3.2
434
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.29
mean magnitude
255
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 | 94 km |
| 8.1 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 67 km |
| 7.4 | 05.09.2004 14:57 | 16.7 km | 170 km |
| 7.2 | 17.04.1948 16:11 | 15 km | 86 km |
| 7.2 | 05.09.2004 10:07 | 17 km | 146 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1984 09:03 | 377.9 km | 113 km |
| 7.1 | 07.03.1927 09:27 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 183 km |
| 6.9 | 16.01.1995 20:46 | 18.4 km | 87 km |
| 6.7 | 05.11.1950 17:37 | 25 km | 84 km |
| 6.7 | 15.06.1948 11:44 | 24.4 km | 29 km |
| 6.6 | 22.02.1974 00:36 | 391.4 km | 153 km |
| 6.5 | 20.04.1942 08:40 | 350 km | 152 km |
| 6.5 | 03.02.1903 12:14 | 100 km | 137 km |
| 6.5 | 29.06.1931 16:43 | 380 km | 91 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 08:16 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.2 | 22.07.2026 22:46 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 5.1 | 09.07.2026 12:58 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.9 | 30.06.2026 01:29 | 50 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 19.06.2026 11:17 | 40 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 10.06.2026 09:01 | 50 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 19.05.2026 22:08 | 50 km | 13 km |
| 5.7 | 02.05.2026 09:28 | 61.3 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 21.04.2026 17:05 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2026 09:44 | 20 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 01.04.2026 15:59 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.4 | 09.03.2026 02:36 | 60 km | 11 km |
| 3.4 | 08.03.2026 20:06 | 50 km | 16 km |
| 3.2 | 19.01.2026 07:27 | 50 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 06.12.2025 11:52 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 01.11.2025 22:30 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 26.10.2025 06:54 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2025 22:40 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 13.09.2025 14:39 | 20 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2025 04:58 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 02.06.2025 09:26 | 60 km | 7 km |
| 3.9 | 01.06.2025 23:50 | 50.7 km | 10 km |
| 3.5 | 31.05.2025 11:15 | 40 km | 73 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2025 11:49 | 70 km | 34 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 03:58 | 35 km | 17 km |
| 5.8 | 26.02.2025 05:53 | 388 km | 84 km |
| 3.6 | 21.02.2025 08:24 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.8 | 15.12.2024 19:37 | 0 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 22.10.2024 22:08 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 3.5 | 30.06.2024 15:43 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.7 | 23.06.2024 20:50 | 50 km | 30 km |
| 3.8 | 19.06.2024 19:24 | 60 km | 42 km |
| 3.8 | 03.05.2024 00:10 | 50 km | 24 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2024 17:55 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.6 | 07.03.2024 02:28 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.9 | 07.02.2024 11:59 | 14.1 km | 25 km |
| 3.5 | 28.01.2024 14:49 | 60 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 22.01.2024 23:45 | 66.2 km | 46 km |
| 5.0 | 31.10.2023 22:34 | 40 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2023 23:18 | 70 km | 22 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2023 14:52 | 50 km | 31 km |
| 3.5 | 23.08.2023 15:50 | 40 km | 16 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 70 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 69 km | 25 km |
| 5.1 | 20.06.2023 23:33 | 411.9 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 10.06.2023 16:20 | 49.4 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2023 08:21 | 50 km | 68 km |
| 3.8 | 20.11.2022 08:34 | 52.9 km | 15 km |
| 3.6 | 18.11.2022 15:53 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.7 | 30.09.2022 23:42 | 30 km | 37 km |
| 5.2 | 06.08.2022 14:52 | 363.8 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 16.05.2022 05:29 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2022 02:13 | 50 km | 12 km |
| 3.6 | 06.04.2022 08:14 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 19.03.2022 00:49 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.6 | 29.01.2022 23:26 | 50 km | 19 km |
| 3.7 | 29.01.2022 01:59 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 27.01.2022 15:25 | 53.8 km | 26 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2022 16:59 | 52.5 km | 15 km |
| 4.0 | 05.01.2022 17:50 | 422.9 km | 71 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.