4.5
1,589
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.55
mean magnitude
1,103
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 | 305 km |
| 7.6 | 03.03.1990 12:16 | 26.2 km | 352 km |
| 7.3 | 02.10.2021 06:29 | 540.7 km | 270 km |
| 7.3 | 09.11.2009 10:44 | 591.4 km | 295 km |
| 7.2 | 10.02.1969 22:58 | 652.1 km | 465 km |
| 7.1 | 26.05.1986 19:06 | 549.3 km | 261 km |
| 7.1 | 25.02.2000 01:43 | 26.2 km | 274 km |
| 6.9 | 03.01.2017 21:52 | 11.9 km | 67 km |
| 6.9 | 09.10.2021 10:58 | 512.3 km | 309 km |
| 6.8 | 23.12.2018 23:07 | 0 km | 251 km |
| 6.8 | 30.10.1903 03:54 | 0 km | 183 km |
| 6.8 | 01.01.1972 22:05 | 11.4 km | 301 km |
| 6.8 | 07.11.1988 03:50 | 22.6 km | 373 km |
| 6.7 | 03.03.1990 12:44 | 29.9 km | 421 km |
| 6.6 | 04.11.1934 01:53 | 15 km | 363 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 11.07.2026 03:15 | 0 km | 269 km |
| 4.5 | 04.07.2026 01:22 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 5.6 | 01.07.2026 10:42 | 536.2 km | 251 km |
| 3.5 | 07.06.2026 05:06 | 0 km | 251 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 22:08 | 561.1 km | 261 km |
| 3.4 | 30.05.2026 17:19 | 0 km | 153 km |
| 5.0 | 20.05.2026 09:40 | 0 km | 216 km |
| 3.8 | 20.05.2026 09:14 | 0 km | 214 km |
| 3.7 | 20.05.2026 08:58 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 4.0 | 20.05.2026 08:50 | 0 km | 196 km |
| 4.0 | 15.05.2026 03:30 | 0 km | 225 km |
| 3.4 | 02.05.2026 23:42 | 0 km | 320 km |
| 3.3 | 15.04.2026 11:13 | 0 km | 286 km |
| 3.4 | 17.03.2026 06:09 | 595.2 km | 222 km |
| 4.0 | 19.01.2026 07:00 | 0 km | 162 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2025 15:58 | 453.9 km | 214 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2025 09:09 | 515.4 km | 228 km |
| 4.4 | 27.10.2025 21:32 | 600.8 km | 232 km |
| 5.6 | 06.10.2025 12:08 | 581.9 km | 237 km |
| 4.7 | 15.09.2025 12:00 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 4.7 | 13.09.2025 07:30 | 0 km | 277 km |
| 6.4 | 08.09.2025 21:47 | 10 km | 358 km |
| 4.0 | 03.08.2025 10:22 | 0 km | 207 km |
| 5.3 | 03.07.2025 00:12 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 4.4 | 02.07.2025 06:44 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 4.0 | 22.06.2025 17:10 | 0 km | 260 km |
| 4.4 | 16.06.2025 01:50 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.0 | 03.06.2025 20:06 | 0 km | 350 km |
| 3.9 | 20.05.2025 16:49 | 0 km | 260 km |
| 4.9 | 01.05.2025 19:35 | 0 km | 233 km |
| 4.3 | 22.04.2025 13:58 | 10 km | 331 km |
| 3.5 | 22.04.2025 02:32 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2025 05:23 | 528.4 km | 294 km |
| 4.4 | 22.03.2025 11:13 | 10 km | 348 km |
| 3.6 | 15.03.2025 16:03 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 4.8 | 11.03.2025 13:24 | 10 km | 352 km |
| 3.4 | 17.01.2025 09:56 | 0 km | 270 km |
| 4.0 | 26.12.2024 18:40 | 0 km | 278 km |
| 3.1 | 19.12.2024 09:03 | 517.9 km | 250 km |
| 4.3 | 31.08.2024 18:06 | 10.3 km | 142 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2024 12:34 | 27.1 km | 122 km |
| 3.5 | 25.08.2024 02:39 | 0 km | 327 km |
| 3.6 | 01.08.2024 11:18 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2024 09:37 | 35 km | 259 km |
| 4.0 | 21.06.2024 21:42 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 5.0 | 21.06.2024 19:14 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 3.7 | 03.06.2024 02:55 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 5.4 | 30.04.2024 14:33 | 10 km | 405 km |
| 3.7 | 28.04.2024 03:37 | 23 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2024 12:16 | 0 km | 194 km |
| 4.4 | 23.04.2024 02:34 | 0 km | 230 km |
| 4.3 | 19.04.2024 08:07 | 509.3 km | 179 km |
| 3.7 | 10.04.2024 00:39 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 6.5 | 27.03.2024 01:28 | 17 km | 361 km |
| 5.0 | 24.03.2024 13:12 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 4.2 | 19.03.2024 07:52 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 4.9 | 09.03.2024 06:42 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 4.0 | 02.03.2024 20:15 | 0 km | 165 km |
| 3.6 | 29.02.2024 23:31 | 35 km | 221 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2024 06:10 | 10 km | 343 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.