5.2
1,425
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.47
mean magnitude
988
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
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.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 120.2 km | 184 km |
| 7.2 | 23.01.1910 18:49 | 100 km | 165 km |
| 6.6 | 22.04.1997 09:31 | 17.8 km | 61 km |
| 6.6 | 10.03.1988 06:17 | 38.8 km | 88 km |
| 6.5 | 27.09.1928 00:44 | 35 km | 197 km |
| 6.5 | 10.04.1935 22:32 | 100 km | 88 km |
| 6.5 | 23.12.1945 08:10 | 100 km | 116 km |
| 6.5 | 03.09.1961 12:38 | — | 172 km |
| 6.4 | 04.10.1957 05:26 | 23.3 km | 164 km |
| 6.3 | 08.08.1923 12:01 | 20 km | 178 km |
| 6.2 | 24.02.1918 23:00 | 35 km | 169 km |
| 6.2 | 20.09.1968 06:00 | 100.8 km | 164 km |
| 6.2 | 04.10.2000 14:37 | 119.3 km | 139 km |
| 6.1 | 04.12.1954 18:31 | 49 km | 25 km |
| 6.1 | 11.04.1983 08:18 | 33.7 km | 166 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 09:45 | 66 km | 87 km |
| 4.4 | 01.06.2026 15:18 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.8 | 17.05.2026 00:12 | 30.9 km | 95 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 13:06 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2026 11:14 | 23 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2026 16:04 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.7 | 28.12.2025 16:21 | 58.4 km | 99 km |
| 4.2 | 27.12.2025 20:21 | 24.6 km | 102 km |
| 3.8 | 20.12.2025 14:11 | 21.6 km | 29 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 05:30 | 34 km | 55 km |
| 3.6 | 07.12.2025 07:19 | 37.7 km | 90 km |
| 4.9 | 24.10.2025 23:50 | 82 km | 90 km |
| 3.9 | 10.10.2025 05:31 | 96.8 km | 112 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2025 12:44 | 38.4 km | 87 km |
| 3.9 | 31.08.2025 16:32 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 30.08.2025 18:13 | 33.7 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 12.08.2025 07:25 | 1 km | 83 km |
| 3.9 | 01.08.2025 18:18 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.5 | 24.07.2025 03:53 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 12.07.2025 14:14 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.5 | 24.06.2025 20:19 | 52.9 km | 86 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.2025 00:41 | 89.2 km | 130 km |
| 4.0 | 04.05.2025 16:14 | 32.9 km | 41 km |
| 4.1 | 27.04.2025 06:59 | 67.8 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 26.04.2025 15:19 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2025 00:45 | 135.8 km | 122 km |
| 3.8 | 05.04.2025 13:36 | 58.5 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2025 20:54 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 03.03.2025 21:37 | 15.6 km | 54 km |
| 3.6 | 03.01.2025 21:21 | 82.3 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 29.11.2024 21:46 | 33.8 km | 117 km |
| 3.6 | 16.09.2024 00:08 | 90.4 km | 115 km |
| 4.3 | 07.09.2024 19:06 | 52.2 km | 42 km |
| 3.6 | 01.08.2024 03:23 | 30.5 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 23.06.2024 21:25 | 1 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 17.06.2024 10:56 | 19.2 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 10.06.2024 22:28 | 85.8 km | 104 km |
| 4.8 | 07.07.2023 15:54 | 81.6 km | 104 km |
| 4.0 | 15.06.2023 06:11 | 80 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 11.06.2023 12:10 | 18 km | 78 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2023 23:58 | 68 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 03.12.2022 10:54 | 21.4 km | 63 km |
| 3.9 | 25.07.2022 03:58 | 13.1 km | 111 km |
| 5.3 | 29.01.2022 13:40 | 47.3 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 24.01.2022 04:07 | 138.1 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 23.08.2021 16:00 | 64.6 km | 114 km |
| 4.9 | 04.10.2020 19:12 | 58.3 km | 51 km |
| 4.7 | 05.09.2020 00:57 | 55.4 km | 101 km |
| 4.4 | 16.06.2020 09:56 | 28.8 km | 108 km |
| 4.3 | 04.05.2020 22:36 | 34.2 km | 73 km |
| 4.8 | 04.05.2020 22:32 | 41.7 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 07.04.2020 03:36 | 169.4 km | 96 km |
| 5.1 | 07.04.2020 03:26 | 34 km | 99 km |
| 4.3 | 28.03.2020 00:52 | 29.5 km | 68 km |
| 3.9 | 04.02.2020 21:24 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.6 | 28.01.2020 04:24 | 30.3 km | 109 km |
| 4.2 | 13.11.2019 16:07 | 81 km | 90 km |
| 4.5 | 08.11.2019 08:11 | 52.4 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 11.09.2019 01:31 | 55 km | 99 km |
| 4.3 | 06.03.2019 00:12 | 53.5 km | 21 km |
Regions
Sangre Grande Regional Corporation255Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation202Tobago182Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo172San Juan–Laventille171
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.