3.1
527
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1904–2026
record span
2.19
mean magnitude
479
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | 01.03.1925 02:19 | 15 km | 299 km |
| 5.7 | 21.03.1904 06:04 | — | 161 km |
| 5.5 | 09.01.1982 12:53 | 7 km | 75 km |
| 5.0 | 31.03.1982 21:02 | 11 km | 81 km |
| 5.0 | 11.01.1982 21:41 | 9.3 km | 83 km |
| 4.9 | 28.01.1988 08:38 | 18 km | 196 km |
| 4.7 | 16.06.1982 11:43 | 5 km | 88 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.1947 19:58 | — | 255 km |
| 4.1 | 11.12.1912 10:15 | — | 192 km |
| 4.1 | 02.04.1982 13:50 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 13.05.1983 23:40 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 17.10.1986 14:47 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 09.01.1982 16:36 | 6.4 km | 80 km |
| 4.0 | 15.07.1998 07:08 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 11.04.1982 18:00 | 5 km | 75 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 18:55 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 1.7 | 20.07.2026 11:35 | 5 km | 104 km |
| 1.7 | 04.07.2026 09:01 | 10.1 km | 169 km |
| 2.2 | 29.06.2026 21:51 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 1.6 | 16.06.2026 04:06 | 10.8 km | 49 km |
| 1.6 | 16.06.2026 04:04 | 9.9 km | 49 km |
| 2.0 | 10.06.2026 14:27 | 5 km | 152 km |
| 1.3 | 02.05.2026 08:30 | 9.1 km | 180 km |
| 2.3 | 27.04.2026 21:31 | 12.1 km | 77 km |
| 2.5 | 25.04.2026 23:07 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 1.9 | 11.04.2026 21:10 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 2.8 | 01.04.2026 03:20 | 13.2 km | 21 km |
| 2.3 | 01.04.2026 03:12 | 11.4 km | 23 km |
| 2.1 | 15.03.2026 06:11 | 12.1 km | 77 km |
| 2.3 | 15.03.2026 00:34 | 5.6 km | 74 km |
| 1.8 | 11.03.2026 00:44 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 1.9 | 04.03.2026 18:59 | 12.8 km | 72 km |
| 1.3 | 27.02.2026 07:46 | 8.6 km | 143 km |
| 2.3 | 16.02.2026 23:55 | 5 km | 112 km |
| 1.8 | 10.01.2026 10:12 | 5 km | 251 km |
| 1.5 | 07.01.2026 11:08 | 5 km | 231 km |
| 1.9 | 27.12.2025 00:41 | 13.3 km | 70 km |
| 1.8 | 19.12.2025 13:48 | 5 km | 192 km |
| 1.7 | 13.12.2025 03:16 | 7.1 km | 165 km |
| 2.4 | 02.12.2025 12:48 | 6 km | 78 km |
| 2.0 | 19.11.2025 15:31 | 7.9 km | 246 km |
| 2.0 | 09.11.2025 07:52 | 9.5 km | 247 km |
| 2.3 | 21.10.2025 16:38 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 1.4 | 06.10.2025 02:10 | 5.5 km | 214 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2025 01:56 | 8.5 km | 212 km |
| 2.0 | 19.09.2025 07:24 | 11.9 km | 73 km |
| 2.2 | 19.09.2025 07:15 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 2.0 | 19.09.2025 07:13 | 10.1 km | 78 km |
| 2.0 | 12.09.2025 00:20 | 5 km | 72 km |
| 2.3 | 11.09.2025 20:16 | 5 km | 73 km |
| 2.1 | 21.08.2025 07:35 | 10.5 km | 78 km |
| 1.4 | 08.08.2025 02:12 | 4.2 km | 258 km |
| 2.4 | 30.07.2025 02:50 | 15.3 km | 23 km |
| 1.8 | 19.07.2025 12:41 | 4.4 km | 150 km |
| 1.3 | 03.07.2025 02:33 | 10.7 km | 260 km |
| 1.3 | 29.06.2025 03:10 | 13 km | 153 km |
| 1.2 | 25.06.2025 00:23 | 4.4 km | 131 km |
| 1.3 | 20.06.2025 03:31 | 9.4 km | 226 km |
| 1.4 | 12.06.2025 04:34 | 5 km | 240 km |
| 1.5 | 26.05.2025 08:58 | 9.7 km | 137 km |
| 2.2 | 05.05.2025 14:29 | 13.1 km | 129 km |
| 1.9 | 30.04.2025 08:08 | 17.1 km | 94 km |
| 1.5 | 22.04.2025 20:59 | 5 km | 210 km |
| 1.9 | 16.04.2025 16:10 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 2.2 | 07.03.2025 22:31 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 2.5 | 17.02.2025 01:56 | 10.9 km | 212 km |
| 1.8 | 17.01.2025 12:16 | 12.2 km | 123 km |
| 1.9 | 02.01.2025 09:17 | 6.4 km | 243 km |
| 2.2 | 12.12.2024 18:38 | 19.1 km | 43 km |
| 2.2 | 03.12.2024 07:10 | 9.8 km | 84 km |
| 2.3 | 02.12.2024 12:23 | 10.2 km | 84 km |
| 3.5 | 02.12.2024 01:36 | 11.4 km | 77 km |
| 1.3 | 10.11.2024 00:15 | 9.3 km | 182 km |
| 1.7 | 06.11.2024 05:57 | 5 km | 45 km |
| 1.6 | 02.10.2024 18:16 | 5.1 km | 242 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.