2.9
197
recorded earthquakes
M5.8
largest
1941–2026
record span
3.02
mean magnitude
81
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 18.08.1994 01:13 | 10.7 km | 84 km |
| 5.6 | 12.06.1941 13:55 | 35 km | 72 km |
| 5.6 | 22.12.1999 17:36 | 11.2 km | 37 km |
| 5.5 | 06.06.2008 20:02 | 13.8 km | 72 km |
| 4.6 | 09.01.2008 22:24 | 13.8 km | 55 km |
| 4.6 | 22.12.1999 17:57 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 4.5 | 24.07.1967 16:36 | 0 km | 23 km |
| 4.5 | 06.06.2008 22:48 | 0 km | 62 km |
| 4.4 | 24.07.2008 17:19 | 17.2 km | 50 km |
| 4.4 | 21.05.2005 04:09 | 19 km | 17 km |
| 4.3 | 21.03.2012 06:41 | 19.2 km | 68 km |
| 4.3 | 18.03.1992 12:04 | — | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.1992 20:43 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 06.06.2008 21:10 | 0 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 21.11.1995 00:25 | 14 km | 29 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 05.07.2026 12:11 | 6.2 km | 42 km |
| 2.6 | 14.06.2026 19:32 | 26.5 km | 32 km |
| 2.3 | 11.06.2026 19:54 | 25.4 km | 30 km |
| 2.2 | 11.05.2026 21:29 | 17.5 km | 15 km |
| 2.5 | 22.02.2026 19:06 | 39 km | 35 km |
| 2.2 | 22.08.2025 04:43 | 26.3 km | 14 km |
| 2.7 | 19.08.2025 14:41 | 12.6 km | 15 km |
| 2.3 | 19.07.2025 22:52 | 36.6 km | 55 km |
| 2.5 | 23.05.2025 13:51 | 18 km | 14 km |
| 2.2 | 20.04.2025 12:46 | 27.1 km | 30 km |
| 2.9 | 11.04.2025 16:21 | 34 km | 25 km |
| 2.0 | 06.02.2025 18:31 | 0 km | 8 km |
| 2.3 | 07.01.2025 18:00 | 28.3 km | 25 km |
| 2.1 | 07.12.2024 02:15 | 30.2 km | 41 km |
| 2.1 | 07.12.2024 02:09 | 20.3 km | 44 km |
| 2.2 | 03.09.2024 00:55 | 25.3 km | 41 km |
| 2.8 | 20.02.2024 08:16 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 2.2 | 18.02.2024 02:50 | 34.3 km | 40 km |
| 2.3 | 17.02.2024 05:17 | 18.9 km | 27 km |
| 3.1 | 16.02.2024 14:39 | 5 km | 28 km |
| 2.3 | 16.11.2023 16:32 | 32.4 km | 19 km |
| 2.6 | 26.10.2023 01:25 | 25.5 km | 45 km |
| 2.3 | 24.05.2023 19:07 | 30 km | 23 km |
| 2.7 | 16.04.2023 00:19 | 40 km | 13 km |
| 2.4 | 18.02.2023 12:44 | 12 km | 29 km |
| 2.5 | 26.10.2022 14:32 | 13 km | 37 km |
| 2.8 | 15.08.2022 05:57 | 5 km | 13 km |
| 2.0 | 07.07.2022 00:57 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 2.7 | 29.03.2022 22:54 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 2.5 | 29.01.2022 01:11 | 31 km | 57 km |
| 2.6 | 22.01.2022 00:40 | 5 km | 29 km |
| 2.7 | 25.10.2021 00:52 | 27 km | 14 km |
| 3.0 | 18.09.2021 03:49 | 26 km | 22 km |
| 2.1 | 17.09.2021 20:10 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 2.8 | 31.10.2020 18:47 | 15 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 18.09.2020 07:06 | 29 km | 44 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2020 22:16 | 8 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 19.10.2019 16:10 | 40 km | 23 km |
| 3.6 | 18.10.2019 15:54 | 12.9 km | 26 km |
| 3.2 | 19.09.2019 11:19 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 14.06.2019 23:34 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 16.04.2019 12:54 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.2 | 11.02.2019 10:23 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.3 | 27.05.2018 20:56 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.8 | 04.04.2018 05:12 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 30.03.2018 18:47 | 33 km | 34 km |
| 3.0 | 27.10.2017 02:28 | 18 km | 26 km |
| 2.9 | 30.01.2016 06:06 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 2.8 | 31.05.2015 19:54 | 1 km | 36 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2015 00:55 | 40 km | 50 km |
| 2.8 | 03.01.2015 04:33 | 28 km | 43 km |
| 2.8 | 08.06.2014 12:59 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2014 10:06 | 27.8 km | 59 km |
| 3.2 | 01.01.2014 07:34 | 40 km | 41 km |
| 4.1 | 14.03.2013 16:58 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 2.5 | 24.01.2013 13:32 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 2.9 | 17.01.2013 14:18 | 17 km | 33 km |
| 2.8 | 17.01.2013 13:45 | 20 km | 50 km |
| 2.8 | 03.01.2013 16:35 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.3 | 08.11.2012 19:08 | 10 km | 42 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.