4.6
990
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.71
mean magnitude
753
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 | 115 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 70 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 207 km |
| 6.1 | 11.01.1967 11:20 | 22.9 km | 56 km |
| 6.1 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 34.7 km | 178 km |
| 6.0 | 25.08.2018 22:13 | 11.1 km | 122 km |
| 5.8 | 22.07.2018 10:07 | 10.8 km | 118 km |
| 5.7 | 06.01.2019 13:41 | 18.3 km | 55 km |
| 5.7 | 26.01.1938 03:40 | 15 km | 108 km |
| 5.7 | 22.11.2013 18:30 | 18.9 km | 66 km |
| 5.7 | 22.11.2013 06:51 | 21.7 km | 59 km |
| 5.6 | 05.08.1998 14:27 | 50.6 km | 152 km |
| 5.6 | 06.07.1940 17:45 | 35 km | 143 km |
| 5.6 | 17.08.1946 09:48 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 5.6 | 17.08.1946 23:37 | 35 km | 134 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 20:27 | 35 km | 131 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 14:58 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 07:40 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 4.2 | 05.05.2026 20:53 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.7 | 27.02.2026 03:51 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 20.02.2026 08:45 | 0 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2026 08:37 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.4 | 12.02.2026 15:36 | 27.8 km | 134 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 17:16 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2025 04:08 | 0 km | 91 km |
| 3.8 | 01.11.2025 11:25 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2025 00:35 | 7 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2025 08:36 | 16 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 28.05.2025 00:05 | 15 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 07.03.2025 12:41 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.0 | 04.03.2025 04:21 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 03.03.2025 21:56 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.9 | 03.03.2025 20:53 | 18.1 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2025 11:42 | 8 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 08.02.2025 20:49 | 8 km | 140 km |
| 3.4 | 01.02.2025 23:17 | 8 km | 67 km |
| 4.1 | 30.01.2025 08:39 | 9.7 km | 171 km |
| 3.7 | 29.01.2025 22:54 | 24.9 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 28.01.2025 07:37 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 27.01.2025 02:07 | 13 km | 73 km |
| 3.0 | 27.01.2025 01:11 | 14 km | 73 km |
| 4.9 | 27.01.2025 01:02 | 60.5 km | 67 km |
| 3.4 | 27.01.2025 00:14 | 15 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 10.01.2025 02:52 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 4.1 | 09.11.2024 05:21 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.2 | 18.10.2024 01:10 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2024 07:58 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2024 19:46 | 29.3 km | 62 km |
| 5.0 | 25.07.2024 21:35 | 12.6 km | 123 km |
| 4.9 | 30.06.2024 20:57 | 16.8 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 07.06.2024 05:54 | 15 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 14.05.2024 00:00 | 26.8 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2024 08:25 | 12.4 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 14.04.2024 08:13 | 17 km | 71 km |
| 3.1 | 10.04.2024 17:02 | 11 km | 145 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2024 00:27 | 6.3 km | 117 km |
| 3.9 | 22.02.2024 00:06 | 17.1 km | 64 km |
| 3.0 | 20.02.2024 09:30 | 13 km | 65 km |
| 3.4 | 15.02.2024 14:03 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.1 | 15.02.2024 12:39 | 8 km | 126 km |
| 3.7 | 27.12.2023 13:04 | 8 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2023 09:03 | 17.3 km | 106 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2023 12:21 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 25.10.2023 13:31 | 12 km | 85 km |
| 3.1 | 21.10.2023 12:52 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 4.5 | 09.10.2023 07:07 | 19.1 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2023 05:57 | 24 km | 90 km |
| 3.5 | 12.09.2023 20:21 | 13 km | 73 km |
| 3.2 | 11.09.2023 06:45 | 13 km | 123 km |
| 4.9 | 10.09.2023 21:43 | 17.3 km | 111 km |
| 4.6 | 10.09.2023 21:42 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2023 21:37 | 56.2 km | 116 km |
| 4.1 | 15.06.2023 09:01 | 14.7 km | 81 km |
| 3.1 | 13.05.2023 14:18 | 25.9 km | 59 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.