3.8
215
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1927–2026
record span
3.48
mean magnitude
184
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 02.06.1927 16:37 | 35 km | 267 km |
| 6.2 | 14.03.1938 00:48 | 50 km | 386 km |
| 5.8 | 21.05.1997 22:51 | 35.9 km | 199 km |
| 5.5 | 25.08.1957 21:04 | — | 272 km |
| 5.3 | 20.12.2024 22:29 | 10 km | 396 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.1987 16:59 | 35 km | 191 km |
| 4.8 | 28.07.2022 19:26 | 7.7 km | 419 km |
| 4.8 | 26.04.1982 06:06 | — | 454 km |
| 4.8 | 13.10.2022 23:58 | 4 km | 416 km |
| 4.7 | 11.06.2020 12:47 | 114 km | 240 km |
| 4.7 | 20.03.2020 08:13 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 4.5 | 18.10.2012 02:33 | 35 km | 289 km |
| 4.5 | 11.07.2022 02:40 | 10 km | 416 km |
| 4.4 | 30.09.2024 08:06 | 10 km | 317 km |
| 4.4 | 19.02.2026 00:35 | 10 km | 211 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 07:57 | 212.1 km | 219 km |
| 3.8 | 30.07.2026 04:01 | 234.4 km | 214 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 05:55 | 15 km | 177 km |
| 3.4 | 26.07.2026 08:14 | 10 km | 442 km |
| 3.3 | 25.07.2026 04:13 | 5 km | 189 km |
| 3.6 | 22.07.2026 04:41 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 3.4 | 20.07.2026 11:51 | 106.9 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 17.07.2026 10:33 | 10 km | 422 km |
| 3.8 | 13.07.2026 20:51 | 97.9 km | 327 km |
| 4.4 | 13.07.2026 10:45 | 39 km | 163 km |
| 2.6 | 13.07.2026 08:47 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 3.7 | 04.07.2026 20:55 | 237.1 km | 415 km |
| 3.1 | 04.07.2026 03:30 | 280.4 km | 236 km |
| 3.5 | 23.06.2026 08:31 | 8 km | 421 km |
| 3.7 | 15.06.2026 08:45 | 10 km | 414 km |
| 3.2 | 13.06.2026 18:09 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 3.5 | 08.06.2026 16:09 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.1 | 03.06.2026 10:13 | 5 km | 462 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2026 10:03 | 5 km | 479 km |
| 3.0 | 03.06.2026 09:57 | 5 km | 460 km |
| 3.0 | 02.06.2026 10:47 | 10 km | 461 km |
| 2.7 | 02.06.2026 09:57 | 5 km | 327 km |
| 2.6 | 02.06.2026 09:54 | 5 km | 339 km |
| 2.7 | 02.06.2026 05:29 | 10 km | 463 km |
| 2.9 | 25.05.2026 09:10 | 10 km | 353 km |
| 2.8 | 21.05.2026 09:03 | 10 km | 342 km |
| 3.5 | 20.05.2026 04:38 | 23.5 km | 355 km |
| 3.1 | 17.05.2026 03:46 | 10 km | 248 km |
| 2.5 | 16.05.2026 20:59 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 3.1 | 16.05.2026 16:47 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 3.3 | 16.05.2026 16:13 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 3.0 | 16.05.2026 16:10 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 3.9 | 16.05.2026 16:01 | 10 km | 231 km |
| 2.8 | 05.05.2026 10:45 | 7 km | 341 km |
| 3.9 | 21.04.2026 03:33 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 2.6 | 15.04.2026 03:45 | 267.3 km | 227 km |
| 3.7 | 13.04.2026 12:16 | 129.2 km | 325 km |
| 3.6 | 08.04.2026 07:18 | 10 km | 437 km |
| 2.9 | 06.04.2026 08:37 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 2.7 | 28.03.2026 22:30 | 5 km | 246 km |
| 2.9 | 28.03.2026 22:27 | 5 km | 247 km |
| 4.4 | 19.02.2026 00:35 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 3.1 | 14.02.2026 09:00 | 5 km | 344 km |
| 4.3 | 14.01.2026 07:48 | 136.1 km | 326 km |
| 4.2 | 26.12.2025 16:10 | 10 km | 426 km |
| 3.1 | 26.12.2025 11:09 | 5 km | 308 km |
| 4.2 | 20.12.2025 08:38 | 28.4 km | 303 km |
| 2.5 | 15.12.2025 01:04 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 3.3 | 14.12.2025 09:23 | 10 km | 412 km |
| 2.9 | 12.12.2025 10:03 | 5 km | 448 km |
| 3.5 | 02.12.2025 08:25 | 91.4 km | 325 km |
| 4.3 | 25.11.2025 05:30 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 4.3 | 19.11.2025 08:10 | 284.2 km | 545 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2025 16:24 | 167 km | 299 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2025 08:03 | 10 km | 395 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2025 00:24 | 118.9 km | 355 km |
| 2.9 | 26.09.2025 09:32 | 1.9 km | 405 km |
| 3.8 | 14.09.2025 02:45 | 97 km | 255 km |
| 3.0 | 12.09.2025 03:16 | 5 km | 330 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.2025 16:17 | 10 km | 276 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.