4.5
884
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.48
mean magnitude
234
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 15.11.1921 20:36 | 240 km | 172 km |
| 7.7 | 07.07.1909 21:37 | 200 km | 158 km |
| 7.6 | 26.10.2015 09:09 | 216.7 km | 194 km |
| 7.6 | 09.06.1956 23:13 | 25 km | 148 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1949 10:19 | 228.7 km | 199 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1965 15:53 | 215.3 km | 185 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 218 km |
| 7.4 | 30.12.1983 23:52 | 215.6 km | 184 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 185 km |
| 7.3 | 03.03.2002 12:08 | 204.8 km | 177 km |
| 7.2 | 06.10.1902 09:15 | 200 km | 182 km |
| 7.1 | 21.04.1917 00:49 | 200 km | 160 km |
| 7.1 | 24.10.1906 14:43 | 35 km | 265 km |
| 7.0 | 30.07.1974 05:12 | 222.9 km | 193 km |
| 7.0 | 13.04.1907 17:57 | 260 km | 182 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 21.07.2026 23:44 | 122.1 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2026 09:52 | 97.4 km | 101 km |
| 6.2 | 27.06.2026 13:34 | 203 km | 195 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 02:01 | 115.2 km | 127 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2026 19:56 | 151.6 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 05.05.2026 18:23 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 30.04.2026 03:41 | 67.6 km | 85 km |
| 4.3 | 31.03.2026 12:30 | 44.1 km | 94 km |
| 3.9 | 21.03.2026 02:01 | 64 km | 76 km |
| 5.8 | 20.02.2026 13:09 | 82 km | 66 km |
| 4.4 | 08.02.2026 15:33 | 120 km | 139 km |
| 4.0 | 13.01.2026 14:49 | 44.7 km | 13 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2026 18:37 | 0 km | 116 km |
| 4.1 | 28.12.2025 21:19 | 121 km | 133 km |
| 5.3 | 19.12.2025 05:39 | 25.3 km | 107 km |
| 6.3 | 02.11.2025 20:29 | 28.2 km | 198 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2025 18:50 | 0 km | 80 km |
| 3.6 | 19.09.2025 19:21 | 29.4 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2025 14:42 | 0 km | 145 km |
| 4.0 | 12.09.2025 01:11 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2025 00:36 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 5.6 | 04.09.2025 16:56 | 16.5 km | 152 km |
| 5.3 | 31.08.2025 23:46 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 4.3 | 31.08.2025 19:31 | 0 km | 138 km |
| 6.0 | 31.08.2025 19:17 | 8 km | 155 km |
| 3.3 | 13.08.2025 08:23 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 5.0 | 01.08.2025 21:03 | 115 km | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 02.07.2025 10:58 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 17.06.2025 16:49 | 107.9 km | 146 km |
| 4.0 | 25.05.2025 03:44 | 130.2 km | 134 km |
| 3.4 | 19.05.2025 14:40 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 4.3 | 02.05.2025 14:51 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 4.5 | 15.04.2025 23:28 | 119.6 km | 130 km |
| 5.7 | 15.04.2025 23:14 | 101 km | 153 km |
| 4.1 | 13.04.2025 09:50 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 09.04.2025 11:20 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 3.6 | 03.04.2025 12:35 | 0 km | 8 km |
| 4.0 | 29.01.2025 20:45 | 130.7 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 05.01.2025 01:01 | 96.8 km | 141 km |
| 3.7 | 21.10.2024 19:13 | 103.8 km | 90 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2024 14:53 | 65.9 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 06.10.2024 20:54 | 83.5 km | 144 km |
| 4.6 | 05.09.2024 11:52 | 122 km | 146 km |
| 4.2 | 12.07.2024 22:33 | 126.3 km | 144 km |
| 5.0 | 19.06.2024 04:17 | 65.6 km | 100 km |
| 4.2 | 11.06.2024 23:06 | 110 km | 139 km |
| 4.1 | 03.05.2024 03:50 | 110 km | 138 km |
| 3.1 | 01.05.2024 10:33 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 4.4 | 01.05.2024 10:33 | 10 km | 8 km |
| 4.3 | 08.04.2024 04:04 | 100 km | 139 km |
| 5.0 | 10.02.2024 17:44 | 140.7 km | 130 km |
| 4.1 | 09.02.2024 03:21 | 62.6 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 11.01.2024 11:19 | 100 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 11.01.2024 11:13 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 6.4 | 11.01.2024 09:20 | 204.1 km | 187 km |
| 4.1 | 28.12.2023 07:58 | 124 km | 115 km |
| 4.8 | 13.10.2023 00:03 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 21.09.2023 06:34 | 116.6 km | 124 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2023 12:09 | 112 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 31.08.2023 16:53 | 10 km | 70 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.