3.2
436
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.24
mean magnitude
244
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 | 06.10.1911 10:16 | 35 km | 128 km |
| 6.6 | 20.04.1962 05:47 | 25 km | 107 km |
| 6.6 | 31.05.1953 19:58 | 16.7 km | 114 km |
| 6.4 | 22.09.2003 04:45 | 13.1 km | 82 km |
| 6.3 | 04.08.1946 20:53 | 15 km | 135 km |
| 6.0 | 22.01.1945 07:47 | 35 km | 103 km |
| 5.6 | 12.07.1994 13:47 | 11.9 km | 50 km |
| 5.3 | 23.09.2018 05:45 | 19.2 km | 19 km |
| 5.3 | 03.08.1964 01:48 | 15.3 km | 68 km |
| 5.1 | 02.06.1973 20:07 | 15.4 km | 83 km |
| 5.1 | 03.09.1987 00:04 | 26.8 km | 8 km |
| 5.1 | 02.07.1976 12:38 | 17.9 km | 68 km |
| 5.1 | 10.11.2023 17:22 | 23.8 km | 16 km |
| 4.9 | 31.01.2021 11:10 | 112.1 km | 27 km |
| 4.9 | 31.07.2022 16:37 | 16.2 km | 41 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 25.07.2026 05:51 | 24.4 km | 17 km |
| 3.7 | 16.11.2025 19:59 | 16.5 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 16.11.2025 19:49 | 18.4 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 22.07.2025 00:57 | 16.2 km | 48 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2025 09:09 | 15.1 km | 41 km |
| 3.1 | 06.07.2025 03:56 | 22.6 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 17.06.2025 05:43 | 26.2 km | 40 km |
| 3.4 | 29.03.2025 05:37 | 31.6 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2025 06:20 | 24.8 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 01.02.2025 02:29 | 23.9 km | 12 km |
| 3.2 | 26.01.2025 10:45 | 26.1 km | 20 km |
| 3.1 | 21.12.2024 02:16 | 1.8 km | 6 km |
| 3.3 | 20.12.2024 02:02 | 22.7 km | 9 km |
| 3.1 | 16.12.2024 09:28 | 29 km | 43 km |
| 3.1 | 09.12.2024 20:48 | 18.2 km | 23 km |
| 3.6 | 08.12.2024 17:57 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 09.11.2024 08:31 | 15.1 km | 9 km |
| 3.0 | 01.11.2024 11:06 | 44.9 km | 19 km |
| 3.6 | 27.10.2024 07:51 | 7.8 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 22.10.2024 00:14 | 16.5 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2024 02:14 | 17.1 km | 26 km |
| 3.8 | 07.10.2024 07:08 | 7 km | 14 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2024 07:05 | 9 km | 14 km |
| 3.1 | 11.09.2024 05:30 | 24.3 km | 20 km |
| 3.2 | 11.09.2024 04:33 | 31.4 km | 20 km |
| 3.1 | 11.09.2024 04:12 | 30.1 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 11.09.2024 04:07 | 30.1 km | 20 km |
| 4.4 | 11.09.2024 03:59 | 21.5 km | 9 km |
| 3.2 | 25.08.2024 20:59 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 3.1 | 25.08.2024 16:41 | 21.4 km | 21 km |
| 3.3 | 22.08.2024 07:50 | 20.2 km | 49 km |
| 3.2 | 12.08.2024 05:41 | 29.6 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2024 02:15 | 17 km | 9 km |
| 3.0 | 18.07.2024 09:44 | 14.8 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 07.07.2024 10:57 | 30.1 km | 15 km |
| 3.2 | 21.06.2024 01:11 | 18.7 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 01.06.2024 07:55 | 18.1 km | 17 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2024 03:07 | 15.6 km | 21 km |
| 3.0 | 31.05.2024 00:27 | 27.8 km | 41 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2024 14:34 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 3.2 | 30.05.2024 13:36 | 20 km | 47 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2024 13:29 | 23.2 km | 46 km |
| 3.1 | 18.05.2024 02:33 | 36.6 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 17.04.2024 09:56 | 25.3 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 14.04.2024 20:50 | 15.1 km | 19 km |
| 3.2 | 11.03.2024 11:44 | 26.6 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 11.03.2024 03:05 | 23.5 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 10.12.2023 20:36 | 10.3 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 03.12.2023 17:10 | 19.8 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 02.12.2023 00:19 | 29.6 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 27.11.2023 04:20 | 25.9 km | 30 km |
| 3.0 | 26.11.2023 21:51 | 15 km | 33 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2023 11:24 | 43.8 km | 13 km |
| 3.2 | 19.11.2023 07:58 | 21.2 km | 13 km |
| 3.0 | 13.11.2023 04:07 | 20.1 km | 11 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2023 18:41 | 21.1 km | 12 km |
| 3.1 | 10.11.2023 17:29 | 5 km | 16 km |
| 5.1 | 10.11.2023 17:22 | 23.8 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 24.10.2023 21:49 | 20.1 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 22.10.2023 00:54 | 10 km | 40 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.