4.3
268
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.63
mean magnitude
39
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 07.09.1915 01:20 | 80 km | 16 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.2001 17:33 | 57.6 km | 95 km |
| 7.5 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 162 km |
| 7.3 | 19.06.1982 06:21 | 76.3 km | 74 km |
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 174 km |
| 7.1 | 21.05.1932 10:10 | 15 km | 127 km |
| 7.0 | 09.11.1900 13:12 | — | 144 km |
| 7.0 | 09.11.1900 16:10 | 0 km | 144 km |
| 7.0 | 14.07.1930 22:40 | 15 km | 119 km |
| 6.7 | 08.06.1917 00:51 | 15 km | 39 km |
| 6.6 | 30.05.2019 09:03 | 61.2 km | 77 km |
| 6.6 | 19.10.1918 03:23 | 35 km | 110 km |
| 6.5 | 13.02.2001 14:22 | 9.4 km | 22 km |
| 6.5 | 02.10.1944 17:22 | 160 km | 108 km |
| 6.3 | 09.11.1997 22:56 | 190 km | 10 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 07.07.2026 17:46 | 200 km | 34 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2026 08:33 | 188.9 km | 4 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2026 14:09 | 64 km | 52 km |
| 4.9 | 26.03.2026 22:11 | 106.1 km | 52 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2026 07:56 | 192 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 16.01.2026 06:45 | 24 km | 27 km |
| 4.9 | 29.11.2025 06:52 | 84.3 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 18.08.2025 11:57 | 56.3 km | 41 km |
| 5.1 | 25.04.2025 14:11 | 51 km | 69 km |
| 4.2 | 24.03.2025 08:05 | 166.5 km | 59 km |
| 4.6 | 19.03.2025 02:47 | 149.6 km | 18 km |
| 3.5 | 05.01.2025 21:32 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 6.2 | 05.01.2025 17:18 | 46 km | 97 km |
| 4.1 | 21.12.2024 01:37 | 60.6 km | 38 km |
| 4.4 | 14.10.2024 13:08 | 187.1 km | 14 km |
| 5.0 | 22.09.2024 02:25 | 76.9 km | 82 km |
| 6.1 | 28.08.2024 21:57 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 5.0 | 06.08.2024 07:18 | 26.8 km | 37 km |
| 6.2 | 21.07.2024 02:53 | 273.4 km | 127 km |
| 4.7 | 07.04.2024 17:49 | 195 km | 8 km |
| 4.5 | 29.01.2024 21:38 | 184.6 km | 50 km |
| 3.9 | 25.08.2023 05:13 | 7 km | 37 km |
| 4.2 | 18.03.2023 19:27 | 190.6 km | 52 km |
| 4.4 | 04.12.2022 22:06 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 4.2 | 29.11.2022 11:09 | 118.8 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 07.11.2022 11:42 | 169.1 km | 14 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2022 06:53 | 9.4 km | 22 km |
| 4.1 | 23.05.2022 04:17 | 187.4 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 16.06.2021 21:14 | 139.9 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2020 07:41 | 174.6 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 29.11.2019 12:56 | 138.6 km | 39 km |
| 3.9 | 22.11.2019 22:32 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.5 | 18.11.2019 11:21 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.9 | 12.11.2019 14:01 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 3.8 | 12.11.2019 13:57 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 6.0 | 31.07.2019 05:54 | 76 km | 76 km |
| 6.6 | 30.05.2019 09:03 | 61.2 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 06.05.2019 00:03 | 7 km | 28 km |
| 5.1 | 31.01.2019 04:40 | 191.4 km | 82 km |
| 4.1 | 28.07.2018 20:46 | 148.5 km | 55 km |
| 4.3 | 03.02.2018 01:02 | 7.5 km | 19 km |
| 4.5 | 12.01.2018 22:11 | 115.8 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 11.01.2018 18:19 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 5.2 | 03.01.2018 13:38 | 70.3 km | 81 km |
| 4.3 | 07.12.2017 16:03 | 177.2 km | 23 km |
| 2.9 | 26.10.2017 04:01 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.3 | 23.04.2017 15:51 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.8 | 10.04.2017 23:53 | 2.9 km | 31 km |
| 4.2 | 10.04.2017 23:52 | 4.5 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 10.04.2017 20:02 | 6.4 km | 35 km |
| 5.2 | 29.08.2016 13:05 | 8.9 km | 80 km |
| 4.9 | 19.02.2016 04:42 | 204.6 km | 15 km |
| 5.5 | 27.11.2015 11:46 | 66.4 km | 83 km |
| 3.1 | 21.09.2015 05:08 | 4.2 km | 31 km |
| 3.4 | 25.01.2015 22:08 | 7.3 km | 27 km |
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 174 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2014 16:07 | 201.4 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 03.08.2014 00:23 | 181.8 km | 16 km |
| 4.4 | 17.04.2014 04:51 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 4.0 | 03.04.2014 00:28 | 74.2 km | 49 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.