EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Chimbu

275 earthquakes catalogued in and around Chimbu between 1916 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
275
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1916–2026
record span
4.66
mean magnitude
60
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

07141916: 1 (M5+)19161918: 1 (M5+)19251926: 1 (M5+)1928: 1 (M5+)1931: 1 (M5+)19341935: 2 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)1939: 1 (M5+)19431948: 1 (M5+)1952: 1 (M5+)195219611963: 1 (M5+)1964: 1 (M5+)1966: 1 (M5+)1969: 1 (M5+)1970: 2 (M5+)19701971: 4 (M5+)1972: 2 (M4–5)1972: 2 (M5+)1973: 2 (M4–5)1973: 3 (M5+)1975: 3 (M5+)1976: 1 (M5+)1977: 1 (M4–5)1977: 2 (M5+)1978: 1 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M3–4)1979: 2 (M4–5)1979: 5 (M5+)19791980: 2 (M5+)1981: 2 (M4–5)1981: 3 (M5+)1982: 1 (M3–4)1982: 2 (M5+)1983: 1 (M3–4)1983: 1 (M4–5)1983: 2 (M5+)1984: 2 (M3–4)1984: 4 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M3–4)1985: 1 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M5+)1986: 2 (M3–4)1986: 1 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M4–5)1988: 2 (M3–4)1988: 1 (M4–5)1988: 1 (M5+)19881989: 1 (M3–4)1989: 3 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1990: 2 (M3–4)1990: 6 (M4–5)1990: 2 (M5+)1991: 2 (M4–5)1991: 2 (M5+)1992: 1 (M3–4)1992: 1 (M4–5)1992: 2 (M5+)1993: 4 (M3–4)1993: 4 (M4–5)1993: 6 (M5+)1994: 2 (M3–4)1994: 3 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M3–4)1995: 2 (M4–5)1995: 1 (M5+)1996: 2 (M3–4)1996: 7 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M3–4)1997: 3 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M5+)19971998: 2 (M3–4)1998: 2 (M4–5)1998: 1 (M5+)1999: 4 (M4–5)1999: 3 (M5+)2000: 2 (M3–4)2000: 3 (M4–5)2000: 2 (M5+)2001: 5 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M4–5)2002: 2 (M5+)2003: 1 (M<3)2003: 3 (M4–5)2004: 2 (M<3)2004: 1 (M3–4)2004: 7 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)2005: 1 (M3–4)2005: 2 (M4–5)2005: 3 (M5+)2006: 1 (M<3)2006: 2 (M3–4)2006: 1 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M5+)20062007: 1 (M3–4)2007: 2 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M3–4)2008: 2 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 1 (M4–5)2009: 2 (M5+)2010: 1 (M4–5)2011: 1 (M4–5)2011: 1 (M5+)2012: 1 (M4–5)2012: 2 (M5+)2013: 4 (M4–5)2014: 3 (M4–5)2015: 3 (M4–5)20152016: 3 (M4–5)2017: 3 (M4–5)2018: 3 (M4–5)2018: 2 (M5+)2019: 4 (M4–5)2019: 3 (M5+)2020: 1 (M3–4)2020: 2 (M4–5)2020: 1 (M5+)2021: 5 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M5+)2022: 3 (M4–5)2022: 2 (M5+)2023: 1 (M3–4)2023: 4 (M4–5)2023: 2 (M5+)2024: 3 (M3–4)2024: 3 (M4–5)20242025: 6 (M4–5)2025: 3 (M5+)2026: 1 (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
7.610.09.2022 23:47112.9 km181 km
7.526.02.1963 20:14186.6 km205 km
7.106.05.2019 21:19140.4 km187 km
7.106.11.1952 19:4752.1 km194 km
7.003.08.1916 01:3035 km110 km
6.907.10.2023 08:4055.8 km168 km
6.931.10.1970 17:5342.7 km162 km
6.913.10.1993 02:0622 km139 km
6.807.10.2023 08:3458.7 km163 km
6.824.04.1964 05:56104.7 km154 km
6.725.10.1993 10:2724.4 km130 km
6.621.03.2012 22:15117.7 km124 km
6.625.06.1979 05:29186.1 km168 km
6.607.09.1926 12:2335 km119 km
6.503.03.2000 22:2225.9 km134 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.112.06.2026 02:2481.2 km89 km
6.522.12.2025 10:31101.8 km91 km
4.016.11.2025 10:170 km65 km
4.912.11.2025 03:23109.6 km91 km
4.112.07.2025 11:470 km55 km
5.104.04.2025 10:51107.7 km107 km
5.117.03.2025 21:1865.4 km117 km
4.717.03.2025 20:13118.1 km99 km
4.326.02.2025 02:2699.2 km51 km
4.814.02.2025 09:27111.6 km85 km
3.416.08.2024 04:45262.8 km59 km
4.017.07.2024 22:28109 km70 km
3.929.06.2024 05:1635 km40 km
4.504.05.2024 02:4110 km52 km
3.225.03.2024 21:5339 km41 km
4.108.02.2024 20:4686 km93 km
4.223.11.2023 06:09100 km66 km
6.907.10.2023 08:4055.8 km168 km
6.807.10.2023 08:3458.7 km163 km
3.229.09.2023 10:4224 km63 km
4.629.09.2023 10:4210 km61 km
4.119.08.2023 23:060 km41 km
4.802.01.2023 08:5934.2 km60 km
4.816.09.2022 15:39104.5 km87 km
7.610.09.2022 23:47112.9 km181 km
5.129.08.2022 04:53100 km78 km
4.003.07.2022 13:01109 km82 km
4.526.06.2022 14:0924 km80 km
4.623.09.2021 12:20250 km75 km
4.106.06.2021 09:45100 km78 km
5.213.05.2021 11:32116.9 km97 km
4.102.05.2021 19:2686 km97 km
4.131.03.2021 04:3086 km97 km
4.808.03.2021 12:48244 km32 km
6.508.10.2020 07:35114.6 km147 km
4.505.06.2020 13:300 km84 km
3.119.02.2020 13:5450 km44 km
4.713.01.2020 10:28122.5 km79 km
4.506.07.2019 06:37302 km98 km
4.023.05.2019 10:0110 km75 km
7.106.05.2019 21:19140.4 km187 km
5.205.05.2019 08:42125.9 km100 km
5.012.02.2019 10:3210 km86 km
4.512.02.2019 10:32100 km35 km
4.225.01.2019 06:0835 km88 km
4.328.10.2018 00:0235 km92 km
5.224.09.2018 03:42129.5 km100 km
4.026.02.2018 08:260 km90 km
5.125.02.2018 18:4110 km101 km
4.325.02.2018 18:250 km60 km
4.022.09.2017 20:380 km91 km
4.219.02.2017 23:1586 km107 km
4.812.02.2017 11:5786 km96 km
4.226.12.2016 11:39100 km91 km
4.617.08.2016 02:22109 km95 km
4.727.06.2016 13:47109 km68 km
4.021.10.2015 04:11200 km78 km
4.126.06.2015 07:3635 km66 km
5.019.01.2015 02:33100 km45 km
4.924.07.2014 17:1070.1 km106 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.