EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Sofala

243 earthquakes catalogued in and around Sofala between 1951 and 2025. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
243
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1951–2025
record span
4.26
mean magnitude
110
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

039781951: 2 (M5+)19511954: 1 (M5+)1957: 3 (M5+)195719631964: 1 (M4–5)19691973: 5 (M4–5)19751976: 3 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M4–5)1981: 1 (M5+)19811982: 3 (M4–5)1983: 3 (M4–5)1984: 3 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M4–5)1986: 1 (M3–4)1986: 2 (M4–5)1987: 2 (M3–4)1987: 1 (M4–5)19871988: 1 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M4–5)1990: 1 (M3–4)1990: 2 (M4–5)1990: 1 (M5+)1991: 1 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)1992: 1 (M3–4)1992: 1 (M4–5)19931999: 1 (M4–5)19992000: 1 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M4–5)20052006: 2 (M<3)2006: 2 (M3–4)2006: 59 (M4–5)2006: 15 (M5+)2007: 1 (M<3)2007: 2 (M3–4)2007: 11 (M4–5)2007: 1 (M5+)2008: 1 (M<3)2008: 8 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 2 (M3–4)2009: 15 (M4–5)2009: 2 (M5+)2010: 4 (M3–4)2010: 6 (M4–5)2011: 1 (M3–4)2011: 1 (M4–5)20112013: 2 (M3–4)2013: 2 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M4–5)2015: 1 (M3–4)2015: 5 (M4–5)2016: 8 (M<3)2016: 3 (M3–4)2016: 6 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M5+)2017: 1 (M3–4)2017: 2 (M4–5)2017: 1 (M5+)20172018: 1 (M3–4)2018: 4 (M4–5)2018: 2 (M5+)2019: 3 (M4–5)2020: 3 (M4–5)2021: 3 (M4–5)2022: 1 (M4–5)2022: 1 (M5+)2023: 1 (M3–4)20232024: 1 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M5+)2025: 4 (M4–5)
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
7.022.02.2006 22:1912.4 km287 km
6.010.05.1951 09:1825 km172 km
6.005.09.1957 07:22247 km
5.819.03.1951 09:2915 km329 km
5.805.09.1957 07:17247 km
5.723.02.2006 01:2316.3 km308 km
5.717.01.1954 17:3915 km251 km
5.620.07.1957 09:5515 km327 km
5.608.03.2018 08:4913.2 km261 km
5.624.06.2017 02:3729.3 km67 km
5.615.03.2006 14:1915.9 km267 km
5.622.09.2016 20:0613 km316 km
5.322.02.2006 22:2615 km287 km
5.229.11.2007 02:5916.4 km296 km
5.222.03.2006 11:3515 km307 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.309.09.2025 11:1110 km178 km
4.314.03.2025 19:4510 km108 km
4.514.03.2025 13:2510 km116 km
4.907.03.2025 22:500 km302 km
3.326.08.2024 01:3310 km121 km
5.210.08.2024 20:505 km177 km
3.330.04.2023 13:2210 km208 km
4.028.12.2022 04:2810 km259 km
5.007.04.2022 10:4310 km247 km
4.205.11.2021 21:4510 km129 km
4.002.02.2021 01:0610 km279 km
4.301.02.2021 23:5110 km265 km
4.530.08.2020 04:066 km136 km
4.410.04.2020 00:2010 km309 km
4.227.01.2020 01:4510 km210 km
4.226.12.2019 22:0710 km245 km
4.320.11.2019 18:4310 km198 km
4.116.01.2019 22:3110 km223 km
4.310.08.2018 04:0913 km310 km
4.106.04.2018 12:4310 km254 km
4.222.03.2018 17:0010 km233 km
4.118.03.2018 02:0110 km240 km
3.917.03.2018 15:1210 km261 km
5.108.03.2018 09:5210 km259 km
5.608.03.2018 08:4913.2 km261 km
5.624.06.2017 02:3729.3 km67 km
4.618.06.2017 13:3110 km289 km
3.218.06.2017 13:3113 km299 km
4.410.02.2017 16:4310 km138 km
2.222.12.2016 07:1910 km203 km
3.107.12.2016 22:0510 km255 km
4.519.11.2016 03:3110 km76 km
2.528.10.2016 11:0610 km223 km
2.811.10.2016 03:1510 km289 km
3.229.09.2016 17:1110 km283 km
2.428.09.2016 00:2710 km271 km
4.325.09.2016 14:2710 km291 km
2.823.09.2016 02:4910 km274 km
5.622.09.2016 20:0613 km316 km
4.521.09.2016 03:0913 km309 km
2.521.09.2016 00:0710 km284 km
2.813.08.2016 15:4610 km266 km
2.913.04.2016 09:5210 km103 km
3.525.02.2016 21:2310 km265 km
4.521.01.2016 17:160.1 km272 km
4.104.01.2016 02:4510 km253 km
4.103.01.2016 16:407.1 km279 km
4.825.12.2015 19:370 km300 km
4.114.10.2015 09:1010 km145 km
3.625.08.2015 17:4010 km248 km
4.117.06.2015 08:3210 km232 km
4.411.06.2015 23:5510 km307 km
4.029.03.2015 16:2816.6 km43 km
4.219.12.2014 17:1710 km126 km
4.625.12.2013 15:4510 km309 km
4.022.10.2013 16:5514 km275 km
4.008.07.2013 08:0410 km280 km
4.226.04.2013 11:5810 km167 km
4.230.10.2011 01:1213 km313 km
4.021.07.2011 17:4310 km131 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.