2.5
1,252
recorded earthquakes
M6.7
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.47
mean magnitude
835
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 171 km |
| 6.7 | 14.05.1970 18:12 | 14.9 km | 182 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 105 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 60 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 164 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 144 km |
| 6.1 | 14.05.1970 09:20 | 10.5 km | 176 km |
| 6.1 | 29.04.1991 18:30 | 9.6 km | 184 km |
| 6.0 | 29.06.1948 16:06 | 35 km | 97 km |
| 6.0 | 20.02.1920 00:01 | 15 km | 24 km |
| 5.9 | 07.05.2012 04:40 | 17.4 km | 81 km |
| 5.8 | 12.10.1912 19:48 | 15 km | 153 km |
| 5.8 | 20.04.1913 03:13 | 15 km | 62 km |
| 5.7 | 15.08.1947 04:11 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 5.6 | 14.01.1915 05:09 | 15 km | 125 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 6.4 km | 74 km |
| 2.1 | 22.06.2026 05:03 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 2.8 | 10.05.2026 11:46 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.4 | 15.04.2026 13:17 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 07:17 | 15 km | 84 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2026 05:12 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 3.7 | 08.04.2026 22:50 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 2.6 | 08.04.2026 21:49 | 5 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2026 21:20 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 3.6 | 08.04.2026 20:41 | 5 km | 76 km |
| 2.7 | 08.04.2026 20:34 | 6.5 km | 58 km |
| 3.3 | 04.04.2026 12:58 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 12:56 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 11.03.2026 12:49 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.7 | 09.03.2026 14:36 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.1 | 06.03.2026 17:35 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2026 12:52 | 2 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 01.03.2026 21:42 | 70 km | 130 km |
| 3.8 | 23.02.2026 02:47 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 10.02.2026 21:02 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2026 14:33 | 33 km | 70 km |
| 3.6 | 06.02.2026 12:41 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 18.01.2026 20:56 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 2.7 | 16.12.2025 12:39 | 7 km | 54 km |
| 2.0 | 11.12.2025 10:02 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2025 04:18 | 10.6 km | 87 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2025 11:00 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 2.8 | 22.08.2025 11:03 | 7 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2025 04:31 | 24 km | 88 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2025 17:30 | 15.5 km | 90 km |
| 3.3 | 25.07.2025 14:56 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.5 | 19.07.2025 05:53 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.4 | 18.07.2025 02:28 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 13.07.2025 09:09 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2025 04:32 | 7 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 27.06.2025 04:59 | 23.2 km | 93 km |
| 3.2 | 24.05.2025 05:07 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2025 12:14 | 31.9 km | 93 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2025 13:09 | 11.6 km | 113 km |
| 4.3 | 11.03.2025 06:30 | 35 km | 109 km |
| 3.0 | 08.03.2025 16:37 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.9 | 08.03.2025 11:28 | 15.2 km | 101 km |
| 3.2 | 02.03.2025 05:56 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 01.03.2025 03:12 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.3 | 31.01.2025 11:17 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 3.0 | 12.01.2025 05:23 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.8 | 27.12.2024 07:18 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.1 | 27.11.2024 10:41 | 10.9 km | 33 km |
| 3.1 | 26.11.2024 05:16 | 21.2 km | 116 km |
| 3.7 | 20.10.2024 10:00 | 13.3 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 14.10.2024 05:03 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 14.10.2024 00:52 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 2.7 | 19.09.2024 11:44 | 22.3 km | 97 km |
| 3.0 | 17.08.2024 17:50 | 11.3 km | 43 km |
| 3.2 | 22.07.2024 12:12 | 16 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2024 08:10 | 11.5 km | 45 km |
| 4.7 | 22.07.2024 08:08 | 25.4 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 17.07.2024 10:19 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2024 02:09 | 33 km | 38 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2024 23:50 | 1 km | 47 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.