3.1
373
recorded earthquakes
M5.5
largest
1969–2026
record span
3.02
mean magnitude
337
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 07.12.1971 12:04 | 23.6 km | 419 km |
| 5.5 | 09.01.1982 12:53 | 7 km | 839 km |
| 5.0 | 31.03.1982 21:02 | 11 km | 832 km |
| 5.0 | 11.01.1982 21:41 | 9.3 km | 836 km |
| 4.9 | 24.11.1969 21:14 | 10 km | 798 km |
| 4.9 | 28.01.1988 08:38 | 18 km | 708 km |
| 4.8 | 13.11.2025 06:21 | 10 km | 764 km |
| 4.8 | 20.04.1986 09:59 | 10 km | 396 km |
| 4.7 | 16.06.1982 11:43 | 5 km | 858 km |
| 4.7 | 23.10.1979 11:01 | 10 km | 798 km |
| 4.5 | 26.05.1983 22:29 | 18 km | 737 km |
| 4.5 | 17.01.1983 19:35 | 18 km | 663 km |
| 4.5 | 14.12.1987 21:09 | 10 km | 405 km |
| 4.4 | 18.06.2026 14:21 | 10 km | 739 km |
| 4.4 | 12.04.1986 19:36 | 18 km | 645 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 18:55 | 10 km | 812 km |
| 2.2 | 29.06.2026 21:51 | 5 km | 873 km |
| 4.4 | 18.06.2026 14:21 | 10 km | 739 km |
| 2.0 | 10.06.2026 14:27 | 5 km | 854 km |
| 2.3 | 27.04.2026 21:31 | 12.1 km | 835 km |
| 2.5 | 25.04.2026 23:07 | 10 km | 800 km |
| 1.9 | 11.04.2026 21:10 | 5 km | 879 km |
| 2.3 | 09.04.2026 14:13 | 14.9 km | 587 km |
| 2.1 | 15.03.2026 06:11 | 12.1 km | 832 km |
| 2.3 | 15.03.2026 00:34 | 5.6 km | 839 km |
| 1.8 | 11.03.2026 00:44 | 5 km | 876 km |
| 2.7 | 30.01.2026 15:36 | 18 km | 585 km |
| 1.9 | 27.12.2025 00:41 | 13.3 km | 828 km |
| 2.4 | 02.12.2025 12:48 | 6 km | 835 km |
| 3.8 | 13.11.2025 07:07 | 0 km | 747 km |
| 4.8 | 13.11.2025 06:21 | 10 km | 764 km |
| 2.3 | 21.10.2025 16:38 | 10 km | 836 km |
| 2.0 | 19.09.2025 07:24 | 11.9 km | 837 km |
| 2.2 | 19.09.2025 07:15 | 10 km | 836 km |
| 2.0 | 19.09.2025 07:13 | 10.1 km | 834 km |
| 2.7 | 16.09.2025 12:57 | 17.5 km | 698 km |
| 2.0 | 12.09.2025 00:20 | 5 km | 837 km |
| 2.3 | 11.09.2025 20:16 | 5 km | 837 km |
| 2.1 | 21.08.2025 07:35 | 10.5 km | 836 km |
| 3.7 | 03.06.2025 07:42 | 17.1 km | 714 km |
| 3.3 | 03.06.2025 07:03 | 17 km | 714 km |
| 2.2 | 15.05.2025 07:10 | 18 km | 521 km |
| 2.6 | 25.03.2025 13:25 | 18 km | 685 km |
| 1.8 | 17.01.2025 12:16 | 12.2 km | 902 km |
| 2.8 | 01.01.2025 17:41 | 18 km | 567 km |
| 2.7 | 06.12.2024 05:55 | 2 km | 409 km |
| 2.2 | 03.12.2024 07:10 | 9.8 km | 831 km |
| 2.3 | 02.12.2024 12:23 | 10.2 km | 827 km |
| 3.5 | 02.12.2024 01:36 | 11.4 km | 834 km |
| 3.1 | 08.11.2024 20:25 | 20.1 km | 561 km |
| 2.2 | 18.10.2024 23:25 | 18 km | 461 km |
| 2.7 | 05.09.2024 22:19 | 18 km | 637 km |
| 2.7 | 09.08.2024 15:35 | 21.9 km | 689 km |
| 2.6 | 08.08.2024 20:00 | 12.1 km | 823 km |
| 3.1 | 07.08.2024 05:18 | 9 km | 591 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2024 10:54 | 18 km | 696 km |
| 2.1 | 18.07.2024 05:22 | 11.6 km | 829 km |
| 3.1 | 03.07.2024 13:39 | 12.1 km | 863 km |
| 2.8 | 30.05.2024 01:04 | 18 km | 811 km |
| 2.9 | 12.05.2024 02:40 | 18 km | 235 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2024 16:42 | 18 km | 614 km |
| 2.7 | 09.05.2024 11:44 | 2 km | 380 km |
| 2.7 | 02.05.2024 20:59 | 18 km | 279 km |
| 2.7 | 11.04.2024 09:02 | 18 km | 569 km |
| 2.9 | 11.04.2024 09:00 | 18 km | 566 km |
| 2.6 | 27.03.2024 22:18 | 14.8 km | 603 km |
| 3.2 | 10.03.2024 09:27 | 18 km | 407 km |
| 2.6 | 07.03.2024 09:08 | 2 km | 372 km |
| 2.7 | 07.03.2024 08:24 | 2 km | 372 km |
| 2.7 | 07.03.2024 07:59 | 2 km | 372 km |
| 3.4 | 07.03.2024 07:56 | 2 km | 370 km |
| 1.6 | 02.03.2024 20:28 | 5 km | 906 km |
| 2.0 | 22.02.2024 19:42 | 5 km | 837 km |
| 2.5 | 20.02.2024 10:00 | 18 km | 558 km |
| 4.1 | 18.02.2024 07:47 | 18 km | 815 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.