1.5
691
recorded earthquakes
M4.0
largest
1985–2026
record span
1.93
mean magnitude
14
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 01.02.2022 02:02 | 5.8 km | 19 km |
| 3.8 | 11.10.2021 08:23 | 5 km | 12 km |
| 3.8 | 20.02.1988 16:38 | 11.2 km | 19 km |
| 3.8 | 27.12.2005 21:33 | 4 km | 21 km |
| 3.7 | 07.02.2006 14:59 | 2 km | 15 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.1988 20:40 | 8.9 km | 18 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.1988 13:32 | 18.8 km | 19 km |
| 3.4 | 06.04.2014 18:11 | 8 km | 12 km |
| 3.4 | 14.12.1998 09:25 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 3.4 | 10.02.2012 16:31 | 11 km | 22 km |
| 3.3 | 18.10.1990 01:19 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2006 15:48 | 5 km | 11 km |
| 3.3 | 12.06.2006 16:04 | 0 km | 13 km |
| 3.3 | 10.02.2012 15:51 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 3.3 | 24.05.2001 01:36 | 2.5 km | 20 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 18.07.2026 10:35 | 11.4 km | 14 km |
| 1.7 | 13.04.2026 07:08 | 11.7 km | 12 km |
| 2.2 | 08.10.2025 10:21 | 5 km | 21 km |
| 2.3 | 20.08.2025 22:47 | 33.3 km | 22 km |
| 1.5 | 31.07.2025 14:22 | 5.4 km | 7 km |
| 1.7 | 08.07.2025 10:01 | 8 km | 9 km |
| 1.7 | 07.07.2025 17:56 | 7.6 km | 9 km |
| 1.5 | 28.06.2025 20:51 | 11.2 km | 4 km |
| 1.6 | 11.05.2025 01:19 | 6.7 km | 19 km |
| 1.7 | 11.05.2025 00:52 | 5.7 km | 18 km |
| 1.5 | 10.05.2025 22:54 | 1.6 km | 19 km |
| 2.5 | 19.04.2025 03:35 | 0 km | 14 km |
| 1.6 | 19.11.2024 03:39 | 3.5 km | 7 km |
| 1.5 | 11.09.2024 20:42 | 0 km | 18 km |
| 1.6 | 30.07.2024 22:47 | 0 km | 12 km |
| 1.7 | 08.07.2024 00:57 | 0 km | 13 km |
| 1.9 | 29.05.2024 20:53 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 2.6 | 26.03.2024 15:49 | 7.7 km | 15 km |
| 1.9 | 20.03.2024 02:25 | 0 km | 16 km |
| 1.5 | 14.03.2024 02:57 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.9 | 10.03.2024 01:47 | 3.6 km | 12 km |
| 1.5 | 12.02.2024 16:19 | 5.3 km | 12 km |
| 1.7 | 07.01.2024 16:20 | 4.3 km | 19 km |
| 2.2 | 23.12.2023 22:52 | 2.5 km | 20 km |
| 2.8 | 23.12.2023 22:25 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 2.6 | 23.12.2023 22:05 | 0.6 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 23.12.2023 22:00 | 7.6 km | 18 km |
| 1.5 | 23.12.2023 21:31 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.7 | 23.12.2023 15:51 | 7.3 km | 18 km |
| 2.4 | 23.12.2023 11:15 | 5 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 23.12.2023 10:22 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 2.8 | 23.12.2023 09:49 | 6 km | 19 km |
| 1.7 | 23.12.2023 07:47 | 7 km | 19 km |
| 1.7 | 23.12.2023 07:42 | 5.7 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 23.12.2023 07:35 | 7.2 km | 19 km |
| 1.8 | 22.12.2023 13:56 | 3.6 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 22.12.2023 08:58 | 9.3 km | 20 km |
| 1.8 | 22.12.2023 08:56 | 1 km | 18 km |
| 1.5 | 22.12.2023 08:50 | 7.6 km | 19 km |
| 2.2 | 22.12.2023 08:36 | 6 km | 19 km |
| 2.4 | 21.12.2023 20:57 | 2.4 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 21.12.2023 16:44 | 1.7 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 21.12.2023 15:19 | 7.2 km | 18 km |
| 1.6 | 21.12.2023 15:16 | 8.4 km | 18 km |
| 1.7 | 21.12.2023 15:14 | 0.2 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 21.12.2023 13:26 | 0 km | 18 km |
| 1.8 | 21.12.2023 13:10 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 21.12.2023 13:05 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 21.12.2023 12:27 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.7 | 21.12.2023 11:23 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 2.8 | 21.12.2023 11:20 | 2.2 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 21.12.2023 11:11 | 7.9 km | 18 km |
| 2.6 | 21.12.2023 10:04 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 1.8 | 21.12.2023 09:48 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.8 | 21.12.2023 09:14 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 2.8 | 21.12.2023 09:11 | 0.1 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 21.12.2023 08:38 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.8 | 21.12.2023 08:34 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 2.3 | 21.12.2023 08:04 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 21.12.2023 07:44 | 0 km | 19 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.