4.8
163
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1926–2026
record span
4.50
mean magnitude
68
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 20.08.1989 11:16 | 19 km | 32 km |
| 6.4 | 21.08.1989 01:09 | 19.5 km | 60 km |
| 6.2 | 05.03.1992 08:55 | 9.8 km | 67 km |
| 6.2 | 29.03.1969 09:15 | 15.9 km | 125 km |
| 6.2 | 05.04.1969 02:18 | 14.8 km | 117 km |
| 6.1 | 11.03.1961 08:41 | 15 km | 95 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 19:25 | 11.3 km | 64 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 11:46 | 27.3 km | 60 km |
| 6.1 | 21.08.1989 05:03 | 9.6 km | 56 km |
| 6.0 | 01.04.1973 07:12 | 9.7 km | 88 km |
| 6.0 | 31.10.1926 11:43 | 15 km | 160 km |
| 6.0 | 22.01.1929 14:43 | 35 km | 139 km |
| 6.0 | 18.05.1929 01:02 | 35 km | 80 km |
| 6.0 | 04.01.1960 06:16 | 15 km | 42 km |
| 5.9 | 28.03.1973 13:42 | 10 km | 95 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 25.07.2026 00:50 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 3.6 | 28.07.2025 05:30 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2022 01:11 | 15 km | 9 km |
| 4.3 | 16.10.2021 20:26 | 2 km | 46 km |
| 5.0 | 14.04.2017 10:44 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 4.3 | 03.04.2017 04:47 | 1 km | 52 km |
| 4.4 | 06.12.2016 04:33 | 0.2 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2016 17:20 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 11.04.2016 17:39 | 6 km | 65 km |
| 4.2 | 28.08.2015 12:40 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 3.4 | 23.06.2015 08:15 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 5.0 | 30.05.2015 06:48 | 19 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 20.05.2014 02:05 | 16.4 km | 40 km |
| 4.2 | 19.05.2014 15:02 | 8 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2013 16:44 | 3 km | 59 km |
| 3.2 | 05.05.2012 17:11 | 8 km | 60 km |
| 2.9 | 03.05.2012 18:14 | 8 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 24.03.2012 07:20 | 4 km | 13 km |
| 3.8 | 13.03.2012 17:12 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 28.01.2012 08:05 | 3 km | 46 km |
| 4.3 | 09.10.2011 02:05 | 10.2 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2011 23:17 | 8 km | 93 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2011 23:56 | 7 km | 71 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2011 22:34 | 7 km | 71 km |
| 4.6 | 21.04.2011 19:07 | 4 km | 74 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2011 20:57 | 2 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2011 20:46 | 3 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 08.03.2011 08:20 | 2 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 14.02.2011 16:29 | 2 km | 51 km |
| 3.0 | 12.02.2011 05:37 | 3 km | 50 km |
| 3.7 | 12.02.2011 04:49 | 2 km | 49 km |
| 4.4 | 11.02.2011 09:33 | 3 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 13.11.2010 10:59 | 4 km | 29 km |
| 3.7 | 06.06.2010 16:21 | 2 km | 64 km |
| 4.3 | 09.04.2010 17:03 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.2 | 26.02.2010 06:55 | 8 km | 19 km |
| 3.5 | 27.12.2009 13:31 | 7 km | 14 km |
| 4.0 | 27.12.2009 12:33 | 2.3 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2009 05:58 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2009 10:17 | 3 km | 41 km |
| 3.2 | 20.09.2009 18:10 | 8 km | 39 km |
| 3.8 | 30.07.2009 06:41 | 7 km | 14 km |
| 3.2 | 05.06.2009 07:36 | 2 km | 24 km |
| 2.9 | 17.05.2009 10:44 | 1 km | 35 km |
| 2.9 | 17.05.2009 10:01 | 3 km | 38 km |
| 3.4 | 17.05.2009 09:30 | 3 km | 39 km |
| 2.9 | 17.05.2009 00:08 | 2 km | 40 km |
| 3.4 | 16.05.2009 20:28 | 1 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 16.05.2009 20:08 | 1 km | 49 km |
| 2.9 | 04.05.2009 17:39 | 1 km | 28 km |
| 3.4 | 16.04.2009 14:42 | 1 km | 40 km |
| 2.4 | 29.03.2009 18:19 | 7 km | 73 km |
| 3.0 | 28.03.2009 05:55 | 7 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 06.02.2009 21:33 | 4 km | 65 km |
| 4.2 | 26.09.2008 20:54 | 6 km | 65 km |
| 3.1 | 13.05.2008 19:02 | 8 km | 71 km |
| 4.1 | 08.05.2008 17:31 | 2 km | 79 km |
| 4.2 | 04.05.2008 21:06 | 10.8 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 30.04.2008 10:31 | 4.5 km | 86 km |
| 4.1 | 29.04.2008 01:50 | 10 km | 86 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.