4.0
519
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.55
mean magnitude
308
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 21.05.2003 18:44 | 16.5 km | 119 km |
| 6.4 | 24.06.1910 13:27 | 35 km | 103 km |
| 6.0 | 18.03.2021 00:04 | 10.6 km | 46 km |
| 6.0 | 12.02.1946 02:43 | 35 km | 63 km |
| 5.7 | 21.05.2003 18:56 | 2 km | 91 km |
| 5.7 | 10.11.2000 20:10 | 19.1 km | 13 km |
| 5.6 | 09.09.1946 17:26 | 35 km | 73 km |
| 5.6 | 05.11.1924 18:54 | 35 km | 103 km |
| 5.5 | 04.09.1963 05:06 | 25 km | 77 km |
| 5.4 | 30.10.1975 21:18 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 5.3 | 14.05.2010 12:29 | 15.4 km | 96 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.1960 08:13 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 5.3 | 24.11.1973 15:22 | 3.7 km | 68 km |
| 5.3 | 19.03.2022 09:59 | 12.6 km | 43 km |
| 5.2 | 18.03.2021 00:17 | 14.2 km | 54 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 13.07.2026 23:43 | 1.4 km | 23 km |
| 4.4 | 13.06.2026 17:25 | 0 km | 81 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2026 14:51 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 10.05.2026 16:21 | 15.8 km | 17 km |
| 4.2 | 10.05.2026 16:19 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2026 23:24 | 14.5 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2026 04:51 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 4.4 | 05.02.2026 09:01 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 4.5 | 25.12.2025 01:43 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 4.4 | 24.10.2025 16:56 | 1 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 08.10.2025 04:55 | 8.9 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 27.09.2025 01:59 | 1 km | 76 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2025 10:27 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.8 | 13.06.2025 11:12 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2025 02:52 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 4.0 | 04.05.2025 18:22 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.3 | 23.01.2025 16:12 | 8.9 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2024 19:32 | 0 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 25.11.2024 14:28 | 10 km | 7 km |
| 3.9 | 18.11.2024 21:56 | 0 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 25.10.2024 16:26 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 4.5 | 12.09.2024 07:56 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 4.4 | 07.09.2024 00:41 | 0 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 17.08.2024 14:33 | 10.7 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 06.08.2024 09:05 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 3.6 | 27.06.2024 11:30 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2024 03:53 | 1 km | 65 km |
| 2.3 | 20.06.2024 12:14 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 18.06.2024 08:29 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 06.06.2024 19:42 | 14 km | 40 km |
| 3.7 | 25.04.2024 03:46 | 4.4 km | 46 km |
| 3.7 | 07.03.2024 17:53 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 01.03.2024 03:40 | 0 km | 1 km |
| 4.2 | 27.01.2024 17:23 | 12.7 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 07.01.2024 18:33 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 17.12.2023 11:42 | 25.7 km | 88 km |
| 3.1 | 10.09.2023 03:18 | 5.7 km | 29 km |
| 3.2 | 19.06.2023 02:41 | 0 km | 9 km |
| 3.8 | 19.06.2023 02:06 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2023 09:58 | 1 km | 28 km |
| 4.1 | 31.03.2023 00:51 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 3.5 | 30.03.2023 23:16 | 9 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 06.12.2022 01:02 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 04.11.2022 21:01 | 26 km | 45 km |
| 3.9 | 20.07.2022 15:44 | 1 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 29.05.2022 21:57 | 30 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 27.03.2022 20:28 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.4 | 20.03.2022 05:35 | 9 km | 55 km |
| 5.3 | 19.03.2022 09:59 | 12.6 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 28.11.2021 08:52 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 17.11.2021 00:29 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2021 02:36 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2021 19:21 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 10.07.2021 01:04 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 4.0 | 05.06.2021 02:40 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 3.5 | 26.05.2021 02:03 | 9 km | 45 km |
| 3.9 | 25.04.2021 15:07 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 2.9 | 14.04.2021 08:07 | 31 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 14.04.2021 02:27 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.4 | 11.04.2021 07:55 | 14 km | 55 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.