EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Alaska

1,073,043 earthquakes catalogued in and around Alaska between 1900 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 5 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.4
Latest earthquake · depth 5.3 km
04.08.2026 23:44 UTC · from centre 7815 km
1,073,043
recorded earthquakes
M9.2
largest
1900–2026
record span
1.70
mean magnitude
1,061,675
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

032062641251900: 1 (M5+)19001901: 6 (M5+)1902: 1 (M5+)1903: 6 (M5+)1904: 9 (M5+)1905: 7 (M5+)1906: 11 (M5+)1907: 7 (M5+)1908: 2 (M5+)1909: 4 (M5+)1910: 6 (M5+)19101911: 5 (M5+)1912: 3 (M4–5)1912: 59 (M5+)1913: 6 (M5+)1914: 8 (M5+)1915: 3 (M5+)1916: 6 (M5+)1917: 18 (M5+)1918: 5 (M5+)1919: 6 (M5+)1920: 7 (M5+)19201921: 7 (M5+)1922: 5 (M5+)1923: 21 (M5+)1924: 16 (M5+)1925: 7 (M5+)1926: 11 (M5+)1927: 33 (M5+)1928: 17 (M5+)1929: 38 (M5+)1930: 19 (M5+)19301931: 28 (M5+)1932: 18 (M5+)1933: 40 (M5+)1934: 20 (M5+)1935: 9 (M5+)1936: 25 (M5+)1937: 17 (M5+)1938: 23 (M5+)1939: 19 (M5+)1940: 30 (M5+)19401941: 14 (M5+)1942: 14 (M5+)1943: 8 (M5+)1944: 15 (M5+)1945: 11 (M5+)1946: 22 (M5+)1947: 5 (M5+)1948: 24 (M5+)1949: 7 (M5+)1950: 8 (M5+)19501951: 22 (M5+)1952: 68 (M5+)1953: 46 (M5+)1954: 2 (M4–5)1954: 33 (M5+)1955: 3 (M4–5)1955: 36 (M5+)1956: 4 (M4–5)1956: 26 (M5+)1957: 7 (M4–5)1957: 110 (M5+)1958: 10 (M4–5)1958: 58 (M5+)1959: 8 (M4–5)1959: 37 (M5+)1960: 4 (M4–5)1960: 31 (M5+)19601961: 8 (M4–5)1961: 27 (M5+)1962: 21 (M4–5)1962: 33 (M5+)1963: 29 (M4–5)1963: 36 (M5+)1964: 34 (M3–4)1964: 907 (M4–5)1964: 279 (M5+)1965: 29 (M3–4)1965: 1,254 (M4–5)1965: 317 (M5+)1966: 10 (M3–4)1966: 419 (M4–5)1966: 101 (M5+)1967: 12 (M3–4)1967: 408 (M4–5)1967: 82 (M5+)1968: 11 (M3–4)1968: 472 (M4–5)1968: 67 (M5+)1969: 8 (M3–4)1969: 704 (M4–5)1969: 97 (M5+)1970: 10 (M3–4)1970: 486 (M4–5)1970: 90 (M5+)19701971: 1 (M3–4)1971: 571 (M4–5)1971: 127 (M5+)1972: 1 (M3–4)1972: 581 (M4–5)1972: 88 (M5+)1973: 5 (M<3)1973: 145 (M3–4)1973: 329 (M4–5)1973: 99 (M5+)1974: 7 (M<3)1974: 131 (M3–4)1974: 381 (M4–5)1974: 74 (M5+)1975: 12 (M<3)1975: 85 (M3–4)1975: 332 (M4–5)1975: 79 (M5+)1976: 4 (M<3)1976: 69 (M3–4)1976: 295 (M4–5)1976: 70 (M5+)1977: 5 (M<3)1977: 78 (M3–4)1977: 278 (M4–5)1977: 64 (M5+)1978: 5 (M<3)1978: 106 (M3–4)1978: 305 (M4–5)1978: 55 (M5+)1979: 17 (M<3)1979: 266 (M3–4)1979: 302 (M4–5)1979: 54 (M5+)1980: 10 (M<3)1980: 127 (M3–4)1980: 294 (M4–5)1980: 60 (M5+)19801981: 11 (M<3)1981: 107 (M3–4)1981: 328 (M4–5)1981: 56 (M5+)1982: 19 (M<3)1982: 121 (M3–4)1982: 279 (M4–5)1982: 60 (M5+)1983: 14 (M<3)1983: 148 (M3–4)1983: 324 (M4–5)1983: 82 (M5+)1984: 48 (M<3)1984: 147 (M3–4)1984: 293 (M4–5)1984: 72 (M5+)1985: 185 (M<3)1985: 209 (M3–4)1985: 380 (M4–5)1985: 81 (M5+)1986: 196 (M<3)1986: 208 (M3–4)1986: 618 (M4–5)1986: 148 (M5+)1987: 190 (M<3)1987: 265 (M3–4)1987: 463 (M4–5)1987: 99 (M5+)1988: 2,051 (M<3)1988: 390 (M3–4)1988: 395 (M4–5)1988: 106 (M5+)1989: 5,331 (M<3)1989: 468 (M3–4)1989: 459 (M4–5)1989: 83 (M5+)1990: 3,482 (M<3)1990: 430 (M3–4)1990: 346 (M4–5)1990: 72 (M5+)19901991: 5,255 (M<3)1991: 488 (M3–4)1991: 349 (M4–5)1991: 66 (M5+)1992: 4,841 (M<3)1992: 526 (M3–4)1992: 384 (M4–5)1992: 90 (M5+)1993: 4,183 (M<3)1993: 570 (M3–4)1993: 471 (M4–5)1993: 72 (M5+)1994: 4,269 (M<3)1994: 533 (M3–4)1994: 315 (M4–5)1994: 58 (M5+)1995: 5,444 (M<3)1995: 590 (M3–4)1995: 656 (M4–5)1995: 68 (M5+)1996: 4,323 (M<3)1996: 996 (M3–4)1996: 1,156 (M4–5)1996: 134 (M5+)1997: 5,075 (M<3)1997: 805 (M3–4)1997: 955 (M4–5)1997: 108 (M5+)1998: 4,935 (M<3)1998: 888 (M3–4)1998: 570 (M4–5)1998: 63 (M5+)1999: 5,437 (M<3)1999: 821 (M3–4)1999: 716 (M4–5)1999: 86 (M5+)2000: 4,696 (M<3)2000: 693 (M3–4)2000: 501 (M4–5)2000: 73 (M5+)20002001: 7,230 (M<3)2001: 819 (M3–4)2001: 588 (M4–5)2001: 71 (M5+)2002: 29,187 (M<3)2002: 1,536 (M3–4)2002: 725 (M4–5)2002: 67 (M5+)2003: 30,094 (M<3)2003: 1,362 (M3–4)2003: 781 (M4–5)2003: 74 (M5+)2004: 23,263 (M<3)2004: 1,119 (M3–4)2004: 551 (M4–5)2004: 47 (M5+)2005: 16,690 (M<3)2005: 1,369 (M3–4)2005: 674 (M4–5)2005: 67 (M5+)2006: 18,592 (M<3)2006: 1,845 (M3–4)2006: 851 (M4–5)2006: 106 (M5+)2007: 24,994 (M<3)2007: 1,387 (M3–4)2007: 630 (M4–5)2007: 72 (M5+)2008: 32,847 (M<3)2008: 1,588 (M3–4)2008: 644 (M4–5)2008: 95 (M5+)2009: 28,930 (M<3)2009: 1,276 (M3–4)2009: 496 (M4–5)2009: 74 (M5+)2010: 33,998 (M<3)2010: 2,126 (M3–4)2010: 612 (M4–5)2010: 104 (M5+)20102011: 28,902 (M<3)2011: 1,531 (M3–4)2011: 516 (M4–5)2011: 84 (M5+)2012: 26,443 (M<3)2012: 1,344 (M3–4)2012: 743 (M4–5)2012: 82 (M5+)2013: 26,609 (M<3)2013: 1,346 (M3–4)2013: 854 (M4–5)2013: 143 (M5+)2014: 38,718 (M<3)2014: 1,587 (M3–4)2014: 947 (M4–5)2014: 129 (M5+)2015: 33,150 (M<3)2015: 1,454 (M3–4)2015: 654 (M4–5)2015: 89 (M5+)2016: 35,853 (M<3)2016: 1,533 (M3–4)2016: 548 (M4–5)2016: 67 (M5+)2017: 40,620 (M<3)2017: 1,998 (M3–4)2017: 720 (M4–5)2017: 107 (M5+)2018: 56,461 (M<3)2018: 5,022 (M3–4)2018: 902 (M4–5)2018: 104 (M5+)2019: 52,087 (M<3)2019: 1,991 (M3–4)2019: 658 (M4–5)2019: 81 (M5+)2020: 50,697 (M<3)2020: 3,049 (M3–4)2020: 703 (M4–5)2020: 108 (M5+)20202021: 45,072 (M<3)2021: 2,559 (M3–4)2021: 708 (M4–5)2021: 91 (M5+)2022: 51,311 (M<3)2022: 2,791 (M3–4)2022: 837 (M4–5)2022: 99 (M5+)2023: 60,191 (M<3)2023: 3,137 (M3–4)2023: 721 (M4–5)2023: 76 (M5+)2024: 48,542 (M<3)2024: 2,334 (M3–4)2024: 596 (M4–5)2024: 86 (M5+)2025: 40,580 (M<3)2025: 3,617 (M3–4)2025: 2,963 (M4–5)2025: 456 (M5+)2026: 23,592 (M<3)2026: 2,086 (M3–4)2026: 593 (M4–5)2026: 82 (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
9.228.03.1964 03:3614.5 km7895 km
9.004.11.1952 16:5821.6 km8575 km
8.929.07.2025 23:3835 km8567 km
8.729.07.2025 23:2435 km8602 km
8.704.02.1965 05:0139.7 km9596 km
8.609.03.1957 14:2225 km9465 km
8.601.04.1946 12:2915 km8761 km
8.503.02.1923 16:0115 km8591 km
8.330.07.2025 01:4585.3 km8480 km
8.324.05.2013 05:44607 km8211 km
8.310.11.1938 20:1835 km8497 km
8.317.08.1906 00:11110 km9562 km
8.302.06.1903 13:170 km8367 km
8.229.07.2021 06:1522 km8485 km
8.204.11.1952 10:588536 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.404.08.2026 23:445.3 km7815 km
1.804.08.2026 23:371.4 km7904 km
2.404.08.2026 23:325 km7970 km
2.704.08.2026 22:4824.1 km7334 km
1.804.08.2026 22:201.5 km7728 km
1.004.08.2026 20:344.6 km9635 km
1.904.08.2026 20:3432.1 km9494 km
0.904.08.2026 19:004.2 km7902 km
1.604.08.2026 18:0412.7 km7928 km
1.704.08.2026 18:0487.6 km8134 km
-0.004.08.2026 18:003.2 km8197 km
1.904.08.2026 17:3483.8 km8097 km
1.904.08.2026 17:23163.7 km8181 km
1.304.08.2026 17:139.3 km7656 km
1.904.08.2026 17:01124.2 km8016 km
-0.304.08.2026 16:500.4 km8325 km
2.104.08.2026 15:5327.7 km8018 km
2.704.08.2026 15:509.4 km8414 km
1.204.08.2026 15:31-1.5 km9575 km
1.604.08.2026 15:186.2 km8327 km
2.204.08.2026 15:1427.6 km7985 km
3.704.08.2026 15:015 km9458 km
4.304.08.2026 14:5731.5 km9354 km
1.904.08.2026 14:1993.6 km8160 km
-0.304.08.2026 12:236.5 km7281 km
1.404.08.2026 12:095 km7832 km
-0.004.08.2026 10:554.7 km8305 km
1.804.08.2026 10:240.9 km8037 km
3.904.08.2026 10:0510 km5462 km
2.604.08.2026 10:01126.8 km8089 km
3.304.08.2026 09:4557.6 km7989 km
1.504.08.2026 09:4143.9 km7813 km
1.104.08.2026 09:074.9 km9582 km
1.504.08.2026 08:525 km8304 km
0.304.08.2026 08:060.5 km9047 km
3.504.08.2026 08:061.4 km9459 km
-0.204.08.2026 07:412.8 km8153 km
0.804.08.2026 07:185 km7667 km
1.404.08.2026 07:0632.3 km7845 km
1.504.08.2026 06:3836.6 km7925 km
3.604.08.2026 05:445 km9464 km
1.204.08.2026 05:225 km7768 km
1.104.08.2026 05:209.6 km9632 km
0.804.08.2026 05:051.4 km8321 km
0.304.08.2026 05:017.5 km8958 km
3.804.08.2026 04:335 km9457 km
1.404.08.2026 04:3111.5 km7954 km
1.704.08.2026 04:2210.4 km7555 km
0.504.08.2026 03:466.3 km9633 km
1.404.08.2026 03:245 km8042 km
2.004.08.2026 02:0079.3 km8126 km
2.804.08.2026 01:325.3 km8438 km
3.003.08.2026 23:555 km8783 km
3.203.08.2026 23:515 km9462 km
1.903.08.2026 23:1742.7 km8066 km
2.503.08.2026 23:0638.5 km8984 km
4.003.08.2026 22:535 km9458 km
2.403.08.2026 22:5220 km9596 km
3.503.08.2026 22:425 km9458 km
2.803.08.2026 22:2638.2 km8117 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.