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Earthquakes in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

1,848 earthquakes catalogued in and around Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1918 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.5
Latest earthquake · depth 0 km
30.07.2026 09:14 UTC · from centre 18 km
1,848
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1918–2026
record span
2.32
mean magnitude
1,153
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

01252511918: 1 (M5+)19181919: 2 (M5+)1922: 1 (M5+)1924: 1 (M4–5)1924: 1 (M5+)1927: 1 (M5+)19271930: 1 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)19361937: 1 (M5+)1940: 1 (M5+)1941: 1 (M5+)19451953: 1 (M5+)19541961: 1 (M5+)1963: 1 (M5+)19631964: 1 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M4–5)1968: 1 (M4–5)197219811982: 2 (M4–5)1983: 2 (M4–5)1984: 1 (M4–5)1985: 3 (M4–5)1986: 1 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M3–4)1987: 2 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M3–4)1990: 2 (M3–4)19901991: 2 (M3–4)1992: 2 (M<3)1992: 4 (M3–4)1992: 2 (M4–5)1993: 5 (M3–4)1993: 1 (M5+)1994: 3 (M3–4)1994: 2 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M3–4)1995: 4 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M5+)1996: 6 (M3–4)1996: 2 (M4–5)1996: 1 (M5+)1997: 1 (M3–4)1997: 3 (M4–5)1998: 2 (M<3)1998: 2 (M3–4)1998: 3 (M4–5)1999: 5 (M<3)1999: 17 (M3–4)1999: 3 (M4–5)1999: 1 (M5+)19992000: 12 (M<3)2000: 10 (M3–4)2001: 9 (M<3)2001: 11 (M3–4)2001: 4 (M4–5)2002: 6 (M<3)2002: 20 (M3–4)2002: 1 (M4–5)2003: 17 (M<3)2003: 14 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 26 (M<3)2004: 25 (M3–4)2005: 30 (M<3)2005: 16 (M3–4)2005: 1 (M4–5)2006: 14 (M<3)2006: 8 (M3–4)2006: 1 (M4–5)2007: 12 (M<3)2007: 17 (M3–4)2008: 22 (M<3)2008: 30 (M3–4)20082009: 32 (M<3)2009: 13 (M3–4)2009: 1 (M4–5)2010: 38 (M<3)2010: 23 (M3–4)2010: 1 (M4–5)2011: 39 (M<3)2011: 18 (M3–4)2012: 48 (M<3)2012: 18 (M3–4)2012: 3 (M4–5)2013: 92 (M<3)2013: 11 (M3–4)2014: 69 (M<3)2014: 11 (M3–4)2014: 1 (M4–5)2015: 77 (M<3)2015: 2 (M3–4)2015: 1 (M5+)2016: 71 (M<3)2016: 7 (M3–4)2016: 2 (M4–5)2017: 62 (M<3)2017: 4 (M3–4)2017: 1 (M4–5)20172018: 40 (M<3)2018: 7 (M3–4)2019: 40 (M<3)2019: 2 (M3–4)2020: 23 (M<3)2020: 5 (M3–4)2021: 38 (M<3)2021: 1 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M5+)2022: 26 (M<3)2022: 2 (M3–4)2022: 1 (M4–5)2022: 2 (M5+)2023: 94 (M<3)2023: 4 (M3–4)2024: 169 (M<3)2024: 3 (M3–4)2025: 242 (M<3)2025: 4 (M3–4)2025: 3 (M4–5)2025: 2 (M5+)2026: 76 (M<3)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
6.809.10.1996 13:1032.6 km156 km
6.611.01.2022 01:0722 km153 km
6.520.01.1941 03:37100 km50 km
6.429.09.1918 12:0715 km181 km
6.310.09.1953 04:0620 km135 km
6.018.02.1924 17:0335 km98 km
5.923.02.1995 21:0317.1 km119 km
5.815.09.1961 01:4630 km50 km
5.824.07.1940 22:1580 km98 km
5.602.04.1922 00:4630 km127 km
5.611.08.1999 04:2724.3 km90 km
5.512.12.1927 20:2630 km98 km
5.519.08.1919 20:1730 km98 km
5.512.11.2025 14:2321.4 km114 km
5.422.03.1993 11:0326.9 km101 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.530.07.2026 09:140 km18 km
1.329.07.2026 10:0414.2 km23 km
1.821.07.2026 12:267.1 km93 km
1.618.07.2026 16:4039 km47 km
1.116.07.2026 16:5130.3 km17 km
1.613.07.2026 08:3932.7 km13 km
1.412.07.2026 20:4448.2 km62 km
1.310.07.2026 10:5034.9 km18 km
1.208.07.2026 19:4530 km6 km
1.126.06.2026 22:0326.3 km87 km
1.925.06.2026 18:3749.7 km56 km
2.024.06.2026 23:2636.8 km89 km
1.523.06.2026 02:4585 km27 km
1.222.06.2026 19:1123 km9 km
1.415.06.2026 07:427 km86 km
1.814.06.2026 15:1738.6 km43 km
1.609.06.2026 16:1342.2 km41 km
1.208.06.2026 16:0542 km43 km
2.908.06.2026 00:5642.4 km53 km
1.606.06.2026 23:4741.7 km14 km
1.823.05.2026 18:2851 km89 km
1.117.05.2026 22:0743.8 km39 km
1.212.05.2026 00:5121.7 km104 km
1.511.05.2026 02:5649.7 km47 km
2.310.05.2026 10:3959.5 km11 km
2.007.05.2026 20:5843.7 km80 km
1.623.04.2026 16:4644.7 km37 km
2.120.04.2026 08:046 km37 km
2.318.04.2026 09:3839.7 km34 km
1.718.04.2026 07:2239.7 km32 km
1.413.04.2026 02:3424.8 km36 km
1.312.04.2026 05:2443.9 km49 km
1.605.04.2026 16:5751.3 km36 km
2.230.03.2026 22:0413.2 km51 km
1.625.03.2026 07:3035.5 km21 km
1.224.03.2026 10:0058.8 km34 km
1.424.03.2026 01:5932.4 km14 km
1.523.03.2026 22:2762.3 km29 km
1.721.03.2026 08:027 km100 km
2.019.03.2026 00:5543.9 km57 km
1.917.03.2026 09:5837.1 km21 km
1.214.03.2026 11:1341.4 km35 km
2.514.03.2026 10:4976.4 km47 km
1.512.03.2026 14:2030.3 km17 km
1.809.03.2026 08:5046.6 km26 km
2.107.03.2026 23:4513.8 km54 km
2.106.03.2026 10:217.3 km17 km
1.405.03.2026 10:1826.5 km11 km
1.802.03.2026 15:0814.5 km19 km
1.227.02.2026 09:189.6 km50 km
1.524.02.2026 10:3439 km16 km
1.424.02.2026 00:2116.9 km40 km
1.322.02.2026 00:1241.1 km44 km
1.421.02.2026 16:3430.3 km10 km
1.421.02.2026 04:3542.8 km78 km
1.420.02.2026 17:4755.5 km62 km
1.716.02.2026 10:1329.1 km12 km
2.115.02.2026 09:5319.4 km88 km
2.205.02.2026 10:0642.3 km67 km
2.005.02.2026 09:5828.5 km31 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.