5.6
545
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1911–2026
record span
4.73
mean magnitude
303
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 | 01.11.1947 14:58 | 20 km | 524 km |
| 7.7 | 24.11.2015 22:50 | 621.4 km | 138 km |
| 7.6 | 09.11.1963 21:15 | 590.7 km | 126 km |
| 7.6 | 19.08.1961 05:09 | 612.2 km | 187 km |
| 7.5 | 24.11.2015 22:45 | 609.3 km | 179 km |
| 7.4 | 28.04.1911 09:52 | 560 km | 103 km |
| 7.2 | 23.04.1915 15:29 | 650 km | 286 km |
| 7.2 | 31.08.1961 01:48 | 597.5 km | 185 km |
| 7.1 | 24.08.2018 09:04 | 625.5 km | 224 km |
| 7.0 | 05.05.1989 18:28 | 602.5 km | 146 km |
| 7.0 | 24.08.2011 17:46 | 149.3 km | 492 km |
| 7.0 | 20.06.2003 06:19 | 562.2 km | 231 km |
| 7.0 | 15.02.1967 16:11 | 602.7 km | 99 km |
| 6.9 | 17.10.1990 14:30 | 615.3 km | 219 km |
| 6.8 | 12.10.2002 20:09 | 532.5 km | 169 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 31.07.2026 00:58 | 154.4 km | 459 km |
| 4.2 | 24.06.2026 16:25 | 152.6 km | 442 km |
| 5.3 | 03.06.2026 17:21 | 150.6 km | 447 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2026 09:08 | 191.6 km | 399 km |
| 3.3 | 29.05.2026 09:08 | 171.8 km | 389 km |
| 4.5 | 02.04.2026 10:44 | 183.2 km | 434 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2026 18:20 | 117 km | 431 km |
| 3.6 | 25.11.2025 05:14 | 0 km | 410 km |
| 4.6 | 24.11.2025 12:03 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 3.1 | 24.11.2025 12:03 | 0 km | 380 km |
| 3.9 | 27.08.2025 12:26 | 26 km | 418 km |
| 3.6 | 21.08.2025 20:25 | 16 km | 426 km |
| 3.6 | 13.08.2025 17:58 | 14 km | 398 km |
| 4.1 | 03.08.2025 14:11 | 319.4 km | 144 km |
| 4.3 | 03.08.2025 11:42 | 466 km | 112 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2025 05:36 | 124 km | 448 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2025 00:30 | 10 km | 448 km |
| 4.3 | 27.04.2025 09:38 | 165 km | 438 km |
| 4.2 | 31.03.2025 04:50 | 109.2 km | 469 km |
| 4.5 | 12.03.2025 15:14 | 183.4 km | 411 km |
| 5.6 | 11.03.2025 14:08 | 640 km | 147 km |
| 4.2 | 08.12.2024 14:58 | 25 km | 396 km |
| 4.3 | 04.12.2024 20:51 | 193.2 km | 441 km |
| 4.4 | 24.10.2024 18:40 | 21 km | 406 km |
| 4.3 | 22.10.2024 17:50 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 4.0 | 02.10.2024 09:21 | 171.3 km | 163 km |
| 4.3 | 18.07.2024 12:10 | 21 km | 412 km |
| 4.3 | 12.05.2024 19:12 | 35 km | 423 km |
| 4.2 | 07.05.2024 21:44 | 110 km | 416 km |
| 5.2 | 28.03.2024 04:05 | 149.5 km | 469 km |
| 4.2 | 27.03.2024 14:16 | 11.2 km | 268 km |
| 4.4 | 16.02.2024 06:54 | 168 km | 441 km |
| 4.2 | 31.01.2024 12:14 | 29 km | 418 km |
| 6.5 | 28.01.2024 09:38 | 627.7 km | 154 km |
| 6.7 | 20.01.2024 21:31 | 623.3 km | 240 km |
| 5.0 | 21.12.2023 11:36 | 13.9 km | 470 km |
| 4.1 | 08.12.2023 21:38 | 103 km | 449 km |
| 4.0 | 02.12.2023 02:23 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 4.1 | 14.11.2023 01:27 | 14 km | 410 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2023 04:07 | 134 km | 432 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2023 10:14 | 200 km | 300 km |
| 5.3 | 02.09.2023 11:11 | 150.8 km | 440 km |
| 4.2 | 02.09.2023 09:00 | 147 km | 444 km |
| 5.1 | 19.07.2023 10:12 | 147.8 km | 466 km |
| 3.8 | 17.07.2023 03:35 | 28 km | 411 km |
| 4.2 | 10.07.2023 05:46 | 118 km | 440 km |
| 5.2 | 29.05.2023 04:57 | 148.8 km | 475 km |
| 5.1 | 05.04.2023 06:19 | 562 km | 131 km |
| 4.5 | 22.03.2023 13:45 | 10 km | 389 km |
| 4.1 | 18.03.2023 03:41 | 35 km | 370 km |
| 4.3 | 17.01.2023 09:59 | 635 km | 159 km |
| 5.5 | 22.12.2022 13:13 | 155.6 km | 473 km |
| 5.0 | 11.11.2022 12:34 | 635.1 km | 136 km |
| 3.9 | 01.09.2022 02:25 | 16 km | 461 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2022 22:32 | 137 km | 413 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2022 08:17 | 603 km | 110 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2022 03:39 | 135 km | 433 km |
| 4.7 | 08.06.2022 01:53 | 614.2 km | 103 km |
| 6.5 | 08.06.2022 00:55 | 619.2 km | 100 km |
| 4.5 | 14.05.2022 22:27 | 587.2 km | 146 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.