3.7
231
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1909–2026
record span
4.42
mean magnitude
151
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 310 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 130 km | 385 km |
| 7.1 | 23.01.1997 02:15 | 267 km | 298 km |
| 7.1 | 17.05.1909 08:02 | 250 km | 8 km |
| 6.8 | 02.04.2018 13:40 | 558.4 km | 118 km |
| 6.6 | 25.10.1973 14:08 | 528.3 km | 230 km |
| 6.5 | 22.05.1998 04:48 | 13.7 km | 282 km |
| 6.5 | 21.02.2017 14:09 | 602.4 km | 73 km |
| 6.5 | 10.10.1990 01:00 | 255.7 km | 271 km |
| 6.4 | 21.07.2007 15:34 | 277.5 km | 331 km |
| 6.3 | 15.03.2019 05:03 | 367.7 km | 304 km |
| 6.3 | 23.08.1968 22:36 | 531.8 km | 230 km |
| 6.3 | 26.08.1957 11:28 | 15 km | 126 km |
| 6.2 | 12.10.2008 20:55 | 353.3 km | 130 km |
| 6.1 | 04.08.2016 14:15 | 263.3 km | 337 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 24.07.2026 21:56 | 336.6 km | 193 km |
| 3.4 | 21.05.2026 06:29 | 333.5 km | 166 km |
| 3.0 | 20.05.2026 09:50 | 29.9 km | 39 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2026 21:18 | 334.2 km | 168 km |
| 3.6 | 26.04.2026 09:49 | 318.8 km | 246 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2026 10:31 | 372.5 km | 209 km |
| 3.5 | 20.02.2026 15:02 | 8 km | 179 km |
| 3.1 | 14.02.2026 06:44 | 26.3 km | 133 km |
| 5.3 | 30.12.2025 20:26 | 551 km | 114 km |
| 3.7 | 25.12.2025 09:38 | 23.1 km | 179 km |
| 3.3 | 04.12.2025 03:23 | 19.5 km | 175 km |
| 3.9 | 01.12.2025 02:22 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 3.8 | 10.11.2025 05:39 | 16.3 km | 42 km |
| 3.6 | 10.11.2025 05:11 | 17.1 km | 42 km |
| 3.9 | 02.11.2025 14:22 | 557.3 km | 166 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2025 14:02 | 325.2 km | 251 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2025 00:37 | 3.8 km | 142 km |
| 3.5 | 03.09.2025 22:35 | 34.9 km | 201 km |
| 3.3 | 03.09.2025 22:32 | 36.9 km | 195 km |
| 3.3 | 02.09.2025 15:35 | 346.3 km | 164 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2025 07:12 | 26.9 km | 205 km |
| 3.2 | 18.08.2025 17:29 | 12 km | 203 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2025 09:36 | 20.7 km | 181 km |
| 3.0 | 18.08.2025 04:13 | 20.9 km | 181 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2025 04:02 | 27.6 km | 211 km |
| 3.9 | 18.08.2025 03:33 | 21.5 km | 184 km |
| 3.4 | 17.08.2025 03:59 | 22.6 km | 181 km |
| 3.1 | 16.08.2025 18:04 | 16.3 km | 181 km |
| 3.7 | 16.08.2025 13:22 | 21.5 km | 196 km |
| 3.3 | 16.08.2025 12:56 | 18.6 km | 181 km |
| 3.6 | 15.08.2025 14:26 | 24.1 km | 184 km |
| 3.2 | 15.08.2025 03:50 | 20 km | 180 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2025 10:52 | 22.7 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2025 11:17 | 299 km | 249 km |
| 4.7 | 28.05.2025 23:11 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.4 | 09.05.2025 13:31 | 314.6 km | 166 km |
| 3.2 | 10.04.2025 13:25 | 344 km | 172 km |
| 3.4 | 20.03.2025 04:51 | 13.7 km | 184 km |
| 3.7 | 12.03.2025 10:43 | 5.1 km | 161 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2025 14:43 | 17.5 km | 213 km |
| 3.5 | 08.02.2025 12:25 | 6.1 km | 121 km |
| 4.3 | 14.01.2025 20:40 | 352 km | 178 km |
| 3.8 | 07.12.2024 17:49 | 14.7 km | 207 km |
| 3.0 | 02.12.2024 04:56 | 7 km | 176 km |
| 3.7 | 30.10.2024 11:20 | 15.8 km | 209 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2024 11:13 | 15 km | 210 km |
| 3.3 | 30.10.2024 10:18 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 3.3 | 22.10.2024 02:40 | 15 km | 162 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2024 15:30 | 15 km | 204 km |
| 3.9 | 20.09.2024 12:49 | 15 km | 207 km |
| 4.4 | 03.02.2024 13:02 | 281.2 km | 242 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2023 21:40 | 330.1 km | 169 km |
| 5.1 | 09.08.2023 07:53 | 264.2 km | 303 km |
| 3.0 | 28.11.2022 00:43 | 40.7 km | 70 km |
| 4.6 | 11.09.2022 23:57 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2022 16:35 | 10.4 km | 245 km |
| 2.1 | 15.07.2022 16:34 | 7 km | 246 km |
| 4.5 | 14.07.2022 15:43 | 6.8 km | 247 km |
| 3.6 | 23.04.2022 04:40 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.8 | 06.10.2021 03:39 | 18 km | 185 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.