4.4
391
recorded earthquakes
M6.0
largest
1946–2026
record span
3.42
mean magnitude
146
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 12.02.1946 02:43 | 35 km | 118 km |
| 6.0 | 18.03.2021 00:04 | 10.6 km | 67 km |
| 5.8 | 27.10.1985 19:35 | 24.6 km | 81 km |
| 5.7 | 10.11.2000 20:10 | 19.1 km | 105 km |
| 5.6 | 06.08.1947 09:46 | 15 km | 89 km |
| 5.5 | 07.08.1947 12:29 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 5.3 | 19.03.2022 09:59 | 12.6 km | 71 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2020 03:53 | 9.9 km | 72 km |
| 5.2 | 18.03.2021 00:17 | 14.2 km | 62 km |
| 5.2 | 01.04.1952 04:21 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 5.2 | 16.11.2000 11:33 | 10.4 km | 105 km |
| 5.2 | 19.05.2013 09:07 | 13 km | 68 km |
| 5.2 | 18.08.2000 18:15 | 14.9 km | 106 km |
| 5.2 | 20.03.2006 19:44 | 13.6 km | 55 km |
| 5.1 | 28.06.1974 11:09 | 24.2 km | 60 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 07:21 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.0 | 13.07.2026 23:43 | 1.4 km | 75 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2026 14:51 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2026 23:24 | 14.5 km | 54 km |
| 4.5 | 25.12.2025 01:43 | 0 km | 76 km |
| 4.2 | 27.09.2025 01:59 | 1 km | 37 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2025 10:27 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.8 | 13.06.2025 11:12 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 04.05.2025 18:22 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2025 15:13 | 15.5 km | 24 km |
| 4.4 | 07.09.2024 00:41 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 17.08.2024 14:33 | 10.7 km | 60 km |
| 3.8 | 13.08.2024 02:38 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.2 | 06.08.2024 09:05 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 27.06.2024 11:30 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2024 03:53 | 1 km | 42 km |
| 2.3 | 20.06.2024 12:14 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.4 | 18.06.2024 08:29 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 3.2 | 06.06.2024 19:42 | 14 km | 55 km |
| 3.7 | 07.03.2024 17:53 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 30.03.2023 23:16 | 9 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 06.12.2022 01:02 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 03.10.2022 00:51 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 29.05.2022 21:57 | 30 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 20.03.2022 05:35 | 9 km | 63 km |
| 5.3 | 19.03.2022 09:59 | 12.6 km | 71 km |
| 4.3 | 18.02.2022 23:50 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 06.12.2021 02:19 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 4.2 | 28.11.2021 08:52 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 17.11.2021 00:29 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2021 02:36 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.9 | 30.07.2021 16:31 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2021 19:21 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.2 | 10.07.2021 01:04 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 05.06.2021 02:40 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 26.05.2021 02:03 | 9 km | 50 km |
| 3.9 | 25.04.2021 15:07 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 2.9 | 14.04.2021 08:07 | 31 km | 56 km |
| 3.4 | 11.04.2021 07:55 | 14 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 25.03.2021 02:37 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.4 | 25.03.2021 00:31 | 21 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 24.03.2021 23:23 | 18 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 23.03.2021 09:12 | 19 km | 50 km |
| 3.9 | 22.03.2021 04:37 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.6 | 21.03.2021 19:23 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.7 | 21.03.2021 18:21 | 22 km | 42 km |
| 3.9 | 19.03.2021 08:33 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.9 | 19.03.2021 02:23 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 18.03.2021 19:16 | 1 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 18.03.2021 19:05 | 9 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2021 17:22 | 17 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 18.03.2021 16:21 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2021 11:43 | 18 km | 60 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2021 10:38 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.8 | 18.03.2021 03:28 | 3 km | 54 km |
| 3.8 | 18.03.2021 01:40 | 3 km | 33 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2021 01:37 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2021 01:35 | 1 km | 40 km |
| 3.8 | 18.03.2021 01:26 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2021 01:08 | 2 km | 50 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.