3.0
175
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1918–2026
record span
3.99
mean magnitude
96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 08.07.1918 10:22 | 15 km | 78 km |
| 7.2 | 02.07.1930 21:03 | 15 km | 200 km |
| 6.9 | 09.09.1923 22:03 | 15 km | 100 km |
| 6.4 | 30.03.1921 10:26 | 15 km | 199 km |
| 6.2 | 21.03.1935 00:04 | 80 km | 80 km |
| 5.8 | 06.02.1988 14:50 | 30.6 km | 149 km |
| 5.8 | 03.07.1930 00:18 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 5.8 | 19.05.1945 05:02 | 35 km | 126 km |
| 5.6 | 24.03.1932 16:08 | 35 km | 100 km |
| 5.5 | 12.06.1956 03:12 | 15 km | 115 km |
| 5.5 | 02.12.2023 03:35 | 43.2 km | 126 km |
| 5.5 | 07.02.1931 15:03 | 15 km | 45 km |
| 5.5 | 26.12.2004 18:43 | 33 km | 153 km |
| 5.4 | 21.11.2025 04:38 | 28.1 km | 43 km |
| 5.4 | 08.07.1930 09:42 | 15 km | 155 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 00:23 | 5 km | 129 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2026 17:19 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 12.07.2026 06:30 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 3.4 | 10.07.2026 06:43 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 3.1 | 09.07.2026 18:28 | 5 km | 149 km |
| 2.9 | 28.06.2026 23:05 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 4.4 | 22.06.2026 15:28 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 2.8 | 31.05.2026 01:20 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 3.6 | 26.05.2026 05:41 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 16.05.2026 08:36 | 20 km | 134 km |
| 2.9 | 30.04.2026 19:14 | 30 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 09.04.2026 00:47 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 3.1 | 08.04.2026 17:53 | 25 km | 93 km |
| 3.9 | 04.04.2026 19:04 | 49.3 km | 116 km |
| 2.9 | 10.03.2026 05:24 | 60 km | 176 km |
| 5.1 | 27.02.2026 07:52 | 33.9 km | 209 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.2026 06:29 | 30.2 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 01.02.2026 12:30 | 45 km | 8 km |
| 3.4 | 20.01.2026 00:41 | 642 km | 139 km |
| 2.7 | 04.01.2026 02:51 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 3.1 | 27.12.2025 20:09 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 2.7 | 19.12.2025 23:59 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.7 | 18.12.2025 03:14 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.1 | 04.12.2025 00:14 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 27.11.2025 10:15 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.9 | 22.11.2025 12:06 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 22.11.2025 04:36 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 5.4 | 21.11.2025 04:38 | 28.1 km | 43 km |
| 3.2 | 09.08.2025 13:11 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 2.8 | 24.05.2025 00:45 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2025 13:04 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 2.9 | 15.04.2025 23:37 | 14 km | 123 km |
| 3.1 | 11.04.2025 10:52 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 4.0 | 28.03.2025 07:33 | 5 km | 162 km |
| 3.3 | 15.02.2025 15:24 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.4 | 21.01.2025 07:04 | 24.7 km | 148 km |
| 3.3 | 23.12.2024 13:34 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 4.3 | 16.12.2024 14:10 | 21.3 km | 165 km |
| 3.5 | 17.10.2024 18:43 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 4.1 | 26.03.2024 09:25 | 0 km | 166 km |
| 2.8 | 10.03.2024 06:20 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 3.0 | 24.02.2024 14:06 | 55 km | 73 km |
| 2.9 | 18.02.2024 20:54 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 2.7 | 15.02.2024 15:48 | 5 km | 143 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2024 14:07 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.0 | 28.12.2023 11:50 | 25 km | 155 km |
| 5.5 | 02.12.2023 03:35 | 43.2 km | 126 km |
| 3.2 | 05.11.2023 22:00 | 9 km | 77 km |
| 2.7 | 25.09.2023 05:02 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.0 | 17.09.2023 06:49 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 11.07.2023 11:25 | 24 km | 162 km |
| 3.3 | 17.05.2023 13:02 | 12 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 04.05.2023 23:57 | 27.4 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 24.04.2023 20:15 | 29 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 24.04.2023 02:17 | 5 km | 163 km |
| 3.5 | 23.04.2023 10:03 | 5 km | 142 km |
| 3.0 | 18.02.2023 22:14 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2022 22:53 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 3.8 | 11.08.2022 11:29 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2022 20:00 | 10 km | 136 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.