5.2
1,719
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1909–2026
record span
3.80
mean magnitude
1,208
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 | 282 km |
| 7.3 | 23.01.1909 02:48 | 15 km | 204 km |
| 7.0 | 01.09.1962 19:20 | 15 km | 276 km |
| 6.6 | 16.08.1958 19:13 | 15 km | 104 km |
| 6.5 | 13.12.1957 01:45 | 15 km | 119 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 266 km |
| 6.2 | 15.07.1929 07:44 | 35 km | 193 km |
| 6.2 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 12.9 km | 108 km |
| 6.2 | 19.12.1980 01:16 | 13.6 km | 229 km |
| 6.1 | 14.12.1978 07:05 | 25.8 km | 195 km |
| 6.1 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 34.7 km | 171 km |
| 6.1 | 31.03.2006 01:17 | 15.7 km | 41 km |
| 6.1 | 05.06.1977 04:45 | 22.2 km | 115 km |
| 6.0 | 25.08.2018 22:13 | 11.1 km | 234 km |
| 6.0 | 04.11.1939 10:15 | 35 km | 193 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2026 04:26 | 8 km | 108 km |
| 5.1 | 19.07.2026 02:25 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2026 15:22 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2026 21:31 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.2 | 19.06.2026 01:58 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2026 11:50 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2026 04:13 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 4.0 | 01.05.2026 04:23 | 0 km | 78 km |
| 3.9 | 22.04.2026 05:36 | 0 km | 113 km |
| 3.8 | 19.03.2026 08:59 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 19.03.2026 08:55 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 14.03.2026 00:54 | 27.5 km | 87 km |
| 3.2 | 27.02.2026 01:51 | 0 km | 141 km |
| 3.4 | 19.01.2026 21:09 | 0 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 17.01.2026 16:27 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 28.10.2025 23:35 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.7 | 26.10.2025 16:09 | 0 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2025 15:58 | 12 km | 101 km |
| 3.0 | 23.06.2025 14:49 | 19 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 23.06.2025 12:54 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2025 05:06 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.4 | 17.05.2025 23:28 | 8 km | 117 km |
| 3.0 | 07.05.2025 10:09 | 6 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2025 00:46 | 8 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 24.04.2025 05:49 | 5 km | 120 km |
| 3.4 | 11.04.2025 17:33 | 13 km | 87 km |
| 3.6 | 06.04.2025 23:34 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 3.0 | 01.04.2025 19:31 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 3.3 | 30.03.2025 13:45 | 8 km | 97 km |
| 3.0 | 08.03.2025 21:03 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.6 | 01.03.2025 16:06 | 8 km | 163 km |
| 3.3 | 21.02.2025 18:14 | 7 km | 56 km |
| 5.2 | 16.02.2025 18:55 | 21 km | 64 km |
| 4.5 | 16.02.2025 18:48 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.3 | 10.02.2025 09:26 | 6 km | 103 km |
| 3.2 | 09.01.2025 12:57 | 10 km | 164 km |
| 3.4 | 03.11.2024 15:57 | 6 km | 55 km |
| 4.3 | 24.10.2024 06:46 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 16.10.2024 18:57 | 9 km | 122 km |
| 4.3 | 16.10.2024 12:26 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2024 04:02 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 4.4 | 18.08.2024 22:57 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 5.0 | 25.07.2024 21:35 | 12.6 km | 210 km |
| 3.7 | 16.07.2024 15:40 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 4.4 | 28.06.2024 23:00 | 11.2 km | 122 km |
| 4.0 | 25.05.2024 23:39 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 3.8 | 26.03.2024 08:58 | 23 km | 109 km |
| 3.3 | 20.02.2024 22:12 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.4 | 03.02.2024 10:21 | 15 km | 104 km |
| 3.3 | 02.02.2024 09:03 | 11 km | 98 km |
| 3.2 | 27.01.2024 21:58 | 17 km | 81 km |
| 5.2 | 22.12.2023 17:48 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 4.6 | 24.11.2023 06:13 | 10.8 km | 102 km |
| 4.9 | 10.11.2023 15:36 | 19.4 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 27.10.2023 12:41 | 23 km | 137 km |
| 4.0 | 13.09.2023 20:11 | 17 km | 104 km |
| 3.3 | 04.09.2023 11:31 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 27.08.2023 10:17 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.8 | 28.06.2023 19:08 | 21.7 km | 150 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.