4.3
277
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.36
mean magnitude
107
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 | 94 km |
| 7.1 | 24.10.1906 14:43 | 35 km | 106 km |
| 7.0 | 24.10.1908 21:16 | 220 km | 211 km |
| 6.8 | 24.10.1906 15:39 | 32 km | 63 km |
| 6.7 | 01.01.1911 10:18 | 35 km | 179 km |
| 6.6 | 22.05.2025 23:06 | 23.3 km | 136 km |
| 6.4 | 28.01.1948 15:51 | 35 km | 24 km |
| 6.4 | 16.12.1982 00:40 | 31.9 km | 116 km |
| 6.4 | 01.01.1911 14:59 | 35 km | 129 km |
| 6.3 | 02.11.2025 20:29 | 28.2 km | 49 km |
| 6.2 | 12.09.1962 20:57 | 35 km | 122 km |
| 6.1 | 01.05.1994 12:00 | 20.7 km | 117 km |
| 6.1 | 25.03.2002 14:56 | 25.5 km | 139 km |
| 5.9 | 22.03.1958 11:07 | 35 km | 80 km |
| 5.7 | 01.09.1940 18:46 | 15 km | 136 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 31.07.2026 09:44 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.3 | 31.03.2026 12:30 | 44.1 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 12.02.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 12.01.2026 03:18 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2026 18:37 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2025 09:06 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 6.3 | 02.11.2025 20:29 | 28.2 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2025 04:38 | 0 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 06.06.2025 19:35 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 06.06.2025 19:26 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 6.6 | 22.05.2025 23:06 | 23.3 km | 136 km |
| 4.1 | 13.04.2025 09:50 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2025 11:11 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.4 | 06.01.2025 07:17 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 02.01.2025 03:54 | 57.4 km | 94 km |
| 4.4 | 29.07.2024 06:06 | 75.7 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2024 01:30 | 50 km | 111 km |
| 3.3 | 27.03.2024 11:39 | 30 km | 56 km |
| 4.0 | 23.02.2024 04:28 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.2 | 23.02.2024 01:50 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 4.9 | 18.02.2024 11:20 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.1 | 11.01.2024 11:19 | 100 km | 98 km |
| 4.3 | 11.01.2024 11:13 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 05.11.2023 23:04 | 24 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 05.11.2023 07:23 | 51.5 km | 112 km |
| 4.2 | 03.11.2023 19:15 | 45.6 km | 109 km |
| 4.4 | 03.11.2023 07:33 | 49.8 km | 105 km |
| 4.3 | 03.11.2023 07:29 | 24 km | 97 km |
| 4.5 | 28.10.2023 10:53 | 24 km | 112 km |
| 4.7 | 27.10.2023 17:12 | 20.1 km | 109 km |
| 4.8 | 13.10.2023 00:03 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 21.09.2023 06:34 | 116.6 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 01.02.2023 14:29 | 69.4 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2023 23:38 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 18.11.2022 06:13 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.8 | 11.10.2022 08:10 | 44.6 km | 116 km |
| 3.7 | 24.04.2022 09:34 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 22.02.2022 14:59 | 44.9 km | 86 km |
| 5.1 | 24.01.2022 01:20 | 13.7 km | 134 km |
| 3.7 | 19.01.2022 06:23 | 30 km | 76 km |
| 4.0 | 02.12.2021 17:57 | 24 km | 74 km |
| 3.0 | 19.11.2021 10:39 | 24 km | 80 km |
| 4.2 | 19.11.2021 10:39 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 5.3 | 05.10.2021 07:59 | 23.8 km | 122 km |
| 4.0 | 16.08.2021 07:31 | 30 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 22.06.2021 07:08 | 82.6 km | 94 km |
| 4.4 | 02.06.2021 09:31 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 4.1 | 21.04.2021 23:26 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2021 04:28 | 35 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2021 18:56 | 30 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 12.02.2020 00:50 | 24 km | 95 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2019 05:02 | 15.6 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 26.07.2019 13:00 | 24 km | 102 km |
| 4.4 | 12.06.2019 05:41 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 4.4 | 26.05.2019 13:59 | 24 km | 79 km |
| 4.6 | 04.05.2019 05:53 | 24 km | 77 km |
| 4.9 | 28.11.2018 14:44 | 24.4 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2018 06:28 | 24 km | 96 km |
| 4.5 | 16.11.2018 04:48 | 25.6 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 06.10.2018 13:11 | 35 km | 100 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.