4.6
1,658
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1909–2026
record span
3.55
mean magnitude
1,395
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 | 16.09.1978 15:35 | 17.5 km | 400 km |
| 7.3 | 23.01.1909 02:48 | 15 km | 404 km |
| 7.2 | 05.10.1948 20:12 | 15 km | 432 km |
| 7.1 | 02.07.1957 00:42 | 15 km | 157 km |
| 7.1 | 01.05.1929 15:37 | 10 km | 391 km |
| 6.7 | 30.07.1970 00:52 | 12.4 km | 250 km |
| 6.6 | 12.02.1953 08:15 | 15 km | 70 km |
| 6.5 | 04.02.1997 10:37 | 20.4 km | 328 km |
| 6.4 | 17.09.1923 07:09 | 15 km | 251 km |
| 6.4 | 11.04.1935 23:14 | 15 km | 105 km |
| 6.3 | 28.05.2004 12:38 | 18.9 km | 261 km |
| 6.3 | 22.07.1927 03:55 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 6.2 | 24.03.1918 23:15 | 15 km | 330 km |
| 6.1 | 29.10.1985 13:13 | 15.5 km | 100 km |
| 6.0 | 05.03.1935 10:26 | 35 km | 117 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 31.07.2026 09:08 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.8 | 30.07.2026 08:07 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 4.2 | 19.07.2026 05:38 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 06:28 | 0 km | 276 km |
| 4.0 | 16.05.2026 16:49 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.3 | 12.05.2026 20:16 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 20.02.2026 08:53 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 3.8 | 09.12.2025 00:52 | 0 km | 151 km |
| 4.1 | 03.12.2025 21:51 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 4.0 | 28.11.2025 00:35 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 4.1 | 20.11.2025 20:56 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.2 | 05.11.2025 07:18 | 0 km | 199 km |
| 5.0 | 20.10.2025 11:55 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2025 20:35 | 10 km | 256 km |
| 3.3 | 27.09.2025 12:04 | 0 km | 139 km |
| 4.3 | 14.09.2025 13:48 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 4.0 | 10.09.2025 16:15 | 12 km | 100 km |
| 4.9 | 21.08.2025 20:30 | 36.4 km | 261 km |
| 3.4 | 04.08.2025 21:09 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 5.3 | 19.07.2025 21:37 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2025 04:46 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.5 | 16.07.2025 18:50 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 4.7 | 15.07.2025 07:14 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 3.4 | 27.06.2025 14:15 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2025 17:38 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 5.0 | 20.06.2025 17:49 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.3 | 20.06.2025 11:58 | 12 km | 143 km |
| 3.0 | 15.06.2025 19:17 | 8 km | 100 km |
| 3.9 | 14.06.2025 20:21 | 9 km | 254 km |
| 3.8 | 10.06.2025 03:12 | 8 km | 260 km |
| 3.0 | 09.06.2025 01:33 | 9 km | 118 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2025 19:55 | 23 km | 134 km |
| 3.8 | 04.06.2025 13:38 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 4.2 | 02.06.2025 02:25 | 12 km | 260 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2025 22:00 | 8 km | 94 km |
| 3.2 | 19.05.2025 17:07 | 8 km | 257 km |
| 3.4 | 18.05.2025 10:59 | 8 km | 191 km |
| 3.1 | 08.05.2025 12:22 | 16 km | 245 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2025 09:15 | 12 km | 254 km |
| 3.2 | 08.05.2025 08:05 | 12 km | 252 km |
| 3.3 | 08.05.2025 08:02 | 10 km | 254 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2025 07:53 | 0 km | 265 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2025 05:45 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 3.0 | 08.05.2025 05:42 | 28 km | 242 km |
| 4.9 | 08.05.2025 05:23 | 0 km | 261 km |
| 3.5 | 06.05.2025 15:41 | 4 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 03.05.2025 07:35 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 3.0 | 28.04.2025 06:59 | 7 km | 121 km |
| 3.0 | 17.04.2025 16:33 | 7 km | 112 km |
| 3.1 | 17.04.2025 07:09 | 6 km | 112 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2025 11:07 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2025 01:57 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.0 | 10.04.2025 06:00 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 3.1 | 28.03.2025 22:32 | 8 km | 117 km |
| 3.5 | 28.03.2025 00:29 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.1 | 05.03.2025 21:04 | 7 km | 230 km |
| 3.7 | 05.03.2025 19:33 | 8 km | 230 km |
| 3.1 | 14.02.2025 05:57 | 8 km | 116 km |
| 3.2 | 12.02.2025 18:13 | 24 km | 127 km |
| 3.1 | 12.02.2025 17:27 | 7 km | 146 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.