2.5
193
recorded earthquakes
M6.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.19
mean magnitude
78
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 81 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 53 km |
| 5.9 | 07.12.1988 07:45 | 10.5 km | 82 km |
| 5.8 | 12.10.1912 19:48 | 15 km | 70 km |
| 5.6 | 30.10.1954 23:43 | 15 km | 102 km |
| 5.6 | 15.03.1932 07:44 | 35 km | 15 km |
| 5.6 | 08.12.1959 13:34 | 15 km | 102 km |
| 5.6 | 02.01.1978 06:31 | 8.7 km | 99 km |
| 5.5 | 20.10.1906 16:08 | 15 km | 36 km |
| 5.5 | 14.11.1916 13:54 | 26 km | 68 km |
| 5.3 | 08.05.1930 15:05 | 15 km | 80 km |
| 5.3 | 03.12.1961 18:31 | 20 km | 85 km |
| 5.2 | 11.06.1954 11:25 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 5.2 | 07.05.2012 14:15 | 12.4 km | 29 km |
| 5.2 | 09.12.1959 03:51 | 30 km | 102 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 6.4 km | 40 km |
| 1.9 | 02.07.2026 15:05 | 7 km | 20 km |
| 2.1 | 22.06.2026 05:03 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 07:17 | 15 km | 40 km |
| 3.0 | 10.02.2026 21:02 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 2.0 | 11.12.2025 10:02 | 10 km | 8 km |
| 1.7 | 31.08.2025 22:32 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 2.1 | 25.08.2025 21:52 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 2.8 | 22.08.2025 11:03 | 7 km | 30 km |
| 2.0 | 20.07.2025 19:27 | 22.5 km | 55 km |
| 2.5 | 30.12.2024 20:50 | 5 km | 50 km |
| 2.1 | 26.12.2024 17:23 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 2.6 | 07.05.2024 16:40 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 04.05.2024 09:46 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 2.1 | 07.01.2024 17:52 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 2.3 | 18.01.2023 10:19 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 2.2 | 24.10.2022 21:34 | 5 km | 41 km |
| 2.5 | 22.10.2022 09:34 | 8 km | 44 km |
| 2.2 | 15.10.2022 07:55 | 20 km | 37 km |
| 2.5 | 17.05.2022 13:03 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 2.7 | 14.01.2022 14:04 | 2 km | 49 km |
| 2.7 | 09.01.2022 14:27 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 2.4 | 08.11.2021 19:48 | 3 km | 48 km |
| 3.9 | 04.11.2021 22:56 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 25.06.2021 21:58 | 5 km | 42 km |
| 2.7 | 21.05.2021 02:31 | 5.4 km | 25 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2021 02:26 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.4 | 03.05.2021 21:21 | 2 km | 43 km |
| 2.1 | 19.04.2021 16:41 | 14 km | 41 km |
| 2.3 | 03.04.2021 09:03 | 3 km | 51 km |
| 3.2 | 23.03.2021 03:08 | 2 km | 57 km |
| 2.6 | 16.03.2021 06:31 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 2.4 | 07.03.2021 09:21 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 2.1 | 23.02.2021 11:36 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 2.4 | 16.02.2021 22:39 | 5.4 km | 16 km |
| 2.7 | 14.02.2021 04:00 | 5 km | 53 km |
| 2.2 | 10.02.2021 21:27 | 6 km | 50 km |
| 2.3 | 06.02.2021 14:02 | 3 km | 51 km |
| 3.8 | 05.02.2021 20:06 | 20 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 05.02.2021 15:44 | 5 km | 43 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2021 15:36 | 10.4 km | 51 km |
| 2.4 | 14.11.2020 00:34 | 2 km | 64 km |
| 1.9 | 12.11.2020 16:39 | 7.1 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 30.06.2020 10:33 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 2.6 | 03.02.2020 23:40 | 7.2 km | 38 km |
| 2.5 | 01.02.2020 03:58 | 11.1 km | 11 km |
| 3.1 | 28.06.2019 20:01 | 2 km | 58 km |
| 2.6 | 13.06.2019 23:29 | 7 km | 53 km |
| 1.6 | 04.11.2018 21:57 | 2.9 km | 16 km |
| 3.1 | 25.03.2018 10:45 | 9.3 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 12.07.2017 10:33 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 2.8 | 13.06.2017 04:56 | 2 km | 65 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2017 18:25 | 28.9 km | 70 km |
| 3.3 | 17.06.2016 04:40 | 5.9 km | 62 km |
| 2.0 | 12.06.2016 20:19 | 7.1 km | 33 km |
| 2.0 | 24.03.2016 16:59 | 7.1 km | 8 km |
| 2.9 | 16.03.2016 21:02 | 12.6 km | 47 km |
| 3.4 | 27.07.2015 06:58 | 4.1 km | 62 km |
| 1.3 | 27.05.2015 20:37 | 7 km | 57 km |
| 1.9 | 12.03.2015 15:47 | 7 km | 33 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.