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Earthquakes in Central

260 earthquakes catalogued in and around Central between 1927 and 2011. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
260
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1927–2011
record span
2.13
mean magnitude
83
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

01122241927: 1 (M5+)192719341941194819551956: 1 (M5+)19621969197619831984: 1 (M4–5)1984: 1 (M5+)199019971998: 1 (M3–4)2004: 1 (M<3)2004: 1 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)20042006: 3 (M<3)2007: 223 (M<3)2007: 1 (M3–4)2008: 21 (M<3)2009: 1 (M3–4)2011: 2 (M<3)2011: 1 (M4–5)2011
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.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
6.211.07.1927 13:0415 km76 km
5.418.12.1956 17:5315 km87 km
5.311.02.2004 08:1522.4 km72 km
5.324.08.1984 06:0223.4 km66 km
4.205.11.1984 01:444 km46 km
4.107.08.2011 08:5231 km64 km
4.008.08.2004 12:4210 km57 km
3.907.05.2009 05:118 km48 km
3.723.11.2007 22:1914.8 km26 km
3.212.05.1998 22:1320 km49 km
2.821.05.2007 05:410 km49 km
2.712.12.2004 18:385 km24 km
2.726.07.2007 06:380 km45 km
2.711.05.2007 05:120 km49 km
2.627.11.2006 06:280 km45 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.107.08.2011 08:5231 km64 km
1.828.03.2011 09:352 km22 km
2.227.03.2011 19:1121.3 km50 km
3.907.05.2009 05:118 km48 km
2.228.01.2008 12:290 km14 km
2.128.01.2008 12:170 km14 km
1.024.01.2008 09:060 km23 km
1.823.01.2008 11:470 km35 km
2.021.01.2008 10:110 km52 km
1.421.01.2008 09:320 km52 km
2.421.01.2008 06:200 km45 km
1.920.01.2008 10:160 km14 km
2.317.01.2008 11:500 km14 km
1.315.01.2008 11:270 km52 km
1.715.01.2008 11:020 km52 km
2.011.01.2008 10:570 km52 km
2.211.01.2008 10:550 km48 km
1.507.01.2008 12:310 km48 km
2.306.01.2008 11:130 km14 km
2.406.01.2008 11:040 km14 km
2.304.01.2008 07:110 km49 km
2.103.01.2008 07:090 km45 km
2.002.01.2008 06:420 km49 km
2.001.01.2008 20:4419 km46 km
2.101.01.2008 08:020 km45 km
1.831.12.2007 11:550 km48 km
2.031.12.2007 10:520 km48 km
1.431.12.2007 10:510 km52 km
2.030.12.2007 13:590 km14 km
1.928.12.2007 09:190 km14 km
2.027.12.2007 14:320 km14 km
1.427.12.2007 14:270 km14 km
2.027.12.2007 07:160 km45 km
1.424.12.2007 13:240 km14 km
2.123.12.2007 07:240 km45 km
2.219.12.2007 08:580 km35 km
2.518.12.2007 07:090 km45 km
1.417.12.2007 10:400 km52 km
2.117.12.2007 07:090 km45 km
1.916.12.2007 14:070 km14 km
2.113.12.2007 10:300 km45 km
2.312.12.2007 13:530 km14 km
1.712.12.2007 11:240 km14 km
2.312.12.2007 07:510 km45 km
1.711.12.2007 13:140 km52 km
1.810.12.2007 10:050 km40 km
2.310.12.2007 07:080 km49 km
2.005.12.2007 14:110 km14 km
2.305.12.2007 09:590 km14 km
1.704.12.2007 08:590 km14 km
2.304.12.2007 08:080 km45 km
1.930.11.2007 09:530 km52 km
1.828.11.2007 13:580 km17 km
1.627.11.2007 11:490 km52 km
2.327.11.2007 10:480 km45 km
2.227.11.2007 07:250 km14 km
2.326.11.2007 07:160 km45 km
2.225.11.2007 12:140 km14 km
2.225.11.2007 12:110 km14 km
3.723.11.2007 22:1914.8 km26 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.