3.2
209
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.46
mean magnitude
67
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 02.06.1905 05:39 | 100 km | 94 km |
| 7.0 | 10.09.1943 08:37 | 15 km | 150 km |
| 6.8 | 05.08.1968 16:17 | 48.4 km | 155 km |
| 6.8 | 24.03.2001 06:27 | 47.7 km | 52 km |
| 6.7 | 06.10.2000 04:30 | 9.8 km | 92 km |
| 6.5 | 25.08.1983 20:23 | 124.4 km | 162 km |
| 6.3 | 13.03.2014 17:06 | 83.4 km | 137 km |
| 6.3 | 17.04.2024 14:14 | 41.2 km | 157 km |
| 6.2 | 21.10.2016 05:07 | 10.7 km | 134 km |
| 6.2 | 27.07.1955 01:20 | 15 km | 169 km |
| 6.1 | 11.07.1949 16:10 | 44.8 km | 79 km |
| 6.1 | 13.07.1979 08:10 | 68.4 km | 109 km |
| 6.0 | 25.09.1928 04:58 | 120 km | 138 km |
| 5.9 | 11.09.1943 01:16 | 15 km | 135 km |
| 5.8 | 20.12.1930 14:02 | 15 km | 34 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 06.07.2026 21:16 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.3 | 15.06.2026 22:22 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 11.04.2026 16:30 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.2 | 01.04.2026 17:38 | 40 km | 95 km |
| 3.1 | 23.01.2026 13:43 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 09:39 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2026 13:23 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.1 | 06.01.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 5.0 | 06.01.2026 01:37 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.8 | 06.01.2026 01:28 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 5.8 | 06.01.2026 01:18 | 8.9 km | 88 km |
| 3.2 | 25.12.2025 10:22 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2025 01:41 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.5 | 15.07.2025 15:49 | 20 km | 24 km |
| 4.4 | 29.06.2025 00:59 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 23.12.2024 21:55 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.9 | 02.12.2024 19:51 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.9 | 29.07.2024 14:12 | 20 km | 59 km |
| 6.3 | 17.04.2024 14:14 | 41.2 km | 157 km |
| 3.9 | 21.01.2024 10:02 | 20 km | 80 km |
| 4.8 | 26.08.2023 13:29 | 79.8 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 15.05.2023 05:03 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.9 | 12.04.2023 03:54 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 01.11.2022 05:18 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.7 | 16.10.2022 16:20 | 50 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2022 18:25 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 17.09.2022 19:16 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2022 02:33 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 06.01.2022 18:30 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 25.11.2021 09:51 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.6 | 18.08.2021 22:15 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 17.08.2021 16:31 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 17.08.2021 16:31 | 6.4 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2021 00:37 | 10.8 km | 56 km |
| 5.3 | 17.07.2021 11:50 | 81.5 km | 137 km |
| 4.0 | 07.07.2021 17:39 | 40 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 29.04.2021 10:18 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.9 | 17.04.2021 20:14 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 03.04.2020 05:30 | 20 km | 61 km |
| 3.8 | 13.03.2020 08:33 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.5 | 26.11.2019 06:09 | 6.7 km | 66 km |
| 3.8 | 25.11.2019 22:58 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 4.8 | 26.06.2018 08:00 | 17.8 km | 41 km |
| 4.4 | 08.04.2018 20:05 | 13.6 km | 65 km |
| 4.8 | 08.04.2018 17:10 | 16.9 km | 64 km |
| 4.5 | 08.04.2018 16:56 | 10.5 km | 66 km |
| 4.3 | 08.04.2018 16:43 | 8.3 km | 65 km |
| 5.7 | 08.04.2018 16:32 | 16.6 km | 69 km |
| 6.2 | 21.10.2016 05:07 | 10.7 km | 134 km |
| 6.3 | 13.03.2014 17:06 | 83.4 km | 137 km |
| 4.5 | 08.01.2012 15:37 | 214 km | 25 km |
| 4.4 | 24.11.2011 19:35 | 9.5 km | 34 km |
| 5.1 | 21.11.2011 10:16 | 14.7 km | 34 km |
| 5.0 | 03.06.2011 16:57 | 19.2 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 23.07.2010 05:25 | 15.7 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 21.02.2010 02:49 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2008 11:49 | 7 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2008 22:23 | 59.3 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 02.05.2008 03:23 | 9 km | 74 km |
| 4.1 | 07.03.2008 18:52 | 44.3 km | 72 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.