5.0
1,608
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1969–2026
record span
3.05
mean magnitude
1,237
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 22.11.1995 04:15 | 14 km | 95 km |
| 6.6 | 31.03.1969 07:15 | 8.1 km | 146 km |
| 6.1 | 03.08.1993 12:43 | 10.1 km | 69 km |
| 5.7 | 03.08.1993 16:33 | 12.4 km | 84 km |
| 5.7 | 23.11.1995 18:07 | 24.5 km | 113 km |
| 5.6 | 28.06.1972 09:49 | 9.9 km | 133 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 92 km |
| 5.5 | 08.03.1997 06:00 | 1 km | 132 km |
| 5.3 | 16.06.2020 14:30 | 7.5 km | 199 km |
| 5.3 | 03.08.1993 13:12 | 17.2 km | 96 km |
| 5.3 | 22.11.1995 22:16 | 14.2 km | 103 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.1996 04:59 | 17.5 km | 94 km |
| 5.3 | 16.05.2016 01:45 | 12.8 km | 95 km |
| 5.1 | 12.01.1972 08:15 | 17 km | 134 km |
| 5.0 | 03.08.1993 12:54 | 18.8 km | 99 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 03.08.2026 00:00 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 3.9 | 14.06.2026 11:51 | 14.7 km | 141 km |
| 4.3 | 26.04.2026 00:13 | 26.1 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 26.03.2026 20:28 | 19 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 13.07.2025 04:52 | 4.7 km | 100 km |
| 3.0 | 10.07.2025 07:12 | 5 km | 100 km |
| 2.6 | 04.07.2025 23:20 | 4.9 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2025 11:31 | 18.6 km | 91 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 11:42 | 19.3 km | 102 km |
| 3.7 | 31.10.2024 04:34 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 16.05.2023 19:05 | 16 km | 87 km |
| 3.8 | 13.05.2023 19:12 | 20 km | 98 km |
| 4.2 | 02.02.2023 23:41 | 8 km | 151 km |
| 4.4 | 29.12.2022 14:54 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 3.9 | 29.12.2022 02:58 | 20 km | 97 km |
| 4.6 | 27.12.2022 00:11 | 13.5 km | 89 km |
| 3.8 | 12.02.2022 04:06 | 14 km | 143 km |
| 4.1 | 15.06.2021 23:08 | 26 km | 189 km |
| 3.9 | 15.12.2020 02:30 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 3.8 | 09.07.2020 13:46 | 12 km | 116 km |
| 5.3 | 16.06.2020 14:30 | 7.5 km | 199 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2020 05:04 | 4.8 km | 85 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2019 10:35 | 12 km | 139 km |
| 3.9 | 15.01.2019 15:59 | 20 km | 139 km |
| 2.5 | 07.02.2018 11:01 | 16 km | 147 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2017 14:16 | 2 km | 125 km |
| 3.6 | 21.03.2017 17:39 | 9 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 27.12.2016 01:49 | 20 km | 97 km |
| 4.7 | 29.11.2016 17:01 | 17.4 km | 83 km |
| 5.3 | 16.05.2016 01:45 | 12.8 km | 95 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2015 02:15 | 14.2 km | 94 km |
| 4.0 | 27.06.2015 15:36 | 22 km | 92 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 06.08.2014 10:03 | 20 km | 99 km |
| 2.6 | 22.07.2014 06:46 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2014 03:03 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 3.8 | 24.01.2014 12:30 | 16 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 23.10.2013 12:33 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.7 | 01.06.2013 11:49 | 23.2 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 07.04.2013 15:58 | 17 km | 126 km |
| 4.7 | 28.12.2012 19:42 | 12.9 km | 178 km |
| 4.1 | 10.06.2012 09:29 | 12 km | 128 km |
| 4.9 | 30.01.2012 17:04 | 25.4 km | 123 km |
| 2.1 | 13.12.2011 03:04 | 9 km | 140 km |
| 3.5 | 19.11.2011 07:12 | 17.6 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 03.11.2011 11:23 | 5 km | 113 km |
| 2.1 | 26.08.2011 02:22 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 2.0 | 06.04.2011 12:21 | 2 km | 133 km |
| 3.5 | 20.02.2011 04:52 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.5 | 20.02.2011 01:27 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.2 | 20.02.2011 01:27 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 2.0 | 18.01.2011 14:44 | 19 km | 144 km |
| 3.4 | 24.10.2010 20:07 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 25.07.2010 07:11 | 25.9 km | 120 km |
| 4.3 | 15.07.2010 11:25 | 9 km | 98 km |
| 2.7 | 18.06.2010 20:37 | 14 km | 135 km |
| 2.0 | 17.06.2010 04:34 | 1 km | 106 km |
| 2.7 | 31.05.2010 20:24 | 23.6 km | 130 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2010 18:12 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 3.1 | 21.05.2010 08:23 | 15 km | 140 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.