2.8
176
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1915–2026
record span
4.01
mean magnitude
49
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 02.07.1930 21:03 | 15 km | 181 km |
| 6.6 | 21.01.1941 12:41 | 15 km | 36 km |
| 6.5 | 03.12.1915 02:39 | 15 km | 78 km |
| 6.5 | 27.01.1941 02:30 | 180 km | 111 km |
| 6.1 | 21.09.2009 08:53 | 17.4 km | 43 km |
| 6.1 | 23.02.1954 06:40 | 15 km | 74 km |
| 6.0 | 28.04.2021 02:21 | 39.3 km | 94 km |
| 5.8 | 08.02.1943 21:05 | 15 km | 24 km |
| 5.7 | 26.09.1966 05:10 | 16.3 km | 112 km |
| 5.7 | 26.02.1950 03:35 | 15 km | 76 km |
| 5.6 | 09.11.1932 18:30 | 35 km | 73 km |
| 5.5 | 15.09.1967 10:32 | 13 km | 49 km |
| 5.5 | 01.09.1964 13:22 | 22 km | 66 km |
| 5.5 | 14.09.2025 11:11 | 29 km | 74 km |
| 5.5 | 13.07.1930 14:00 | 15 km | 111 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 21:21 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 17.07.2026 00:16 | 5 km | 45 km |
| 2.6 | 10.07.2026 01:33 | 5 km | 59 km |
| 2.7 | 09.07.2026 03:01 | 5 km | 27 km |
| 2.7 | 26.06.2026 22:15 | 5 km | 64 km |
| 2.5 | 22.06.2026 10:11 | 5 km | 49 km |
| 2.8 | 21.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.8 | 21.06.2026 02:24 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 21.06.2026 00:53 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 2.5 | 21.06.2026 00:42 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 20.06.2026 22:59 | 9 km | 64 km |
| 3.4 | 19.06.2026 11:51 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.6 | 15.06.2026 21:29 | 21 km | 72 km |
| 2.5 | 29.05.2026 09:50 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 2.5 | 27.05.2026 19:18 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 2.9 | 11.05.2026 13:15 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 24.04.2026 01:30 | 5 km | 19 km |
| 2.6 | 14.04.2026 21:11 | 5 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2026 21:04 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 2.9 | 12.04.2026 02:43 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 03.04.2026 10:24 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 3.5 | 03.04.2026 04:55 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.4 | 08.03.2026 01:56 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 2.7 | 07.03.2026 19:40 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2026 18:25 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 2.6 | 19.02.2026 22:19 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.0 | 06.02.2026 11:19 | 14 km | 56 km |
| 3.9 | 04.02.2026 03:27 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 3.4 | 02.02.2026 12:10 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 3.8 | 06.01.2026 21:47 | 0 km | 37 km |
| 2.8 | 14.12.2025 14:24 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.9 | 23.11.2025 09:12 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2025 10:10 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2025 12:03 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 2.6 | 17.09.2025 08:30 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 5.5 | 14.09.2025 11:11 | 29 km | 74 km |
| 3.1 | 08.09.2025 05:45 | 41.1 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 18.06.2025 18:18 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2025 06:21 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 2.8 | 13.05.2025 16:24 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 14.03.2025 00:31 | 0 km | 67 km |
| 5.3 | 26.02.2025 20:55 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 2.8 | 09.01.2025 00:07 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 2.6 | 14.10.2024 20:48 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2024 21:13 | 5 km | 19 km |
| 3.2 | 13.08.2024 03:18 | 30 km | 42 km |
| 2.8 | 18.04.2024 17:26 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 09.01.2024 15:47 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 2.9 | 28.12.2023 20:37 | 5 km | 70 km |
| 2.7 | 25.12.2023 22:43 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 3.1 | 09.11.2023 12:54 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 3.6 | 27.10.2023 04:45 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 3.7 | 16.10.2023 23:55 | 10 km | 10 km |
| 3.1 | 13.07.2023 21:25 | 5 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 03.04.2023 23:19 | 5 km | 59 km |
| 3.7 | 08.12.2022 22:54 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 2.6 | 12.04.2022 07:41 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 3.5 | 12.02.2022 09:50 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2021 10:42 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2021 19:37 | 38.3 km | 88 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.