EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Sabah

201 earthquakes catalogued in and around Sabah between 1923 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
201
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1923–2026
record span
3.42
mean magnitude
189
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

015301923: 1 (M5+)19231931193919471951: 1 (M5+)195519631966: 1 (M5+)19711973: 1 (M5+)1976: 2 (M4–5)1976: 9 (M5+)1979: 1 (M4–5)19791980: 1 (M5+)1981: 1 (M5+)1982: 1 (M4–5)1983: 1 (M5+)1984: 1 (M4–5)1984: 1 (M5+)19871988: 1 (M5+)1989: 1 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1991: 4 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)1992: 2 (M4–5)1994: 2 (M5+)1995: 2 (M4–5)19951996: 1 (M4–5)1999: 1 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M5+)20032005: 1 (M3–4)2005: 1 (M4–5)2005: 1 (M5+)2006: 2 (M4–5)2007: 2 (M5+)2008: 1 (M3–4)2008: 2 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 1 (M3–4)2010: 1 (M<3)2010: 1 (M4–5)20112012: 1 (M4–5)2013: 1 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M3–4)2014: 2 (M4–5)2015: 2 (M<3)2015: 11 (M3–4)2015: 6 (M4–5)2015: 4 (M5+)2016: 3 (M4–5)2017: 1 (M3–4)2018: 2 (M4–5)2018: 1 (M5+)2019: 1 (M4–5)20192020: 1 (M3–4)2020: 3 (M5+)2021: 1 (M4–5)2023: 16 (M<3)2023: 4 (M3–4)2023: 1 (M5+)2024: 23 (M<3)2024: 4 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)2025: 25 (M<3)2025: 3 (M3–4)2025: 2 (M4–5)2026: 25 (M<3)2026: 2 (M3–4)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
7.122.02.2026 16:57607.7 km180 km
6.311.08.1923 00:5435 km121 km
6.326.07.1976 02:5622.2 km142 km
6.020.12.2015 18:4711.8 km237 km
6.004.06.2015 23:1518.1 km79 km
6.002.06.1951 06:4715 km142 km
5.702.11.1994 01:4338.9 km161 km
5.714.03.1984 00:3939.4 km124 km
5.619.01.2015 17:1921.3 km299 km
5.525.12.1981 00:2835 km166 km
5.527.11.1994 18:2723.9 km209 km
5.502.04.2023 19:32612.2 km178 km
5.426.05.1991 11:1735 km58 km
5.323.05.2005 19:5835 km73 km
5.326.07.1976 08:3640 km138 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.627.04.2026 05:0714 km129 km
2.322.04.2026 10:0910 km55 km
3.220.04.2026 19:0210 km81 km
2.716.04.2026 10:5810 km77 km
2.615.04.2026 02:4610 km59 km
1.907.04.2026 13:43292.5 km128 km
2.831.03.2026 21:2310 km206 km
1.430.03.2026 07:50100 km87 km
2.126.03.2026 22:2510 km82 km
2.025.03.2026 08:3710 km86 km
2.224.03.2026 00:3522.5 km92 km
2.622.03.2026 15:4170.7 km100 km
2.818.03.2026 02:1310 km198 km
2.416.03.2026 11:4571.3 km158 km
1.216.03.2026 06:3610 km85 km
2.311.03.2026 21:4210 km87 km
2.311.03.2026 02:3110 km149 km
1.807.03.2026 21:3535.8 km64 km
1.028.02.2026 23:1710 km84 km
2.425.02.2026 06:3924.7 km40 km
7.122.02.2026 16:57607.7 km180 km
3.808.02.2026 04:4280.6 km148 km
2.502.02.2026 11:0115.6 km68 km
2.301.02.2026 05:21220.9 km209 km
2.431.01.2026 17:23167.3 km174 km
2.428.01.2026 04:5929 km149 km
1.623.01.2026 12:1610 km74 km
2.511.01.2026 20:3910 km82 km
2.115.11.2025 11:5210 km85 km
2.213.11.2025 14:0710 km84 km
1.912.11.2025 22:2410 km77 km
1.301.11.2025 23:5315 km89 km
1.927.10.2025 15:2515.5 km87 km
1.627.10.2025 15:0310 km81 km
2.416.10.2025 02:01199.3 km114 km
2.315.10.2025 00:3210 km96 km
2.513.10.2025 07:1647.8 km18 km
2.502.10.2025 17:5010 km80 km
1.424.09.2025 10:1210 km89 km
2.720.09.2025 11:0210 km83 km
1.816.09.2025 13:2310 km31 km
2.012.09.2025 21:4910 km118 km
1.509.09.2025 17:3310 km86 km
1.708.09.2025 23:3710 km90 km
2.208.09.2025 13:5214 km76 km
2.206.09.2025 12:5210 km97 km
2.804.09.2025 17:0510 km72 km
2.602.09.2025 12:3831.5 km160 km
2.724.08.2025 22:3110 km158 km
4.322.07.2025 02:52634.7 km117 km
2.721.07.2025 07:4613 km57 km
2.716.05.2025 16:309.3 km83 km
3.510.05.2025 20:065 km137 km
4.416.04.2025 23:337 km211 km
3.030.03.2025 07:2910 km85 km
2.114.02.2025 20:1410 km90 km
2.213.02.2025 01:0110 km80 km
3.810.02.2025 02:3910 km83 km
3.117.12.2024 02:0110 km86 km
2.916.12.2024 06:5610 km86 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.