2.9
158
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1908–2026
record span
4.30
mean magnitude
45
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 11.11.2004 21:26 | 17.7 km | 140 km |
| 7.2 | 14.02.1952 03:38 | 25 km | 152 km |
| 7.0 | 27.08.1977 07:12 | 24.6 km | 104 km |
| 6.9 | 25.02.1941 05:37 | 180 km | 89 km |
| 6.8 | 14.05.1995 11:33 | 28 km | 108 km |
| 6.8 | 23.03.1908 12:23 | 35 km | 44 km |
| 6.6 | 14.07.1989 20:42 | 44.4 km | 124 km |
| 6.5 | 04.11.2015 03:44 | 24.6 km | 123 km |
| 6.4 | 05.12.1995 06:32 | 35.6 km | 120 km |
| 6.2 | 28.12.1937 03:09 | 25 km | 71 km |
| 6.1 | 11.11.2004 22:07 | 27 km | 118 km |
| 6.1 | 27.03.1978 10:36 | 56.5 km | 90 km |
| 6.0 | 19.01.1981 02:07 | 22.2 km | 127 km |
| 6.0 | 14.05.1995 12:25 | 28.5 km | 60 km |
| 5.9 | 10.04.1963 07:50 | 70 km | 85 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 15:18 | 23 km | 8 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 11:51 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 2.8 | 24.07.2026 12:43 | 25 km | 14 km |
| 3.1 | 13.07.2026 06:24 | 3 km | 37 km |
| 2.9 | 29.05.2026 11:08 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.1 | 11.05.2026 00:22 | 6 km | 32 km |
| 2.7 | 26.04.2026 22:48 | 96 km | 36 km |
| 2.5 | 01.04.2026 16:44 | 4 km | 44 km |
| 4.4 | 01.04.2026 16:36 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 2.9 | 27.11.2025 20:31 | 13 km | 44 km |
| 4.4 | 28.10.2025 15:20 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 3.5 | 14.10.2025 22:10 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.4 | 14.10.2025 19:32 | 12 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2025 00:07 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 2.9 | 24.08.2025 11:26 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 13.08.2025 21:34 | 22 km | 33 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2025 21:23 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.9 | 06.07.2025 18:21 | 27 km | 2 km |
| 4.4 | 03.07.2025 01:02 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.3 | 16.05.2025 22:06 | 16 km | 34 km |
| 3.5 | 16.05.2025 21:48 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 2.9 | 05.04.2025 09:05 | 20 km | 35 km |
| 3.6 | 18.03.2025 23:40 | 14 km | 43 km |
| 2.9 | 15.02.2025 07:46 | 19 km | 36 km |
| 3.7 | 09.12.2024 21:17 | 0 km | 15 km |
| 3.0 | 30.10.2024 05:58 | 12 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 13.06.2024 12:49 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.9 | 16.12.2023 18:45 | 11 km | 28 km |
| 4.1 | 21.11.2023 18:51 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 14.08.2023 20:19 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 09.08.2023 18:10 | 0 km | 12 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2022 11:39 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 09.06.2022 11:37 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 26.02.2022 16:44 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2022 07:57 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 5.0 | 03.02.2022 15:40 | 4.9 km | 24 km |
| 4.5 | 23.12.2021 22:13 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.4 | 05.08.2021 03:29 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.6 | 09.06.2021 21:55 | 23 km | 22 km |
| 3.4 | 10.05.2021 05:27 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 09.04.2021 14:51 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 16.01.2021 06:42 | 291 km | 25 km |
| 4.3 | 16.06.2020 02:53 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 26.02.2020 15:41 | 35 km | 39 km |
| 4.2 | 09.07.2019 11:36 | 13 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 13.03.2019 14:42 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 4.6 | 13.03.2019 14:42 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.8 | 14.02.2019 21:52 | 62 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2018 16:38 | 35 km | 17 km |
| 4.0 | 09.07.2018 09:33 | 35 km | 16 km |
| 4.2 | 14.02.2018 22:29 | 35 km | 21 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2017 12:52 | 35 km | 45 km |
| 3.3 | 13.05.2017 01:18 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 4.2 | 20.01.2017 17:40 | 35 km | 39 km |
| 4.0 | 05.01.2017 00:16 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 4.3 | 23.07.2016 02:34 | 35 km | 52 km |
| 6.5 | 04.11.2015 03:44 | 24.6 km | 123 km |
| 4.5 | 22.04.2015 22:15 | 35 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 27.02.2015 03:56 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 4.5 | 11.11.2014 05:32 | 10 km | 29 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.