3.1
221
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1920–2026
record span
3.72
mean magnitude
88
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 132 km |
| 6.0 | 20.04.1966 16:42 | 27.2 km | 108 km |
| 6.0 | 29.06.1948 16:06 | 35 km | 99 km |
| 5.9 | 07.05.2012 04:40 | 17.4 km | 57 km |
| 5.6 | 02.09.1936 13:12 | 15 km | 101 km |
| 5.6 | 14.10.2012 10:13 | 24 km | 99 km |
| 5.5 | 04.06.2018 18:40 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 5.5 | 26.05.1978 13:43 | 17 km | 104 km |
| 5.5 | 04.09.2015 04:49 | 17.1 km | 28 km |
| 5.4 | 04.06.1999 09:12 | 31.3 km | 51 km |
| 5.4 | 04.10.2014 04:59 | 17.1 km | 66 km |
| 5.3 | 07.05.2012 14:15 | 16.1 km | 63 km |
| 5.3 | 05.06.2018 18:40 | 15.9 km | 57 km |
| 5.3 | 02.09.1936 11:57 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 5.3 | 29.11.1981 23:37 | 24.7 km | 82 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 15.07.2026 18:44 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 09.05.2026 10:35 | 36.1 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 15.04.2026 16:10 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2025 17:35 | 30.7 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 13.07.2025 22:11 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.2 | 27.06.2025 04:59 | 23.2 km | 56 km |
| 4.0 | 22.04.2025 16:59 | 10.6 km | 66 km |
| 3.9 | 21.04.2025 04:31 | 0 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 26.11.2024 05:16 | 21.2 km | 50 km |
| 3.0 | 01.05.2024 09:15 | 13.5 km | 59 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2024 05:48 | 13.4 km | 76 km |
| 3.1 | 01.01.2024 06:35 | 30 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 19.12.2023 16:24 | 25.1 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 16.12.2023 03:42 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 4.1 | 29.11.2023 15:49 | 24.6 km | 35 km |
| 3.3 | 06.11.2023 09:51 | 4.7 km | 60 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2023 13:48 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2023 19:27 | 26.5 km | 11 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2023 09:04 | 17.6 km | 20 km |
| 3.1 | 25.06.2023 12:39 | 15 km | 14 km |
| 3.1 | 19.05.2023 03:22 | 25 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 05.04.2023 07:37 | 20 km | 43 km |
| 3.0 | 18.12.2022 20:07 | 2 km | 8 km |
| 2.1 | 05.08.2022 17:32 | 22 km | 59 km |
| 3.9 | 05.08.2022 17:01 | 15 km | 59 km |
| 3.2 | 12.07.2022 05:58 | 28 km | 43 km |
| 3.7 | 17.04.2022 01:05 | 26 km | 41 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2022 13:02 | 19.6 km | 68 km |
| 2.9 | 16.03.2022 21:05 | 2 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 09.03.2022 18:24 | 13 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2022 10:34 | 7.6 km | 70 km |
| 3.3 | 18.12.2020 01:18 | 14 km | 38 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2020 16:04 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.1 | 05.10.2020 20:47 | 1 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 03.06.2020 08:41 | 8 km | 35 km |
| 3.4 | 27.01.2020 01:35 | 28 km | 39 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2019 09:56 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 3.8 | 09.12.2019 13:27 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.8 | 01.12.2019 10:06 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 10.08.2019 11:22 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.6 | 10.08.2019 10:00 | 1 km | 54 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2019 05:43 | 30 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2019 07:25 | 12 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 07.04.2019 08:27 | 33.5 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 16.10.2018 10:47 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 3.9 | 24.06.2018 15:21 | 12 km | 12 km |
| 3.8 | 22.06.2018 19:44 | 6 km | 20 km |
| 5.3 | 05.06.2018 18:40 | 15.9 km | 57 km |
| 5.5 | 04.06.2018 18:40 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 03.05.2018 06:12 | 19 km | 19 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2018 23:14 | 26 km | 25 km |
| 3.2 | 02.04.2018 06:04 | 18 km | 42 km |
| 2.9 | 09.02.2018 05:51 | 4 km | 48 km |
| 3.2 | 15.10.2017 11:38 | 27 km | 37 km |
| 4.3 | 23.09.2017 11:40 | 19.5 km | 27 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2017 09:06 | 2 km | 74 km |
| 3.8 | 06.09.2017 03:56 | 2 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 06.09.2017 01:45 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.2 | 12.08.2017 22:40 | 24 km | 33 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2017 04:28 | 9 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.