3.4
934
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1909–2026
record span
3.71
mean magnitude
624
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 | 82 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 130 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 85 km |
| 6.1 | 11.01.1967 11:20 | 22.9 km | 168 km |
| 6.0 | 25.08.2018 22:13 | 11.1 km | 128 km |
| 5.8 | 22.07.2018 10:07 | 10.8 km | 131 km |
| 5.7 | 06.01.2019 13:41 | 18.3 km | 158 km |
| 5.7 | 11.04.1909 04:02 | 30 km | 67 km |
| 5.7 | 22.11.2013 18:30 | 18.9 km | 129 km |
| 5.7 | 22.11.2013 06:51 | 21.7 km | 123 km |
| 5.6 | 07.05.1932 14:54 | 35 km | 91 km |
| 5.6 | 17.08.1946 09:48 | 35 km | 77 km |
| 5.6 | 17.08.1946 23:37 | 35 km | 77 km |
| 5.5 | 24.11.2013 18:05 | 12.1 km | 152 km |
| 5.5 | 28.06.1944 02:57 | 5 km | 67 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 20:27 | 35 km | 86 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 00:09 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 04:49 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 16:26 | 6.8 km | 33 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 14:58 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 07:40 | 7 km | 72 km |
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 4.8 | 20.07.2026 03:43 | 28 km | 129 km |
| 3.1 | 16.07.2026 17:00 | 7 km | 61 km |
| 2.7 | 21.06.2026 15:08 | 6.8 km | 98 km |
| 4.3 | 15.04.2026 09:00 | 0 km | 112 km |
| 3.4 | 13.04.2026 04:37 | 6.1 km | 44 km |
| 4.7 | 27.02.2026 03:51 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 2.9 | 18.02.2026 10:12 | 7.2 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 12.02.2026 15:36 | 27.8 km | 71 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 17:16 | 0 km | 122 km |
| 4.1 | 20.11.2025 10:53 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 2.3 | 01.11.2025 09:59 | 7 km | 140 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2025 00:35 | 7 km | 119 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2025 08:36 | 16 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 18.08.2025 19:46 | 5.6 km | 18 km |
| 2.6 | 03.07.2025 20:52 | 10.8 km | 128 km |
| 3.1 | 28.05.2025 00:05 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 28.05.2025 00:05 | 15 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 06.05.2025 02:22 | 7 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 05.05.2025 15:21 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.0 | 29.04.2025 13:53 | 8.8 km | 104 km |
| 3.2 | 03.04.2025 01:23 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.0 | 21.03.2025 19:51 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 07.03.2025 12:41 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.0 | 04.03.2025 04:21 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.7 | 03.03.2025 21:56 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.9 | 03.03.2025 20:53 | 18.1 km | 114 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2025 11:42 | 8 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2025 01:09 | 7 km | 86 km |
| 3.0 | 08.02.2025 20:49 | 8 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 06.02.2025 15:38 | 14 km | 77 km |
| 3.7 | 29.01.2025 22:54 | 24.9 km | 97 km |
| 3.5 | 28.01.2025 07:37 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.1 | 27.01.2025 02:07 | 13 km | 101 km |
| 3.0 | 27.01.2025 01:11 | 14 km | 99 km |
| 4.9 | 27.01.2025 01:02 | 60.5 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 27.01.2025 00:14 | 15 km | 101 km |
| 3.0 | 10.01.2025 11:39 | 7 km | 6 km |
| 4.2 | 10.01.2025 02:52 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 2.0 | 09.01.2025 16:44 | 12.2 km | 131 km |
| 1.8 | 15.12.2024 00:00 | 10 km | 7 km |
| 4.1 | 09.11.2024 05:21 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.2 | 18.10.2024 01:10 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2024 07:29 | 6 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2024 19:46 | 29.3 km | 103 km |
| 5.0 | 25.07.2024 21:35 | 12.6 km | 157 km |
| 3.5 | 22.07.2024 03:05 | 10.4 km | 152 km |
| 4.9 | 30.06.2024 20:57 | 16.8 km | 111 km |
| 3.4 | 03.05.2024 19:21 | 5.9 km | 74 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2024 08:25 | 12.4 km | 126 km |
| 3.2 | 30.03.2024 15:33 | 9 km | 79 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2024 00:27 | 6.3 km | 138 km |
| 2.4 | 20.02.2024 17:21 | 5.6 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.