3.6
375
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1922–2026
record span
4.11
mean magnitude
242
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 09.11.2018 01:49 | 9.1 km | 890 km |
| 6.7 | 30.08.2012 13:43 | 11.1 km | 904 km |
| 6.7 | 10.10.1923 07:11 | 15 km | 930 km |
| 6.5 | 08.04.1922 20:42 | 15 km | 972 km |
| 6.5 | 16.04.1975 01:27 | 12 km | 912 km |
| 6.0 | 08.11.1945 10:02 | 35 km | 824 km |
| 6.0 | 08.11.1945 09:05 | 35 km | 824 km |
| 5.9 | 08.09.1972 11:34 | 11.3 km | 928 km |
| 5.8 | 15.07.2025 17:15 | 8 km | 668 km |
| 5.7 | 30.07.1984 12:16 | 19.6 km | 886 km |
| 5.7 | 06.02.1955 02:27 | 15 km | 913 km |
| 5.7 | 02.07.1993 04:11 | 8.7 km | 897 km |
| 5.7 | 14.02.2022 20:28 | 8.2 km | 914 km |
| 5.6 | 03.06.2010 04:32 | 9.5 km | 915 km |
| 5.6 | 10.10.1924 09:21 | 35 km | 865 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 10.07.2026 02:12 | 5.3 km | 742 km |
| 4.2 | 03.03.2026 15:27 | 10 km | 906 km |
| 4.2 | 10.01.2026 18:00 | 10 km | 904 km |
| 4.8 | 22.11.2025 01:42 | 10 km | 876 km |
| 3.7 | 06.10.2025 16:26 | 4 km | 948 km |
| 4.9 | 26.09.2025 11:52 | 10 km | 525 km |
| 3.6 | 03.09.2025 15:28 | 0 km | 874 km |
| 3.4 | 06.08.2025 00:26 | 10 km | 878 km |
| 4.1 | 20.07.2025 10:11 | 10 km | 898 km |
| 3.2 | 16.07.2025 08:38 | 10 km | 678 km |
| 3.3 | 16.07.2025 07:42 | 10 km | 666 km |
| 5.8 | 15.07.2025 17:15 | 8 km | 668 km |
| 3.6 | 11.06.2025 07:46 | 10 km | 899 km |
| 3.6 | 10.06.2025 17:15 | 10 km | 901 km |
| 3.7 | 10.06.2025 15:35 | 10 km | 900 km |
| 3.7 | 10.06.2025 15:08 | 10 km | 903 km |
| 3.1 | 24.05.2025 23:07 | 0 km | 531 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2025 01:41 | 0 km | 440 km |
| 5.2 | 04.10.2024 13:49 | 10 km | 916 km |
| 5.1 | 04.10.2024 11:42 | 0 km | 910 km |
| 3.1 | 27.09.2024 06:35 | 9.8 km | 440 km |
| 4.4 | 27.09.2024 06:35 | 9.8 km | 440 km |
| 5.1 | 30.07.2024 17:45 | 11 km | 429 km |
| 4.8 | 26.06.2024 12:06 | 14.7 km | 913 km |
| 2.7 | 21.05.2024 06:27 | 18 km | 648 km |
| 3.7 | 17.05.2024 20:57 | 10 km | 886 km |
| 4.5 | 19.04.2024 14:01 | 10 km | 709 km |
| 3.3 | 19.04.2024 14:01 | 10 km | 702 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2023 22:06 | 10 km | 637 km |
| 2.0 | 06.12.2023 04:25 | 0 km | 890 km |
| 2.5 | 04.12.2023 18:15 | 0 km | 879 km |
| 2.1 | 04.12.2023 03:32 | 0 km | 891 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2023 08:46 | 10 km | 626 km |
| 3.2 | 08.11.2023 21:07 | 21.2 km | 883 km |
| 1.9 | 02.11.2023 06:36 | 3 km | 881 km |
| 4.3 | 21.09.2023 22:44 | 0 km | 537 km |
| 5.3 | 21.09.2023 22:41 | 0.8 km | 525 km |
| 3.5 | 21.09.2023 02:14 | 10 km | 882 km |
| 4.1 | 16.09.2023 12:34 | 0 km | 556 km |
| 5.1 | 13.09.2023 02:33 | 10 km | 920 km |
| 5.1 | 13.09.2023 00:06 | 10 km | 921 km |
| 4.2 | 12.09.2023 23:53 | 10 km | 910 km |
| 2.0 | 08.09.2023 02:36 | 0 km | 907 km |
| 3.3 | 08.09.2023 02:33 | 0.3 km | 908 km |
| 2.3 | 07.09.2023 22:53 | 0 km | 901 km |
| 4.8 | 03.08.2023 00:27 | 30.3 km | 777 km |
| 3.6 | 12.04.2023 17:38 | 10 km | 877 km |
| 2.5 | 26.03.2023 06:10 | 18 km | 866 km |
| 2.7 | 03.01.2023 04:42 | 0 km | 870 km |
| 5.3 | 27.12.2022 20:15 | 11.5 km | 435 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2022 10:26 | 18 km | 765 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2022 19:15 | 10 km | 882 km |
| 2.0 | 18.09.2022 19:36 | 3 km | 864 km |
| 2.3 | 31.08.2022 01:04 | 2 km | 872 km |
| 4.3 | 14.08.2022 19:33 | 10 km | 870 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2022 14:45 | 0 km | 896 km |
| 2.2 | 02.08.2022 12:20 | 0 km | 879 km |
| 2.5 | 16.07.2022 16:20 | 2 km | 886 km |
| 2.2 | 23.05.2022 23:05 | 2 km | 880 km |
| 3.1 | 21.05.2022 18:02 | 10 km | 643 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.