3.2
183
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.51
mean magnitude
60
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 | 39 km |
| 7.5 | 01.04.1968 00:42 | 26.2 km | 200 km |
| 7.0 | 15.04.2016 16:25 | 7 km | 187 km |
| 6.8 | 24.03.2001 06:27 | 47.7 km | 89 km |
| 6.8 | 05.08.1968 16:17 | 48.4 km | 119 km |
| 6.6 | 20.03.2005 01:53 | 9.1 km | 146 km |
| 6.5 | 25.08.1983 20:23 | 124.4 km | 75 km |
| 6.4 | 20.04.1975 17:35 | 6.3 km | 124 km |
| 6.3 | 11.06.2006 20:01 | 143.3 km | 124 km |
| 6.3 | 13.03.2014 17:06 | 83.4 km | 68 km |
| 6.3 | 17.04.2024 14:14 | 41.2 km | 129 km |
| 6.1 | 11.07.1949 16:10 | 44.8 km | 71 km |
| 6.1 | 13.07.1979 08:10 | 68.4 km | 48 km |
| 6.1 | 23.01.1975 14:19 | 10.3 km | 144 km |
| 6.0 | 25.09.1928 04:58 | 120 km | 86 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 06.07.2026 21:16 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 23.06.2026 23:01 | 20 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 16.06.2026 07:56 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.7 | 11.05.2026 18:30 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.4 | 05.05.2026 08:55 | 20 km | 20 km |
| 3.7 | 30.04.2026 11:23 | 20 km | 20 km |
| 3.2 | 08.04.2026 11:13 | 68 km | 85 km |
| 3.9 | 03.04.2026 21:39 | 50 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 15.03.2026 20:25 | 68.5 km | 83 km |
| 3.3 | 16.10.2025 01:51 | 60 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 02.10.2025 11:41 | 40 km | 96 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2025 00:57 | 40 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 23.07.2025 05:29 | 40 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 21:41 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 23.12.2024 21:55 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 08.09.2024 07:04 | 50 km | 82 km |
| 3.9 | 21.06.2024 05:03 | 44.4 km | 100 km |
| 4.1 | 01.05.2024 23:20 | 20 km | 32 km |
| 6.3 | 17.04.2024 14:14 | 41.2 km | 129 km |
| 5.0 | 26.02.2024 06:24 | 46.6 km | 100 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2023 16:34 | 50 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2023 12:58 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 09.09.2023 02:41 | 75.1 km | 83 km |
| 4.8 | 26.08.2023 13:29 | 79.8 km | 39 km |
| 3.7 | 16.10.2022 16:20 | 50 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2022 02:33 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 22.04.2022 22:46 | 10 km | 4 km |
| 3.7 | 08.03.2022 23:31 | 10 km | 4 km |
| 3.6 | 25.11.2021 09:51 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 5.3 | 17.07.2021 11:50 | 81.5 km | 70 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2021 16:24 | 56.8 km | 82 km |
| 4.1 | 23.02.2021 07:09 | 50 km | 85 km |
| 3.5 | 17.10.2020 04:53 | 50 km | 93 km |
| 3.8 | 10.05.2020 17:23 | 62.9 km | 61 km |
| 3.8 | 13.03.2020 08:33 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 14.10.2019 04:01 | 15.9 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 06.10.2019 23:02 | 54.7 km | 77 km |
| 4.5 | 02.09.2018 21:47 | 21.3 km | 44 km |
| 4.5 | 08.01.2018 20:52 | 58.2 km | 71 km |
| 3.9 | 15.08.2017 19:38 | 60.2 km | 59 km |
| 4.3 | 18.07.2016 21:22 | 123.4 km | 60 km |
| 4.5 | 01.07.2016 05:39 | 83.8 km | 79 km |
| 5.7 | 15.04.2016 16:25 | 12 km | 110 km |
| 7.0 | 15.04.2016 16:25 | 7 km | 187 km |
| 4.1 | 07.04.2015 23:51 | 47.5 km | 106 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2014 10:36 | 74.1 km | 67 km |
| 4.1 | 15.10.2014 19:39 | 50 km | 109 km |
| 4.5 | 13.08.2014 22:51 | 82.2 km | 53 km |
| 4.3 | 22.03.2014 11:05 | 80.9 km | 65 km |
| 6.3 | 13.03.2014 17:06 | 83.4 km | 68 km |
| 4.5 | 08.09.2012 01:41 | 54.3 km | 76 km |
| 4.2 | 02.04.2012 07:39 | 58.5 km | 69 km |
| 5.1 | 21.11.2011 10:16 | 14.7 km | 134 km |
| 4.4 | 26.12.2010 11:25 | 10.1 km | 46 km |
| 3.7 | 24.09.2010 04:00 | 82.4 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 21.02.2010 02:49 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2009 21:40 | 52 km | 86 km |
| 4.7 | 24.01.2009 17:33 | 82.4 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 19.12.2008 03:44 | 124.3 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2008 22:23 | 59.3 km | 67 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.