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Earthquakes in Kentucky

5,887 earthquakes catalogued in and around Kentucky between 1901 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.7
Latest earthquake · depth 8.8 km
31.07.2026 08:39 UTC · from centre 363 km
5,887
recorded earthquakes
M5.4
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.74
mean magnitude
2,055
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

01232461901: 1 (M4–5)19011903: 4 (M4–5)1905: 1 (M4–5)1906: 2 (M3–4)1908: 2 (M4–5)1909: 1 (M3–4)1909: 2 (M4–5)19111915: 2 (M3–4)1915: 1 (M4–5)1916: 1 (M3–4)1917: 1 (M5+)19211922: 3 (M4–5)1925: 2 (M4–5)1926: 1 (M3–4)19311934: 1 (M4–5)194119511954: 1 (M4–5)1955: 1 (M4–5)1956: 1 (M4–5)1958: 1 (M4–5)19611962: 1 (M4–5)1964: 1 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M3–4)1965: 1 (M4–5)1968: 1 (M4–5)1968: 1 (M5+)1970: 2 (M4–5)19711972: 1 (M4–5)1973: 2 (M3–4)1974: 54 (M<3)1974: 2 (M3–4)1974: 2 (M4–5)1975: 100 (M<3)1975: 2 (M3–4)1975: 1 (M4–5)1976: 88 (M<3)1976: 1 (M4–5)1977: 52 (M<3)1978: 118 (M<3)1978: 2 (M3–4)1979: 104 (M<3)1979: 2 (M3–4)1980: 112 (M<3)1980: 5 (M3–4)1980: 1 (M4–5)1981: 179 (M<3)1981: 2 (M3–4)19811982: 116 (M<3)1982: 1 (M3–4)1983: 94 (M<3)1983: 3 (M3–4)1983: 1 (M4–5)1984: 238 (M<3)1984: 7 (M3–4)1984: 1 (M4–5)1985: 85 (M<3)1985: 3 (M3–4)1986: 127 (M<3)1986: 2 (M3–4)1987: 128 (M<3)1987: 11 (M3–4)1987: 3 (M4–5)1988: 67 (M<3)1988: 7 (M3–4)1988: 2 (M4–5)1989: 60 (M<3)1989: 2 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1990: 147 (M<3)1990: 8 (M3–4)1990: 2 (M4–5)1991: 42 (M<3)1991: 2 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)19911992: 16 (M<3)1992: 1 (M3–4)1993: 51 (M<3)1993: 4 (M3–4)1994: 27 (M<3)1994: 4 (M3–4)1994: 1 (M4–5)1995: 16 (M<3)1995: 5 (M3–4)1995: 1 (M4–5)1996: 28 (M<3)1996: 1 (M3–4)1996: 1 (M4–5)1997: 60 (M<3)1997: 13 (M3–4)1998: 48 (M<3)1998: 4 (M3–4)1999: 69 (M<3)1999: 3 (M3–4)2000: 70 (M<3)2000: 2 (M3–4)2001: 85 (M<3)2001: 1 (M3–4)20012002: 51 (M<3)2002: 1 (M4–5)2003: 106 (M<3)2003: 2 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 115 (M<3)2004: 3 (M3–4)2005: 125 (M<3)2005: 3 (M3–4)2006: 126 (M<3)2006: 4 (M3–4)2006: 2 (M4–5)2007: 139 (M<3)2007: 2 (M3–4)2008: 132 (M<3)2008: 4 (M3–4)2008: 2 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 93 (M<3)2009: 3 (M3–4)2010: 83 (M<3)2010: 2 (M3–4)2011: 99 (M<3)2011: 2 (M3–4)20112012: 150 (M<3)2012: 4 (M3–4)2012: 1 (M4–5)2013: 138 (M<3)2014: 132 (M<3)2015: 180 (M<3)2015: 4 (M3–4)2016: 128 (M<3)2016: 3 (M3–4)2017: 175 (M<3)2017: 9 (M3–4)2018: 145 (M<3)2018: 1 (M3–4)2019: 153 (M<3)2019: 3 (M3–4)2020: 161 (M<3)2020: 1 (M3–4)2021: 162 (M<3)2021: 2 (M3–4)20212022: 149 (M<3)2022: 1 (M3–4)2023: 171 (M<3)2023: 3 (M3–4)2024: 154 (M<3)2024: 2 (M3–4)2025: 136 (M<3)2025: 2 (M3–4)2026: 76 (M<3)2026: 1 (M3–4)
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
5.418.04.2008 09:3615.1 km200 km
5.309.11.1968 17:0115.7 km228 km
5.109.04.1917 20:52—391 km
5.027.07.1980 18:5212.5 km160 km
4.910.06.1987 23:4810 km213 km
4.818.04.2008 15:1411.6 km198 km
4.827.11.1922 03:31—240 km
4.827.04.1925 04:05—183 km
4.822.03.1922 22:29—322 km
4.824.12.1970 10:1712 km351 km
4.826.09.1990 13:1810 km341 km
4.720.08.1934 00:47—317 km
4.704.11.1903 19:14—362 km
4.623.03.1922 02:22—322 km
4.611.02.1965 03:4018 km380 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.731.07.2026 08:398.8 km363 km
1.928.07.2026 05:124.5 km351 km
2.024.07.2026 06:188.5 km362 km
2.023.07.2026 02:105.5 km361 km
1.922.07.2026 17:289.9 km368 km
1.522.07.2026 11:578.2 km370 km
1.913.07.2026 22:228.8 km364 km
1.413.07.2026 18:357.1 km353 km
1.110.07.2026 20:029.1 km367 km
1.910.07.2026 14:169.4 km365 km
2.008.07.2026 08:4910.2 km351 km
1.807.07.2026 15:2510.5 km344 km
2.106.07.2026 06:185.2 km297 km
1.901.07.2026 18:1917.3 km349 km
1.401.07.2026 11:498.9 km365 km
2.029.06.2026 11:146.1 km364 km
3.529.06.2026 07:0519 km209 km
1.322.06.2026 08:2011.1 km368 km
1.917.06.2026 08:319.3 km365 km
1.917.06.2026 05:309.3 km365 km
1.815.06.2026 20:027.8 km370 km
2.215.06.2026 14:509.7 km366 km
1.415.06.2026 10:477.5 km369 km
1.615.06.2026 06:516 km371 km
1.415.06.2026 06:197.3 km369 km
1.815.06.2026 05:459 km365 km
2.115.06.2026 01:407.5 km369 km
1.710.06.2026 18:1211.3 km353 km
2.208.06.2026 01:277.9 km361 km
1.405.06.2026 15:217.7 km369 km
1.502.06.2026 06:355 km350 km
1.701.06.2026 10:477.5 km368 km
1.427.05.2026 23:116 km366 km
1.624.05.2026 11:569.2 km369 km
1.219.05.2026 22:3110.8 km365 km
1.617.05.2026 16:245.3 km362 km
2.615.05.2026 06:519.3 km365 km
1.208.05.2026 16:199.5 km365 km
1.408.05.2026 02:069.4 km364 km
1.403.05.2026 08:145.6 km364 km
1.803.05.2026 05:059.1 km365 km
1.830.04.2026 00:089.4 km366 km
1.228.04.2026 04:259.5 km364 km
1.525.04.2026 13:197.9 km365 km
1.724.04.2026 04:217.8 km364 km
1.520.04.2026 04:066.6 km361 km
1.117.04.2026 19:255.6 km363 km
1.117.04.2026 08:006.3 km365 km
1.415.04.2026 04:1215.7 km344 km
1.410.04.2026 20:1510.1 km366 km
1.609.04.2026 10:576.3 km351 km
2.006.04.2026 13:499.2 km364 km
1.324.03.2026 10:009.7 km366 km
2.022.03.2026 23:5010.5 km366 km
1.310.03.2026 03:117.4 km369 km
1.708.03.2026 07:0020.3 km206 km
1.308.03.2026 06:587.4 km364 km
2.802.03.2026 13:009.3 km369 km
1.728.02.2026 20:089.3 km365 km
1.728.02.2026 13:078.8 km364 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.