4.7
387
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1917–2026
record span
4.31
mean magnitude
170
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 | 31.08.1917 11:36 | 35 km | 318 km |
| 6.8 | 29.07.1967 10:24 | 158.9 km | 236 km |
| 6.6 | 21.04.1957 21:12 | 25 km | 186 km |
| 6.5 | 19.01.1995 15:05 | 44 km | 171 km |
| 6.5 | 19.04.1952 09:58 | 28.2 km | 195 km |
| 6.4 | 22.12.1923 09:56 | 15 km | 242 km |
| 6.4 | 08.06.2025 13:08 | 24.8 km | 212 km |
| 6.3 | 30.08.1973 18:25 | 178.6 km | 248 km |
| 6.2 | 10.03.2015 20:55 | 162 km | 239 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 259 km |
| 6.0 | 22.07.1993 04:57 | 16.5 km | 128 km |
| 6.0 | 28.05.1963 08:22 | — | 293 km |
| 5.9 | 01.11.1928 16:08 | 15 km | 186 km |
| 5.8 | 11.09.1966 17:38 | 162.9 km | 228 km |
| 5.7 | 29.06.1986 20:11 | 159.6 km | 225 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 02:13 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 01:39 | 13.8 km | 153 km |
| 4.4 | 13.04.2026 01:38 | 22.3 km | 109 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2026 21:00 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 5.6 | 25.12.2025 02:38 | 152.8 km | 230 km |
| 5.6 | 10.12.2025 08:27 | 163.2 km | 227 km |
| 4.1 | 12.09.2025 15:03 | 180.2 km | 163 km |
| 4.1 | 25.08.2025 22:44 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2025 23:08 | 0 km | 213 km |
| 4.3 | 04.07.2025 02:37 | 165.9 km | 195 km |
| 4.5 | 23.06.2025 09:18 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 4.6 | 09.06.2025 12:04 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 4.5 | 09.06.2025 12:03 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2025 01:10 | 0 km | 214 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 4.7 | 08.06.2025 22:43 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2025 19:14 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 4.5 | 08.06.2025 17:45 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 17:26 | 10 km | 225 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2025 17:15 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 4.5 | 08.06.2025 16:30 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 16:24 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 13:44 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 4.7 | 08.06.2025 13:37 | 10 km | 219 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2025 13:19 | 0 km | 197 km |
| 6.4 | 08.06.2025 13:08 | 24.8 km | 212 km |
| 4.0 | 26.05.2025 00:19 | 139.4 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2025 02:44 | 70.8 km | 134 km |
| 4.4 | 12.12.2024 18:11 | 196.6 km | 190 km |
| 5.5 | 21.09.2024 21:31 | 157.6 km | 231 km |
| 4.5 | 20.08.2024 06:52 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.3 | 26.06.2024 23:41 | 11.9 km | 171 km |
| 3.7 | 02.04.2024 23:16 | 14.1 km | 104 km |
| 4.9 | 02.04.2024 23:16 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.7 | 01.04.2024 01:09 | 16.3 km | 95 km |
| 5.1 | 14.09.2023 07:01 | 160.7 km | 240 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 259 km |
| 4.0 | 17.06.2023 04:36 | 47 km | 113 km |
| 5.2 | 28.05.2023 15:45 | 163.1 km | 243 km |
| 5.5 | 10.03.2023 09:18 | 157.4 km | 244 km |
| 5.3 | 19.03.2022 22:22 | 153.4 km | 251 km |
| 4.2 | 19.01.2022 04:25 | 16.9 km | 119 km |
| 5.0 | 12.10.2021 04:51 | 153.2 km | 246 km |
| 5.0 | 05.10.2021 19:37 | 153.9 km | 245 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2021 03:00 | 12.8 km | 165 km |
| 4.7 | 28.03.2021 15:01 | 23.6 km | 168 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2021 13:07 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 4.4 | 22.03.2021 05:55 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 5.1 | 22.03.2021 04:37 | 35 km | 159 km |
| 4.6 | 04.10.2020 21:32 | 16.7 km | 140 km |
| 5.0 | 09.07.2020 03:22 | 157.1 km | 244 km |
| 3.5 | 24.06.2020 12:10 | 191 km | 214 km |
| 3.8 | 04.06.2020 01:32 | 1 km | 55 km |
| 3.2 | 26.04.2020 03:29 | 44.4 km | 162 km |
| 4.2 | 25.04.2020 15:30 | 50.5 km | 146 km |
| 4.5 | 22.02.2020 10:14 | 0.9 km | 130 km |
| 2.8 | 15.10.2019 02:13 | 0 km | 169 km |
| 4.3 | 14.07.2019 16:21 | 171.2 km | 213 km |
| 2.6 | 30.04.2019 10:35 | 182 km | 210 km |
| 2.1 | 16.04.2019 06:46 | 0 km | 154 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.