4.5
189
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1916–2026
record span
4.40
mean magnitude
88
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 06.09.2018 15:49 | 667 km | 130 km |
| 7.3 | 09.11.2009 10:44 | 591.4 km | 83 km |
| 7.0 | 08.07.1916 09:34 | 600 km | 186 km |
| 6.6 | 19.09.1921 23:16 | 15 km | 159 km |
| 6.5 | 25.04.1921 17:33 | 15 km | 125 km |
| 6.3 | 14.09.1953 00:26 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 6.3 | 12.02.1950 22:14 | 20 km | 120 km |
| 6.2 | 08.03.1932 18:01 | 35 km | 99 km |
| 6.2 | 27.04.1927 02:50 | 15 km | 106 km |
| 6.1 | 02.01.2002 14:50 | 653.3 km | 65 km |
| 6.0 | 02.02.1990 14:49 | 17.1 km | 141 km |
| 5.5 | 05.01.2002 18:22 | 676.3 km | 70 km |
| 5.3 | 27.10.2008 23:23 | 66.3 km | 100 km |
| 5.2 | 13.10.2013 07:15 | 49.1 km | 123 km |
| 5.2 | 22.03.2002 12:21 | 563.5 km | 67 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 11.07.2026 03:15 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 22:08 | 561.1 km | 36 km |
| 4.1 | 21.04.2026 11:39 | 0 km | 93 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2025 15:58 | 453.9 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2025 09:09 | 515.4 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 03.08.2025 10:22 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 22.06.2025 17:10 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 19.12.2024 09:03 | 517.9 km | 27 km |
| 4.0 | 23.02.2024 21:29 | 505.6 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 01.01.2024 20:06 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 4.2 | 06.12.2023 19:21 | 485.2 km | 72 km |
| 4.4 | 17.11.2023 02:38 | 511.9 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 29.10.2023 16:25 | 521 km | 12 km |
| 4.1 | 06.10.2023 22:34 | 550 km | 16 km |
| 4.1 | 01.08.2023 08:06 | 548.3 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2023 05:07 | 494 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 08.12.2022 19:43 | 506.9 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 30.11.2022 22:45 | 546.7 km | 51 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2022 04:26 | 520.6 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 24.05.2022 07:06 | 492.8 km | 15 km |
| 4.0 | 21.03.2022 14:31 | 550 km | 64 km |
| 4.4 | 18.03.2022 15:53 | 545.9 km | 75 km |
| 4.3 | 26.01.2022 12:54 | 540.6 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 27.12.2021 08:15 | 551.3 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 05.12.2021 00:22 | 519.5 km | 34 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2021 04:27 | 395.9 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 13.10.2021 21:56 | 515.7 km | 27 km |
| 4.0 | 10.10.2021 23:48 | 0 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 07.05.2021 16:28 | 528.4 km | 6 km |
| 4.3 | 14.02.2021 11:14 | 521.9 km | 28 km |
| 4.1 | 25.01.2021 04:29 | 529.1 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 19.12.2020 14:11 | 524.8 km | 10 km |
| 4.4 | 28.11.2020 08:34 | 515.2 km | 8 km |
| 4.4 | 17.08.2020 04:33 | 522.3 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 06.05.2020 12:00 | 477.3 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 27.04.2020 08:57 | 560.1 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2020 11:53 | 508.4 km | 19 km |
| 4.2 | 04.04.2020 11:38 | 508.9 km | 14 km |
| 3.6 | 08.11.2019 22:47 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.2 | 25.08.2019 03:02 | 500 km | 23 km |
| 4.2 | 06.07.2019 03:35 | 494.1 km | 15 km |
| 4.0 | 26.05.2019 05:20 | 494.5 km | 32 km |
| 4.2 | 30.04.2019 22:53 | 477.7 km | 16 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2019 07:22 | 482.6 km | 20 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2019 22:18 | 545 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 11.03.2019 01:27 | 0 km | 9 km |
| 4.0 | 10.03.2019 08:49 | 510.6 km | 28 km |
| 4.4 | 12.01.2019 07:34 | 523.4 km | 20 km |
| 4.3 | 23.11.2018 07:26 | 0 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2018 20:11 | 544.5 km | 15 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2018 20:08 | 550 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2018 09:36 | 500 km | 77 km |
| 7.9 | 06.09.2018 15:49 | 667 km | 130 km |
| 4.2 | 22.08.2018 10:01 | 650 km | 41 km |
| 4.1 | 20.08.2018 07:52 | 491.8 km | 80 km |
| 4.1 | 25.04.2018 09:54 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 29.09.2017 21:55 | 496.2 km | 31 km |
| 4.1 | 27.09.2017 00:28 | 500.2 km | 40 km |
| 4.1 | 15.09.2017 07:07 | 494.1 km | 30 km |
| 4.5 | 23.08.2017 09:01 | 517.4 km | 21 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.