3.7
177
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1924–2026
record span
3.62
mean magnitude
66
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 103 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1997 12:57 | 22.6 km | 117 km |
| 6.0 | 19.02.1924 06:59 | 35 km | 24 km |
| 5.9 | 09.07.1998 14:19 | 29 km | 35 km |
| 5.7 | 08.04.2026 09:05 | 23.6 km | 72 km |
| 5.3 | 03.01.1996 08:42 | 42.3 km | 7 km |
| 5.2 | 11.07.2007 06:51 | 28.7 km | 21 km |
| 5.0 | 11.05.2024 13:21 | 34.5 km | 16 km |
| 5.0 | 08.11.2023 05:18 | 35.1 km | 55 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2018 12:57 | 19 km | 23 km |
| 4.9 | 28.06.2024 03:43 | 25.7 km | 15 km |
| 4.9 | 22.08.2023 21:23 | 38.6 km | 9 km |
| 4.9 | 05.11.1986 01:15 | 35 km | 20 km |
| 4.7 | 27.05.1995 21:21 | 60.9 km | 19 km |
| 4.7 | 08.11.1979 05:21 | 33 km | 31 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 15:24 | 27.5 km | 36 km |
| 5.7 | 08.04.2026 09:05 | 23.6 km | 72 km |
| 3.2 | 27.03.2026 10:22 | 25.7 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2025 10:03 | 21 km | 32 km |
| 3.7 | 04.06.2025 19:31 | 16.3 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 02.06.2025 03:51 | 16.6 km | 32 km |
| 3.2 | 19.04.2025 12:00 | 10.9 km | 32 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2025 20:48 | 28.4 km | 14 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2024 15:03 | 38.8 km | 27 km |
| 3.1 | 20.09.2024 23:05 | 19.4 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2024 01:20 | 17.9 km | 21 km |
| 4.9 | 28.06.2024 03:43 | 25.7 km | 15 km |
| 4.4 | 11.05.2024 13:23 | 13.4 km | 21 km |
| 5.0 | 11.05.2024 13:21 | 34.5 km | 16 km |
| 4.6 | 08.11.2023 07:09 | 24.8 km | 55 km |
| 5.0 | 08.11.2023 05:18 | 35.1 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 21.10.2023 20:58 | 17.5 km | 10 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2023 15:54 | 9 km | 22 km |
| 4.9 | 22.08.2023 21:23 | 38.6 km | 9 km |
| 3.0 | 19.08.2023 00:31 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 4.5 | 26.07.2023 07:03 | 34.1 km | 25 km |
| 3.3 | 25.05.2023 01:36 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 3.1 | 11.04.2023 12:17 | 17 km | 28 km |
| 3.1 | 15.03.2023 11:24 | 22 km | 12 km |
| 3.0 | 22.02.2023 07:25 | 27 km | 27 km |
| 3.5 | 12.12.2022 11:28 | 31 km | 40 km |
| 3.1 | 28.11.2022 23:47 | 9 km | 15 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2022 10:22 | 18 km | 21 km |
| 3.1 | 27.08.2022 10:28 | 13 km | 22 km |
| 3.0 | 18.02.2022 12:24 | 19 km | 19 km |
| 3.0 | 07.12.2021 17:09 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 17.08.2021 20:35 | 21 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2021 22:39 | 12 km | 30 km |
| 3.0 | 20.01.2021 03:01 | 48 km | 12 km |
| 3.0 | 17.12.2020 03:13 | 13 km | 21 km |
| 3.4 | 28.08.2020 07:05 | 29 km | 33 km |
| 3.6 | 27.05.2020 07:39 | 11 km | 18 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2020 17:51 | 9 km | 29 km |
| 3.6 | 15.12.2019 08:32 | 40 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 19.11.2019 13:45 | 16 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 03.11.2019 23:29 | 17 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2019 07:39 | 18 km | 10 km |
| 4.0 | 11.09.2019 12:56 | 20 km | 49 km |
| 3.1 | 09.09.2019 02:45 | 19 km | 12 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2019 06:41 | 24 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 08.08.2019 02:43 | 12 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 07.08.2019 19:13 | 20 km | 35 km |
| 3.5 | 16.06.2019 05:23 | 17 km | 17 km |
| 3.1 | 21.05.2019 18:35 | 21 km | 10 km |
| 4.0 | 13.04.2019 23:16 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 18.02.2019 19:16 | 20 km | 8 km |
| 3.9 | 05.02.2019 13:24 | 19 km | 18 km |
| 3.0 | 16.12.2018 11:25 | 15 km | 28 km |
| 3.1 | 30.11.2018 17:02 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.5 | 05.11.2018 06:05 | 9 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2018 21:26 | 22 km | 20 km |
| 3.8 | 05.09.2018 17:11 | 15 km | 29 km |
| 3.1 | 04.09.2018 23:26 | 12 km | 18 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2018 12:57 | 19 km | 23 km |
| 3.8 | 13.08.2018 00:30 | 20 km | 21 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.