1.8
619
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.54
mean magnitude
249
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 29.04.1991 09:12 | 14.8 km | 91 km |
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 156 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1940 22:23 | 50 km | 146 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 48 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 127 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 60 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 113 km |
| 6.1 | 29.04.1991 18:30 | 9.6 km | 80 km |
| 6.0 | 07.09.2009 22:41 | 11.8 km | 112 km |
| 6.0 | 20.02.1920 00:01 | 15 km | 79 km |
| 5.9 | 29.06.1921 11:37 | 15 km | 104 km |
| 5.8 | 20.04.1913 03:13 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 5.7 | 13.05.1986 08:44 | 5.2 km | 122 km |
| 5.7 | 29.04.1991 18:23 | 16.8 km | 92 km |
| 5.7 | 15.08.1947 04:11 | 15 km | 64 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 11:07 | 6.6 km | 89 km |
| 3.5 | 21.07.2026 16:40 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.4 | 20.06.2026 23:52 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 2.8 | 10.05.2026 11:46 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.3 | 04.04.2026 12:58 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.1 | 06.03.2026 17:35 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 27.02.2026 22:56 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 2.8 | 18.12.2025 09:26 | 7.1 km | 47 km |
| 2.7 | 16.12.2025 12:39 | 7 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 22.11.2025 00:30 | 15.4 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2025 02:45 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.0 | 08.03.2025 16:37 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.9 | 08.03.2025 11:28 | 15.2 km | 43 km |
| 3.0 | 12.01.2025 05:23 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.1 | 14.10.2024 05:03 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.4 | 14.10.2024 00:55 | 5 km | 17 km |
| 3.4 | 14.10.2024 00:52 | 7 km | 22 km |
| 3.2 | 10.06.2024 23:12 | 3.6 km | 71 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2024 13:52 | 5 km | 11 km |
| 3.2 | 22.05.2024 06:55 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.3 | 21.12.2023 17:07 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 16.11.2023 16:35 | 13.9 km | 41 km |
| 3.9 | 06.10.2023 22:28 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 1.8 | 25.09.2023 00:20 | 7.5 km | 55 km |
| 3.9 | 24.09.2023 04:00 | 4.5 km | 41 km |
| 3.1 | 10.09.2023 11:20 | 1 km | 49 km |
| 3.2 | 14.08.2023 07:05 | 19.8 km | 32 km |
| 3.4 | 07.06.2023 06:24 | 8.8 km | 26 km |
| 2.8 | 06.06.2023 07:21 | 7.8 km | 36 km |
| 3.0 | 03.11.2022 14:07 | 2 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 17.06.2022 19:03 | 10.8 km | 69 km |
| 3.1 | 31.05.2022 02:21 | 2 km | 66 km |
| 3.9 | 26.05.2022 04:55 | 5 km | 70 km |
| 3.8 | 17.04.2022 04:49 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 24.03.2022 02:07 | 14.5 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 22.03.2022 06:14 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 15.03.2022 23:42 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 3.8 | 14.03.2022 04:47 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 2.9 | 14.03.2022 02:37 | 7.8 km | 55 km |
| 4.4 | 14.03.2022 01:15 | 11.6 km | 75 km |
| 3.3 | 07.03.2022 06:24 | 8.9 km | 85 km |
| 3.0 | 04.03.2022 13:24 | 2 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 23.02.2022 08:11 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 2.2 | 17.02.2022 00:31 | 4.9 km | 40 km |
| 2.8 | 13.02.2022 05:31 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.4 | 09.02.2022 04:53 | 8 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 28.01.2022 19:55 | 14 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 24.01.2022 19:09 | 2 km | 67 km |
| 1.9 | 12.11.2021 07:01 | 6 km | 68 km |
| 3.8 | 22.10.2021 14:05 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.2 | 08.09.2021 09:32 | 1 km | 27 km |
| 1.5 | 25.08.2021 02:07 | 5.9 km | 67 km |
| 1.6 | 24.06.2021 23:44 | 6.7 km | 79 km |
| 4.3 | 24.05.2021 21:43 | 15.9 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 01.04.2021 10:34 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.2 | 04.03.2021 22:40 | 1 km | 59 km |
| 1.9 | 03.03.2021 15:03 | 9.3 km | 58 km |
| 3.2 | 17.02.2021 03:01 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.3 | 25.01.2021 00:12 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.1 | 21.01.2021 10:51 | 5 km | 66 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.