2.0
329
recorded earthquakes
M6.9
largest
1909–2026
record span
2.88
mean magnitude
176
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | 18.04.1928 19:22 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 6.8 | 14.04.1928 09:00 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 6.7 | 14.06.1913 09:33 | 15 km | 73 km |
| 6.1 | 15.02.1909 09:33 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 5.8 | 25.04.1928 09:25 | 15 km | 70 km |
| 5.8 | 15.02.1909 14:07 | 40 km | 24 km |
| 5.8 | 18.04.1928 23:14 | 15 km | 79 km |
| 5.6 | 14.02.1909 22:28 | 25 km | 24 km |
| 5.6 | 07.12.1986 14:17 | 6.8 km | 80 km |
| 5.6 | 14.04.1928 10:23 | 15 km | 59 km |
| 5.4 | 09.01.1920 11:59 | 20 km | 89 km |
| 5.4 | 19.06.1909 17:45 | 40 km | 50 km |
| 5.4 | 19.04.1928 22:21 | 26 km | 103 km |
| 5.4 | 21.02.1986 05:39 | 5.8 km | 85 km |
| 5.4 | 03.09.1926 21:59 | 15 km | 96 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 02.08.2026 04:31 | 7.1 km | 44 km |
| 1.8 | 29.04.2026 22:57 | 7.3 km | 33 km |
| 1.3 | 24.04.2026 06:05 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 1.5 | 21.04.2026 09:23 | 15.6 km | 58 km |
| 1.8 | 17.04.2026 14:18 | 7 km | 17 km |
| 2.4 | 11.02.2026 16:40 | 7.5 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 21.01.2026 18:41 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 2.1 | 18.01.2026 09:02 | 6.8 km | 66 km |
| 1.2 | 11.01.2026 00:07 | 7.4 km | 57 km |
| 2.7 | 31.08.2025 23:48 | 18 km | 24 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2025 02:28 | 10.3 km | 7 km |
| 1.5 | 18.07.2025 19:15 | 8 km | 32 km |
| 1.6 | 07.06.2025 23:21 | 9.3 km | 20 km |
| 1.5 | 28.05.2025 23:43 | 7.1 km | 68 km |
| 1.6 | 19.05.2025 08:07 | 7 km | 69 km |
| 2.0 | 16.04.2025 04:29 | 5.7 km | 9 km |
| 1.6 | 17.03.2025 12:43 | 7 km | 30 km |
| 1.4 | 04.03.2025 12:45 | 7 km | 15 km |
| 1.9 | 03.03.2025 04:15 | 7.9 km | 66 km |
| 2.0 | 24.02.2025 10:09 | 14.6 km | 30 km |
| 1.6 | 04.01.2025 05:19 | 5.7 km | 19 km |
| 1.4 | 30.12.2024 00:17 | 7 km | 11 km |
| 1.6 | 14.12.2024 01:12 | 7 km | 12 km |
| 1.1 | 17.11.2024 22:25 | 9.6 km | 49 km |
| 2.1 | 11.11.2024 11:01 | 7 km | 26 km |
| 1.3 | 23.08.2024 09:39 | 12.1 km | 67 km |
| 1.3 | 06.08.2024 15:11 | 43.8 km | 13 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2024 17:16 | 6.6 km | 61 km |
| 1.9 | 31.07.2024 21:13 | 9 km | 55 km |
| 2.0 | 16.06.2024 18:54 | 11.6 km | 11 km |
| 1.1 | 13.06.2024 11:08 | 16 km | 69 km |
| 2.1 | 11.06.2024 13:55 | 7 km | 1 km |
| 1.1 | 13.04.2024 21:33 | 10.1 km | 26 km |
| 1.2 | 01.04.2024 17:12 | 7 km | 63 km |
| 1.7 | 05.03.2024 01:52 | 7 km | 30 km |
| 2.6 | 21.02.2024 10:47 | 6.9 km | 62 km |
| 2.1 | 01.09.2023 13:19 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 2.0 | 25.08.2023 07:22 | 7.3 km | 35 km |
| 1.7 | 25.08.2023 07:16 | 7.3 km | 15 km |
| 2.2 | 25.08.2023 07:11 | 7.1 km | 30 km |
| 3.2 | 22.08.2023 15:36 | 8.6 km | 29 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2023 13:33 | 7.3 km | 45 km |
| 1.8 | 30.05.2023 16:55 | 10.4 km | 45 km |
| 1.7 | 24.05.2023 07:47 | 6.9 km | 49 km |
| 3.2 | 11.05.2023 08:22 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 2.2 | 10.03.2023 08:40 | 17 km | 71 km |
| 2.5 | 10.03.2023 08:26 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 2.9 | 10.03.2023 08:15 | 7 km | 73 km |
| 2.7 | 16.02.2023 05:57 | 12.2 km | 40 km |
| 2.4 | 16.02.2023 05:12 | 6.2 km | 52 km |
| 2.4 | 16.02.2023 05:11 | 10.5 km | 47 km |
| 2.6 | 05.02.2023 19:21 | 8.3 km | 71 km |
| 2.3 | 23.01.2023 22:08 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 1.7 | 20.04.2022 19:44 | 6.5 km | 22 km |
| 1.3 | 22.02.2022 09:33 | 6.9 km | 69 km |
| 1.4 | 29.12.2021 08:25 | 3.4 km | 27 km |
| 2.2 | 04.09.2021 21:16 | 61.7 km | 68 km |
| 1.8 | 13.05.2021 12:28 | 7.3 km | 49 km |
| 2.6 | 07.03.2021 23:38 | 40 km | 70 km |
| 1.5 | 18.12.2020 14:38 | 7.7 km | 30 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.