3.4
209
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.74
mean magnitude
121
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 | 174 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 187 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 82 km |
| 6.0 | 17.07.1944 10:53 | 15 km | 105 km |
| 5.7 | 11.04.1909 04:02 | 30 km | 117 km |
| 5.6 | 07.05.1932 14:54 | 35 km | 137 km |
| 5.5 | 28.06.1944 02:57 | 5 km | 117 km |
| 5.4 | 31.03.1907 14:14 | 15 km | 129 km |
| 5.4 | 16.04.1963 18:47 | 70 km | 70 km |
| 5.3 | 22.11.2013 06:51 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 5.3 | 02.11.1935 18:17 | 15 km | 89 km |
| 5.2 | 23.08.2017 13:42 | 14.7 km | 125 km |
| 5.2 | 20.03.1967 22:30 | 43 km | 101 km |
| 5.2 | 07.08.1929 20:22 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 5.2 | 05.03.2012 06:50 | 29.8 km | 36 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 49 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 20:27 | 35 km | 53 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 00:09 | 7 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 04:49 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 14:58 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 2.7 | 21.06.2026 15:08 | 6.8 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 08.01.2026 05:59 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 22.11.2025 16:29 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.0 | 15.11.2025 12:43 | 7.7 km | 87 km |
| 3.2 | 22.08.2025 23:23 | 7 km | 74 km |
| 2.9 | 16.08.2025 01:27 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 2.8 | 01.07.2025 19:51 | 7 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 06.05.2025 05:26 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.4 | 06.05.2025 02:22 | 7 km | 59 km |
| 3.6 | 05.05.2025 15:21 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 2.8 | 29.04.2025 13:53 | 7 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 04.03.2025 13:19 | 9 km | 79 km |
| 2.5 | 31.01.2025 20:59 | 7 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 30.01.2025 08:39 | 9.7 km | 6 km |
| 2.7 | 30.12.2024 15:55 | 7 km | 64 km |
| 3.8 | 24.12.2024 13:39 | 7 km | 103 km |
| 4.3 | 12.12.2024 14:20 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2024 05:34 | 9.3 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2024 10:45 | 5.3 km | 71 km |
| 3.2 | 27.04.2024 11:11 | 7 km | 59 km |
| 3.4 | 15.02.2024 14:03 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.1 | 15.02.2024 12:39 | 8 km | 72 km |
| 2.7 | 23.01.2024 10:50 | 9.9 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 23.01.2024 07:42 | 7.3 km | 68 km |
| 2.8 | 23.01.2024 06:49 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 3.2 | 11.09.2023 06:45 | 13 km | 76 km |
| 4.9 | 10.09.2023 21:43 | 17.3 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 10.09.2023 21:42 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2023 21:37 | 56.2 km | 86 km |
| 3.3 | 05.04.2023 19:42 | 7 km | 70 km |
| 2.0 | 18.01.2023 02:11 | 11.1 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2022 04:49 | 5.1 km | 17 km |
| 2.8 | 27.05.2022 09:50 | 7.1 km | 26 km |
| 2.3 | 07.05.2022 21:34 | 2.3 km | 86 km |
| 2.8 | 30.01.2022 04:43 | 9.6 km | 73 km |
| 3.4 | 30.01.2022 02:54 | 6.2 km | 69 km |
| 4.6 | 10.01.2022 20:11 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 3.4 | 10.01.2022 18:29 | 13.6 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 10.01.2021 23:00 | 24 km | 91 km |
| 2.7 | 01.01.2021 13:49 | 6.7 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 18.12.2020 14:48 | 6.7 km | 78 km |
| 3.5 | 07.12.2020 22:25 | 6.7 km | 75 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2020 23:56 | 2.9 km | 51 km |
| 3.2 | 17.05.2020 00:05 | 79.1 km | 90 km |
| 4.8 | 29.04.2020 17:01 | 6.1 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2020 23:57 | 11.2 km | 69 km |
| 3.6 | 12.04.2020 23:19 | 11 km | 56 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2020 05:36 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.4 | 16.03.2020 07:13 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.2 | 18.12.2019 09:34 | 5.4 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 24.08.2019 13:48 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2019 02:44 | 6.9 km | 103 km |
| 3.0 | 31.03.2019 23:29 | 4.9 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 29.01.2019 05:18 | 23.1 km | 126 km |
| 2.7 | 19.01.2019 11:22 | 3.5 km | 98 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.