4.3
151
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.61
mean magnitude
34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 07.09.1915 01:20 | 80 km | 63 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.2001 17:33 | 57.6 km | 157 km |
| 7.5 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 111 km |
| 7.3 | 19.06.1982 06:21 | 76.3 km | 151 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 191 km |
| 7.1 | 21.05.1932 10:10 | 15 km | 156 km |
| 6.7 | 08.06.1917 00:51 | 15 km | 106 km |
| 6.7 | 12.06.1912 12:43 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 6.7 | 11.07.1999 14:14 | 16.8 km | 139 km |
| 6.6 | 30.05.2019 09:03 | 61.2 km | 154 km |
| 6.5 | 13.02.2001 14:22 | 9.4 km | 88 km |
| 6.5 | 02.10.1944 17:22 | 160 km | 119 km |
| 6.3 | 09.11.1997 22:56 | 190 km | 75 km |
| 6.2 | 03.12.1934 02:38 | 35 km | 62 km |
| 6.2 | 06.05.1951 23:08 | 10 km | 107 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 07.07.2026 17:46 | 200 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2026 08:33 | 188.9 km | 73 km |
| 3.9 | 02.04.2026 23:02 | 35 km | 78 km |
| 5.0 | 18.03.2026 17:35 | 0 km | 112 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2026 07:56 | 192 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 16.01.2026 06:45 | 24 km | 49 km |
| 3.9 | 20.11.2025 10:10 | 24 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2025 11:14 | 300 km | 34 km |
| 3.3 | 22.01.2025 06:01 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 4.4 | 14.10.2024 13:08 | 187.1 km | 90 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2024 02:35 | 90 km | 36 km |
| 3.6 | 21.09.2024 16:53 | 3.4 km | 57 km |
| 6.1 | 28.08.2024 21:57 | 0 km | 141 km |
| 4.7 | 07.04.2024 17:49 | 195 km | 85 km |
| 3.7 | 14.11.2023 20:41 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 3.7 | 08.11.2023 01:39 | 13.8 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 07.11.2022 11:42 | 169.1 km | 89 km |
| 4.5 | 16.10.2022 12:51 | 50.5 km | 62 km |
| 5.2 | 25.08.2021 21:04 | 10.2 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 24.04.2021 17:40 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2020 07:41 | 174.6 km | 87 km |
| 6.6 | 30.05.2019 09:03 | 61.2 km | 154 km |
| 4.4 | 05.04.2019 23:53 | 9.7 km | 49 km |
| 5.1 | 31.01.2019 04:40 | 191.4 km | 113 km |
| 4.2 | 11.01.2018 18:19 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.3 | 17.09.2017 05:56 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 4.9 | 19.02.2016 04:42 | 204.6 km | 76 km |
| 4.4 | 31.01.2015 11:40 | 4.9 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 30.01.2015 15:01 | 1.1 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2014 08:09 | 121.8 km | 62 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2014 16:07 | 201.4 km | 81 km |
| 4.3 | 03.08.2014 00:23 | 181.8 km | 93 km |
| 4.4 | 17.04.2014 04:51 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 03.01.2014 22:40 | 180.3 km | 24 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2013 04:24 | 10.1 km | 50 km |
| 4.6 | 28.12.2012 16:23 | 178.3 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 25.10.2012 15:19 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2012 15:36 | 1.2 km | 50 km |
| 4.6 | 22.07.2012 10:36 | 15.9 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2011 00:20 | 0 km | 21 km |
| 3.9 | 15.12.2008 05:44 | 78.3 km | 20 km |
| 4.3 | 18.11.2008 01:38 | 156.5 km | 85 km |
| 0.0 | 09.10.2008 16:28 | 13.8 km | 47 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2008 16:12 | 9.6 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 07.07.2008 21:16 | 0 km | 6 km |
| 0.0 | 16.05.2008 11:39 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 21.04.2008 09:18 | 198.2 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 07.04.2008 10:27 | 106.4 km | 65 km |
| 0.0 | 25.11.2006 10:53 | 35 km | 57 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.2006 07:32 | 9 km | 70 km |
| 4.3 | 31.08.2006 05:37 | 8.9 km | 33 km |
| 4.4 | 08.08.2006 11:25 | 35 km | 85 km |
| 3.7 | 03.06.2006 07:52 | 20 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2006 04:51 | 30.8 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 10.03.2006 07:06 | 4.7 km | 62 km |
| 3.9 | 17.12.2005 09:27 | 81.4 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2005 23:03 | 20 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 22.02.2005 17:18 | 20 km | 51 km |
| 4.7 | 01.01.2005 01:20 | 176.9 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 14.12.2004 12:18 | 188.2 km | 65 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.