3.2
392
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.40
mean magnitude
185
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 173 km |
| 7.9 | 01.09.1923 02:58 | 15 km | 194 km |
| 7.4 | 21.01.1906 13:49 | 300 km | 115 km |
| 7.4 | 05.09.2004 14:57 | 16.7 km | 195 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1905 03:46 | 250 km | 194 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1984 09:03 | 377.9 km | 148 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 127 km |
| 7.0 | 08.10.1915 15:36 | 170 km | 179 km |
| 7.0 | 28.06.1948 07:13 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 7.0 | 19.08.1961 05:33 | 15 km | 132 km |
| 6.9 | 02.06.1929 21:38 | 350.4 km | 117 km |
| 6.7 | 12.01.1945 18:38 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 6.6 | 26.03.1963 21:34 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 6.5 | 20.04.1942 08:40 | 350 km | 58 km |
| 6.5 | 03.02.1903 12:14 | 100 km | 111 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 15:47 | 40 km | 44 km |
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 15:42 | 40 km | 25 km |
| 3.6 | 02.07.2026 11:13 | 30 km | 39 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2026 01:20 | 40 km | 4 km |
| 3.0 | 04.06.2026 20:54 | 20 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 21.05.2026 16:33 | 40 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 03.04.2026 14:37 | 40 km | 56 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2026 08:36 | 20 km | 52 km |
| 3.3 | 27.01.2026 19:48 | 20 km | 40 km |
| 3.9 | 25.01.2026 12:31 | 328.7 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 13.01.2026 01:21 | 40 km | 25 km |
| 3.9 | 04.01.2026 09:16 | 40 km | 62 km |
| 3.9 | 30.11.2025 14:55 | 40 km | 6 km |
| 3.5 | 12.11.2025 06:50 | 40 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 07.11.2025 12:41 | 40 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 06.11.2025 14:05 | 20 km | 52 km |
| 3.4 | 23.10.2025 12:33 | 20 km | 52 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2025 21:51 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2025 10:58 | 20 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2025 01:42 | 60 km | 60 km |
| 4.1 | 07.09.2025 01:51 | 40 km | 6 km |
| 3.4 | 30.08.2025 18:49 | 20 km | 62 km |
| 3.9 | 18.08.2025 14:12 | 40 km | 17 km |
| 3.9 | 18.08.2025 12:57 | 40 km | 17 km |
| 4.7 | 31.07.2025 23:24 | 337.2 km | 59 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2025 13:25 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.3 | 08.04.2025 10:26 | 30.2 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 09.02.2025 14:42 | 333.9 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 23.11.2024 13:01 | 40 km | 33 km |
| 3.8 | 21.10.2024 06:19 | 20 km | 61 km |
| 3.5 | 15.09.2024 13:18 | 40 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 30.05.2024 16:58 | 40 km | 61 km |
| 4.7 | 27.04.2024 20:43 | 295 km | 26 km |
| 4.3 | 21.04.2024 12:28 | 329.8 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 17.04.2024 10:16 | 299.8 km | 49 km |
| 4.7 | 27.11.2023 20:35 | 297.4 km | 74 km |
| 3.8 | 23.10.2023 04:49 | 40 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 14.10.2023 07:22 | 353.9 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 15.09.2023 09:38 | 50 km | 38 km |
| 3.9 | 11.08.2023 18:09 | 40 km | 11 km |
| 3.8 | 09.04.2023 02:51 | 40 km | 14 km |
| 4.2 | 04.04.2023 21:24 | 42.1 km | 15 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2023 00:46 | 339.7 km | 75 km |
| 4.2 | 28.02.2023 16:51 | 303 km | 50 km |
| 4.8 | 25.11.2022 07:04 | 321.4 km | 68 km |
| 6.1 | 14.11.2022 08:08 | 355.3 km | 130 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2022 04:09 | 14.4 km | 65 km |
| 4.2 | 07.08.2022 08:49 | 277.7 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 13.07.2022 21:17 | 331.8 km | 36 km |
| 5.5 | 09.05.2022 08:33 | 330 km | 57 km |
| 4.4 | 07.04.2022 00:30 | 11.5 km | 27 km |
| 4.2 | 28.01.2022 09:52 | 295 km | 14 km |
| 3.7 | 17.01.2022 23:16 | 40 km | 54 km |
| 4.3 | 15.08.2021 20:03 | 13.5 km | 94 km |
| 4.8 | 27.07.2021 05:37 | 352.5 km | 71 km |
| 4.6 | 26.07.2021 03:23 | 367.3 km | 86 km |
| 3.5 | 19.04.2021 13:50 | 40 km | 14 km |
| 4.3 | 04.04.2021 21:22 | 30.2 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 17.02.2021 18:58 | 35 km | 7 km |
| 4.1 | 18.10.2020 18:28 | 40 km | 63 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.