3.1
238
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.63
mean magnitude
167
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 19.09.2017 18:14 | 49.8 km | 233 km |
| 7.0 | 19.11.1912 13:55 | 80 km | 201 km |
| 6.5 | 10.02.1928 04:38 | 100 km | 223 km |
| 6.5 | 21.04.1945 17:14 | 100 km | 234 km |
| 6.2 | 27.08.1911 10:59 | 55 km | 193 km |
| 5.4 | 22.02.1979 09:16 | 12.7 km | 160 km |
| 5.3 | 04.10.1976 06:59 | 14 km | 43 km |
| 5.1 | 28.02.1979 17:10 | 35 km | 158 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.1976 23:05 | 14 km | 24 km |
| 4.8 | 21.11.1980 22:49 | 5 km | 36 km |
| 4.7 | 10.09.1989 13:28 | 24.1 km | 82 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.1990 03:14 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 4.4 | 27.01.1987 16:33 | 13 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 25.06.2011 00:41 | 5.3 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 24.03.2025 18:27 | 279.1 km | 125 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 21:46 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2026 10:58 | 5 km | 43 km |
| 3.7 | 06.07.2026 10:24 | 5 km | 100 km |
| 3.6 | 05.07.2026 09:35 | 3.4 km | 95 km |
| 3.8 | 18.06.2026 09:47 | 3.8 km | 13 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2026 09:19 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2026 10:56 | 11 km | 42 km |
| 3.9 | 18.02.2026 18:17 | 5 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 07.02.2026 13:16 | 5 km | 117 km |
| 3.8 | 14.12.2025 09:38 | 2.1 km | 122 km |
| 3.4 | 12.11.2025 07:20 | 17.5 km | 60 km |
| 3.7 | 05.11.2025 03:47 | 4.5 km | 33 km |
| 3.3 | 02.11.2025 08:47 | 11.9 km | 117 km |
| 3.4 | 01.11.2025 20:59 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 3.9 | 01.11.2025 20:50 | 29.4 km | 89 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2025 22:11 | 5 km | 78 km |
| 4.0 | 24.10.2025 11:17 | 16.1 km | 134 km |
| 3.4 | 16.10.2025 20:40 | 13.4 km | 122 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2025 21:51 | 15 km | 119 km |
| 3.8 | 25.09.2025 20:52 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 3.7 | 17.07.2025 05:23 | 3.2 km | 47 km |
| 3.7 | 13.07.2025 19:20 | 5 km | 133 km |
| 3.5 | 29.05.2025 08:03 | 5 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 09.04.2025 10:07 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 4.2 | 24.03.2025 18:27 | 279.1 km | 125 km |
| 3.5 | 16.03.2025 21:43 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 3.7 | 14.03.2025 07:26 | 5 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 10.03.2025 09:37 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2025 16:47 | 5 km | 93 km |
| 4.1 | 12.01.2025 21:54 | 5 km | 152 km |
| 3.0 | 17.12.2024 09:37 | 11 km | 41 km |
| 3.7 | 05.12.2024 10:00 | 5 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 24.11.2024 20:25 | 5 km | 97 km |
| 3.8 | 15.11.2024 05:54 | 3.3 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 21.08.2024 22:04 | 11.4 km | 134 km |
| 4.0 | 21.08.2024 20:17 | 10.8 km | 127 km |
| 3.0 | 17.08.2024 09:35 | 5 km | 19 km |
| 4.1 | 11.08.2024 23:46 | 15 km | 137 km |
| 3.3 | 10.08.2024 21:45 | 16.1 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2024 19:48 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 3.1 | 26.06.2024 21:33 | 5 km | 19 km |
| 3.9 | 15.06.2024 07:18 | 5 km | 123 km |
| 3.8 | 18.05.2024 04:14 | 5 km | 132 km |
| 3.6 | 09.05.2024 15:02 | 15.8 km | 142 km |
| 3.6 | 21.04.2024 09:44 | 5 km | 73 km |
| 3.7 | 05.04.2024 16:22 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 3.9 | 02.04.2024 08:04 | 4.5 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 19.03.2024 20:56 | 5 km | 137 km |
| 3.3 | 21.02.2024 20:56 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 21.02.2024 09:17 | 5 km | 128 km |
| 3.1 | 26.12.2023 08:25 | 5 km | 21 km |
| 3.9 | 25.12.2023 19:30 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 3.3 | 19.12.2023 09:01 | 9.3 km | 142 km |
| 3.7 | 03.11.2023 10:59 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 02.11.2023 09:16 | 3.3 km | 100 km |
| 3.5 | 02.11.2023 07:56 | 2 km | 98 km |
| 3.3 | 02.11.2023 07:54 | 5 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 23.10.2023 09:23 | 13.9 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 06.10.2023 04:05 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2023 08:33 | 9.1 km | 38 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.