2.8
177
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1967–2026
record span
3.40
mean magnitude
143
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 29.09.1993 22:25 | 17.2 km | 503 km |
| 5.7 | 13.04.1969 15:24 | 12 km | 213 km |
| 5.4 | 27.03.1967 08:09 | 11.2 km | 71 km |
| 5.0 | 29.10.1993 23:45 | 10 km | 388 km |
| 5.0 | 29.09.1993 23:10 | 9 km | 507 km |
| 4.8 | 08.10.1993 20:45 | 9 km | 511 km |
| 4.8 | 04.12.2024 01:57 | 25 km | 270 km |
| 4.7 | 12.11.1993 13:27 | 9 km | 511 km |
| 4.7 | 23.03.2020 10:55 | 10 km | 389 km |
| 4.7 | 23.01.1997 02:34 | 35 km | 467 km |
| 4.7 | 30.09.1993 00:53 | 9 km | 515 km |
| 4.6 | 21.03.2024 00:38 | 10 km | 537 km |
| 4.6 | 24.05.1995 13:46 | 35 km | 136 km |
| 4.6 | 15.04.1969 17:58 | 35 km | 263 km |
| 4.6 | 03.12.1987 18:15 | 33 km | 68 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 14:11 | 10 km | 406 km |
| 2.8 | 12.07.2026 12:31 | 19 km | 364 km |
| 3.2 | 11.07.2026 23:35 | 0 km | 396 km |
| 4.5 | 11.07.2026 23:35 | 10 km | 413 km |
| 3.5 | 13.06.2026 20:56 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 2.5 | 01.06.2026 12:37 | 5 km | 290 km |
| 3.0 | 23.05.2026 01:23 | 10 km | 385 km |
| 2.9 | 21.05.2026 14:56 | 5 km | 375 km |
| 3.4 | 15.05.2026 16:11 | 10 km | 424 km |
| 3.7 | 16.04.2026 19:00 | 27 km | 292 km |
| 4.4 | 04.04.2026 18:01 | 5 km | 355 km |
| 2.7 | 04.04.2026 07:02 | 5 km | 271 km |
| 2.8 | 25.03.2026 08:38 | 5 km | 318 km |
| 4.1 | 20.03.2026 21:49 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 4.4 | 04.03.2026 18:09 | 10 km | 389 km |
| 2.5 | 26.02.2026 12:37 | 10 km | 390 km |
| 3.9 | 25.02.2026 18:19 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 2.9 | 21.02.2026 03:01 | 5 km | 280 km |
| 3.5 | 18.02.2026 21:03 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 3.0 | 11.02.2026 09:50 | 10 km | 466 km |
| 3.1 | 07.02.2026 01:35 | 5 km | 337 km |
| 2.8 | 30.01.2026 21:48 | 5 km | 309 km |
| 2.9 | 29.01.2026 08:05 | 7 km | 318 km |
| 3.5 | 27.01.2026 20:04 | 10 km | 446 km |
| 2.6 | 27.01.2026 08:13 | 5 km | 446 km |
| 3.5 | 23.01.2026 21:29 | 14 km | 186 km |
| 2.7 | 02.01.2026 08:39 | 5 km | 446 km |
| 2.8 | 26.12.2025 04:15 | 5 km | 284 km |
| 2.5 | 13.12.2025 03:47 | 5 km | 365 km |
| 4.2 | 13.12.2025 03:46 | 10 km | 306 km |
| 2.6 | 06.12.2025 13:09 | 10 km | 306 km |
| 3.4 | 04.12.2025 21:42 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.2 | 01.12.2025 09:02 | 56.9 km | 321 km |
| 2.9 | 19.11.2025 03:24 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 3.7 | 03.11.2025 22:49 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 2.9 | 01.11.2025 04:42 | 5 km | 431 km |
| 3.4 | 31.10.2025 13:47 | 5 km | 433 km |
| 3.2 | 31.10.2025 00:17 | 5 km | 433 km |
| 2.8 | 30.10.2025 15:33 | 10 km | 444 km |
| 3.1 | 25.10.2025 22:12 | 5 km | 432 km |
| 2.5 | 24.09.2025 15:54 | 10 km | 478 km |
| 3.4 | 23.09.2025 21:23 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.7 | 14.09.2025 12:45 | 182.8 km | 415 km |
| 2.7 | 14.09.2025 08:14 | 10 km | 441 km |
| 2.5 | 11.09.2025 02:47 | 5 km | 458 km |
| 3.1 | 13.08.2025 22:26 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 3.4 | 10.05.2025 09:51 | 10 km | 345 km |
| 3.8 | 05.05.2025 13:20 | 10 km | 396 km |
| 2.5 | 25.04.2025 05:18 | 5 km | 369 km |
| 3.0 | 07.12.2024 06:45 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 4.8 | 04.12.2024 01:57 | 25 km | 270 km |
| 2.8 | 09.11.2024 04:53 | 5 km | 505 km |
| 3.6 | 02.11.2024 08:32 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 3.4 | 20.10.2024 09:20 | 10 km | 346 km |
| 3.1 | 18.10.2024 08:39 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2024 03:52 | 5 km | 269 km |
| 2.8 | 10.08.2024 12:34 | 5 km | 430 km |
| 4.2 | 10.07.2024 01:44 | 10 km | 539 km |
| 3.1 | 23.05.2024 07:57 | 10 km | 330 km |
| 2.6 | 24.04.2024 14:27 | 5 km | 381 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.