3.3
447
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.01
mean magnitude
216
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 31.01.1906 15:36 | 20 km | 118 km |
| 8.1 | 12.12.1979 07:59 | 29.9 km | 154 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 182 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 133 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 177 km |
| 7.1 | 06.03.1987 04:10 | 18.5 km | 89 km |
| 7.0 | 09.02.2013 14:16 | 144.2 km | 121 km |
| 6.9 | 19.01.1958 14:43 | 27.5 km | 145 km |
| 6.9 | 18.05.2016 16:46 | 30.3 km | 145 km |
| 6.8 | 23.10.1944 23:40 | 20 km | 102 km |
| 6.8 | 22.11.1983 14:21 | 40.9 km | 146 km |
| 6.7 | 18.05.2016 07:57 | 29.9 km | 164 km |
| 6.7 | 01.02.1958 16:10 | 15 km | 155 km |
| 6.7 | 14.04.1958 21:32 | 25 km | 118 km |
| 6.6 | 09.04.1976 07:08 | 20.7 km | 136 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 15:27 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 2.7 | 16.05.2026 07:25 | 14 km | 51 km |
| 5.1 | 21.04.2026 02:22 | 119.5 km | 22 km |
| 3.2 | 27.03.2026 14:49 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 01.03.2026 01:57 | 11 km | 50 km |
| 2.8 | 20.12.2025 02:22 | 3 km | 61 km |
| 3.5 | 09.11.2025 17:05 | 1 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 19.10.2025 18:01 | 2 km | 62 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2025 20:40 | 1 km | 63 km |
| 3.5 | 23.07.2025 11:57 | 13 km | 92 km |
| 3.5 | 11.07.2025 17:34 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 6.2 | 25.04.2025 11:44 | 18 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2025 07:11 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 3.2 | 11.04.2025 13:50 | 18 km | 24 km |
| 2.4 | 09.03.2025 22:02 | 8 km | 27 km |
| 2.5 | 01.03.2025 22:56 | 6 km | 22 km |
| 4.1 | 26.02.2025 16:18 | 0 km | 85 km |
| 2.3 | 07.02.2025 19:36 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 2.1 | 26.11.2024 06:50 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 2.6 | 26.11.2024 04:35 | 4 km | 55 km |
| 2.1 | 26.11.2024 04:24 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 2.9 | 09.11.2024 21:19 | 18 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 01.11.2024 03:54 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 2.4 | 24.10.2024 05:02 | 122.6 km | 91 km |
| 2.9 | 09.10.2024 23:32 | 11.8 km | 64 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2024 00:29 | 68.2 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 24.06.2024 22:12 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 5.0 | 06.05.2024 15:32 | 14.9 km | 96 km |
| 5.0 | 06.05.2024 15:17 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 2.9 | 30.01.2024 22:38 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 4.0 | 03.01.2024 14:47 | 5 km | 61 km |
| 3.5 | 01.01.2024 00:05 | 54 km | 73 km |
| 3.8 | 11.12.2023 07:36 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 06.12.2023 09:05 | 69.8 km | 93 km |
| 2.2 | 12.11.2023 01:32 | 15 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 23.10.2023 05:23 | 7.9 km | 31 km |
| 4.8 | 05.10.2023 20:55 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 2.9 | 16.07.2023 22:09 | 1 km | 61 km |
| 3.4 | 14.07.2023 09:58 | 1 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 07.06.2023 10:13 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 18.05.2023 03:58 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 12.05.2023 06:06 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 3.8 | 05.05.2023 06:05 | 5 km | 64 km |
| 3.8 | 01.05.2023 19:16 | 5 km | 42 km |
| 3.3 | 26.04.2023 05:52 | 1 km | 61 km |
| 3.7 | 26.04.2023 03:20 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 4.4 | 26.04.2023 03:16 | 1.2 km | 62 km |
| 2.9 | 24.04.2023 05:35 | 1 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 24.04.2023 01:12 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 3.7 | 14.04.2023 10:30 | 5 km | 25 km |
| 3.6 | 09.04.2023 17:15 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 05.04.2023 23:04 | 3 km | 63 km |
| 3.8 | 02.04.2023 04:11 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 02.04.2023 04:02 | 1 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2023 16:00 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 13.03.2023 02:21 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 3.7 | 10.03.2023 01:10 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 3.8 | 24.01.2023 10:58 | 16 km | 54 km |
| 3.0 | 03.01.2023 13:35 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 2.5 | 03.01.2023 11:55 | 8 km | 23 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.