2.0
625
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1908–2026
record span
2.72
mean magnitude
365
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 28.12.1908 04:20 | 15 km | 248 km |
| 6.4 | 15.01.1968 02:01 | 12.6 km | 126 km |
| 5.7 | 20.01.1936 08:05 | 15 km | 180 km |
| 5.6 | 13.12.1929 04:45 | 35 km | 94 km |
| 5.5 | 21.11.2005 10:57 | 67.6 km | 128 km |
| 5.2 | 10.09.1993 16:02 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 5.2 | 14.01.1968 12:28 | 16 km | 142 km |
| 5.1 | 23.01.2023 10:37 | 11.9 km | 194 km |
| 5.1 | 25.01.1968 09:56 | 15 km | 124 km |
| 5.1 | 16.01.1968 16:42 | 24.5 km | 139 km |
| 5.0 | 15.01.1968 01:33 | 41.4 km | 142 km |
| 4.9 | 07.06.1981 13:00 | 10.3 km | 143 km |
| 4.8 | 23.11.2006 13:31 | 26.1 km | 64 km |
| 4.7 | 15.01.1968 14:59 | 31 km | 95 km |
| 4.7 | 25.11.2001 19:34 | 15.7 km | 146 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 17.07.2026 04:19 | 54.1 km | 123 km |
| 2.0 | 17.07.2026 02:08 | 42 km | 118 km |
| 1.9 | 25.05.2026 13:19 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 2.1 | 01.05.2026 19:52 | 9.4 km | 150 km |
| 2.2 | 23.04.2026 03:12 | 9.3 km | 126 km |
| 2.5 | 15.04.2026 15:16 | 9.4 km | 134 km |
| 3.7 | 14.04.2026 15:08 | 5 km | 111 km |
| 2.0 | 10.04.2026 11:34 | 6.1 km | 153 km |
| 2.2 | 31.01.2026 17:33 | 8.8 km | 139 km |
| 3.6 | 29.01.2026 01:03 | 37 km | 145 km |
| 2.3 | 29.01.2026 00:39 | 37.3 km | 144 km |
| 3.1 | 28.01.2026 19:42 | 37.9 km | 146 km |
| 2.9 | 24.01.2026 05:03 | 8.5 km | 148 km |
| 2.2 | 15.01.2026 02:08 | 23 km | 146 km |
| 2.2 | 26.12.2025 21:43 | 5.2 km | 110 km |
| 2.4 | 14.11.2025 10:16 | 21.6 km | 17 km |
| 2.8 | 02.11.2025 22:07 | 1 km | 40 km |
| 2.8 | 28.10.2025 23:35 | 9.6 km | 50 km |
| 3.0 | 22.10.2025 19:51 | 26.6 km | 45 km |
| 2.1 | 14.10.2025 17:23 | 30.9 km | 111 km |
| 2.6 | 14.10.2025 14:04 | 7.5 km | 111 km |
| 3.3 | 14.10.2025 14:01 | 12 km | 104 km |
| 2.3 | 13.09.2025 16:00 | 32.8 km | 131 km |
| 2.2 | 02.09.2025 21:01 | 40.1 km | 127 km |
| 2.7 | 15.08.2025 08:36 | 52.3 km | 36 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2025 07:50 | 10.3 km | 8 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2025 01:31 | 10 km | 9 km |
| 2.2 | 30.07.2025 08:25 | 30.5 km | 135 km |
| 2.0 | 30.07.2025 08:09 | 26.5 km | 134 km |
| 2.7 | 16.05.2025 09:25 | 26.8 km | 54 km |
| 3.1 | 07.02.2025 06:08 | 4.8 km | 50 km |
| 2.4 | 26.12.2024 23:09 | 12.3 km | 125 km |
| 2.7 | 26.12.2024 14:48 | 14.2 km | 126 km |
| 2.3 | 25.12.2024 10:08 | 9.8 km | 127 km |
| 2.3 | 05.12.2024 03:08 | 32.6 km | 137 km |
| 3.0 | 30.11.2024 03:01 | 13.1 km | 49 km |
| 2.3 | 18.11.2024 20:45 | 10.4 km | 118 km |
| 2.2 | 10.11.2024 04:18 | 9.8 km | 137 km |
| 2.3 | 10.11.2024 04:17 | 18 km | 135 km |
| 2.0 | 19.10.2024 20:52 | 7 km | 140 km |
| 2.0 | 13.10.2024 18:35 | 22.2 km | 153 km |
| 2.1 | 21.09.2024 04:32 | 24.8 km | 152 km |
| 2.1 | 11.09.2024 04:27 | 6.8 km | 153 km |
| 2.1 | 22.08.2024 05:28 | 27.1 km | 136 km |
| 2.1 | 21.08.2024 14:04 | 29.7 km | 131 km |
| 3.6 | 26.07.2024 11:01 | 37.4 km | 129 km |
| 2.0 | 12.07.2024 09:37 | 7.4 km | 154 km |
| 2.8 | 12.07.2024 08:29 | 7.8 km | 152 km |
| 3.1 | 03.06.2024 07:50 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2024 21:11 | 12 km | 65 km |
| 2.4 | 17.05.2024 18:37 | 10.3 km | 142 km |
| 2.3 | 16.05.2024 20:14 | 33.1 km | 101 km |
| 2.8 | 02.04.2024 02:46 | 8.1 km | 58 km |
| 2.0 | 18.03.2024 03:59 | 11.1 km | 95 km |
| 2.1 | 07.03.2024 06:36 | 21.2 km | 119 km |
| 2.6 | 20.02.2024 13:39 | 75.6 km | 154 km |
| 2.8 | 17.02.2024 04:43 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 2.5 | 06.02.2024 23:37 | 9.8 km | 63 km |
| 2.1 | 29.01.2024 11:09 | 10.2 km | 137 km |
| 2.4 | 25.01.2024 05:22 | 4.5 km | 94 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.