5.1
171
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.47
mean magnitude
61
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 | 179 km |
| 8.1 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 187 km |
| 7.2 | 17.04.1948 16:11 | 15 km | 162 km |
| 7.0 | 10.09.1943 08:37 | 15 km | 174 km |
| 6.9 | 16.01.1995 20:46 | 18.4 km | 110 km |
| 6.8 | 24.03.2001 06:27 | 47.7 km | 148 km |
| 6.7 | 05.11.1950 17:37 | 25 km | 67 km |
| 6.7 | 15.06.1948 11:44 | 24.4 km | 120 km |
| 6.5 | 05.05.1932 04:11 | 380 km | 138 km |
| 6.5 | 11.01.1938 15:12 | 25 km | 97 km |
| 6.4 | 24.01.1947 16:47 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 6.4 | 21.02.1947 22:00 | 15 km | 123 km |
| 6.3 | 31.01.1960 05:08 | 20 km | 109 km |
| 6.2 | 16.07.1947 19:20 | 15 km | 148 km |
| 6.2 | 27.07.1955 01:20 | 15 km | 17 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 09.07.2026 12:58 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.9 | 30.06.2026 01:29 | 50 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 19.06.2026 11:17 | 40 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 10.05.2026 21:21 | 40 km | 47 km |
| 3.8 | 06.05.2026 19:30 | 30 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2026 09:44 | 20 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 08.04.2026 18:57 | 50 km | 12 km |
| 3.0 | 06.04.2026 03:37 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 05.04.2026 23:29 | 40 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 01.04.2026 17:38 | 40 km | 60 km |
| 3.7 | 01.01.2026 22:49 | 40 km | 51 km |
| 3.1 | 04.12.2025 13:59 | 30 km | 14 km |
| 3.2 | 30.10.2025 15:46 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.1 | 13.09.2025 14:39 | 20 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2025 04:58 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 22.08.2025 23:44 | 20 km | 23 km |
| 3.5 | 31.05.2025 11:15 | 40 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 28.02.2025 06:29 | 40 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 28.12.2024 16:33 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 3.5 | 28.12.2023 15:47 | 20 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 10.11.2023 01:54 | 31.6 km | 59 km |
| 5.0 | 31.10.2023 22:34 | 40 km | 81 km |
| 3.5 | 22.10.2023 17:57 | 30 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 04.10.2023 17:01 | 50 km | 39 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2023 08:21 | 50 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 28.12.2022 16:47 | 29.3 km | 52 km |
| 5.0 | 16.06.2022 15:51 | 39.9 km | 38 km |
| 3.7 | 08.06.2022 22:25 | 40 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 22.05.2022 23:20 | 35 km | 12 km |
| 4.0 | 05.01.2022 17:50 | 422.9 km | 78 km |
| 5.3 | 03.12.2021 00:28 | 16.1 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 14.11.2021 14:23 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 12.11.2021 23:49 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 3.7 | 11.09.2021 02:52 | 50 km | 12 km |
| 3.5 | 19.08.2021 20:00 | 20 km | 59 km |
| 4.5 | 31.07.2021 04:09 | 40.3 km | 38 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2021 13:32 | 40 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 18.07.2021 05:35 | 41.7 km | 30 km |
| 3.6 | 26.06.2021 13:49 | 30 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2021 04:32 | 50 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 01.02.2021 14:30 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.6 | 06.01.2021 19:17 | 40 km | 38 km |
| 4.5 | 17.05.2020 11:38 | 32.7 km | 62 km |
| 5.3 | 13.03.2019 04:48 | 39.8 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 25.11.2018 09:19 | 36.2 km | 29 km |
| 5.4 | 02.11.2018 07:53 | 40 km | 99 km |
| 4.4 | 14.06.2017 10:24 | 35.9 km | 72 km |
| 4.3 | 07.02.2017 18:19 | 31.5 km | 56 km |
| 4.4 | 21.04.2016 14:20 | 30.7 km | 45 km |
| 4.1 | 25.12.2015 02:20 | 26.1 km | 37 km |
| 4.2 | 04.06.2015 23:52 | 40 km | 82 km |
| 4.8 | 06.02.2015 01:25 | 16.2 km | 25 km |
| 4.0 | 25.08.2014 18:42 | 8.5 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2013 06:15 | 411.1 km | 78 km |
| 5.9 | 12.04.2013 20:33 | 16.5 km | 84 km |
| 4.3 | 26.10.2012 19:44 | 27.2 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 07.10.2011 21:11 | 12.8 km | 76 km |
| 4.5 | 04.10.2011 10:19 | 42 km | 21 km |
| 5.0 | 05.07.2011 10:18 | 16.6 km | 98 km |
| 4.5 | 11.03.2011 09:24 | 16 km | 40 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.