2.9
257
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1930–2026
record span
4.11
mean magnitude
151
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 | 23.06.1991 21:22 | 563.4 km | 187 km |
| 7.2 | 08.12.1962 21:27 | 588.7 km | 254 km |
| 7.0 | 01.01.2011 09:56 | 584.3 km | 210 km |
| 6.5 | 23.09.1930 23:34 | 150 km | 135 km |
| 6.5 | 30.11.1942 00:47 | 590 km | 182 km |
| 6.3 | 10.06.1985 15:37 | 164 km | 174 km |
| 6.2 | 03.04.1931 05:19 | 180 km | 34 km |
| 6.2 | 25.03.1975 06:41 | 163.7 km | 138 km |
| 6.1 | 07.09.2004 11:53 | 14.7 km | 172 km |
| 5.8 | 07.01.1974 16:35 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 5.8 | 25.05.1999 16:42 | 166.7 km | 172 km |
| 5.7 | 03.04.2009 17:54 | 156.2 km | 150 km |
| 5.7 | 27.08.1974 15:20 | 161.5 km | 171 km |
| 5.6 | 29.11.1974 22:27 | 162.7 km | 144 km |
| 5.6 | 17.06.1997 22:14 | 24.1 km | 83 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 03:52 | 352 km | 121 km |
| 3.3 | 24.07.2026 01:11 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 05:54 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 2.6 | 04.07.2026 13:10 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 3.5 | 03.07.2026 03:46 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.1 | 02.06.2026 14:21 | 22 km | 53 km |
| 2.6 | 02.06.2026 10:37 | 14 km | 129 km |
| 3.2 | 15.05.2026 16:51 | 34 km | 45 km |
| 2.8 | 22.04.2026 02:31 | 5 km | 14 km |
| 2.7 | 04.04.2026 04:34 | 42 km | 116 km |
| 3.3 | 13.03.2026 02:15 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 2.5 | 11.03.2026 06:49 | 8 km | 46 km |
| 2.5 | 27.02.2026 08:30 | 28 km | 25 km |
| 3.2 | 02.02.2026 02:19 | 10 km | 2 km |
| 3.6 | 02.02.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 3 km |
| 3.5 | 17.01.2026 15:10 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.8 | 10.01.2026 20:18 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 4.1 | 05.01.2026 13:41 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.2 | 19.12.2025 08:09 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 2.6 | 12.12.2025 14:29 | 10 km | 9 km |
| 2.5 | 03.12.2025 22:25 | 9 km | 97 km |
| 4.7 | 18.07.2025 16:16 | 143.1 km | 127 km |
| 3.4 | 07.07.2025 02:30 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2025 04:17 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 3.5 | 08.04.2025 10:06 | 21 km | 20 km |
| 3.3 | 27.03.2025 12:23 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 22.03.2025 07:34 | 190 km | 43 km |
| 4.5 | 16.03.2025 00:16 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.3 | 10.03.2025 01:00 | 29 km | 63 km |
| 3.2 | 24.02.2025 04:20 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 21.02.2025 19:36 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 17.02.2025 16:17 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.1 | 04.02.2025 08:17 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.1 | 15.01.2025 16:02 | 23 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2025 14:45 | 171.1 km | 139 km |
| 3.1 | 15.01.2025 09:08 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.2 | 23.12.2024 10:09 | 33 km | 13 km |
| 3.2 | 05.11.2024 16:17 | 25 km | 86 km |
| 3.6 | 30.10.2024 01:26 | 440 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 20.10.2024 05:36 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2024 06:00 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.7 | 04.09.2024 09:00 | 307 km | 45 km |
| 3.5 | 17.07.2024 00:29 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.3 | 15.05.2024 23:04 | 167 km | 151 km |
| 3.0 | 29.04.2024 15:04 | 22 km | 89 km |
| 3.3 | 18.04.2024 03:28 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 08.04.2024 18:09 | 23 km | 25 km |
| 3.5 | 05.04.2024 20:19 | 26 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 15.02.2024 01:24 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.9 | 06.02.2024 00:29 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.6 | 25.01.2024 14:45 | 15.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 17.12.2023 21:14 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.9 | 11.11.2023 02:55 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.1 | 20.10.2023 06:11 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.1 | 20.10.2023 00:27 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.2 | 19.10.2023 20:51 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.4 | 30.09.2023 07:58 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 28.09.2023 01:25 | 187 km | 121 km |
| 3.2 | 25.08.2023 09:16 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 3.3 | 22.07.2023 19:44 | 10 km | 78 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.