EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Milne Bay

670 earthquakes catalogued in and around Milne Bay between 1902 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
670
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.40
mean magnitude
539
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

020401902: 1 (M5+)19021907: 3 (M5+)19121920: 1 (M5+)19221928: 1 (M5+)19321940: 2 (M5+)19421951: 1 (M5+)19521953: 1 (M5+)1956: 1 (M5+)1958: 1 (M5+)1959: 1 (M4–5)1959: 1 (M5+)1960: 3 (M5+)19621963: 1 (M5+)1965: 2 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M5+)1966: 2 (M5+)1967: 2 (M5+)1968: 3 (M5+)1970: 2 (M5+)1971: 1 (M5+)1972: 1 (M5+)19721973: 4 (M4–5)1973: 7 (M5+)1974: 4 (M4–5)1974: 5 (M5+)1975: 1 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M4–5)1976: 4 (M5+)1977: 4 (M5+)1978: 1 (M3–4)1978: 2 (M5+)1979: 1 (M3–4)1979: 4 (M4–5)1979: 3 (M5+)1980: 1 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M3–4)1981: 2 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M5+)1982: 3 (M3–4)1982: 10 (M4–5)1982: 12 (M5+)19821983: 1 (M4–5)1983: 1 (M5+)1984: 3 (M3–4)1984: 5 (M4–5)1984: 3 (M5+)1985: 2 (M3–4)1985: 9 (M4–5)1985: 8 (M5+)1986: 2 (M3–4)1986: 3 (M4–5)1986: 3 (M5+)1987: 2 (M3–4)1987: 2 (M4–5)1987: 2 (M5+)1988: 4 (M3–4)1988: 9 (M4–5)1988: 6 (M5+)1989: 4 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1990: 3 (M4–5)1990: 3 (M5+)1991: 4 (M4–5)1991: 3 (M5+)1992: 4 (M4–5)1992: 4 (M5+)19921993: 3 (M4–5)1994: 2 (M4–5)1994: 4 (M5+)1995: 3 (M3–4)1995: 10 (M4–5)1995: 2 (M5+)1996: 5 (M3–4)1996: 9 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M3–4)1997: 4 (M4–5)1998: 2 (M3–4)1998: 5 (M4–5)1999: 6 (M3–4)1999: 3 (M4–5)1999: 3 (M5+)2000: 7 (M3–4)2000: 19 (M4–5)2000: 5 (M5+)2001: 2 (M3–4)2001: 10 (M4–5)2002: 6 (M4–5)20022003: 1 (M<3)2003: 2 (M3–4)2003: 8 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M3–4)2004: 5 (M4–5)2005: 1 (M<3)2005: 2 (M3–4)2005: 3 (M4–5)2005: 1 (M5+)2006: 8 (M3–4)2006: 9 (M4–5)2006: 1 (M5+)2007: 2 (M<3)2007: 1 (M3–4)2007: 16 (M4–5)2007: 6 (M5+)2008: 2 (M<3)2008: 12 (M3–4)2008: 12 (M4–5)2008: 2 (M5+)2009: 4 (M3–4)2009: 11 (M4–5)2009: 1 (M5+)2010: 4 (M3–4)2010: 7 (M4–5)2010: 1 (M5+)2011: 7 (M4–5)2011: 1 (M5+)2012: 2 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M4–5)20122013: 4 (M3–4)2013: 8 (M4–5)2013: 2 (M5+)2014: 4 (M3–4)2014: 5 (M4–5)2015: 11 (M3–4)2015: 8 (M4–5)2015: 4 (M5+)2016: 7 (M3–4)2016: 3 (M4–5)2017: 9 (M3–4)2017: 9 (M4–5)2017: 1 (M5+)2018: 2 (M3–4)2018: 3 (M4–5)2018: 1 (M5+)2019: 13 (M3–4)2019: 21 (M4–5)2019: 6 (M5+)2020: 6 (M3–4)2020: 8 (M4–5)2020: 3 (M5+)2021: 5 (M3–4)2021: 10 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M5+)2022: 10 (M3–4)2022: 9 (M4–5)2022: 3 (M5+)20222023: 1 (M3–4)2023: 7 (M4–5)2023: 3 (M5+)2024: 2 (M3–4)2024: 9 (M4–5)2024: 2 (M5+)2025: 10 (M3–4)2025: 9 (M4–5)2025: 3 (M5+)2026: 4 (M3–4)2026: 3 (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
7.504.05.1907 06:5160 km362 km
7.224.01.1902 23:270 km288 km
7.129.07.1977 11:1516 km488 km
7.123.10.1974 06:1429.2 km320 km
7.117.07.2020 02:5085.2 km485 km
6.728.06.2007 02:5218.5 km407 km
6.611.06.1960 16:3730 km149 km
6.613.05.1907 21:0035 km262 km
6.620.12.2000 16:4919.5 km336 km
6.616.07.2000 03:5730.3 km261 km
6.611.06.1960 15:1430 km117 km
6.530.04.1951 15:2825 km339 km
6.513.12.1920 03:4315 km334 km
6.429.10.1985 14:109.2 km81 km
6.210.10.1907 21:4215 km207 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.425.04.2026 01:4510 km217 km
4.911.03.2026 13:030 km193 km
3.404.03.2026 05:260 km108 km
3.725.02.2026 17:440 km192 km
3.304.02.2026 01:070 km57 km
4.607.01.2026 14:5410 km327 km
3.107.01.2026 14:540 km311 km
4.127.12.2025 00:570 km262 km
3.927.12.2025 00:510 km262 km
4.822.11.2025 19:119.2 km186 km
4.320.11.2025 11:3710 km110 km
3.620.11.2025 11:370 km38 km
3.519.11.2025 14:000 km72 km
4.905.10.2025 04:2566.6 km350 km
5.025.09.2025 03:540 km348 km
4.214.08.2025 10:210 km311 km
3.413.06.2025 22:200 km109 km
3.502.06.2025 09:350 km192 km
4.902.06.2025 03:580 km154 km
4.702.06.2025 03:5210 km134 km
3.201.06.2025 23:540 km153 km
3.608.05.2025 14:2710 km17 km
4.407.05.2025 19:2910 km39 km
3.807.05.2025 11:280 km62 km
5.802.05.2025 10:5933 km218 km
3.419.02.2025 23:120 km181 km
4.019.02.2025 12:290 km224 km
5.619.02.2025 02:4910 km163 km
3.517.01.2025 18:539.9 km330 km
4.328.12.2024 18:2810 km208 km
4.912.12.2024 02:160 km36 km
4.506.12.2024 10:2210 km278 km
4.826.11.2024 00:070 km92 km
4.931.10.2024 20:200 km29 km
3.322.10.2024 19:590 km81 km
3.716.10.2024 01:3769.9 km52 km
5.315.10.2024 20:4010 km36 km
4.312.05.2024 11:5424 km47 km
4.202.05.2024 03:0622 km313 km
4.901.05.2024 07:3910 km313 km
5.524.03.2024 00:3035 km341 km
4.019.02.2024 17:2810 km44 km
4.129.12.2023 14:1622 km302 km
4.005.12.2023 08:420 km290 km
5.521.11.2023 07:104 km314 km
5.229.09.2023 16:5118.8 km183 km
4.025.09.2023 09:1922 km325 km
4.409.08.2023 16:2010 km269 km
4.409.07.2023 00:0935 km231 km
5.206.07.2023 20:0410 km314 km
4.120.04.2023 09:0018 km313 km
3.310.04.2023 10:0617 km86 km
4.003.03.2023 01:4010 km231 km
4.227.12.2022 21:340 km283 km
3.311.11.2022 03:1524 km270 km
5.005.11.2022 18:5510 km351 km
3.409.09.2022 11:1122 km280 km
3.626.08.2022 12:2122 km269 km
3.012.08.2022 11:4235 km192 km
4.312.08.2022 11:4210 km200 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.