4.3
220
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
110
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 09.06.1956 23:13 | 25 km | 157 km |
| 7.1 | 24.10.1906 14:43 | 35 km | 34 km |
| 6.8 | 24.10.1906 15:39 | 32 km | 70 km |
| 6.7 | 01.01.1911 10:18 | 35 km | 107 km |
| 6.6 | 22.05.2025 23:06 | 23.3 km | 143 km |
| 6.4 | 28.01.1948 15:51 | 35 km | 67 km |
| 6.4 | 16.12.1982 00:40 | 31.9 km | 163 km |
| 6.4 | 11.01.1943 19:50 | 35 km | 198 km |
| 6.4 | 01.01.1911 14:59 | 35 km | 59 km |
| 6.3 | 02.11.2025 20:29 | 28.2 km | 37 km |
| 6.3 | 05.07.1935 17:53 | 15 km | 175 km |
| 6.2 | 12.09.1962 20:57 | 35 km | 159 km |
| 6.1 | 01.05.1994 12:00 | 20.7 km | 46 km |
| 6.1 | 25.03.2002 14:56 | 25.5 km | 190 km |
| 5.9 | 22.03.1958 11:07 | 35 km | 137 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 31.07.2026 09:44 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 31.03.2026 12:30 | 44.1 km | 150 km |
| 4.0 | 12.02.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 4.4 | 21.01.2026 12:34 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 4.0 | 12.01.2026 03:18 | 0 km | 106 km |
| 6.3 | 02.11.2025 20:29 | 28.2 km | 37 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2025 17:51 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2025 04:38 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 06.06.2025 19:35 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 4.3 | 06.06.2025 19:26 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 6.6 | 22.05.2025 23:06 | 23.3 km | 143 km |
| 4.2 | 27.04.2025 12:03 | 35 km | 88 km |
| 4.1 | 26.04.2025 23:58 | 67.4 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 06.01.2025 07:17 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 02.01.2025 03:54 | 57.4 km | 111 km |
| 4.4 | 29.07.2024 06:06 | 75.7 km | 120 km |
| 3.3 | 27.03.2024 11:39 | 30 km | 56 km |
| 4.0 | 23.02.2024 04:28 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 4.2 | 23.02.2024 01:50 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 4.9 | 18.02.2024 11:20 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.7 | 29.11.2023 14:03 | 35 km | 73 km |
| 4.1 | 05.11.2023 23:04 | 24 km | 111 km |
| 4.1 | 05.11.2023 07:23 | 51.5 km | 117 km |
| 4.2 | 03.11.2023 19:15 | 45.6 km | 116 km |
| 4.4 | 03.11.2023 07:33 | 49.8 km | 109 km |
| 4.3 | 03.11.2023 07:29 | 24 km | 107 km |
| 4.5 | 28.10.2023 10:53 | 24 km | 118 km |
| 4.7 | 27.10.2023 17:12 | 20.1 km | 119 km |
| 4.1 | 21.09.2023 06:34 | 116.6 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2023 23:38 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 18.11.2022 06:13 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 4.8 | 11.10.2022 08:10 | 44.6 km | 44 km |
| 3.7 | 24.04.2022 09:34 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.7 | 19.01.2022 06:23 | 30 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 02.12.2021 17:57 | 24 km | 112 km |
| 4.2 | 19.11.2021 10:39 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 3.5 | 25.10.2021 14:47 | 35 km | 60 km |
| 5.3 | 05.10.2021 07:59 | 23.8 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 02.06.2021 17:56 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.8 | 02.06.2021 09:40 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 4.4 | 02.06.2021 09:31 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 21.04.2021 23:26 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2021 04:28 | 35 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2021 18:56 | 30 km | 75 km |
| 3.3 | 18.12.2020 02:56 | 35 km | 108 km |
| 3.7 | 03.12.2019 06:06 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2019 05:02 | 15.6 km | 118 km |
| 4.4 | 12.06.2019 05:41 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.4 | 26.05.2019 13:59 | 24 km | 100 km |
| 4.6 | 04.05.2019 05:53 | 24 km | 101 km |
| 4.5 | 16.11.2018 04:48 | 25.6 km | 25 km |
| 4.4 | 28.08.2018 16:23 | 100 km | 139 km |
| 3.2 | 25.06.2018 19:46 | 22 km | 22 km |
| 4.1 | 18.05.2017 16:54 | 71 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2017 08:37 | 30 km | 86 km |
| 4.9 | 09.01.2017 05:59 | 30 km | 113 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2016 06:03 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.2 | 03.01.2016 16:47 | 35 km | 83 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2015 00:44 | 30 km | 114 km |
| 4.1 | 02.09.2015 21:09 | 10 km | 137 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.