4.6
616
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
557
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 | 25.08.1906 13:47 | 15 km | 301 km |
| 6.5 | 20.08.1989 11:16 | 19 km | 511 km |
| 6.4 | 21.08.1989 01:09 | 19.5 km | 538 km |
| 6.3 | 27.09.1938 02:31 | 15 km | 505 km |
| 6.2 | 05.03.1992 08:55 | 9.8 km | 480 km |
| 6.2 | 29.03.1969 09:15 | 15.9 km | 573 km |
| 6.2 | 05.04.1969 02:18 | 14.8 km | 574 km |
| 6.1 | 11.03.1961 08:41 | 15 km | 492 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 11:46 | 27.3 km | 541 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 19:25 | 11.3 km | 544 km |
| 6.1 | 21.08.1989 05:03 | 9.6 km | 533 km |
| 6.1 | 01.06.1961 23:29 | 25 km | 553 km |
| 6.0 | 01.04.1973 07:12 | 9.7 km | 486 km |
| 6.0 | 23.10.1938 02:28 | 15 km | 457 km |
| 6.0 | 31.10.1926 11:43 | 15 km | 348 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 21.07.2026 03:01 | 10 km | 461 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 05:30 | 10 km | 419 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 20:48 | 10 km | 461 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 20:12 | 10 km | 510 km |
| 4.1 | 22.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 448 km |
| 3.9 | 10.05.2026 22:01 | 10 km | 451 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 3.6 | 01.04.2026 19:46 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 3.5 | 21.03.2026 19:14 | 0 km | 450 km |
| 4.6 | 15.02.2026 19:39 | 10 km | 464 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2026 08:10 | 10 km | 389 km |
| 3.5 | 07.01.2026 08:10 | 10 km | 427 km |
| 4.5 | 07.01.2026 08:09 | 10 km | 405 km |
| 3.3 | 17.11.2025 21:59 | 10 km | 443 km |
| 4.5 | 17.11.2025 21:59 | 10 km | 441 km |
| 4.9 | 26.10.2025 05:24 | 10 km | 480 km |
| 4.2 | 15.09.2025 18:03 | 10 km | 498 km |
| 4.4 | 08.08.2025 22:18 | 10 km | 458 km |
| 3.5 | 31.03.2025 22:13 | 10 km | 453 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2025 12:33 | 0 km | 453 km |
| 4.2 | 16.03.2025 21:20 | 10 km | 470 km |
| 5.3 | 16.03.2025 18:53 | 10 km | 445 km |
| 4.8 | 27.02.2025 08:27 | 0 km | 447 km |
| 4.1 | 26.02.2025 07:37 | 10 km | 390 km |
| 3.7 | 24.02.2025 01:39 | 0 km | 362 km |
| 4.8 | 24.02.2025 00:52 | 10 km | 422 km |
| 4.7 | 24.02.2025 00:33 | 10 km | 447 km |
| 4.8 | 24.02.2025 00:12 | 10 km | 448 km |
| 5.2 | 23.02.2025 23:44 | 10 km | 448 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2025 12:39 | 10 km | 439 km |
| 4.0 | 20.02.2025 10:59 | 0 km | 279 km |
| 4.5 | 20.02.2025 10:25 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 3.1 | 20.02.2025 10:25 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 5.8 | 14.02.2025 20:28 | 16 km | 452 km |
| 4.3 | 12.02.2025 09:42 | 10 km | 441 km |
| 5.0 | 07.02.2025 09:57 | 10 km | 434 km |
| 4.8 | 07.02.2025 08:19 | 0 km | 444 km |
| 4.2 | 04.02.2025 19:03 | 0 km | 449 km |
| 4.3 | 04.02.2025 18:37 | 10 km | 448 km |
| 3.8 | 04.02.2025 18:12 | 0 km | 417 km |
| 4.2 | 04.02.2025 17:58 | 10 km | 422 km |
| 4.2 | 04.02.2025 17:39 | 10 km | 442 km |
| 4.2 | 04.02.2025 17:38 | 10 km | 430 km |
| 3.8 | 04.02.2025 17:29 | 0 km | 390 km |
| 4.7 | 02.02.2025 01:35 | 0 km | 437 km |
| 4.7 | 02.02.2025 00:58 | 14.7 km | 438 km |
| 4.5 | 31.01.2025 09:23 | 10 km | 443 km |
| 4.5 | 31.01.2025 09:22 | 10 km | 428 km |
| 4.4 | 31.01.2025 09:02 | 10 km | 459 km |
| 4.4 | 31.01.2025 09:01 | 10 km | 440 km |
| 4.7 | 31.01.2025 09:01 | 10 km | 421 km |
| 3.9 | 28.01.2025 20:22 | 0 km | 449 km |
| 5.1 | 27.01.2025 07:38 | 0 km | 448 km |
| 4.8 | 24.01.2025 14:06 | 0 km | 438 km |
| 3.7 | 24.01.2025 14:04 | 0 km | 447 km |
| 4.8 | 24.01.2025 13:56 | 0 km | 427 km |
| 4.7 | 24.01.2025 13:54 | 10 km | 440 km |
| 3.4 | 24.01.2025 12:28 | 0 km | 435 km |
| 3.6 | 24.01.2025 12:03 | 0 km | 425 km |
| 4.7 | 24.01.2025 01:01 | 10 km | 443 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.