4.7
222
recorded earthquakes
M6.1
largest
1967–2026
record span
3.26
mean magnitude
130
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 392 km |
| 5.6 | 30.10.1992 10:43 | 14.6 km | 193 km |
| 5.5 | 23.10.1992 09:11 | 24.5 km | 191 km |
| 5.2 | 28.01.1986 20:01 | 15.7 km | 322 km |
| 5.1 | 17.11.2019 08:39 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 4.8 | 28.08.1967 21:15 | 15 km | 347 km |
| 4.8 | 19.01.2026 20:59 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 4.8 | 19.04.2016 05:38 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.5 | 06.07.2009 00:00 | 16.6 km | 369 km |
| 4.5 | 14.02.2011 06:02 | 10.9 km | 358 km |
| 4.5 | 31.05.2013 08:46 | 10.4 km | 345 km |
| 4.5 | 12.04.1969 00:02 | 14 km | 386 km |
| 4.4 | 22.05.2021 02:00 | 77 km | 361 km |
| 4.4 | 27.04.2015 18:52 | 100 km | 398 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.0 | 28.03.2026 06:01 | 0 km | 326 km |
| 4.0 | 17.03.2026 22:21 | 0 km | 319 km |
| 4.8 | 19.01.2026 20:59 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 4.2 | 22.12.2025 01:49 | 0.4 km | 371 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2025 09:01 | 4 km | 365 km |
| 1.9 | 20.09.2023 15:27 | 12 km | 365 km |
| 1.8 | 19.09.2023 12:22 | 9 km | 252 km |
| 1.5 | 13.09.2023 05:01 | 5 km | 320 km |
| 2.2 | 13.09.2023 04:05 | 2 km | 333 km |
| 1.8 | 13.09.2023 02:48 | 3 km | 327 km |
| 1.5 | 11.09.2023 06:18 | 9 km | 136 km |
| 3.2 | 07.08.2023 08:43 | 5 km | 388 km |
| 4.4 | 22.05.2021 02:00 | 77 km | 361 km |
| 3.5 | 18.01.2021 19:58 | 9 km | 354 km |
| 4.1 | 20.12.2020 17:03 | 5 km | 373 km |
| 5.1 | 17.11.2019 08:39 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 3.7 | 12.03.2019 18:29 | 66 km | 239 km |
| 3.6 | 30.01.2019 06:34 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.0 | 04.06.2018 22:11 | 10 km | 303 km |
| 4.8 | 19.04.2016 05:38 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 392 km |
| 4.4 | 27.04.2015 18:52 | 100 km | 398 km |
| 3.2 | 06.12.2014 15:31 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 4.0 | 12.05.2014 03:53 | 10 km | 401 km |
| 4.5 | 31.05.2013 08:46 | 10.4 km | 345 km |
| 4.0 | 03.02.2013 07:04 | 230 km | 302 km |
| 2.9 | 26.11.2011 17:07 | 14 km | 236 km |
| 3.1 | 26.11.2011 00:44 | 30 km | 201 km |
| 2.6 | 16.11.2011 16:13 | 2 km | 371 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2011 03:53 | 16 km | 376 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2011 03:13 | 3 km | 378 km |
| 2.8 | 29.09.2011 18:39 | 5 km | 344 km |
| 2.7 | 07.08.2011 16:50 | 4 km | 332 km |
| 3.0 | 07.08.2011 16:49 | 19 km | 322 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2011 00:21 | 26 km | 379 km |
| 2.8 | 11.07.2011 00:31 | 30 km | 135 km |
| 3.0 | 22.06.2011 02:14 | 9 km | 382 km |
| 2.6 | 09.06.2011 09:47 | 4 km | 340 km |
| 2.6 | 25.05.2011 07:53 | 14 km | 359 km |
| 2.6 | 21.05.2011 07:04 | 17 km | 347 km |
| 2.8 | 12.05.2011 11:52 | 6 km | 355 km |
| 2.7 | 08.05.2011 23:57 | 20 km | 359 km |
| 2.5 | 07.05.2011 06:24 | 30 km | 277 km |
| 3.3 | 01.05.2011 05:10 | 30 km | 368 km |
| 2.8 | 24.04.2011 19:02 | 17 km | 350 km |
| 2.7 | 23.04.2011 09:45 | 2 km | 348 km |
| 3.1 | 01.03.2011 18:19 | 7.4 km | 343 km |
| 2.8 | 20.02.2011 22:10 | 11 km | 349 km |
| 3.1 | 14.02.2011 09:09 | 10 km | 358 km |
| 2.7 | 14.02.2011 09:06 | 15 km | 356 km |
| 4.5 | 14.02.2011 06:02 | 10.9 km | 358 km |
| 2.8 | 14.02.2011 01:47 | 7 km | 348 km |
| 3.1 | 12.02.2011 12:20 | 1 km | 343 km |
| 2.9 | 12.02.2011 08:10 | 2 km | 346 km |
| 2.8 | 12.02.2011 03:33 | 20 km | 353 km |
| 2.4 | 01.12.2010 01:00 | 30 km | 376 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2010 07:50 | 2 km | 293 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2010 02:29 | 10 km | 225 km |
| 3.4 | 08.09.2010 14:08 | 30 km | 185 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.