4.2
1,012
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1918–2026
record span
3.90
mean magnitude
1,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 23.08.1918 06:07 | 10 km | 723 km |
| 6.1 | 10.05.1950 23:39 | 15 km | 518 km |
| 6.0 | 23.10.1938 15:01 | 35 km | 544 km |
| 6.0 | 29.03.1943 05:14 | 35 km | 351 km |
| 6.0 | 22.01.1951 12:16 | 15 km | 589 km |
| 5.9 | 15.05.2018 15:48 | 8.7 km | 485 km |
| 5.8 | 29.04.1952 03:07 | 15 km | 395 km |
| 5.6 | 11.01.2017 22:06 | 16.4 km | 357 km |
| 5.6 | 04.04.1975 17:41 | 16.5 km | 519 km |
| 5.5 | 24.09.2006 22:56 | 14.9 km | 576 km |
| 5.5 | 04.10.1985 15:17 | 17.9 km | 209 km |
| 5.5 | 21.04.1991 23:12 | 14.2 km | 191 km |
| 5.5 | 21.05.2018 00:47 | 10 km | 485 km |
| 5.4 | 20.05.2018 08:01 | 10 km | 477 km |
| 5.4 | 20.06.1982 23:52 | 30.4 km | 813 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 03.08.2026 10:40 | 10 km | 472 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 19:14 | 32.4 km | 483 km |
| 2.4 | 19.07.2026 15:57 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 17.07.2026 12:56 | 45.7 km | 492 km |
| 2.6 | 11.07.2026 09:00 | 63 km | 62 km |
| 4.3 | 29.06.2026 22:28 | 10 km | 754 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2026 20:54 | 0 km | 485 km |
| 2.5 | 19.06.2026 09:00 | 89 km | 89 km |
| 1.4 | 16.06.2026 20:06 | 2 km | 221 km |
| 1.7 | 12.06.2026 08:25 | 2 km | 231 km |
| 1.8 | 12.06.2026 07:22 | 2 km | 217 km |
| 2.0 | 05.06.2026 01:57 | 2 km | 316 km |
| 3.3 | 04.06.2026 01:03 | 41.3 km | 492 km |
| 4.2 | 25.05.2026 08:48 | 2 km | 546 km |
| 3.3 | 03.05.2026 23:48 | 0 km | 834 km |
| 2.9 | 26.04.2026 21:25 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 2.0 | 22.04.2026 06:40 | 2 km | 223 km |
| 1.9 | 09.04.2026 13:13 | 1 km | 267 km |
| 3.5 | 28.03.2026 21:48 | 10 km | 899 km |
| 3.5 | 24.03.2026 22:51 | 41.2 km | 495 km |
| 4.2 | 20.03.2026 03:57 | 10 km | 563 km |
| 3.5 | 14.03.2026 20:54 | 25 km | 474 km |
| 3.4 | 12.03.2026 18:21 | 36.3 km | 481 km |
| 4.4 | 10.03.2026 16:42 | 10 km | 473 km |
| 3.0 | 11.02.2026 02:53 | 32.2 km | 481 km |
| 4.8 | 08.02.2026 02:32 | 0 km | 449 km |
| 3.6 | 07.02.2026 20:42 | 10 km | 701 km |
| 3.2 | 02.02.2026 02:07 | 39.9 km | 487 km |
| 3.0 | 01.02.2026 02:27 | 40.7 km | 489 km |
| 4.8 | 24.01.2026 08:32 | 0 km | 262 km |
| 3.5 | 24.01.2026 07:31 | 33.3 km | 484 km |
| 3.3 | 23.01.2026 21:04 | 33.3 km | 484 km |
| 3.1 | 22.01.2026 13:15 | 34.1 km | 485 km |
| 3.0 | 22.01.2026 10:47 | 20.9 km | 484 km |
| 3.3 | 21.01.2026 20:39 | 27 km | 481 km |
| 3.7 | 06.01.2026 18:33 | 0 km | 780 km |
| 3.3 | 26.11.2025 02:47 | 6.3 km | 527 km |
| 3.6 | 21.11.2025 11:58 | 35.3 km | 485 km |
| 3.4 | 01.11.2025 01:00 | 24 km | 479 km |
| 3.1 | 06.10.2025 03:00 | 42.8 km | 486 km |
| 3.8 | 23.07.2025 03:59 | 0 km | 437 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2025 17:48 | 45.5 km | 498 km |
| 3.1 | 27.04.2025 12:39 | 39 km | 501 km |
| 3.0 | 26.04.2025 04:27 | 43.2 km | 489 km |
| 3.1 | 20.04.2025 02:20 | 43.3 km | 490 km |
| 3.0 | 19.04.2025 06:24 | 43.8 km | 490 km |
| 3.2 | 09.04.2025 00:17 | 38.5 km | 538 km |
| 3.6 | 04.04.2025 15:20 | 43.9 km | 491 km |
| 3.8 | 09.03.2025 19:38 | 10 km | 312 km |
| 3.8 | 20.01.2025 13:51 | 0 km | 522 km |
| 4.5 | 10.12.2024 05:34 | 38.2 km | 219 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2024 15:31 | 39 km | 397 km |
| 4.7 | 05.12.2024 11:42 | 160.6 km | 415 km |
| 4.0 | 28.11.2024 00:01 | 208.7 km | 696 km |
| 3.0 | 12.11.2024 21:53 | 40.2 km | 488 km |
| 4.1 | 12.11.2024 13:23 | 204.6 km | 436 km |
| 4.1 | 25.10.2024 08:02 | 209.4 km | 432 km |
| 4.3 | 23.10.2024 20:41 | 46.2 km | 168 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2024 16:24 | 10.3 km | 496 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2024 23:37 | 39.9 km | 158 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.