2.5
198
recorded earthquakes
M6.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.08
mean magnitude
103
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 | 108 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 19 km |
| 6.0 | 20.02.1920 00:01 | 15 km | 82 km |
| 5.8 | 20.04.1913 03:13 | 15 km | 84 km |
| 5.6 | 15.03.1932 07:44 | 35 km | 43 km |
| 5.6 | 14.10.2012 10:13 | 24 km | 94 km |
| 5.5 | 20.10.1906 16:08 | 15 km | 12 km |
| 5.2 | 27.11.1997 17:34 | 24 km | 73 km |
| 5.2 | 23.02.1981 04:06 | 16.9 km | 93 km |
| 5.2 | 08.07.1903 04:43 | 30 km | 81 km |
| 5.2 | 07.05.2012 14:15 | 12.4 km | 5 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2021 15:36 | 10.4 km | 77 km |
| 4.9 | 18.01.2000 04:19 | 5 km | 13 km |
| 4.8 | 16.04.2013 12:27 | 10.1 km | 24 km |
| 4.8 | 26.11.1958 00:12 | 19 km | 59 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 6.4 km | 21 km |
| 1.9 | 02.07.2026 15:05 | 7 km | 52 km |
| 2.1 | 22.06.2026 05:03 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 07:17 | 15 km | 23 km |
| 3.0 | 10.02.2026 21:02 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 2.0 | 11.12.2025 10:02 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2025 17:30 | 15.5 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2024 08:10 | 11.5 km | 57 km |
| 4.7 | 22.07.2024 08:08 | 25.4 km | 54 km |
| 3.1 | 17.07.2024 10:19 | 7 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2024 02:09 | 33 km | 54 km |
| 3.0 | 04.05.2024 09:46 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 2.1 | 07.01.2024 17:52 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2023 02:38 | 16 km | 33 km |
| 2.9 | 30.04.2023 22:02 | 1 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 29.12.2022 07:41 | 2 km | 32 km |
| 2.2 | 24.10.2022 21:34 | 5 km | 7 km |
| 2.5 | 22.10.2022 09:34 | 8 km | 16 km |
| 2.2 | 15.10.2022 07:55 | 20 km | 11 km |
| 3.3 | 02.07.2022 08:25 | 4.6 km | 55 km |
| 2.5 | 17.05.2022 13:03 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 2.7 | 09.01.2022 14:27 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 2.4 | 08.11.2021 19:48 | 3 km | 14 km |
| 3.9 | 04.11.2021 22:56 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2021 21:52 | 2 km | 40 km |
| 3.4 | 18.10.2021 10:49 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 3.0 | 25.06.2021 21:58 | 5 km | 8 km |
| 2.7 | 21.05.2021 02:31 | 5.4 km | 10 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2021 02:26 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 3.4 | 03.05.2021 21:21 | 2 km | 10 km |
| 2.1 | 19.04.2021 16:41 | 14 km | 7 km |
| 3.2 | 23.03.2021 03:08 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 2.6 | 16.03.2021 06:31 | 5 km | 11 km |
| 2.4 | 16.02.2021 22:39 | 5.4 km | 45 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2021 15:36 | 10.4 km | 77 km |
| 2.4 | 14.11.2020 00:34 | 2 km | 30 km |
| 2.6 | 03.02.2020 23:40 | 7.2 km | 26 km |
| 2.5 | 01.02.2020 03:58 | 11.1 km | 29 km |
| 3.1 | 28.06.2019 20:01 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 1.6 | 04.11.2018 21:57 | 2.9 km | 46 km |
| 3.1 | 25.03.2018 10:45 | 9.3 km | 21 km |
| 3.5 | 12.07.2017 10:33 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 2.8 | 13.06.2017 04:56 | 2 km | 31 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2017 18:25 | 28.9 km | 37 km |
| 2.8 | 24.06.2016 00:29 | 7.6 km | 39 km |
| 3.3 | 17.06.2016 04:40 | 5.9 km | 27 km |
| 2.0 | 12.06.2016 20:19 | 7.1 km | 41 km |
| 2.0 | 24.03.2016 16:59 | 7.1 km | 34 km |
| 2.2 | 07.11.2015 09:51 | 7.1 km | 31 km |
| 1.8 | 30.10.2015 11:54 | 7 km | 36 km |
| 2.6 | 26.10.2015 03:08 | 7.3 km | 29 km |
| 1.5 | 13.09.2015 00:57 | 27.6 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 27.07.2015 06:58 | 4.1 km | 27 km |
| 3.4 | 27.05.2015 23:24 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 3.4 | 27.05.2015 22:18 | 5 km | 41 km |
| 1.3 | 27.05.2015 20:37 | 7 km | 25 km |
| 2.1 | 02.11.2014 03:56 | 5.5 km | 20 km |
| 2.8 | 01.11.2014 19:30 | 7 km | 5 km |
| 2.1 | 21.10.2014 03:10 | 8 km | 6 km |
| 1.6 | 21.10.2014 02:12 | 17 km | 6 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.