4.6
451
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1964–2026
record span
4.58
mean magnitude
144
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | 14.09.1980 02:42 | 0 km | 311 km |
| 6.2 | 23.06.1979 02:56 | 0 km | 312 km |
| 6.2 | 02.11.1972 01:26 | 0 km | 307 km |
| 6.2 | 14.07.1984 01:09 | 0 km | 315 km |
| 6.2 | 27.10.1984 01:50 | 0 km | 305 km |
| 6.2 | 27.12.1981 03:43 | 0 km | 310 km |
| 6.2 | 03.04.1987 01:17 | 0 km | 306 km |
| 6.2 | 23.12.1979 04:56 | 0 km | 308 km |
| 6.2 | 23.07.1973 01:22 | 0 km | 311 km |
| 6.1 | 04.07.1982 01:17 | 0 km | 307 km |
| 6.1 | 13.12.1987 03:21 | 0 km | 301 km |
| 6.1 | 22.01.1989 03:57 | 0 km | 307 km |
| 6.1 | 14.09.1988 03:59 | 0 km | 315 km |
| 6.1 | 26.10.1983 01:55 | 0 km | 310 km |
| 6.1 | 16.12.1984 03:55 | 0 km | 305 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 17.07.2026 21:09 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 3.3 | 26.05.2026 06:27 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 4.5 | 26.05.2026 06:27 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.2 | 24.01.2026 08:09 | 0 km | 296 km |
| 4.0 | 24.08.2025 08:17 | 0 km | 300 km |
| 3.4 | 06.09.2024 07:41 | 2 km | 158 km |
| 2.9 | 24.01.2024 10:37 | 2 km | 16 km |
| 2.0 | 17.08.2023 07:58 | 2 km | 127 km |
| 2.4 | 04.08.2023 08:06 | 2 km | 161 km |
| 2.3 | 01.08.2023 13:27 | 2 km | 194 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2023 07:35 | 0 km | 233 km |
| 4.0 | 24.03.2023 07:24 | 0 km | 298 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2022 08:50 | 0 km | 237 km |
| 4.4 | 04.11.2021 20:46 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.6 | 21.08.2021 07:35 | 1 km | 242 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2021 07:06 | 0 km | 241 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2021 11:19 | 1 km | 107 km |
| 4.1 | 04.09.2020 09:03 | 0 km | 254 km |
| 4.0 | 21.02.2020 07:42 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 4.4 | 23.08.2019 14:27 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 4.3 | 18.02.2019 07:14 | 0 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 29.12.2017 10:56 | 0 km | 221 km |
| 4.1 | 06.10.2017 09:05 | 0 km | 93 km |
| 3.8 | 20.09.2017 02:44 | 14 km | 232 km |
| 4.4 | 05.09.2017 10:24 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2017 10:37 | 0 km | 236 km |
| 3.7 | 30.09.2016 14:21 | 1 km | 292 km |
| 4.0 | 29.11.2015 07:14 | 0 km | 301 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2015 07:23 | 0 km | 293 km |
| 4.4 | 11.04.2014 07:22 | 0 km | 285 km |
| 4.0 | 03.07.2013 07:32 | 0 km | 218 km |
| 4.0 | 16.05.2013 09:42 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2013 07:23 | 0 km | 294 km |
| 3.9 | 31.10.2012 11:10 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 3.5 | 25.10.2011 07:34 | 1 km | 294 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2011 07:23 | 1 km | 289 km |
| 3.5 | 15.04.2011 07:22 | 1 km | 291 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2011 22:19 | 5 km | 248 km |
| 3.2 | 12.04.2011 21:53 | 8 km | 245 km |
| 4.3 | 07.03.2011 07:46 | 10 km | 288 km |
| 3.5 | 30.12.2010 10:58 | 1 km | 105 km |
| 3.9 | 15.09.2010 07:19 | 1 km | 248 km |
| 3.3 | 29.12.2009 10:34 | 1 km | 229 km |
| 3.5 | 23.11.2009 22:52 | 15 km | 170 km |
| 4.2 | 26.10.2009 10:57 | 0 km | 167 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2009 08:59 | 1 km | 159 km |
| 3.0 | 15.09.2009 13:36 | 1 km | 203 km |
| 3.0 | 26.08.2009 13:37 | 1 km | 195 km |
| 3.7 | 11.08.2009 02:44 | 1 km | 174 km |
| 3.1 | 07.08.2009 07:35 | 1 km | 235 km |
| 3.2 | 04.08.2009 10:49 | 1 km | 133 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2009 13:46 | 1 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 15.07.2009 13:16 | 1 km | 178 km |
| 3.1 | 13.07.2009 13:10 | 1 km | 302 km |
| 3.3 | 07.07.2009 07:16 | 1 km | 254 km |
| 3.1 | 25.06.2009 13:23 | 1 km | 222 km |
| 3.3 | 30.05.2009 13:38 | 1 km | 159 km |
| 3.4 | 24.05.2009 09:48 | 1 km | 135 km |
| 3.0 | 19.04.2009 07:30 | 1 km | 173 km |
| 3.3 | 18.04.2009 05:47 | 1 km | 303 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.