4.6
641
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1928–2026
record span
3.58
mean magnitude
506
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 | 263 km |
| 7.1 | 02.07.1957 00:42 | 15 km | 52 km |
| 7.0 | 01.09.1962 19:20 | 15 km | 227 km |
| 6.6 | 12.02.1953 08:15 | 15 km | 272 km |
| 6.4 | 11.04.1935 23:14 | 15 km | 133 km |
| 6.3 | 28.05.2004 12:38 | 18.9 km | 54 km |
| 6.1 | 29.10.1985 13:13 | 15.5 km | 231 km |
| 6.0 | 05.03.1935 10:26 | 35 km | 94 km |
| 5.9 | 20.01.1990 01:27 | 28.5 km | 89 km |
| 5.9 | 12.04.1935 01:06 | 15 km | 152 km |
| 5.8 | 27.08.2010 19:23 | 12.8 km | 227 km |
| 5.7 | 02.10.1930 15:33 | 15 km | 87 km |
| 5.7 | 21.06.1990 09:02 | 11.2 km | 217 km |
| 5.7 | 12.04.1935 12:44 | 15 km | 123 km |
| 5.7 | 12.04.1935 22:31 | 15 km | 130 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 31.07.2026 09:08 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 4.2 | 19.07.2026 05:38 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 4.0 | 16.05.2026 16:49 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 20.02.2026 08:53 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.8 | 09.12.2025 00:52 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 28.11.2025 00:35 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.3 | 27.09.2025 12:04 | 0 km | 161 km |
| 4.0 | 10.09.2025 16:15 | 12 km | 110 km |
| 4.9 | 21.08.2025 20:30 | 36.4 km | 57 km |
| 3.5 | 16.07.2025 18:50 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 5.0 | 20.06.2025 17:49 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 20.06.2025 11:58 | 12 km | 129 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2025 22:00 | 8 km | 117 km |
| 3.4 | 18.05.2025 10:59 | 8 km | 42 km |
| 3.3 | 14.05.2025 03:48 | 6 km | 141 km |
| 4.0 | 03.05.2025 17:30 | 8 km | 140 km |
| 3.0 | 17.04.2025 16:33 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 3.1 | 17.04.2025 07:09 | 6 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2025 11:07 | 7 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 10.04.2025 06:00 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 3.1 | 14.02.2025 05:57 | 8 km | 154 km |
| 3.2 | 12.02.2025 18:13 | 24 km | 115 km |
| 4.8 | 13.12.2024 18:28 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 14.11.2024 01:55 | 0 km | 114 km |
| 4.3 | 18.04.2024 22:32 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.1 | 29.08.2023 21:59 | 23 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 21.07.2023 07:59 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2023 14:14 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2023 14:14 | 14.2 km | 140 km |
| 3.6 | 13.02.2023 16:16 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.7 | 06.02.2023 11:36 | 14 km | 167 km |
| 3.5 | 17.01.2023 17:43 | 19 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 07.01.2023 04:58 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.8 | 07.01.2023 02:41 | 2 km | 99 km |
| 3.9 | 02.01.2023 17:28 | 8 km | 171 km |
| 4.3 | 08.12.2022 04:37 | 25 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 28.08.2022 07:35 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.7 | 28.08.2022 05:20 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.6 | 24.07.2022 00:50 | 8 km | 154 km |
| 4.1 | 04.06.2022 11:47 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 3.6 | 13.05.2022 04:43 | 5 km | 90 km |
| 3.6 | 18.04.2022 22:31 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.6 | 18.04.2022 22:01 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2022 16:17 | 8 km | 129 km |
| 3.2 | 10.03.2022 02:58 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 23.01.2022 18:04 | 12 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 09.01.2022 08:29 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.6 | 06.01.2022 23:47 | 8 km | 74 km |
| 3.6 | 06.10.2021 01:47 | 15 km | 2 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2021 00:26 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 3.9 | 15.08.2021 12:41 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.7 | 05.06.2021 22:39 | 8 km | 102 km |
| 3.6 | 02.03.2021 20:06 | 11 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 02.03.2021 19:26 | 11 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 22.02.2021 19:36 | 15 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 14.01.2021 11:20 | 20 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2020 23:35 | 8 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 09.12.2020 23:19 | 10 km | 3 km |
| 3.5 | 15.11.2020 21:06 | 8 km | 49 km |
| 3.7 | 27.09.2020 07:09 | 10 km | 109 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.