3.0
578
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.69
mean magnitude
361
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 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 273 km |
| 6.8 | 25.11.2000 18:09 | 39.2 km | 232 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 182 km |
| 6.5 | 25.11.2000 18:10 | 28.8 km | 230 km |
| 6.5 | 11.08.2012 12:23 | 8.7 km | 115 km |
| 6.4 | 27.04.1931 16:50 | 15 km | 139 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2012 12:34 | 18.9 km | 119 km |
| 6.2 | 08.05.1930 15:35 | 15 km | 234 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1997 12:57 | 22.6 km | 140 km |
| 6.0 | 19.02.1924 06:59 | 35 km | 102 km |
| 5.9 | 09.07.1998 14:19 | 29 km | 108 km |
| 5.7 | 08.04.2026 09:05 | 23.6 km | 174 km |
| 5.6 | 30.10.1954 23:43 | 15 km | 176 km |
| 5.6 | 04.08.1981 18:35 | 33.9 km | 198 km |
| 5.6 | 07.11.2012 06:26 | 6 km | 120 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 11.8 km | 152 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 17:53 | 26.8 km | 76 km |
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 15:24 | 27.5 km | 104 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 21:47 | 26.4 km | 105 km |
| 3.3 | 04.07.2026 09:34 | 45.2 km | 87 km |
| 3.3 | 24.05.2026 03:52 | 28.4 km | 77 km |
| 3.3 | 22.04.2026 10:07 | 3.5 km | 159 km |
| 3.5 | 17.04.2026 21:36 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 14.04.2026 05:53 | 0 km | 168 km |
| 5.7 | 08.04.2026 09:05 | 23.6 km | 174 km |
| 3.2 | 27.03.2026 10:22 | 25.7 km | 110 km |
| 2.1 | 22.03.2026 05:29 | 6.2 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 19.01.2026 17:46 | 4 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 13.01.2026 06:53 | 21 km | 85 km |
| 2.2 | 08.12.2025 10:35 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 3.0 | 29.10.2025 12:22 | 21.6 km | 178 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2025 01:36 | 48.7 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 22.09.2025 20:11 | 66.6 km | 107 km |
| 2.5 | 16.09.2025 22:22 | 7 km | 161 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2025 10:03 | 21 km | 106 km |
| 2.2 | 10.07.2025 07:06 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 3.1 | 05.06.2025 12:47 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 3.7 | 04.06.2025 19:31 | 16.3 km | 105 km |
| 3.6 | 02.06.2025 03:51 | 16.6 km | 108 km |
| 2.0 | 09.05.2025 21:24 | 6.6 km | 162 km |
| 2.9 | 01.05.2025 17:38 | 49.7 km | 87 km |
| 3.2 | 19.04.2025 12:00 | 10.9 km | 74 km |
| 2.3 | 04.04.2025 00:19 | 7 km | 98 km |
| 3.4 | 28.03.2025 10:42 | 53 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2025 20:48 | 28.4 km | 114 km |
| 3.8 | 09.03.2025 03:49 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 3.6 | 06.01.2025 23:53 | 24.6 km | 66 km |
| 3.8 | 06.01.2025 19:22 | 24 km | 65 km |
| 2.4 | 21.12.2024 10:47 | 7 km | 164 km |
| 2.7 | 20.12.2024 23:07 | 7 km | 164 km |
| 3.0 | 20.12.2024 23:03 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 4.4 | 20.12.2024 23:01 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.3 | 27.11.2024 13:07 | 30 km | 74 km |
| 2.7 | 26.11.2024 17:22 | 7 km | 136 km |
| 4.4 | 26.11.2024 16:50 | 14 km | 138 km |
| 4.4 | 23.11.2024 08:10 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 23.11.2024 08:10 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 18.11.2024 08:40 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 2.9 | 18.10.2024 14:08 | 21.1 km | 106 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2024 15:03 | 38.8 km | 84 km |
| 3.1 | 20.09.2024 23:05 | 19.4 km | 107 km |
| 3.9 | 05.09.2024 06:45 | 56.1 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 20.08.2024 17:03 | 13 km | 180 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2024 01:20 | 17.9 km | 94 km |
| 2.7 | 15.07.2024 06:52 | 7 km | 106 km |
| 4.9 | 28.06.2024 03:43 | 25.7 km | 98 km |
| 4.4 | 11.05.2024 13:23 | 13.4 km | 106 km |
| 5.0 | 11.05.2024 13:21 | 34.5 km | 116 km |
| 3.0 | 20.04.2024 19:49 | 15.1 km | 73 km |
| 3.2 | 14.04.2024 23:53 | 49.8 km | 88 km |
| 3.2 | 04.04.2024 09:21 | 10.3 km | 155 km |
| 3.9 | 15.02.2024 07:25 | 52.2 km | 116 km |
| 4.8 | 19.01.2024 18:05 | 54.9 km | 118 km |
| 3.8 | 27.12.2023 06:37 | 47.2 km | 137 km |
| 4.6 | 08.11.2023 07:09 | 24.8 km | 53 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.