4.0
204
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1912–2026
record span
5.02
mean magnitude
116
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 07.12.1912 22:46 | 620 km | 365 km |
| 7.5 | 21.06.1916 21:32 | 600 km | 345 km |
| 7.2 | 23.06.1991 21:22 | 563.4 km | 273 km |
| 7.2 | 08.12.1962 21:27 | 588.7 km | 235 km |
| 7.1 | 14.08.1950 22:51 | 610 km | 254 km |
| 7.1 | 25.08.1948 06:09 | 30 km | 397 km |
| 7.0 | 01.01.2011 09:56 | 584.3 km | 252 km |
| 6.9 | 23.04.2000 09:27 | 612.5 km | 313 km |
| 6.9 | 21.12.1983 12:05 | 603.5 km | 316 km |
| 6.9 | 10.05.1994 06:36 | 603.4 km | 351 km |
| 6.9 | 29.04.1994 07:11 | 569.4 km | 334 km |
| 6.8 | 21.03.2005 12:23 | 578.2 km | 284 km |
| 6.8 | 13.11.2006 01:26 | 568.1 km | 250 km |
| 6.7 | 22.10.1977 17:57 | 617.8 km | 302 km |
| 6.7 | 20.01.2023 22:09 | 598.1 km | 240 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 29.07.2026 03:39 | 536 km | 271 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 08:57 | 583.2 km | 260 km |
| 3.6 | 06.01.2026 09:53 | 558.3 km | 274 km |
| 4.4 | 27.12.2025 10:40 | 650 km | 97 km |
| 5.6 | 27.12.2025 10:40 | 586.2 km | 334 km |
| 3.3 | 11.11.2025 15:00 | 566.9 km | 290 km |
| 5.8 | 02.10.2025 21:37 | 559.2 km | 275 km |
| 5.2 | 09.07.2025 19:11 | 575.2 km | 274 km |
| 5.0 | 03.07.2025 06:13 | 552.4 km | 268 km |
| 4.1 | 12.09.2024 15:35 | 575.2 km | 274 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.2024 16:14 | 571.9 km | 262 km |
| 4.1 | 06.12.2023 11:35 | 557 km | 283 km |
| 4.2 | 24.11.2023 15:29 | 561 km | 275 km |
| 4.1 | 11.11.2023 09:25 | 562 km | 296 km |
| 4.4 | 31.10.2023 12:20 | 556.1 km | 278 km |
| 6.1 | 23.08.2023 14:22 | 566.4 km | 268 km |
| 6.2 | 05.08.2023 07:20 | 589.9 km | 335 km |
| 6.3 | 24.01.2023 18:36 | 591.4 km | 239 km |
| 6.7 | 20.01.2023 22:09 | 598.1 km | 240 km |
| 5.3 | 10.01.2023 19:47 | 582.9 km | 299 km |
| 4.2 | 03.12.2022 19:24 | 574 km | 337 km |
| 4.2 | 09.07.2022 17:49 | 568.3 km | 281 km |
| 5.4 | 10.05.2022 08:42 | 571 km | 276 km |
| 3.9 | 01.05.2022 09:19 | 562 km | 297 km |
| 3.5 | 31.03.2022 00:57 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 5.6 | 17.11.2021 21:38 | 577.6 km | 245 km |
| 4.2 | 07.10.2021 02:43 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 5.0 | 14.08.2021 14:49 | 40 km | 110 km |
| 4.3 | 10.06.2021 14:16 | 567 km | 281 km |
| 5.3 | 19.05.2021 15:06 | 597.4 km | 349 km |
| 3.7 | 26.02.2021 03:02 | 562 km | 303 km |
| 4.1 | 03.02.2021 05:24 | 212 km | 174 km |
| 4.2 | 16.08.2020 03:43 | 562 km | 284 km |
| 5.3 | 15.04.2020 01:15 | 569.9 km | 269 km |
| 5.5 | 23.01.2020 21:11 | 558 km | 275 km |
| 6.0 | 24.12.2019 16:43 | 568.6 km | 271 km |
| 4.3 | 11.08.2019 18:44 | 600 km | 329 km |
| 5.0 | 16.04.2019 17:00 | 594.6 km | 332 km |
| 5.5 | 01.03.2019 00:13 | 573.1 km | 342 km |
| 4.1 | 16.08.2018 15:04 | 626 km | 236 km |
| 5.6 | 20.07.2018 10:24 | 591.5 km | 316 km |
| 5.0 | 25.06.2018 10:05 | 589 km | 314 km |
| 6.2 | 21.06.2018 16:06 | 5 km | 273 km |
| 5.6 | 25.03.2018 14:28 | 573.4 km | 267 km |
| 4.1 | 12.03.2018 15:29 | 571 km | 262 km |
| 3.6 | 20.01.2018 22:27 | 422 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 24.12.2017 10:43 | 561 km | 287 km |
| 4.2 | 11.11.2016 23:35 | 572.5 km | 292 km |
| 5.2 | 08.11.2016 23:30 | 558.5 km | 281 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2016 09:01 | 572.1 km | 269 km |
| 4.5 | 02.10.2016 16:43 | 561 km | 278 km |
| 4.2 | 02.10.2016 16:38 | 561 km | 279 km |
| 4.1 | 29.04.2016 04:22 | 550 km | 281 km |
| 4.3 | 29.09.2015 15:26 | 561 km | 265 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2015 00:05 | 561 km | 268 km |
| 4.6 | 28.04.2015 12:41 | 600 km | 268 km |
| 4.5 | 18.11.2014 21:16 | 562 km | 310 km |
| 4.4 | 01.05.2014 23:44 | 561 km | 279 km |
| 5.6 | 18.04.2014 07:46 | 610.4 km | 269 km |
| 4.1 | 17.01.2014 06:17 | 569.7 km | 286 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.