4.6
4,199
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.83
mean magnitude
718
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 10.04.1911 18:42 | 100 km | 165 km |
| 6.8 | 29.07.1967 10:24 | 158.9 km | 152 km |
| 6.6 | 21.04.1957 21:12 | 25 km | 157 km |
| 6.6 | 14.03.1932 22:42 | 35 km | 119 km |
| 6.5 | 19.04.1952 09:58 | 28.2 km | 153 km |
| 6.3 | 30.08.1973 18:25 | 178.6 km | 104 km |
| 6.2 | 11.07.1919 00:30 | 35 km | 91 km |
| 6.2 | 10.03.2015 20:55 | 162 km | 145 km |
| 6.0 | 29.05.1930 08:30 | 220 km | 221 km |
| 6.0 | 04.11.1933 08:41 | 35 km | 101 km |
| 6.0 | 28.05.1963 08:22 | — | 142 km |
| 6.0 | 31.05.1994 17:41 | 13.5 km | 112 km |
| 5.9 | 18.10.1981 04:31 | 33.6 km | 37 km |
| 5.9 | 17.11.1968 00:16 | 170.5 km | 154 km |
| 5.8 | 11.09.1966 17:38 | 162.9 km | 151 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 23.07.2026 17:50 | 153.6 km | 154 km |
| 4.7 | 20.07.2026 01:44 | 160.4 km | 152 km |
| 4.6 | 17.06.2026 10:50 | 156.3 km | 145 km |
| 3.7 | 17.06.2026 04:11 | 155.8 km | 143 km |
| 3.4 | 26.04.2026 08:10 | 149.6 km | 145 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2026 10:24 | 159.2 km | 156 km |
| 3.4 | 17.04.2026 01:37 | 165.2 km | 146 km |
| 4.1 | 07.04.2026 06:51 | 164.6 km | 143 km |
| 3.5 | 02.04.2026 20:07 | 161.9 km | 142 km |
| 4.1 | 31.03.2026 03:11 | 171 km | 150 km |
| 4.2 | 22.03.2026 09:11 | 155.3 km | 71 km |
| 3.8 | 19.03.2026 23:41 | 153.2 km | 146 km |
| 5.0 | 01.03.2026 10:12 | 185.7 km | 54 km |
| 4.5 | 11.02.2026 05:59 | 150.7 km | 150 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2026 09:19 | 176.9 km | 161 km |
| 3.4 | 24.01.2026 16:00 | 162.2 km | 150 km |
| 4.7 | 16.01.2026 07:05 | 155.2 km | 152 km |
| 4.7 | 05.01.2026 05:35 | 156.5 km | 158 km |
| 3.9 | 03.01.2026 12:50 | 144.1 km | 144 km |
| 4.3 | 25.12.2025 02:38 | 173.4 km | 159 km |
| 5.6 | 25.12.2025 02:38 | 152.8 km | 150 km |
| 5.6 | 10.12.2025 08:27 | 163.2 km | 152 km |
| 4.1 | 08.12.2025 10:13 | 53.8 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 29.11.2025 04:32 | 148.5 km | 148 km |
| 3.7 | 22.11.2025 04:07 | 152.9 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 14.11.2025 10:30 | 156.5 km | 144 km |
| 4.1 | 13.11.2025 07:47 | 160.5 km | 144 km |
| 3.6 | 02.11.2025 10:53 | 157.6 km | 143 km |
| 3.4 | 31.10.2025 14:41 | 164.6 km | 143 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2025 14:22 | 156.5 km | 143 km |
| 4.3 | 16.10.2025 04:11 | 166.9 km | 152 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2025 03:38 | 168.4 km | 152 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2025 09:35 | 160.6 km | 131 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2025 04:56 | 152.3 km | 132 km |
| 4.7 | 26.09.2025 00:21 | 169.3 km | 151 km |
| 4.2 | 20.09.2025 19:31 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2025 10:10 | 151.6 km | 135 km |
| 4.0 | 04.09.2025 15:39 | 29.6 km | 153 km |
| 4.0 | 30.08.2025 21:50 | 147.3 km | 138 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2025 11:22 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 19.08.2025 04:26 | 127.6 km | 109 km |
| 3.9 | 23.07.2025 03:57 | 147.8 km | 130 km |
| 3.9 | 21.07.2025 06:16 | 159.9 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2025 10:38 | 151.1 km | 132 km |
| 4.6 | 06.07.2025 13:29 | 154.8 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 05.07.2025 20:30 | 177.2 km | 146 km |
| 4.2 | 05.07.2025 19:35 | 131.4 km | 55 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2025 18:48 | 155.6 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2025 08:17 | 149.9 km | 131 km |
| 3.7 | 17.05.2025 09:41 | 147.1 km | 141 km |
| 3.9 | 11.05.2025 18:48 | 154.2 km | 145 km |
| 4.4 | 11.05.2025 10:41 | 91.8 km | 136 km |
| 4.1 | 07.05.2025 14:41 | 152.5 km | 132 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.2025 10:31 | 156.7 km | 155 km |
| 4.7 | 18.04.2025 08:48 | 157.8 km | 145 km |
| 3.8 | 06.04.2025 06:38 | 154.7 km | 112 km |
| 4.4 | 26.03.2025 17:15 | 167 km | 155 km |
| 4.3 | 24.03.2025 21:43 | 163.3 km | 156 km |
| 4.6 | 15.03.2025 09:19 | 160.7 km | 159 km |
| 3.6 | 06.03.2025 00:31 | 151 km | 138 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.