1.7
199
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1906–2026
record span
2.68
mean magnitude
68
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 23.10.2011 10:41 | 7.6 km | 166 km |
| 7.0 | 24.11.1976 12:22 | 11.9 km | 119 km |
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 83 km |
| 6.2 | 28.09.1906 05:50 | 30 km | 121 km |
| 6.0 | 01.05.1935 10:24 | 35 km | 114 km |
| 6.0 | 10.09.1941 21:53 | 35 km | 114 km |
| 5.6 | 22.10.1926 19:59 | 35 km | 39 km |
| 5.5 | 04.09.1962 22:59 | 40 km | 22 km |
| 5.5 | 14.11.1916 13:54 | 26 km | 79 km |
| 5.3 | 08.05.1930 15:05 | 15 km | 91 km |
| 5.3 | 02.05.1936 20:57 | 30 km | 60 km |
| 5.2 | 14.11.1938 11:54 | 15 km | 51 km |
| 5.2 | 28.10.1916 20:48 | 20 km | 7 km |
| 5.2 | 14.11.1938 12:06 | 15 km | 25 km |
| 5.2 | 08.07.1926 14:59 | 15 km | 65 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 11.07.2026 01:07 | 6.6 km | 25 km |
| 2.0 | 18.04.2026 19:36 | 7 km | 25 km |
| 1.2 | 26.02.2026 21:01 | 15.2 km | 45 km |
| 2.1 | 24.02.2026 01:33 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 1.9 | 23.02.2026 15:52 | 14.4 km | 25 km |
| 2.4 | 16.02.2026 11:49 | 19.9 km | 49 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2025 02:02 | 7 km | 17 km |
| 1.6 | 14.09.2025 01:33 | 7 km | 35 km |
| 2.2 | 12.03.2025 13:10 | 8 km | 25 km |
| 1.5 | 28.02.2025 17:33 | 6.9 km | 15 km |
| 2.1 | 08.12.2024 20:15 | 6.9 km | 46 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2024 16:44 | 13.2 km | 43 km |
| 1.6 | 02.08.2024 05:48 | 8.4 km | 27 km |
| 2.9 | 18.07.2024 15:40 | 7 km | 38 km |
| 3.3 | 30.05.2024 19:27 | 7 km | 36 km |
| 1.3 | 29.05.2024 17:58 | 7.1 km | 28 km |
| 1.5 | 25.05.2024 22:12 | 8.6 km | 42 km |
| 1.9 | 24.05.2024 07:13 | 7.1 km | 12 km |
| 1.4 | 15.04.2024 23:07 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 1.9 | 13.04.2024 13:10 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 2.0 | 13.03.2024 20:32 | 7.2 km | 41 km |
| 1.7 | 22.12.2023 23:38 | 6.8 km | 24 km |
| 2.4 | 21.08.2023 12:22 | 5 km | 22 km |
| 2.4 | 15.07.2023 15:46 | 4 km | 12 km |
| 2.1 | 13.07.2023 17:13 | 7 km | 47 km |
| 2.1 | 18.06.2023 18:27 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 1.0 | 05.02.2023 21:52 | 7.1 km | 18 km |
| 1.2 | 11.12.2022 21:48 | 6.5 km | 48 km |
| 2.1 | 11.12.2022 20:14 | 7 km | 32 km |
| 1.6 | 15.11.2022 05:14 | 6.8 km | 21 km |
| 2.4 | 29.10.2022 10:39 | 7 km | 16 km |
| 2.5 | 01.09.2022 05:12 | 5 km | 6 km |
| 1.9 | 10.08.2022 00:15 | 6.8 km | 16 km |
| 2.2 | 10.08.2022 00:00 | 10 km | 9 km |
| 1.5 | 26.05.2022 22:30 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 1.5 | 06.04.2022 02:37 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 1.0 | 28.02.2022 21:02 | 7 km | 40 km |
| 0.9 | 27.01.2022 00:58 | 7 km | 26 km |
| 2.1 | 09.01.2022 10:00 | 7.4 km | 27 km |
| 1.4 | 23.12.2021 10:31 | 7 km | 42 km |
| 1.9 | 02.12.2021 17:10 | 2 km | 26 km |
| 1.0 | 13.11.2021 01:08 | 4.4 km | 25 km |
| 1.4 | 22.10.2021 20:49 | 7 km | 14 km |
| 1.2 | 17.10.2021 18:31 | 7 km | 26 km |
| 2.4 | 03.08.2021 23:05 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 2.1 | 03.08.2021 22:29 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 2.2 | 24.06.2021 04:13 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 2.3 | 23.04.2021 23:54 | 4.4 km | 37 km |
| 1.9 | 20.02.2021 06:41 | 5.7 km | 39 km |
| 2.0 | 18.02.2021 01:30 | 7 km | 38 km |
| 1.7 | 17.02.2021 03:43 | 6.6 km | 33 km |
| 2.1 | 17.02.2021 03:27 | 7.2 km | 22 km |
| 2.4 | 15.02.2021 14:21 | 5.4 km | 37 km |
| 1.9 | 14.02.2021 04:00 | 7.1 km | 26 km |
| 2.5 | 13.02.2021 21:47 | 2 km | 44 km |
| 4.9 | 13.02.2021 11:29 | 11.7 km | 40 km |
| 1.4 | 03.02.2021 04:35 | 6.6 km | 28 km |
| 1.3 | 08.01.2021 21:08 | 8.9 km | 33 km |
| 2.1 | 31.08.2020 07:48 | 3.1 km | 33 km |
| 1.5 | 18.08.2020 09:52 | 7.2 km | 34 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.