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Earthquakes in Kiribati

257,424 earthquakes catalogued in and around Kiribati between 1900 and 2026.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.6
Latest earthquake · depth 57 km
12.10.2026 23:22 UTC · from centre 11835 km
257,424
recorded earthquakes
M9.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.03
mean magnitude
253,003
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

013342266841900: 6 (M5+)19001901: 7 (M5+)1902: 3 (M5+)1903: 2 (M5+)1904: 2 (M5+)1905: 13 (M5+)1906: 16 (M5+)1907: 21 (M5+)1908: 5 (M5+)1909: 11 (M5+)1910: 8 (M5+)19101911: 6 (M5+)1912: 8 (M5+)1913: 16 (M5+)1914: 16 (M5+)1915: 10 (M5+)1916: 14 (M5+)1917: 23 (M5+)1918: 30 (M5+)1919: 16 (M5+)1920: 20 (M5+)19201921: 14 (M5+)1922: 12 (M5+)1923: 19 (M5+)1924: 19 (M5+)1925: 28 (M5+)1926: 62 (M5+)1927: 36 (M5+)1928: 63 (M5+)1929: 43 (M5+)1930: 40 (M5+)19301931: 59 (M5+)1932: 54 (M5+)1933: 43 (M5+)1934: 64 (M5+)1935: 56 (M5+)1936: 60 (M5+)1937: 54 (M5+)1938: 52 (M5+)1939: 55 (M5+)1940: 36 (M5+)19401941: 45 (M5+)1942: 35 (M5+)1943: 24 (M5+)1944: 28 (M5+)1945: 18 (M5+)1946: 25 (M5+)1947: 22 (M5+)1948: 20 (M5+)1949: 28 (M5+)1950: 30 (M5+)19501951: 31 (M5+)1952: 34 (M5+)1953: 36 (M5+)1954: 36 (M5+)1955: 30 (M5+)1956: 28 (M5+)1957: 43 (M5+)1958: 2 (M4–5)1958: 54 (M5+)1959: 19 (M4–5)1959: 66 (M5+)1960: 5 (M4–5)1960: 44 (M5+)19601961: 5 (M4–5)1961: 39 (M5+)1962: 5 (M4–5)1962: 40 (M5+)1963: 22 (M4–5)1963: 105 (M5+)1964: 4 (M3–4)1964: 185 (M4–5)1964: 176 (M5+)1965: 1 (M3–4)1965: 226 (M4–5)1965: 245 (M5+)1966: 2 (M3–4)1966: 302 (M4–5)1966: 210 (M5+)1967: 347 (M4–5)1967: 305 (M5+)1968: 2 (M3–4)1968: 640 (M4–5)1968: 288 (M5+)1969: 2 (M3–4)1969: 285 (M4–5)1969: 339 (M5+)1970: 4 (M3–4)1970: 298 (M4–5)1970: 264 (M5+)19701971: 341 (M4–5)1971: 400 (M5+)1972: 207 (M4–5)1972: 340 (M5+)1973: 4 (M3–4)1973: 355 (M4–5)1973: 310 (M5+)1974: 6 (M3–4)1974: 422 (M4–5)1974: 372 (M5+)1975: 2 (M3–4)1975: 351 (M4–5)1975: 466 (M5+)1976: 7 (M3–4)1976: 362 (M4–5)1976: 424 (M5+)1977: 4 (M3–4)1977: 449 (M4–5)1977: 581 (M5+)1978: 10 (M3–4)1978: 366 (M4–5)1978: 404 (M5+)1979: 83 (M3–4)1979: 611 (M4–5)1979: 405 (M5+)1980: 42 (M3–4)1980: 592 (M4–5)1980: 323 (M5+)19801981: 51 (M3–4)1981: 660 (M4–5)1981: 319 (M5+)1982: 1 (M<3)1982: 72 (M3–4)1982: 619 (M4–5)1982: 334 (M5+)1983: 49 (M3–4)1983: 846 (M4–5)1983: 505 (M5+)1984: 91 (M3–4)1984: 836 (M4–5)1984: 460 (M5+)1985: 1 (M<3)1985: 144 (M3–4)1985: 950 (M4–5)1985: 476 (M5+)1986: 5 (M<3)1986: 121 (M3–4)1986: 903 (M4–5)1986: 381 (M5+)1987: 1 (M<3)1987: 201 (M3–4)1987: 1,091 (M4–5)1987: 398 (M5+)1988: 12 (M<3)1988: 121 (M3–4)1988: 997 (M4–5)1988: 403 (M5+)1989: 1 (M<3)1989: 52 (M3–4)1989: 1,041 (M4–5)1989: 401 (M5+)1990: 61 (M3–4)1990: 924 (M4–5)1990: 431 (M5+)19901991: 71 (M<3)1991: 117 (M3–4)1991: 1,077 (M4–5)1991: 421 (M5+)1992: 61 (M3–4)1992: 2,010 (M4–5)1992: 473 (M5+)1993: 1 (M<3)1993: 119 (M3–4)1993: 1,301 (M4–5)1993: 362 (M5+)1994: 2 (M<3)1994: 77 (M3–4)1994: 1,127 (M4–5)1994: 547 (M5+)1995: 1 (M<3)1995: 432 (M3–4)1995: 3,086 (M4–5)1995: 406 (M5+)1996: 5 (M<3)1996: 624 (M3–4)1996: 3,823 (M4–5)1996: 327 (M5+)1997: 2 (M<3)1997: 592 (M3–4)1997: 2,884 (M4–5)1997: 389 (M5+)1998: 6 (M<3)1998: 641 (M3–4)1998: 3,209 (M4–5)1998: 488 (M5+)1999: 2 (M<3)1999: 339 (M3–4)1999: 3,031 (M4–5)1999: 386 (M5+)2000: 6 (M<3)2000: 575 (M3–4)2000: 3,897 (M4–5)2000: 539 (M5+)20002001: 3 (M<3)2001: 431 (M3–4)2001: 3,004 (M4–5)2001: 499 (M5+)2002: 2 (M<3)2002: 422 (M3–4)2002: 3,477 (M4–5)2002: 492 (M5+)2003: 348 (M<3)2003: 370 (M3–4)2003: 3,327 (M4–5)2003: 374 (M5+)2004: 343 (M<3)2004: 658 (M3–4)2004: 3,902 (M4–5)2004: 609 (M5+)2005: 135 (M<3)2005: 784 (M3–4)2005: 5,678 (M4–5)2005: 582 (M5+)2006: 181 (M<3)2006: 1,005 (M3–4)2006: 3,937 (M4–5)2006: 376 (M5+)2007: 538 (M<3)2007: 1,092 (M3–4)2007: 4,805 (M4–5)2007: 628 (M5+)2008: 340 (M<3)2008: 1,077 (M3–4)2008: 3,276 (M4–5)2008: 381 (M5+)2009: 2 (M<3)2009: 720 (M3–4)2009: 3,998 (M4–5)2009: 512 (M5+)2010: 3 (M<3)2010: 874 (M3–4)2010: 3,134 (M4–5)2010: 397 (M5+)20102011: 660 (M3–4)2011: 2,690 (M4–5)2011: 336 (M5+)2012: 829 (M3–4)2012: 3,358 (M4–5)2012: 407 (M5+)2013: 1 (M<3)2013: 895 (M3–4)2013: 3,986 (M4–5)2013: 474 (M5+)2014: 1 (M<3)2014: 968 (M3–4)2014: 4,280 (M4–5)2014: 448 (M5+)2015: 34 (M<3)2015: 964 (M3–4)2015: 3,737 (M4–5)2015: 389 (M5+)2016: 78 (M<3)2016: 1,045 (M3–4)2016: 3,398 (M4–5)2016: 408 (M5+)2017: 118 (M<3)2017: 1,103 (M3–4)2017: 2,853 (M4–5)2017: 323 (M5+)2018: 68 (M<3)2018: 1,678 (M3–4)2018: 3,744 (M4–5)2018: 469 (M5+)2019: 111 (M<3)2019: 2,370 (M3–4)2019: 4,129 (M4–5)2019: 429 (M5+)2020: 1,621 (M<3)2020: 4,139 (M3–4)2020: 3,364 (M4–5)2020: 333 (M5+)20202021: 1,917 (M<3)2021: 4,994 (M3–4)2021: 3,582 (M4–5)2021: 345 (M5+)2022: 2,241 (M<3)2022: 5,136 (M3–4)2022: 3,574 (M4–5)2022: 325 (M5+)2023: 2,544 (M<3)2023: 5,548 (M3–4)2023: 3,666 (M4–5)2023: 385 (M5+)2024: 1,567 (M<3)2024: 4,035 (M3–4)2024: 2,880 (M4–5)2024: 279 (M5+)2025: 5,857 (M<3)2025: 7,512 (M3–4)2025: 3,219 (M4–5)2025: 360 (M5+)2026: 13,263 (M<3)2026: 10,537 (M3–4)2026: 2,578 (M4–5)2026: 306 (M5+)2026
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
9.026.12.2004 00:5826.5 km10678 km
8.628.03.2005 16:0927.5 km10792 km
8.631.01.1906 15:3620 km8845 km
8.601.02.1938 19:0425 km14607 km
8.611.04.2012 08:3826.3 km10340 km
8.512.09.2007 11:1024 km11258 km
8.319.08.1977 06:0833 km13160 km
8.211.04.2012 10:4321.6 km10266 km
8.224.01.1965 00:1115.2 km13971 km
8.217.02.1996 05:5946.4 km15200 km
8.120.09.1935 01:4630 km15695 km
8.114.05.1932 13:1115 km13969 km
8.126.07.1971 01:2343 km16999 km
8.117.10.1966 21:4128.3 km8750 km
8.103.10.1974 14:2115.1 km8683 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.612.10.2026 23:2257 km11835 km
3.912.10.2026 21:2510 km11697 km
3.512.10.2026 18:5311 km14183 km
3.112.10.2026 18:2410 km13500 km
4.312.10.2026 16:5610 km13214 km
3.912.10.2026 16:1285 km13665 km
3.012.10.2026 16:0913 km13525 km
3.112.10.2026 15:5110 km14088 km
3.212.10.2026 15:4810 km13747 km
4.212.10.2026 15:4210 km13745 km
3.112.10.2026 15:3610 km13377 km
2.712.10.2026 15:2717 km13219 km
3.012.10.2026 15:0274 km13494 km
3.412.10.2026 14:2710 km13385 km
3.512.10.2026 13:07133 km15516 km
3.612.10.2026 12:02167 km14032 km
4.612.10.2026 11:5855.2 km12564 km
5.412.10.2026 11:2810 km7494 km
3.812.10.2026 11:0110 km13582 km
3.612.10.2026 09:4069 km13469 km
4.612.10.2026 08:5949.2 km13984 km
3.212.10.2026 08:5510 km13323 km
4.112.10.2026 08:3510 km12557 km
4.712.10.2026 08:3022.4 km14321 km
3.112.10.2026 07:5190 km14144 km
2.812.10.2026 07:1421 km13360 km
2.612.10.2026 07:1113 km8879 km
2.912.10.2026 07:08148 km8706 km
4.612.10.2026 05:28121.1 km12462 km
3.512.10.2026 02:3810 km13378 km
3.012.10.2026 01:3811 km8735 km
3.312.10.2026 01:05137 km13552 km
3.212.10.2026 00:4810 km13315 km
3.011.10.2026 23:36127 km11080 km
3.211.10.2026 22:1420 km13217 km
4.511.10.2026 22:0710 km15123 km
5.211.10.2026 21:34111.3 km13513 km
2.711.10.2026 21:1610 km13390 km
3.111.10.2026 20:3910 km13490 km
3.211.10.2026 19:4210 km13531 km
2.911.10.2026 19:1710 km13319 km
4.611.10.2026 18:4710 km14500 km
2.511.10.2026 18:3210 km13378 km
2.811.10.2026 18:3110 km13387 km
3.011.10.2026 18:1222 km15045 km
3.011.10.2026 17:28113 km13694 km
2.611.10.2026 17:0510 km13418 km
3.411.10.2026 16:4919 km13858 km
4.311.10.2026 14:5710 km15122 km
6.211.10.2026 14:0753.5 km17286 km
3.011.10.2026 11:5910 km11125 km
4.111.10.2026 10:58184 km14421 km
3.911.10.2026 10:1710 km11125 km
3.011.10.2026 07:0910 km13422 km
3.111.10.2026 07:0610 km13422 km
2.811.10.2026 07:0410 km13378 km
2.811.10.2026 06:5510 km13392 km
3.511.10.2026 06:4232 km14038 km
2.611.10.2026 05:1510 km13405 km
3.211.10.2026 05:05143 km13662 km

Regions

Kiribati264,344

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.