4.7
547
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.77
mean magnitude
432
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 | 139 km |
| 7.2 | 23.11.1979 23:40 | 110 km | 383 km |
| 7.0 | 09.02.1967 15:24 | 36.6 km | 204 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1997 12:13 | 204.3 km | 305 km |
| 6.5 | 19.08.1995 21:43 | 123.6 km | 352 km |
| 6.5 | 19.01.1995 15:05 | 44 km | 201 km |
| 6.4 | 30.08.1917 03:24 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 6.4 | 22.12.1923 09:56 | 15 km | 155 km |
| 6.4 | 08.06.2025 13:08 | 24.8 km | 143 km |
| 6.3 | 11.12.1997 07:56 | 188.4 km | 316 km |
| 6.3 | 25.06.1980 12:04 | 164.9 km | 341 km |
| 6.3 | 27.09.1974 04:09 | 28.1 km | 194 km |
| 6.2 | 03.04.1973 13:54 | 150.6 km | 330 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 142 km |
| 6.1 | 25.01.1999 18:19 | 22.9 km | 322 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 02:13 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 4.3 | 29.04.2026 16:40 | 0 km | 118 km |
| 4.4 | 21.12.2025 14:05 | 10 km | 237 km |
| 4.2 | 27.09.2025 18:44 | 156 km | 189 km |
| 4.1 | 09.09.2025 01:39 | 102.3 km | 165 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2025 23:08 | 0 km | 133 km |
| 4.5 | 23.06.2025 09:18 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.5 | 09.06.2025 12:03 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2025 01:10 | 0 km | 143 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.7 | 08.06.2025 22:43 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2025 19:14 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.5 | 08.06.2025 17:45 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 17:26 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2025 17:15 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 4.5 | 08.06.2025 16:30 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 16:24 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 14:00 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 13:44 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 4.7 | 08.06.2025 13:37 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2025 13:19 | 0 km | 136 km |
| 6.4 | 08.06.2025 13:08 | 24.8 km | 143 km |
| 5.1 | 18.05.2025 03:11 | 161.1 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 31.10.2024 16:08 | 16 km | 147 km |
| 4.5 | 20.08.2024 06:52 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2024 05:32 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.3 | 26.06.2024 23:41 | 11.9 km | 151 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2024 11:52 | 4.8 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 10.11.2023 07:48 | 11 km | 132 km |
| 4.9 | 18.08.2023 01:15 | 12.3 km | 139 km |
| 5.0 | 17.08.2023 17:40 | 12.6 km | 131 km |
| 5.6 | 17.08.2023 17:17 | 17.4 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 17.08.2023 17:14 | 17 km | 139 km |
| 4.6 | 17.08.2023 17:07 | 16 km | 147 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 142 km |
| 5.0 | 30.06.2023 01:52 | 9.5 km | 83 km |
| 3.8 | 14.05.2023 06:04 | 14.9 km | 123 km |
| 4.3 | 07.05.2023 08:05 | 183 km | 194 km |
| 4.4 | 15.04.2023 20:52 | 14.5 km | 146 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2023 07:10 | 70 km | 189 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2023 00:44 | 8.5 km | 187 km |
| 4.4 | 14.12.2022 17:39 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.3 | 12.06.2022 09:00 | 35.5 km | 138 km |
| 2.8 | 08.05.2022 16:34 | 30 km | 169 km |
| 4.5 | 07.02.2022 00:31 | 48.3 km | 196 km |
| 4.8 | 09.12.2021 00:07 | 14.4 km | 141 km |
| 4.2 | 29.11.2021 07:53 | 8.9 km | 137 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2021 19:25 | 1 km | 188 km |
| 3.6 | 09.05.2021 19:28 | 7.8 km | 185 km |
| 3.4 | 05.04.2021 00:46 | 12.8 km | 128 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2021 03:00 | 12.8 km | 207 km |
| 4.7 | 28.03.2021 15:01 | 23.6 km | 201 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2021 13:07 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 4.4 | 22.03.2021 05:55 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 3.1 | 22.03.2021 05:55 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 5.1 | 22.03.2021 04:37 | 35 km | 190 km |
| 3.4 | 21.03.2021 15:22 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.9 | 20.03.2021 23:45 | 10 km | 186 km |
| 3.7 | 18.03.2021 13:07 | 35 km | 198 km |
| 3.3 | 19.02.2021 15:55 | 5.8 km | 128 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.