2.7
198
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1927–2026
record span
3.86
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 06.06.1960 05:55 | 15 km | 447 km |
| 7.1 | 21.11.1927 23:12 | 15 km | 543 km |
| 7.0 | 14.06.1970 00:00 | 13.6 km | 449 km |
| 6.2 | 21.04.2007 17:53 | 21.4 km | 490 km |
| 6.2 | 28.11.1965 03:56 | 25 km | 451 km |
| 6.1 | 02.04.2007 02:49 | 17.4 km | 488 km |
| 6.0 | 08.04.1959 11:44 | 15 km | 271 km |
| 6.0 | 02.06.1960 05:58 | 15 km | 462 km |
| 5.9 | 24.05.1960 20:32 | 15 km | 317 km |
| 5.8 | 09.02.1972 20:44 | 27.2 km | 436 km |
| 5.8 | 15.08.1991 12:16 | 11.1 km | 432 km |
| 5.6 | 13.08.1972 11:47 | 33.9 km | 450 km |
| 5.6 | 15.08.1991 09:46 | 12.4 km | 449 km |
| 5.5 | 14.06.1970 00:12 | 18.4 km | 467 km |
| 5.5 | 30.07.1992 13:14 | 35 km | 231 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 24.07.2026 05:06 | 13 km | 229 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2026 21:35 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 3.5 | 11.04.2026 00:33 | 0 km | 318 km |
| 4.5 | 11.02.2026 08:16 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 3.6 | 30.01.2026 17:16 | 0 km | 389 km |
| 3.0 | 09.12.2025 02:50 | 9.7 km | 311 km |
| 3.0 | 01.11.2025 05:32 | 41.9 km | 407 km |
| 4.2 | 31.10.2025 09:45 | 24 km | 395 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2025 06:14 | 38.3 km | 321 km |
| 2.6 | 04.10.2025 08:22 | 10 km | 397 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2025 04:37 | 42.7 km | 346 km |
| 2.5 | 03.10.2025 00:44 | 4.6 km | 390 km |
| 2.6 | 19.08.2025 17:59 | 5.3 km | 439 km |
| 2.6 | 16.08.2025 01:41 | 8.2 km | 431 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2025 23:16 | 10 km | 316 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2025 00:50 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 2.5 | 17.07.2025 12:52 | 11.1 km | 416 km |
| 3.0 | 15.06.2025 05:35 | 16.7 km | 256 km |
| 2.7 | 13.06.2025 18:01 | 18.4 km | 309 km |
| 3.2 | 13.06.2025 01:57 | 17.1 km | 237 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2025 01:49 | 27.4 km | 252 km |
| 2.7 | 29.05.2025 09:34 | 36.8 km | 419 km |
| 3.1 | 20.05.2025 01:20 | 12.3 km | 286 km |
| 4.1 | 17.05.2025 06:11 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 4.0 | 17.05.2025 05:40 | 19.7 km | 323 km |
| 3.6 | 14.05.2025 00:19 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.0 | 13.05.2025 20:04 | 12.5 km | 294 km |
| 2.5 | 13.05.2025 17:59 | 13.9 km | 320 km |
| 2.7 | 13.05.2025 05:47 | 18.8 km | 305 km |
| 3.3 | 13.05.2025 02:57 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 3.0 | 13.05.2025 02:50 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 2.5 | 13.05.2025 02:34 | 8.9 km | 299 km |
| 4.1 | 13.05.2025 02:19 | 16.4 km | 297 km |
| 2.5 | 13.05.2025 01:40 | 10 km | 298 km |
| 2.9 | 13.05.2025 01:15 | 12.7 km | 297 km |
| 5.2 | 13.05.2025 00:48 | 10 km | 290 km |
| 2.7 | 05.05.2025 12:06 | 12.9 km | 395 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2025 13:33 | 11.2 km | 378 km |
| 2.6 | 26.03.2025 07:23 | 12 km | 395 km |
| 4.5 | 26.03.2025 07:16 | 13.4 km | 394 km |
| 3.0 | 26.03.2025 04:32 | 10.3 km | 391 km |
| 3.1 | 26.03.2025 03:43 | 9.8 km | 394 km |
| 3.2 | 26.03.2025 01:15 | 10.4 km | 391 km |
| 4.4 | 19.02.2025 16:06 | 0 km | 378 km |
| 3.1 | 06.02.2025 01:27 | 9 km | 227 km |
| 3.5 | 19.01.2025 13:26 | 9 km | 222 km |
| 3.4 | 19.01.2025 13:24 | 0 km | 199 km |
| 2.7 | 12.12.2024 06:14 | 12.3 km | 429 km |
| 2.3 | 30.11.2024 15:57 | 1.7 km | 437 km |
| 1.9 | 25.11.2024 13:58 | 10 km | 431 km |
| 2.5 | 15.05.2024 18:30 | 18.7 km | 304 km |
| 3.1 | 29.02.2024 01:41 | 13 km | 234 km |
| 3.3 | 20.01.2024 09:04 | 301.5 km | 229 km |
| 3.8 | 17.12.2023 16:50 | 39.7 km | 341 km |
| 4.2 | 07.11.2023 01:00 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2023 06:55 | 16 km | 212 km |
| 2.9 | 14.07.2023 20:44 | 14.5 km | 418 km |
| 3.6 | 03.07.2023 06:41 | 2.8 km | 348 km |
| 2.8 | 03.05.2023 19:52 | 22 km | 322 km |
| 3.0 | 09.04.2023 12:03 | 7 km | 261 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.