4.6
1,235
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1913–2026
record span
4.20
mean magnitude
1,087
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 20.08.1989 11:16 | 19 km | 105 km |
| 6.4 | 21.08.1989 01:09 | 19.5 km | 89 km |
| 6.3 | 27.09.1938 02:31 | 15 km | 155 km |
| 6.2 | 05.03.1992 08:55 | 9.8 km | 198 km |
| 6.2 | 29.03.1969 09:15 | 15.9 km | 25 km |
| 6.2 | 05.04.1969 02:18 | 14.8 km | 38 km |
| 6.2 | 31.03.1945 22:07 | 15 km | 379 km |
| 6.1 | 11.03.1961 08:41 | 15 km | 222 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 11:46 | 27.3 km | 97 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 19:25 | 11.3 km | 89 km |
| 6.1 | 21.08.1989 05:03 | 9.6 km | 88 km |
| 6.1 | 01.06.1961 23:29 | 25 km | 194 km |
| 6.0 | 01.04.1973 07:12 | 9.7 km | 217 km |
| 6.0 | 23.10.1938 02:28 | 15 km | 201 km |
| 6.0 | 31.10.1926 11:43 | 15 km | 280 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 21.07.2026 03:01 | 10 km | 334 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 05:30 | 10 km | 331 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 20:48 | 10 km | 314 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 20:12 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 3.9 | 11.06.2026 07:23 | 0 km | 311 km |
| 4.1 | 22.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 3.9 | 10.05.2026 22:01 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 308 km |
| 3.6 | 01.04.2026 19:46 | 10 km | 328 km |
| 3.5 | 21.03.2026 19:14 | 0 km | 324 km |
| 4.6 | 15.02.2026 19:39 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 3.3 | 21.01.2026 23:52 | 0 km | 276 km |
| 3.6 | 21.01.2026 23:19 | 0 km | 274 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2026 08:10 | 10 km | 317 km |
| 3.5 | 04.01.2026 20:05 | 0 km | 277 km |
| 2.8 | 25.12.2025 21:00 | 0 km | 360 km |
| 5.4 | 23.11.2025 12:53 | 3 km | 219 km |
| 5.4 | 23.11.2025 12:21 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 4.7 | 23.11.2025 08:55 | 10 km | 336 km |
| 4.2 | 23.11.2025 08:54 | 0 km | 171 km |
| 3.3 | 17.11.2025 21:59 | 10 km | 320 km |
| 4.5 | 17.11.2025 21:59 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 3.7 | 01.11.2025 09:57 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 4.9 | 26.10.2025 05:24 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 3.4 | 20.10.2025 16:27 | 0 km | 311 km |
| 4.8 | 20.10.2025 16:26 | 10 km | 296 km |
| 3.2 | 17.10.2025 05:43 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2025 06:01 | 0 km | 270 km |
| 3.6 | 14.10.2025 20:22 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 3.3 | 14.10.2025 13:02 | 0 km | 274 km |
| 3.4 | 14.10.2025 09:12 | 0 km | 271 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2025 23:57 | 0 km | 268 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2025 21:41 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2025 21:23 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 4.9 | 11.10.2025 19:30 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 4.9 | 11.10.2025 18:38 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 4.1 | 11.10.2025 18:36 | 10 km | 265 km |
| 4.5 | 11.10.2025 16:25 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 4.1 | 11.10.2025 16:24 | 0 km | 143 km |
| 5.5 | 11.10.2025 16:18 | 10 km | 270 km |
| 5.3 | 11.10.2025 16:01 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 4.3 | 11.10.2025 12:07 | 10 km | 282 km |
| 4.2 | 15.09.2025 18:03 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.3 | 02.09.2025 06:23 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 29.08.2025 19:17 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2025 02:13 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 3.8 | 28.08.2025 11:03 | 0 km | 176 km |
| 3.8 | 25.08.2025 20:00 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.4 | 25.08.2025 20:00 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 4.4 | 08.08.2025 22:18 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2025 04:49 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 21.07.2025 22:26 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 5.0 | 15.07.2025 05:54 | 10 km | 248 km |
| 3.5 | 31.03.2025 22:13 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2025 12:33 | 0 km | 272 km |
| 4.2 | 16.03.2025 21:20 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 5.3 | 16.03.2025 18:53 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 3.7 | 03.03.2025 04:37 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 4.1 | 02.03.2025 20:38 | 10 km | 308 km |
| 3.6 | 02.03.2025 15:11 | 0 km | 316 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.