4.3
283
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.60
mean magnitude
226
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 31.07.1917 03:23 | 460 km | 718 km |
| 7.3 | 28.06.2002 17:19 | 575 km | 565 km |
| 7.3 | 21.07.1994 18:36 | 481.2 km | 778 km |
| 7.1 | 08.04.1999 13:10 | 576.5 km | 569 km |
| 6.9 | 03.01.1957 12:48 | 581 km | 540 km |
| 6.9 | 18.02.2010 01:13 | 573.9 km | 687 km |
| 6.8 | 11.01.1946 01:33 | 581.2 km | 459 km |
| 6.7 | 03.07.1902 15:36 | 20 km | 602 km |
| 6.6 | 25.08.1905 09:46 | 470 km | 617 km |
| 6.5 | 09.02.1918 20:46 | 450 km | 630 km |
| 6.5 | 06.05.1920 09:40 | 520 km | 665 km |
| 6.5 | 17.05.1927 21:44 | 430 km | 549 km |
| 6.5 | 31.10.1906 01:47 | 15 km | 450 km |
| 6.3 | 15.09.2002 08:39 | 586.1 km | 441 km |
| 6.3 | 05.04.2013 13:00 | 571.3 km | 681 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:02 | 10 km | 683 km |
| 4.2 | 18.07.2026 21:54 | 497.3 km | 656 km |
| 3.8 | 11.07.2026 21:09 | 10 km | 395 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 17:01 | 10 km | 531 km |
| 5.2 | 25.10.2025 11:45 | 561.3 km | 643 km |
| 4.0 | 29.08.2025 03:18 | 541.2 km | 617 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2024 18:46 | 10 km | 360 km |
| 3.5 | 16.04.2024 22:47 | 10 km | 432 km |
| 4.3 | 11.06.2023 11:29 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 4.4 | 16.11.2022 03:28 | 584.1 km | 524 km |
| 4.2 | 15.03.2022 18:44 | 10 km | 429 km |
| 4.0 | 08.03.2022 15:26 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 4.0 | 20.12.2021 09:50 | 486 km | 649 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2021 16:34 | 10 km | 388 km |
| 4.3 | 05.09.2020 16:43 | 10 km | 588 km |
| 3.4 | 07.02.2020 00:12 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 4.2 | 01.12.2019 14:04 | 10 km | 335 km |
| 4.0 | 18.07.2019 21:51 | 10 km | 452 km |
| 5.0 | 17.05.2019 22:24 | 10 km | 441 km |
| 3.4 | 30.11.2018 07:57 | 10 km | 439 km |
| 4.2 | 15.09.2018 01:13 | 10 km | 435 km |
| 5.3 | 27.05.2018 17:50 | 5.2 km | 438 km |
| 3.6 | 04.03.2018 22:49 | 10 km | 432 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2018 06:15 | 500 km | 664 km |
| 4.4 | 15.01.2018 09:05 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 3.6 | 04.01.2018 12:21 | 10 km | 419 km |
| 4.0 | 09.11.2017 13:28 | 10 km | 410 km |
| 4.2 | 13.09.2017 12:09 | 490 km | 680 km |
| 4.2 | 15.08.2017 03:58 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 5.0 | 22.07.2017 23:13 | 10 km | 436 km |
| 5.2 | 22.07.2017 23:09 | 15.8 km | 441 km |
| 4.2 | 22.02.2017 22:43 | 440 km | 732 km |
| 4.8 | 12.12.2016 02:31 | 10 km | 612 km |
| 3.6 | 11.09.2016 08:07 | 10 km | 561 km |
| 4.0 | 16.06.2016 17:12 | 430 km | 713 km |
| 4.3 | 09.03.2016 20:40 | 420 km | 720 km |
| 3.9 | 19.02.2016 16:56 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 5.8 | 02.01.2016 04:22 | 591.3 km | 436 km |
| 4.4 | 21.10.2015 05:58 | 10 km | 529 km |
| 4.4 | 16.02.2015 22:28 | 14.8 km | 519 km |
| 3.4 | 08.02.2015 17:32 | 10 km | 508 km |
| 3.8 | 20.11.2014 19:46 | 10 km | 589 km |
| 3.4 | 27.05.2014 07:52 | 10 km | 505 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2014 19:27 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2014 21:22 | 10 km | 582 km |
| 4.0 | 20.12.2013 00:11 | 6 km | 384 km |
| 3.4 | 08.12.2013 05:01 | 10 km | 514 km |
| 4.3 | 07.12.2013 16:05 | 10 km | 523 km |
| 4.2 | 25.11.2013 14:09 | 8 km | 514 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2013 22:32 | 8.1 km | 510 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2013 22:04 | 10.2 km | 517 km |
| 5.0 | 22.11.2013 08:18 | 1.5 km | 506 km |
| 4.0 | 19.11.2013 18:57 | 9.7 km | 350 km |
| 4.1 | 19.11.2013 05:32 | 7 km | 514 km |
| 4.5 | 08.11.2013 11:38 | 12 km | 516 km |
| 4.0 | 08.11.2013 11:37 | 10 km | 511 km |
| 4.0 | 03.11.2013 19:17 | 19.2 km | 513 km |
| 4.1 | 03.11.2013 04:26 | 7.6 km | 505 km |
| 4.1 | 31.10.2013 06:13 | 10 km | 522 km |
| 5.0 | 31.10.2013 03:10 | 5.7 km | 509 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.