EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Hawke's Bay

3,108 earthquakes catalogued in and around Hawke's Bay between 1914 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
3.3
Latest earthquake · depth 25.9 km
02.08.2026 04:10 UTC · from centre 52 km
3,108
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1914–2026
record span
4.00
mean magnitude
1,436
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0871751914: 3 (M5+)19141921: 1 (M5+)19231927: 1 (M5+)1930: 1 (M5+)1931: 9 (M5+)1932: 2 (M5+)19321934: 2 (M5+)1937: 2 (M5+)1938: 3 (M5+)1940: 1 (M5+)19411942: 4 (M5+)1947: 2 (M5+)19501951: 1 (M5+)1952: 2 (M5+)1953: 2 (M5+)1956: 2 (M4–5)1956: 3 (M5+)1957: 3 (M4–5)1957: 5 (M5+)1958: 1 (M4–5)1958: 2 (M5+)1959: 2 (M4–5)1959: 4 (M5+)19591961: 2 (M5+)1964: 48 (M4–5)1965: 29 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M5+)1966: 23 (M4–5)1966: 3 (M5+)1967: 12 (M4–5)1968: 31 (M4–5)1968: 2 (M5+)19681969: 42 (M4–5)1969: 1 (M5+)1970: 41 (M4–5)1970: 1 (M5+)1971: 23 (M4–5)1971: 3 (M5+)1972: 17 (M4–5)1973: 26 (M4–5)1973: 4 (M5+)1974: 18 (M4–5)1975: 20 (M4–5)1975: 4 (M5+)1976: 39 (M4–5)1976: 6 (M5+)1977: 14 (M4–5)1977: 1 (M5+)19771978: 24 (M4–5)1979: 21 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M5+)1980: 15 (M4–5)1980: 5 (M5+)1981: 15 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M5+)1982: 19 (M4–5)1982: 4 (M5+)1983: 21 (M4–5)1984: 26 (M4–5)1984: 5 (M5+)1985: 24 (M4–5)1985: 3 (M5+)1986: 25 (M4–5)1986: 1 (M5+)19861987: 18 (M4–5)1987: 4 (M5+)1988: 38 (M4–5)1988: 4 (M5+)1989: 26 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M5+)1990: 39 (M4–5)1990: 5 (M5+)1991: 33 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)1992: 5 (M3–4)1992: 50 (M4–5)1992: 6 (M5+)1993: 3 (M3–4)1993: 46 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M5+)1994: 38 (M4–5)1994: 2 (M5+)1995: 1 (M3–4)1995: 23 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M5+)19951996: 41 (M4–5)1997: 3 (M3–4)1997: 55 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M5+)1998: 5 (M3–4)1998: 58 (M4–5)1999: 11 (M3–4)1999: 58 (M4–5)1999: 3 (M5+)2000: 9 (M<3)2000: 33 (M3–4)2000: 54 (M4–5)2000: 1 (M5+)2001: 20 (M<3)2001: 45 (M3–4)2001: 44 (M4–5)2001: 2 (M5+)2002: 18 (M3–4)2002: 63 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M5+)2003: 17 (M<3)2003: 16 (M3–4)2003: 51 (M4–5)2003: 3 (M5+)2004: 10 (M<3)2004: 5 (M3–4)2004: 33 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)20042005: 1 (M<3)2005: 23 (M3–4)2005: 36 (M4–5)2005: 1 (M5+)2006: 28 (M3–4)2006: 53 (M4–5)2006: 4 (M5+)2007: 20 (M3–4)2007: 46 (M4–5)2007: 2 (M5+)2008: 18 (M3–4)2008: 31 (M4–5)2008: 3 (M5+)2009: 7 (M3–4)2009: 25 (M4–5)2010: 3 (M3–4)2010: 33 (M4–5)2010: 1 (M5+)2011: 6 (M3–4)2011: 39 (M4–5)2011: 4 (M5+)2012: 4 (M3–4)2012: 30 (M4–5)2012: 3 (M5+)2013: 5 (M3–4)2013: 27 (M4–5)20132014: 1 (M<3)2014: 8 (M3–4)2014: 33 (M4–5)2014: 4 (M5+)2015: 3 (M<3)2015: 2 (M3–4)2015: 22 (M4–5)2015: 3 (M5+)2016: 7 (M<3)2016: 5 (M3–4)2016: 28 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M5+)2017: 2 (M<3)2017: 3 (M3–4)2017: 26 (M4–5)2017: 1 (M5+)2018: 15 (M4–5)2018: 2 (M5+)2019: 4 (M3–4)2019: 15 (M4–5)2019: 8 (M5+)2020: 4 (M3–4)2020: 11 (M4–5)2021: 88 (M3–4)2021: 17 (M4–5)2021: 2 (M5+)2022: 158 (M3–4)2022: 15 (M4–5)2022: 2 (M5+)20222023: 139 (M3–4)2023: 13 (M4–5)2023: 6 (M5+)2024: 1 (M<3)2024: 117 (M3–4)2024: 18 (M4–5)2024: 2 (M5+)2025: 5 (M<3)2025: 94 (M3–4)2025: 15 (M4–5)2026: 1 (M<3)2026: 57 (M3–4)2026: 7 (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
7.702.02.1931 22:4635 km56 km
7.725.03.1947 20:3215 km158 km
7.617.05.1947 07:0625 km200 km
7.305.03.1934 11:4635 km194 km
7.313.02.1931 01:2745 km71 km
7.124.06.1942 11:1615 km212 km
7.105.02.1995 22:5124.8 km256 km
7.022.11.1914 08:14100 km106 km
6.801.08.1942 12:3435 km198 km
6.815.09.1932 13:5415 km96 km
6.605.01.1973 13:54154 km163 km
6.620.12.2007 07:5538.9 km122 km
6.527.12.1961 23:4820 km221 km
6.513.03.1957 09:11270 km153 km
6.506.10.1914 19:1535 km210 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.302.08.2026 04:1025.9 km52 km
4.127.07.2026 21:2430 km28 km
3.021.07.2026 13:0734.6 km33 km
3.619.07.2026 07:345 km128 km
3.218.07.2026 09:2713.1 km40 km
4.317.07.2026 22:0428.8 km146 km
3.117.07.2026 13:3724.2 km51 km
3.415.07.2026 12:1617.7 km104 km
3.812.07.2026 13:0421.1 km13 km
3.808.07.2026 06:568 km140 km
3.124.06.2026 00:29110.4 km132 km
3.118.06.2026 12:1216 km112 km
3.716.06.2026 11:4216 km115 km
3.204.06.2026 18:435 km88 km
3.103.06.2026 12:1020 km11 km
3.403.06.2026 06:1635.3 km73 km
3.229.05.2026 04:5441.1 km119 km
3.227.05.2026 13:3222.8 km31 km
4.127.05.2026 07:3537.1 km65 km
3.414.05.2026 09:5027.8 km55 km
3.413.05.2026 16:3918.4 km46 km
3.813.05.2026 05:4430 km73 km
3.211.05.2026 10:3122.5 km127 km
4.110.05.2026 00:440 km96 km
3.005.05.2026 21:3525.6 km54 km
3.429.04.2026 09:383.3 km122 km
3.329.04.2026 09:372.7 km121 km
3.029.04.2026 01:135 km127 km
3.728.04.2026 20:3940 km28 km
4.126.04.2026 16:0742.7 km89 km
3.516.04.2026 06:4549.7 km16 km
3.714.04.2026 14:0273.2 km57 km
4.014.04.2026 13:480 km99 km
3.113.04.2026 15:1922.1 km132 km
3.007.04.2026 19:3735.6 km102 km
3.105.04.2026 09:1426.3 km67 km
3.802.04.2026 09:2228 km59 km
4.031.03.2026 10:1924 km67 km
3.129.03.2026 09:4323.5 km41 km
3.526.03.2026 01:1421.2 km11 km
1.224.03.2026 08:1243.8 km86 km
3.018.03.2026 12:3023.9 km48 km
3.213.03.2026 10:4824.8 km91 km
3.313.03.2026 00:0673.1 km104 km
3.012.03.2026 11:1415.9 km32 km
3.211.03.2026 23:3414.1 km38 km
3.508.03.2026 23:4126 km63 km
3.205.03.2026 18:2112 km71 km
3.301.03.2026 02:2134.7 km72 km
3.122.02.2026 15:2223.8 km82 km
3.822.02.2026 01:1038.9 km84 km
3.619.02.2026 15:5843.1 km75 km
3.218.02.2026 15:0238.9 km56 km
3.217.02.2026 10:5643.7 km18 km
3.815.02.2026 14:3929.8 km24 km
3.413.02.2026 05:2522.5 km137 km
3.609.02.2026 19:505.1 km108 km
3.108.02.2026 12:4225.7 km56 km
3.103.02.2026 18:4317.1 km88 km
3.129.01.2026 19:1318.6 km88 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.