3.2
156
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.37
mean magnitude
22
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 12.01.2010 21:53 | 13.9 km | 155 km |
| 7.0 | 06.10.1911 10:16 | 35 km | 125 km |
| 6.6 | 20.04.1962 05:47 | 25 km | 123 km |
| 6.4 | 22.09.2003 04:45 | 13.1 km | 102 km |
| 6.0 | 22.01.1945 07:47 | 35 km | 115 km |
| 5.6 | 12.07.1994 13:47 | 11.9 km | 71 km |
| 5.3 | 23.09.2018 05:45 | 19.2 km | 39 km |
| 5.1 | 03.09.1987 00:04 | 26.8 km | 33 km |
| 5.1 | 10.11.2023 17:22 | 23.8 km | 31 km |
| 4.9 | 31.01.2021 11:10 | 112.1 km | 26 km |
| 4.8 | 04.09.2009 09:45 | 35 km | 52 km |
| 4.6 | 28.10.2007 02:21 | 115.4 km | 33 km |
| 4.5 | 21.10.2008 16:55 | 165.7 km | 39 km |
| 4.5 | 02.01.2016 15:25 | 25.3 km | 41 km |
| 4.4 | 10.12.2007 18:00 | 96.5 km | 32 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 25.07.2026 05:51 | 24.4 km | 19 km |
| 3.1 | 19.10.2025 06:50 | 104.8 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2025 17:06 | 71.1 km | 38 km |
| 3.4 | 29.03.2025 05:37 | 31.6 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 01.02.2025 02:29 | 23.9 km | 34 km |
| 3.2 | 26.01.2025 10:45 | 26.1 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 21.12.2024 02:16 | 1.8 km | 33 km |
| 3.3 | 20.12.2024 02:02 | 22.7 km | 36 km |
| 3.1 | 16.12.2024 09:28 | 29 km | 36 km |
| 3.1 | 09.12.2024 20:48 | 18.2 km | 30 km |
| 3.6 | 08.12.2024 17:57 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.3 | 09.11.2024 10:42 | 79.6 km | 36 km |
| 3.1 | 09.11.2024 08:31 | 15.1 km | 28 km |
| 3.0 | 01.11.2024 11:06 | 44.9 km | 17 km |
| 3.8 | 07.10.2024 07:08 | 7 km | 38 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2024 07:05 | 9 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 11.09.2024 05:30 | 24.3 km | 38 km |
| 3.2 | 11.09.2024 04:33 | 31.4 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 11.09.2024 04:07 | 30.1 km | 39 km |
| 4.4 | 11.09.2024 03:59 | 21.5 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 26.08.2024 00:24 | 64.2 km | 38 km |
| 3.1 | 25.08.2024 16:41 | 21.4 km | 20 km |
| 3.3 | 07.07.2024 10:57 | 30.1 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 01.06.2024 07:55 | 18.1 km | 23 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2024 03:07 | 15.6 km | 26 km |
| 3.2 | 17.04.2024 09:56 | 25.3 km | 27 km |
| 3.0 | 14.04.2024 20:50 | 15.1 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 11.03.2024 11:44 | 26.6 km | 38 km |
| 3.2 | 02.12.2023 00:19 | 29.6 km | 30 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2023 11:24 | 43.8 km | 23 km |
| 3.2 | 19.11.2023 07:58 | 21.2 km | 40 km |
| 3.0 | 13.11.2023 04:07 | 20.1 km | 26 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2023 18:41 | 21.1 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 10.11.2023 17:29 | 5 km | 25 km |
| 5.1 | 10.11.2023 17:22 | 23.8 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 24.10.2023 21:49 | 20.1 km | 27 km |
| 3.5 | 17.10.2023 13:11 | 3 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 26.09.2023 08:59 | 30 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 28.08.2023 04:20 | 30.1 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 24.08.2023 23:55 | 23.6 km | 37 km |
| 3.4 | 25.07.2023 03:43 | 142.1 km | 16 km |
| 3.2 | 12.07.2023 04:40 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 01.07.2023 06:33 | 29.4 km | 17 km |
| 3.0 | 27.10.2022 22:17 | 18 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 26.10.2022 19:04 | 2 km | 37 km |
| 3.3 | 20.10.2022 18:41 | 19 km | 29 km |
| 3.2 | 20.10.2022 18:29 | 29 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2022 20:09 | 13 km | 36 km |
| 3.3 | 25.09.2022 17:46 | 4 km | 15 km |
| 3.0 | 24.08.2022 00:43 | 1 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2022 08:17 | 4 km | 41 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2022 22:55 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.1 | 13.07.2022 14:49 | 14 km | 27 km |
| 4.3 | 14.03.2022 20:36 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 2.6 | 17.11.2021 23:25 | 11 km | 40 km |
| 2.9 | 03.10.2021 06:11 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.4 | 08.09.2021 19:50 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2021 00:16 | 24 km | 35 km |
| 2.8 | 02.09.2021 00:04 | 19 km | 32 km |
| 2.8 | 26.08.2021 05:20 | 19 km | 38 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.