2.1
1,254
recorded earthquakes
M4.3
largest
1973–2026
record span
2.51
mean magnitude
1,160
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 20.04.1973 12:24 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 4.3 | 01.07.1974 01:26 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 4.2 | 23.02.2008 15:30 | 0 km | 8 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2001 19:55 | 1 km | 24 km |
| 4.1 | 03.01.2008 06:07 | 1 km | 2 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2005 19:43 | 1 km | 0 km |
| 4.0 | 14.06.2000 02:25 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 11.09.1999 01:12 | 2 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 10.11.2007 10:31 | 1 km | 2 km |
| 3.9 | 20.07.2005 01:27 | 1 km | 4 km |
| 3.9 | 13.02.2005 12:38 | 1 km | 2 km |
| 3.9 | 25.09.2001 16:48 | 5 km | 9 km |
| 3.9 | 07.03.2006 22:56 | 1 km | 5 km |
| 3.9 | 05.01.1998 04:47 | 10.9 km | 22 km |
| 3.9 | 26.11.2007 17:27 | 1 km | 9 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 08.07.2026 10:44 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 0.7 | 16.06.2026 01:02 | 1 km | 2 km |
| 2.0 | 29.05.2026 08:42 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 2.1 | 17.04.2026 09:33 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 2.0 | 31.03.2026 10:26 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 1.4 | 26.03.2026 08:51 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 2.2 | 23.03.2026 12:04 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 0.8 | 19.03.2026 21:40 | 7 km | 42 km |
| 1.1 | 11.03.2026 03:27 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 2.2 | 10.12.2025 11:04 | 0 km | 11 km |
| 2.0 | 29.07.2025 09:22 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 2.0 | 16.06.2025 10:02 | 0 km | 9 km |
| 0.9 | 06.04.2025 17:59 | 13 km | 32 km |
| 2.0 | 21.03.2025 11:10 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 0.9 | 05.01.2025 07:27 | 17 km | 43 km |
| 1.5 | 23.12.2024 03:17 | 1 km | 2 km |
| 2.5 | 19.04.2024 09:36 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 1.3 | 11.02.2024 10:00 | 1 km | 29 km |
| 2.3 | 05.02.2024 11:46 | 5 km | 27 km |
| 0.9 | 19.08.2023 06:09 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 2.7 | 25.05.2023 22:22 | 15 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2022 09:54 | 2 km | 53 km |
| 2.1 | 06.12.2021 11:02 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 2.6 | 19.07.2019 11:16 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 2.6 | 06.07.2019 15:00 | 2 km | 45 km |
| 2.2 | 16.06.2015 13:28 | 20 km | 41 km |
| 2.2 | 20.10.2014 12:59 | 3 km | 40 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2014 23:03 | 1 km | 3 km |
| 2.8 | 15.09.2014 13:14 | 1 km | 3 km |
| 2.5 | 03.01.2014 00:08 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 1.8 | 03.06.2013 18:10 | 20 km | 28 km |
| 2.7 | 26.02.2013 09:21 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 1.8 | 18.01.2011 18:23 | 2 km | 19 km |
| 1.9 | 25.12.2010 16:53 | 7 km | 32 km |
| 2.1 | 31.03.2010 13:12 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 1.7 | 14.03.2010 23:53 | 1 km | 7 km |
| 2.2 | 28.11.2009 07:32 | 1 km | 6 km |
| 2.2 | 28.11.2009 02:44 | 1 km | 6 km |
| 2.0 | 07.09.2009 02:22 | 15 km | 38 km |
| 1.8 | 20.07.2009 02:57 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 2.0 | 01.05.2009 02:35 | 1 km | 10 km |
| 2.0 | 13.12.2008 14:37 | 2 km | 48 km |
| 2.2 | 29.10.2008 11:36 | 1 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2008 00:02 | 1 km | 7 km |
| 2.4 | 19.05.2008 17:59 | 1 km | 7 km |
| 2.2 | 17.05.2008 09:34 | 1 km | 11 km |
| 2.0 | 10.05.2008 15:20 | 1 km | 13 km |
| 2.3 | 10.05.2008 09:48 | 1 km | 9 km |
| 2.5 | 03.05.2008 07:47 | 1 km | 4 km |
| 2.0 | 25.04.2008 13:59 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 2.5 | 19.04.2008 09:35 | 1 km | 6 km |
| 2.3 | 12.04.2008 10:06 | 1 km | 9 km |
| 2.2 | 08.04.2008 21:49 | 1 km | 4 km |
| 2.3 | 06.04.2008 11:52 | 1 km | 6 km |
| 4.2 | 23.02.2008 15:30 | 0 km | 8 km |
| 2.5 | 21.02.2008 22:06 | 1 km | 5 km |
| 3.2 | 18.02.2008 13:28 | 1 km | 1 km |
| 2.5 | 18.02.2008 08:11 | 1 km | 12 km |
| 2.5 | 15.02.2008 06:34 | 1 km | 3 km |
| 2.5 | 14.02.2008 17:24 | 1 km | 4 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.