5.2
1,096
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.92
mean magnitude
870
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 12.11.2017 18:18 | 20.1 km | 87 km |
| 6.6 | 16.08.1958 19:13 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.2002 02:58 | 16.3 km | 240 km |
| 6.5 | 13.12.1957 01:45 | 15 km | 98 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 86 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 247 km |
| 6.1 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 34.7 km | 153 km |
| 6.1 | 11.01.1967 11:20 | 22.9 km | 102 km |
| 6.1 | 31.03.2006 01:17 | 15.7 km | 216 km |
| 6.0 | 25.08.2018 22:13 | 11.1 km | 41 km |
| 5.8 | 24.03.1963 12:44 | 20 km | 110 km |
| 5.8 | 08.11.1924 09:05 | 15 km | 151 km |
| 5.8 | 22.07.2018 10:07 | 10.8 km | 42 km |
| 5.7 | 06.01.2019 13:41 | 18.3 km | 99 km |
| 5.7 | 26.01.1938 03:40 | 15 km | 164 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 4.8 | 20.07.2026 03:43 | 28 km | 36 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2026 11:50 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2026 04:13 | 0 km | 119 km |
| 4.2 | 05.05.2026 20:53 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 4.7 | 27.02.2026 03:51 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.2 | 20.02.2026 08:45 | 0 km | 143 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2026 08:37 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.4 | 12.02.2026 15:36 | 27.8 km | 94 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 17:16 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2025 04:08 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 4.1 | 20.11.2025 10:53 | 0 km | 106 km |
| 3.8 | 01.11.2025 11:25 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2025 00:35 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2025 08:36 | 16 km | 131 km |
| 3.2 | 18.08.2025 19:46 | 5.6 km | 156 km |
| 3.2 | 28.05.2025 00:05 | 15 km | 117 km |
| 3.2 | 03.04.2025 01:23 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 01.04.2025 19:31 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 4.2 | 07.03.2025 12:41 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 04.03.2025 04:21 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 03.03.2025 21:56 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.9 | 03.03.2025 20:53 | 18.1 km | 117 km |
| 3.6 | 01.03.2025 16:06 | 8 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2025 11:42 | 8 km | 97 km |
| 3.0 | 08.02.2025 20:49 | 8 km | 102 km |
| 3.4 | 01.02.2025 23:17 | 8 km | 130 km |
| 3.7 | 29.01.2025 22:54 | 24.9 km | 125 km |
| 3.5 | 28.01.2025 07:37 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.1 | 27.01.2025 02:07 | 13 km | 109 km |
| 3.0 | 27.01.2025 01:11 | 14 km | 112 km |
| 4.9 | 27.01.2025 01:02 | 60.5 km | 121 km |
| 3.4 | 27.01.2025 00:14 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 4.2 | 10.01.2025 02:52 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 09.01.2025 00:22 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 09.11.2024 05:21 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.2 | 18.10.2024 01:10 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2024 07:58 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2024 09:50 | 6 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2024 19:46 | 29.3 km | 134 km |
| 5.0 | 25.07.2024 21:35 | 12.6 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 22.07.2024 03:05 | 10.4 km | 26 km |
| 4.9 | 30.06.2024 20:57 | 16.8 km | 108 km |
| 4.2 | 07.06.2024 05:54 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 3.3 | 19.05.2024 00:35 | 6.2 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 14.05.2024 00:00 | 26.8 km | 122 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2024 08:25 | 12.4 km | 96 km |
| 3.7 | 14.04.2024 08:13 | 17 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2024 00:27 | 6.3 km | 39 km |
| 3.9 | 22.02.2024 00:06 | 17.1 km | 96 km |
| 3.3 | 20.02.2024 22:12 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.0 | 20.02.2024 09:30 | 13 km | 89 km |
| 3.7 | 27.12.2023 13:04 | 8 km | 88 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2023 09:03 | 17.3 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2023 12:21 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 4.0 | 25.10.2023 13:31 | 12 km | 103 km |
| 3.1 | 21.10.2023 12:52 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.5 | 09.10.2023 07:07 | 19.1 km | 99 km |
| 3.8 | 05.10.2023 20:31 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2023 05:57 | 24 km | 74 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.