4.4
1,462
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.88
mean magnitude
1,084
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 11.07.1976 20:41 | 8.8 km | 290 km |
| 7.2 | 10.04.1911 18:42 | 100 km | 265 km |
| 7.2 | 28.05.1914 03:23 | 70 km | 344 km |
| 7.2 | 23.11.1979 23:40 | 110 km | 272 km |
| 7.2 | 15.11.2004 09:06 | 11.4 km | 348 km |
| 7.2 | 19.11.1991 22:28 | 18.5 km | 352 km |
| 7.1 | 18.10.1992 15:12 | 16.7 km | 142 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1974 01:18 | 13.4 km | 234 km |
| 6.8 | 29.07.1967 10:24 | 158.9 km | 275 km |
| 6.6 | 17.10.1992 08:32 | 15.5 km | 144 km |
| 6.5 | 26.09.1970 12:02 | 7.4 km | 237 km |
| 6.5 | 27.09.1970 03:38 | 13 km | 224 km |
| 6.5 | 19.08.1995 21:43 | 123.6 km | 232 km |
| 6.5 | 31.08.1977 00:42 | 26 km | 79 km |
| 6.5 | 30.07.1962 20:18 | 64 km | 239 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 17:12 | 33.6 km | 194 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2026 18:47 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 10:01 | 5 km | 234 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2026 17:06 | 11 km | 221 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2026 19:55 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 4.3 | 18.04.2026 14:05 | 66 km | 21 km |
| 4.0 | 08.04.2026 14:35 | 0 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 08.04.2026 04:54 | 0 km | 182 km |
| 3.4 | 22.03.2026 15:15 | 117.5 km | 210 km |
| 4.1 | 08.12.2025 10:13 | 53.8 km | 237 km |
| 3.6 | 20.11.2025 02:38 | 79.9 km | 174 km |
| 4.1 | 02.11.2025 06:04 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 4.3 | 08.10.2025 03:36 | 0 km | 167 km |
| 4.2 | 04.10.2025 08:56 | 141.2 km | 217 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2025 16:25 | 46 km | 204 km |
| 4.8 | 21.09.2025 20:17 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 5.4 | 14.09.2025 07:12 | 20 km | 77 km |
| 4.5 | 07.09.2025 14:07 | 81 km | 127 km |
| 4.0 | 04.09.2025 15:39 | 29.6 km | 188 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2025 11:22 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 4.3 | 20.08.2025 15:10 | 34 km | 141 km |
| 4.4 | 23.06.2025 11:04 | 45.1 km | 182 km |
| 5.1 | 18.05.2025 03:11 | 161.1 km | 282 km |
| 4.4 | 11.05.2025 10:41 | 91.8 km | 191 km |
| 3.4 | 04.05.2025 17:52 | 41.4 km | 185 km |
| 3.2 | 05.03.2025 09:58 | 0 km | 80 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2025 18:24 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 4.2 | 19.01.2025 06:28 | 75.5 km | 88 km |
| 5.7 | 10.01.2025 08:14 | 0 km | 255 km |
| 5.0 | 26.12.2024 00:52 | 52.2 km | 30 km |
| 4.6 | 24.12.2024 20:33 | 74 km | 119 km |
| 4.5 | 24.12.2024 06:39 | 49.8 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 28.10.2024 07:45 | 59.3 km | 124 km |
| 4.4 | 28.10.2024 07:45 | 59.3 km | 124 km |
| 3.5 | 28.10.2024 07:08 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 4.3 | 22.09.2024 00:58 | 163.5 km | 287 km |
| 4.7 | 12.09.2024 08:34 | 61.6 km | 95 km |
| 4.6 | 25.06.2024 19:03 | 35 km | 176 km |
| 4.4 | 21.05.2024 09:58 | 31.3 km | 142 km |
| 4.1 | 11.05.2024 17:25 | 45 km | 99 km |
| 4.5 | 06.05.2024 15:01 | 44.5 km | 107 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2024 04:38 | 41.6 km | 264 km |
| 3.3 | 24.03.2024 05:25 | 21 km | 243 km |
| 3.3 | 04.03.2024 22:25 | 17.1 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2024 14:30 | 17.7 km | 210 km |
| 3.4 | 28.02.2024 07:05 | 12.5 km | 92 km |
| 3.5 | 27.02.2024 22:41 | 24.5 km | 186 km |
| 3.4 | 25.02.2024 07:51 | 23.5 km | 76 km |
| 4.5 | 23.02.2024 00:47 | 48 km | 30 km |
| 3.2 | 18.02.2024 17:42 | 46.7 km | 219 km |
| 3.5 | 15.02.2024 18:27 | 26.4 km | 175 km |
| 4.1 | 07.01.2024 08:20 | 10.7 km | 72 km |
| 4.4 | 15.12.2023 20:24 | 2.1 km | 107 km |
| 4.5 | 15.12.2023 17:15 | 26.4 km | 219 km |
| 3.7 | 10.11.2023 18:05 | 12.2 km | 266 km |
| 4.5 | 21.10.2023 23:39 | 59 km | 74 km |
| 3.2 | 21.10.2023 23:38 | 53.2 km | 75 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2023 23:35 | 9.4 km | 265 km |
| 4.5 | 01.10.2023 22:42 | 25.6 km | 174 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2023 14:59 | 56.8 km | 249 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.