5.0
157
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.57
mean magnitude
23
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 | 192 km |
| 7.5 | 10.11.1909 06:13 | 140 km | 110 km |
| 7.0 | 15.04.2016 16:25 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 7.0 | 25.07.1970 22:41 | 34.6 km | 197 km |
| 6.8 | 07.12.1922 16:50 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 6.8 | 28.07.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 6.6 | 20.03.2005 01:53 | 9.1 km | 55 km |
| 6.5 | 25.08.1983 20:23 | 124.4 km | 129 km |
| 6.4 | 20.04.1975 17:35 | 6.3 km | 110 km |
| 6.3 | 11.06.2006 20:01 | 143.3 km | 106 km |
| 6.3 | 08.12.1922 02:02 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 6.2 | 14.04.2016 12:26 | 6.2 km | 80 km |
| 6.1 | 23.01.1975 14:19 | 10.3 km | 94 km |
| 6.0 | 28.08.1924 23:50 | 35 km | 84 km |
| 6.0 | 14.04.2016 15:03 | 10.2 km | 90 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 30.07.2026 13:47 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.6 | 29.07.2026 11:47 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 6.8 | 28.07.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 25.03.2026 11:33 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.0 | 19.03.2026 12:59 | 20 km | 22 km |
| 3.4 | 08.03.2026 06:06 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 5.4 | 25.11.2025 09:01 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.6 | 25.07.2025 02:17 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2021 00:16 | 11 km | 75 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2019 05:16 | 11.9 km | 45 km |
| 4.9 | 03.01.2019 09:10 | 13.7 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 22.08.2018 09:23 | 11 km | 77 km |
| 4.4 | 08.07.2018 18:53 | 10 km | 8 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2018 16:25 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2017 05:20 | 12 km | 75 km |
| 4.3 | 09.06.2017 14:36 | 10.2 km | 61 km |
| 4.4 | 11.05.2017 11:21 | 11 km | 73 km |
| 4.1 | 19.04.2017 03:46 | 12.4 km | 62 km |
| 4.1 | 18.11.2016 01:19 | 9.4 km | 53 km |
| 4.8 | 31.08.2016 21:33 | 15.9 km | 72 km |
| 5.1 | 31.08.2016 10:46 | 14.5 km | 75 km |
| 4.4 | 09.07.2016 09:05 | 12.3 km | 72 km |
| 4.3 | 14.05.2016 09:45 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 12.05.2016 16:03 | 13.7 km | 75 km |
| 4.5 | 28.04.2016 21:50 | 11 km | 76 km |
| 4.6 | 28.04.2016 06:30 | 15.8 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 20.04.2016 07:01 | 12 km | 72 km |
| 5.3 | 19.04.2016 08:52 | 16.1 km | 97 km |
| 4.5 | 19.04.2016 03:52 | 7 km | 74 km |
| 4.2 | 17.04.2016 23:35 | 9.8 km | 72 km |
| 4.5 | 16.04.2016 13:05 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 16.04.2016 12:05 | 14.6 km | 75 km |
| 4.2 | 16.04.2016 08:40 | 11 km | 78 km |
| 5.1 | 16.04.2016 07:02 | 15.3 km | 85 km |
| 4.3 | 16.04.2016 02:02 | 9.8 km | 78 km |
| 4.3 | 16.04.2016 00:50 | 12 km | 79 km |
| 5.3 | 16.04.2016 00:48 | 17.5 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2016 23:08 | 11.2 km | 77 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2016 22:42 | 13.9 km | 72 km |
| 4.6 | 15.04.2016 22:23 | 10.5 km | 75 km |
| 4.5 | 15.04.2016 19:05 | 12 km | 78 km |
| 5.4 | 15.04.2016 18:03 | 9.5 km | 92 km |
| 4.5 | 15.04.2016 17:04 | 9 km | 77 km |
| 5.7 | 15.04.2016 16:45 | 14.1 km | 79 km |
| 5.3 | 15.04.2016 16:44 | 10.6 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 15.04.2016 16:43 | 12 km | 78 km |
| 4.7 | 15.04.2016 16:38 | 14.7 km | 77 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2016 16:34 | 12 km | 78 km |
| 5.1 | 15.04.2016 16:33 | 12 km | 80 km |
| 4.4 | 15.04.2016 16:30 | 13 km | 76 km |
| 7.0 | 15.04.2016 16:25 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 15.04.2016 06:27 | 12 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 15.04.2016 04:50 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.4 | 14.04.2016 22:46 | 6.8 km | 78 km |
| 4.3 | 14.04.2016 22:29 | 15.9 km | 76 km |
| 4.5 | 14.04.2016 20:10 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 5.2 | 14.04.2016 15:06 | 2.9 km | 86 km |
| 6.0 | 14.04.2016 15:03 | 10.2 km | 90 km |
| 5.1 | 14.04.2016 14:43 | 16 km | 84 km |
| 4.3 | 14.04.2016 14:28 | 12 km | 77 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.