2.9
380
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1908–2026
record span
4.51
mean magnitude
335
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 | 157 km |
| 7.5 | 21.06.1916 21:32 | 600 km | 83 km |
| 7.2 | 23.06.1991 21:22 | 563.4 km | 115 km |
| 7.2 | 08.12.1962 21:27 | 588.7 km | 231 km |
| 7.1 | 14.08.1950 22:51 | 610 km | 72 km |
| 7.1 | 25.08.1948 06:09 | 30 km | 381 km |
| 7.0 | 01.01.2011 09:56 | 584.3 km | 115 km |
| 6.9 | 23.04.2000 09:27 | 612.5 km | 72 km |
| 6.9 | 21.12.1983 12:05 | 603.5 km | 53 km |
| 6.9 | 10.05.1994 06:36 | 603.4 km | 77 km |
| 6.9 | 29.04.1994 07:11 | 569.4 km | 50 km |
| 6.8 | 13.11.2006 01:26 | 568.1 km | 198 km |
| 6.8 | 21.03.2005 12:23 | 578.2 km | 336 km |
| 6.8 | 09.05.1958 04:20 | 200 km | 331 km |
| 6.7 | 22.10.1977 17:57 | 617.8 km | 52 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 03:52 | 352 km | 156 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2026 03:39 | 536 km | 78 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2026 08:35 | 22 km | 248 km |
| 3.0 | 16.07.2026 08:01 | 22 km | 260 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 05:54 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 08:57 | 583.2 km | 82 km |
| 3.1 | 02.06.2026 14:21 | 22 km | 156 km |
| 3.2 | 15.05.2026 16:51 | 34 km | 168 km |
| 3.6 | 23.04.2026 20:32 | 564.4 km | 70 km |
| 2.8 | 22.04.2026 02:31 | 5 km | 199 km |
| 2.5 | 11.03.2026 06:49 | 8 km | 166 km |
| 3.2 | 02.02.2026 02:19 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.6 | 02.02.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 205 km |
| 3.6 | 06.01.2026 09:53 | 558.3 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 05.01.2026 13:41 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 4.4 | 27.12.2025 10:40 | 650 km | 232 km |
| 5.6 | 27.12.2025 10:40 | 586.2 km | 51 km |
| 2.6 | 12.12.2025 14:29 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 5.8 | 02.10.2025 21:37 | 559.2 km | 90 km |
| 3.2 | 19.07.2025 06:04 | 18 km | 292 km |
| 5.2 | 09.07.2025 19:11 | 575.2 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 07.07.2025 02:30 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 5.0 | 03.07.2025 06:13 | 552.4 km | 74 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2025 04:17 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.3 | 27.03.2025 12:23 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 3.3 | 10.03.2025 01:00 | 29 km | 163 km |
| 3.4 | 14.02.2025 11:36 | 9 km | 267 km |
| 3.3 | 23.01.2025 10:23 | 7 km | 150 km |
| 3.1 | 15.01.2025 16:02 | 23 km | 128 km |
| 3.0 | 09.01.2025 10:30 | 595 km | 66 km |
| 3.2 | 05.11.2024 16:17 | 25 km | 123 km |
| 3.5 | 17.07.2024 00:29 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.0 | 29.04.2024 15:04 | 22 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 05.04.2024 20:19 | 26 km | 227 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.2024 16:14 | 571.9 km | 237 km |
| 4.0 | 24.03.2024 11:17 | 10 km | 256 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2024 21:26 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 4.3 | 01.03.2024 18:06 | 613.3 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 15.02.2024 01:24 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 3.6 | 25.01.2024 14:45 | 15.4 km | 238 km |
| 4.1 | 06.12.2023 11:35 | 557 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 24.11.2023 15:29 | 561 km | 98 km |
| 4.1 | 11.11.2023 09:25 | 562 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 08.11.2023 22:21 | 118 km | 97 km |
| 3.2 | 02.11.2023 19:53 | 19 km | 273 km |
| 4.4 | 31.10.2023 12:20 | 556.1 km | 83 km |
| 3.0 | 27.10.2023 09:42 | 15 km | 143 km |
| 3.1 | 25.10.2023 11:11 | 16 km | 247 km |
| 3.4 | 14.09.2023 09:33 | 677 km | 109 km |
| 6.1 | 23.08.2023 14:22 | 566.4 km | 108 km |
| 6.2 | 05.08.2023 07:20 | 589.9 km | 42 km |
| 3.4 | 11.07.2023 13:39 | 8 km | 140 km |
| 3.1 | 25.06.2023 14:10 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.7 | 10.06.2023 03:06 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 3.2 | 03.04.2023 19:54 | 109 km | 95 km |
| 3.3 | 02.02.2023 19:59 | 8 km | 237 km |
| 6.3 | 24.01.2023 18:36 | 591.4 km | 135 km |
| 6.7 | 20.01.2023 22:09 | 598.1 km | 128 km |
| 5.3 | 10.01.2023 19:47 | 582.9 km | 27 km |
| 4.2 | 03.12.2022 19:24 | 574 km | 39 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.