4.2
449
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1910–2026
record span
4.31
mean magnitude
411
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 13.12.1910 11:37 | 15 km | 638 km |
| 7.1 | 08.07.1919 21:06 | 15 km | 596 km |
| 6.8 | 05.12.2005 12:19 | 14.7 km | 501 km |
| 6.5 | 16.04.1922 13:07 | 15 km | 533 km |
| 6.4 | 02.10.2000 02:25 | 30.7 km | 513 km |
| 6.3 | 11.09.1992 03:57 | 12.1 km | 352 km |
| 6.2 | 04.02.1956 22:12 | — | 610 km |
| 6.1 | 31.01.1952 20:55 | 20 km | 683 km |
| 6.0 | 01.10.1949 18:00 | 35 km | 455 km |
| 6.0 | 24.02.2017 00:32 | 29.9 km | 423 km |
| 5.9 | 21.09.1997 18:13 | 26.5 km | 500 km |
| 5.8 | 28.03.2007 21:17 | 11.7 km | 511 km |
| 5.8 | 07.07.1983 20:35 | 7.6 km | 270 km |
| 5.8 | 29.06.1986 21:48 | 21.6 km | 565 km |
| 5.7 | 23.02.1985 14:45 | 10 km | 575 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 08.07.2026 23:27 | 10 km | 525 km |
| 3.9 | 10.02.2026 00:18 | 0 km | 339 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2026 10:02 | 0 km | 122 km |
| 4.4 | 28.11.2025 14:10 | 0 km | 391 km |
| 4.3 | 18.05.2025 18:43 | 10 km | 225 km |
| 4.2 | 04.05.2025 06:34 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 3.7 | 24.05.2024 14:54 | 10 km | 398 km |
| 5.0 | 02.05.2024 08:27 | 10 km | 595 km |
| 3.6 | 29.02.2024 05:04 | 10 km | 474 km |
| 4.1 | 02.02.2024 03:23 | 10 km | 464 km |
| 4.3 | 02.01.2024 04:50 | 8 km | 283 km |
| 4.5 | 17.12.2023 11:51 | 0 km | 634 km |
| 4.0 | 06.11.2023 01:51 | 10 km | 472 km |
| 3.9 | 29.10.2023 01:35 | 10 km | 454 km |
| 4.1 | 28.10.2023 14:34 | 8 km | 287 km |
| 5.3 | 26.10.2023 19:00 | 11.1 km | 280 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2023 16:52 | 10 km | 589 km |
| 4.0 | 29.08.2023 01:46 | 10 km | 459 km |
| 4.1 | 04.08.2023 22:06 | 10 km | 589 km |
| 4.1 | 11.05.2023 16:49 | 10 km | 400 km |
| 3.9 | 08.05.2023 16:05 | 10 km | 399 km |
| 3.3 | 12.04.2023 03:56 | 18 km | 503 km |
| 4.2 | 16.11.2022 06:02 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.1 | 19.10.2022 03:41 | 15 km | 501 km |
| 3.7 | 15.09.2022 00:45 | 10 km | 492 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2022 20:47 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 4.4 | 07.06.2022 06:21 | 10 km | 600 km |
| 3.9 | 02.04.2022 02:20 | 10 km | 498 km |
| 4.8 | 11.03.2022 22:58 | 10 km | 361 km |
| 3.6 | 11.03.2022 22:58 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 3.8 | 03.03.2022 20:32 | 10 km | 389 km |
| 4.4 | 24.02.2022 18:59 | 8 km | 280 km |
| 4.9 | 26.01.2022 02:06 | 5.9 km | 284 km |
| 3.6 | 18.09.2021 12:56 | 10 km | 289 km |
| 4.6 | 17.02.2021 10:37 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.3 | 20.01.2021 12:52 | 10 km | 421 km |
| 4.4 | 11.09.2020 17:52 | 15 km | 532 km |
| 4.7 | 04.08.2020 11:44 | 10 km | 558 km |
| 4.1 | 01.08.2020 22:03 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 4.4 | 25.07.2020 19:43 | 10 km | 244 km |
| 4.0 | 31.05.2020 22:47 | 10 km | 534 km |
| 4.9 | 21.05.2020 12:57 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 4.0 | 17.01.2020 07:12 | 10 km | 460 km |
| 5.3 | 09.09.2019 00:38 | 19.7 km | 582 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2019 07:33 | 10 km | 416 km |
| 4.2 | 10.06.2019 06:59 | 10 km | 543 km |
| 4.2 | 26.05.2019 20:16 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 4.4 | 24.04.2019 10:05 | 10 km | 421 km |
| 3.3 | 24.11.2018 20:05 | 10 km | 559 km |
| 3.5 | 26.08.2018 20:46 | 10 km | 581 km |
| 3.6 | 21.08.2018 09:25 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.6 | 06.08.2018 21:07 | 23 km | 463 km |
| 3.5 | 04.06.2018 06:38 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 4.0 | 16.02.2018 22:12 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 4.9 | 05.02.2018 16:37 | 13.6 km | 110 km |
| 4.1 | 03.02.2018 02:32 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 5.2 | 22.10.2017 06:05 | 10 km | 598 km |
| 4.0 | 10.08.2017 01:25 | 10 km | 412 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2017 19:22 | 10 km | 536 km |
| 4.8 | 04.07.2017 01:31 | 10 km | 581 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.