km84 km
5.619.04.1947 17:3915 km132 km
5.607.05.1932 14:5435 km75 km
5.528.02.1915 12:4730 km177 km
5.528.06.1944 02:575 km84 km
5.524.07.1991 09:4527.1 km20 km
5.431.03.1907 14:1415 km43 km
5.416.04.1963 18:4770 km57 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.502.08.2026 22:197 km124 km
3.402.08.2026 21:547 km119 km
1.801.08.2026 14:467 km132 km
2.601.08.2026 00:097 km94 km
4.131.07.2026 04:4910 km113 km
3.230.07.2026 16:266.8 km127 km
4.230.07.2026 14:5810 km119 km
2.528.07.2026 23:347 km120 km
3.026.07.2026 21:547 km20 km
2.719.07.2026 23:007 km25 km
2.808.07.2026 07:357 km105 km
1.603.07.2026 19:407 km118 km
2.229.06.2026 10:0410.8 km116 km
2.024.06.2026 07:057 km115 km
2.721.06.2026 15:086.8 km54 km
2.411.06.2026 15:0612.5 km121 km
3.701.06.2026 12:357 km100 km
1.522.05.2026 14:197 km116 km
2.321.05.2026 01:169.2 km107 km
1.528.04.2026 01:097 km80 km
2.524.04.2026 22:3310.9 km90 km
4.315.04.2026 09:000 km101 km
2.310.04.2026 17:017 km99 km
2.319.03.2026 09:197 km110 km
3.109.03.2026 19:027 km83 km
2.503.03.2026 17:1214.7 km79 km
1.826.02.2026 20:348.7 km114 km
2.918.02.2026 10:127.2 km66 km
2.315.02.2026 02:557 km110 km
2.115.02.2026 01:347.9 km119 km
2.114.02.2026 22:427 km111 km
2.304.02.2026 07:196 km110 km
2.404.02.2026 07:027 km111 km
1.827.01.2026 21:315.8 km93 km
2.127.01.2026 21:179.3 km93 km
2.212.01.2026 01:1812.6 km8 km
3.708.01.2026 06:008.1 km120 km
2.605.01.2026 19:438.1 km71 km
1.629.12.2025 08:297 km134 km
2.317.12.2025 18:127 km95 km
2.103.12.2025 00:417 km74 km
2.827.11.2025 05:277 km80 km
1.925.11.2025 19:427.1 km82 km
1.925.11.2025 04:347 km96 km
2.322.11.2025 17:507 km125 km
3.015.11.2025 12:437.7 km68 km
2.904.11.2025 19:446.6 km11 km
2.301.11.2025 09:597 km34 km
2.231.10.2025 19:127 km119 km
3.226.10.2025 21:528 km56 km
1.826.10.2025 01:457 km39 km
1.725.10.2025 20:047.2 km119 km
1.523.10.2025 23:027 km120 km
0.920.10.2025 00:497 km117 km
2.218.10.2025 17:375.4 km34 km
1.817.10.2025 23:327.7 km127 km
2.514.10.2025 22:087 km36 km
1.906.10.2025 12:497 km33 km
1.829.09.2025 05:007 km98 km
1.312.09.2025 01:157 km116 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.