4.5
504
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1914–2026
record span
4.24
mean magnitude
331
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 30.05.1935 21:32 | 25 km | 238 km |
| 7.2 | 18.01.2011 20:23 | 79.9 km | 334 km |
| 7.1 | 27.08.1931 15:27 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 7.1 | 27.02.1997 21:08 | 27 km | 238 km |
| 7.0 | 06.02.1914 11:42 | 100 km | 205 km |
| 6.9 | 01.08.1966 21:03 | 22.9 km | 272 km |
| 6.9 | 24.08.1931 21:35 | 10 km | 210 km |
| 6.5 | 03.10.1975 05:14 | 12.7 km | 90 km |
| 6.5 | 03.10.1975 17:31 | 17 km | 84 km |
| 6.4 | 29.10.2008 11:32 | 10.5 km | 151 km |
| 6.4 | 28.10.2008 23:09 | 15.1 km | 132 km |
| 6.3 | 27.02.1997 21:30 | 28.1 km | 214 km |
| 6.1 | 16.03.1978 02:00 | 27.8 km | 129 km |
| 6.1 | 27.02.1920 03:51 | 15 km | 192 km |
| 6.0 | 10.08.1987 10:52 | 163.7 km | 254 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 18.07.2026 18:26 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.4 | 07.11.2025 21:44 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 4.9 | 05.10.2025 13:29 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 3.7 | 07.08.2025 20:14 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2025 06:32 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.2 | 17.05.2025 10:56 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 4.9 | 27.12.2024 22:39 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 3.4 | 10.08.2024 09:22 | 0 km | 227 km |
| 3.3 | 30.03.2024 20:27 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2024 04:19 | 115.7 km | 183 km |
| 5.3 | 19.03.2024 21:27 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 5.5 | 19.03.2024 00:35 | 11.1 km | 166 km |
| 4.0 | 15.12.2023 03:43 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 3.4 | 31.03.2023 17:01 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 25.07.2022 12:03 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 16.03.2022 12:02 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 3.8 | 25.12.2021 06:39 | 14 km | 141 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2021 15:02 | 24 km | 208 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2021 15:02 | 10 km | 205 km |
| 4.4 | 07.10.2021 00:00 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 6.0 | 06.10.2021 22:01 | 14.6 km | 205 km |
| 5.0 | 27.05.2021 08:54 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 3.7 | 27.05.2021 00:38 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 25.05.2021 22:12 | 12 km | 90 km |
| 4.2 | 09.02.2021 01:16 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 5.4 | 14.11.2020 02:56 | 11.7 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 03.11.2020 07:44 | 17 km | 161 km |
| 4.3 | 16.10.2020 08:13 | 10 km | 212 km |
| 3.1 | 16.10.2020 08:13 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.0 | 04.01.2020 22:34 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 4.0 | 28.08.2019 19:35 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 3.9 | 24.07.2019 19:21 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 4.9 | 16.03.2019 06:00 | 19.1 km | 200 km |
| 4.0 | 17.12.2018 07:12 | 17 km | 181 km |
| 4.2 | 19.07.2018 19:33 | 12 km | 79 km |
| 3.7 | 27.06.2018 16:53 | 12 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 31.03.2018 17:46 | 21.1 km | 199 km |
| 4.9 | 07.11.2017 18:58 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 3.5 | 22.04.2017 19:37 | 35 km | 202 km |
| 3.3 | 31.08.2016 00:13 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 3.5 | 17.08.2016 22:58 | 12 km | 64 km |
| 5.1 | 10.07.2016 21:33 | 35 km | 43 km |
| 4.8 | 13.05.2016 07:00 | 12 km | 60 km |
| 5.2 | 13.05.2016 06:59 | 12.6 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 08.11.2015 12:08 | 17 km | 99 km |
| 4.2 | 27.08.2015 13:58 | 20.8 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2015 13:19 | 18.1 km | 182 km |
| 3.2 | 20.05.2015 13:19 | 17 km | 170 km |
| 4.0 | 15.05.2015 21:15 | 35 km | 162 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2015 12:42 | 24 km | 213 km |
| 3.6 | 24.11.2014 22:04 | 14 km | 160 km |
| 4.8 | 16.05.2014 06:32 | 11.1 km | 242 km |
| 4.0 | 12.03.2014 19:19 | 17.7 km | 224 km |
| 4.0 | 16.11.2013 07:19 | 35 km | 100 km |
| 4.1 | 15.11.2013 10:42 | 32 km | 191 km |
| 4.2 | 09.08.2013 01:32 | 22.3 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 05.12.2012 07:26 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 3.4 | 20.11.2012 04:53 | 14 km | 152 km |
| 4.0 | 19.11.2012 22:38 | 14 km | 162 km |
| 4.7 | 19.11.2012 17:58 | 14 km | 147 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.