3.2
466
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.29
mean magnitude
179
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 | 20.12.1946 19:19 | 15 km | 223 km |
| 8.1 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 186 km |
| 7.2 | 17.04.1948 16:11 | 15 km | 214 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1984 09:03 | 377.9 km | 218 km |
| 7.1 | 07.03.1927 09:27 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 122 km |
| 7.0 | 10.09.1943 08:37 | 15 km | 97 km |
| 7.0 | 28.06.1948 07:13 | 10 km | 186 km |
| 6.9 | 16.01.1995 20:46 | 18.4 km | 44 km |
| 6.7 | 05.11.1950 17:37 | 25 km | 159 km |
| 6.7 | 15.06.1948 11:44 | 24.4 km | 153 km |
| 6.7 | 06.10.2000 04:30 | 9.8 km | 149 km |
| 6.6 | 23.05.1925 02:09 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 6.6 | 26.03.1963 21:34 | 15 km | 129 km |
| 6.5 | 05.05.1932 04:11 | 380 km | 76 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 08:16 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.0 | 26.06.2026 22:00 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 25.06.2026 13:44 | 20 km | 62 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2026 23:50 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.0 | 23.05.2026 15:09 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 5.7 | 02.05.2026 09:28 | 61.3 km | 113 km |
| 3.2 | 21.04.2026 17:05 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 05.04.2026 01:03 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.1 | 03.04.2026 15:53 | 20 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 02.04.2026 16:41 | 20 km | 14 km |
| 3.0 | 01.04.2026 15:59 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.2 | 25.03.2026 11:31 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.4 | 12.03.2026 17:41 | 367.5 km | 67 km |
| 4.2 | 09.03.2026 11:59 | 368.8 km | 66 km |
| 3.6 | 26.12.2025 23:26 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 4.3 | 26.12.2025 21:09 | 354.7 km | 90 km |
| 4.1 | 01.11.2025 22:30 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.1 | 01.11.2025 06:32 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.2 | 30.10.2025 15:46 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 5.3 | 20.10.2025 19:04 | 360.1 km | 82 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2025 06:29 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.4 | 21.08.2025 16:30 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.3 | 25.07.2025 21:43 | 20 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2025 14:46 | 352.5 km | 123 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2025 11:49 | 70 km | 106 km |
| 3.1 | 20.05.2025 15:22 | 373.9 km | 76 km |
| 3.8 | 23.02.2025 20:24 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 21.02.2025 08:24 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 22.10.2024 22:08 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 3.6 | 21.10.2024 17:40 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2024 07:56 | 370.8 km | 63 km |
| 4.6 | 25.07.2024 02:41 | 369.1 km | 95 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2024 17:55 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.6 | 07.03.2024 02:28 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.5 | 28.02.2024 08:29 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 15.02.2024 01:08 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.3 | 14.02.2024 06:29 | 9.3 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 22.01.2024 23:45 | 66.2 km | 108 km |
| 3.8 | 24.12.2023 19:42 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2023 23:18 | 70 km | 110 km |
| 3.6 | 26.09.2023 14:13 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 70 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 69 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2023 08:21 | 50 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 29.12.2022 08:02 | 20 km | 59 km |
| 3.6 | 18.11.2022 15:53 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2022 03:36 | 369 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2022 18:34 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.8 | 23.09.2022 18:33 | 8.7 km | 49 km |
| 5.2 | 06.08.2022 14:52 | 363.8 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 22.05.2022 23:20 | 35 km | 122 km |
| 3.7 | 21.05.2022 12:35 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 16.05.2022 05:29 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 4.3 | 03.05.2022 06:50 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.2 | 02.05.2022 13:21 | 11.6 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2022 09:06 | 9.8 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 25.04.2022 04:10 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.8 | 13.04.2022 02:12 | 12.8 km | 66 km |
| 3.5 | 11.04.2022 07:29 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.5 | 07.04.2022 05:48 | 10 km | 68 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.