3.2
782
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.70
mean magnitude
625
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 20.06.1990 21:00 | 15.3 km | 215 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 120 km |
| 6.5 | 11.08.2012 12:23 | 8.7 km | 77 km |
| 6.4 | 27.04.1931 16:50 | 15 km | 182 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2012 12:34 | 18.9 km | 81 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1978 15:22 | 31.1 km | 136 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1997 12:57 | 22.6 km | 49 km |
| 6.0 | 19.02.1924 06:59 | 35 km | 124 km |
| 6.0 | 07.11.2019 22:47 | 13.4 km | 81 km |
| 5.9 | 09.07.1998 14:19 | 29 km | 79 km |
| 5.9 | 07.11.2019 22:46 | 6.1 km | 177 km |
| 5.7 | 16.03.2023 11:47 | 16.3 km | 152 km |
| 5.7 | 08.04.2026 09:05 | 23.6 km | 163 km |
| 5.6 | 22.07.1983 02:41 | 19.2 km | 215 km |
| 5.6 | 04.08.1981 18:35 | 33.9 km | 150 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 17:53 | 26.8 km | 150 km |
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 15:24 | 27.5 km | 75 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 21:47 | 26.4 km | 75 km |
| 3.3 | 04.07.2026 09:34 | 45.2 km | 159 km |
| 3.3 | 24.05.2026 03:52 | 28.4 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 17.04.2026 21:36 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 5.7 | 08.04.2026 09:05 | 23.6 km | 163 km |
| 3.2 | 27.03.2026 10:22 | 25.7 km | 88 km |
| 3.1 | 19.01.2026 17:46 | 4 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 13.01.2026 06:53 | 21 km | 138 km |
| 4.5 | 09.12.2025 17:16 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2025 01:36 | 48.7 km | 107 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2025 10:03 | 21 km | 80 km |
| 3.1 | 05.06.2025 12:47 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 04.06.2025 19:31 | 16.3 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 02.06.2025 03:51 | 16.6 km | 82 km |
| 3.1 | 20.05.2025 08:45 | 8 km | 142 km |
| 2.9 | 01.05.2025 17:38 | 49.7 km | 144 km |
| 3.7 | 25.04.2025 12:53 | 6 km | 87 km |
| 3.7 | 24.04.2025 08:28 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.2 | 19.04.2025 12:00 | 10.9 km | 80 km |
| 2.3 | 04.04.2025 00:19 | 7 km | 136 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2025 20:48 | 28.4 km | 105 km |
| 3.8 | 09.03.2025 03:49 | 0 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 06.01.2025 23:53 | 24.6 km | 84 km |
| 3.8 | 06.01.2025 19:22 | 24 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 27.11.2024 13:07 | 30 km | 117 km |
| 3.1 | 23.11.2024 08:10 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 4.4 | 23.11.2024 08:10 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.4 | 18.11.2024 08:40 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2024 15:03 | 38.8 km | 111 km |
| 3.1 | 20.09.2024 23:05 | 19.4 km | 81 km |
| 3.9 | 05.09.2024 06:45 | 56.1 km | 142 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2024 01:20 | 17.9 km | 84 km |
| 4.9 | 28.06.2024 03:43 | 25.7 km | 90 km |
| 4.4 | 11.05.2024 13:23 | 13.4 km | 90 km |
| 5.0 | 11.05.2024 13:21 | 34.5 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 02.02.2024 19:41 | 6 km | 53 km |
| 4.8 | 19.01.2024 18:05 | 54.9 km | 177 km |
| 3.8 | 23.12.2023 02:27 | 12.3 km | 87 km |
| 3.6 | 14.11.2023 22:07 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 4.3 | 14.11.2023 21:13 | 13.7 km | 27 km |
| 4.6 | 08.11.2023 07:09 | 24.8 km | 102 km |
| 5.0 | 08.11.2023 05:18 | 35.1 km | 101 km |
| 3.5 | 21.10.2023 20:58 | 17.5 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2023 02:01 | 18.6 km | 74 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2023 15:54 | 9 km | 93 km |
| 3.1 | 08.09.2023 06:11 | 34.1 km | 113 km |
| 4.9 | 22.08.2023 21:23 | 38.6 km | 114 km |
| 3.0 | 19.08.2023 00:31 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2023 10:24 | 6 km | 155 km |
| 4.5 | 26.07.2023 07:03 | 34.1 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 25.05.2023 01:36 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 4.9 | 22.05.2023 17:36 | 8 km | 76 km |
| 3.0 | 09.05.2023 02:30 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.1 | 11.04.2023 12:17 | 17 km | 84 km |
| 5.7 | 16.03.2023 11:47 | 16.3 km | 152 km |
| 3.1 | 15.03.2023 11:24 | 22 km | 93 km |
| 4.2 | 08.03.2023 06:14 | 40 km | 125 km |
| 3.0 | 22.02.2023 07:25 | 27 km | 79 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.