3.9
368
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.75
mean magnitude
46
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 06.08.1942 23:37 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 7.5 | 19.04.1902 02:23 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 7.5 | 23.10.1950 16:13 | 65.3 km | 99 km |
| 7.4 | 07.11.2012 16:35 | 38.7 km | 134 km |
| 7.3 | 29.04.1970 14:01 | 56.5 km | 164 km |
| 7.2 | 10.09.1993 19:12 | 23.4 km | 151 km |
| 7.2 | 14.12.1935 22:05 | 35 km | 113 km |
| 7.2 | 17.07.2026 14:48 | 30 km | 147 km |
| 7.0 | 04.02.1921 08:22 | 15 km | 95 km |
| 7.0 | 02.12.1983 03:09 | 59.7 km | 125 km |
| 7.0 | 14.06.2017 07:29 | 103.7 km | 60 km |
| 6.9 | 07.07.2014 11:23 | 73.5 km | 112 km |
| 6.8 | 17.04.1919 20:53 | 35 km | 97 km |
| 6.7 | 05.12.1939 08:30 | 45 km | 85 km |
| 6.7 | 06.04.1982 19:56 | 54.5 km | 114 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 29.07.2026 08:57 | 1 km | 45 km |
| 7.2 | 17.07.2026 14:48 | 30 km | 147 km |
| 4.2 | 16.07.2026 19:02 | 130.2 km | 51 km |
| 3.1 | 28.06.2026 03:16 | 1 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 08.06.2026 11:15 | 31 km | 42 km |
| 3.4 | 06.05.2026 17:19 | 137.8 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 25.04.2026 06:23 | 5 km | 28 km |
| 3.9 | 19.04.2026 11:14 | 3 km | 42 km |
| 2.8 | 14.04.2026 08:11 | 129 km | 33 km |
| 3.5 | 01.04.2026 21:32 | 171 km | 41 km |
| 4.1 | 18.03.2026 08:07 | 204.4 km | 54 km |
| 5.0 | 15.03.2026 00:22 | 203.1 km | 50 km |
| 3.6 | 04.02.2026 22:05 | 182.8 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 02.02.2026 14:53 | 1 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 31.01.2026 15:56 | 158 km | 35 km |
| 2.8 | 03.01.2026 01:58 | 14 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 02.12.2025 12:59 | 169.3 km | 45 km |
| 5.8 | 28.11.2025 20:06 | 144.3 km | 79 km |
| 4.1 | 12.11.2025 20:19 | 9 km | 40 km |
| 3.0 | 24.08.2025 05:28 | 160 km | 28 km |
| 2.7 | 22.07.2025 08:23 | 142 km | 27 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2025 02:24 | 160 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 16.06.2025 08:56 | 127 km | 54 km |
| 4.5 | 06.06.2025 00:07 | 192.3 km | 11 km |
| 4.0 | 26.02.2025 04:28 | 20 km | 13 km |
| 4.1 | 05.02.2025 05:06 | 180.6 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 12.08.2024 03:13 | 3.5 km | 35 km |
| 6.3 | 12.05.2024 11:39 | 57.8 km | 131 km |
| 4.1 | 17.04.2024 09:09 | 221.7 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 02.12.2023 00:59 | 185.4 km | 37 km |
| 6.4 | 17.05.2023 23:01 | 257.6 km | 53 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2023 19:06 | 259.8 km | 18 km |
| 4.2 | 29.01.2023 03:19 | 206 km | 43 km |
| 4.4 | 10.04.2022 12:00 | 167.9 km | 30 km |
| 4.8 | 21.03.2022 11:32 | 172.2 km | 39 km |
| 6.2 | 16.02.2022 07:12 | 71.6 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 29.03.2021 14:38 | 207.9 km | 52 km |
| 5.1 | 12.10.2020 06:06 | 106.7 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2020 11:59 | 184.9 km | 41 km |
| 4.4 | 15.03.2020 09:34 | 162.2 km | 27 km |
| 4.3 | 20.12.2019 03:08 | 210.1 km | 59 km |
| 5.0 | 24.10.2019 03:54 | 219 km | 83 km |
| 4.4 | 02.05.2019 10:17 | 235.8 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 30.04.2019 14:13 | 231.2 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 29.04.2019 11:48 | 204 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 01.03.2019 15:27 | 207 km | 26 km |
| 4.2 | 27.02.2019 13:53 | 202.2 km | 51 km |
| 3.4 | 03.02.2019 05:02 | 179.6 km | 22 km |
| 6.7 | 01.02.2019 16:14 | 78.1 km | 100 km |
| 4.4 | 05.01.2019 17:08 | 154.9 km | 23 km |
| 4.6 | 03.09.2018 18:11 | 176.6 km | 18 km |
| 4.6 | 20.05.2018 01:17 | 154.9 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 14.02.2018 16:28 | 258.7 km | 24 km |
| 5.2 | 15.12.2017 09:07 | 109.2 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 19.11.2017 12:22 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 19.11.2017 11:10 | 171 km | 48 km |
| 4.3 | 08.11.2017 08:28 | 191.9 km | 46 km |
| 4.6 | 12.10.2017 17:44 | 108.8 km | 51 km |
| 5.2 | 14.09.2017 20:15 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 5.0 | 14.06.2017 07:52 | 95.5 km | 71 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.