3.0
345
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.71
mean magnitude
173
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 | 28.07.1957 08:40 | 37.8 km | 188 km |
| 7.6 | 16.12.1911 19:14 | 30 km | 201 km |
| 7.5 | 11.10.1945 16:52 | 90 km | 152 km |
| 7.1 | 24.10.1980 14:53 | 61.9 km | 116 km |
| 7.1 | 19.09.2017 18:14 | 49.8 km | 67 km |
| 7.0 | 19.11.1912 13:55 | 80 km | 101 km |
| 6.9 | 06.10.1937 09:47 | 100 km | 29 km |
| 6.5 | 03.05.1938 02:15 | 100 km | 29 km |
| 6.5 | 28.06.1938 19:17 | 110 km | 128 km |
| 6.5 | 11.12.2011 01:47 | 65.4 km | 130 km |
| 6.2 | 27.08.1911 10:59 | 55 km | 33 km |
| 5.9 | 16.06.2013 05:19 | 55 km | 65 km |
| 5.8 | 21.07.2000 06:13 | 55.2 km | 66 km |
| 5.8 | 07.12.2023 20:03 | 54.1 km | 66 km |
| 5.7 | 22.05.2009 19:24 | 59.2 km | 98 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 06:32 | 14.4 km | 47 km |
| 3.3 | 12.07.2026 09:22 | 2 km | 10 km |
| 3.5 | 05.07.2026 09:57 | 2.1 km | 33 km |
| 3.3 | 27.06.2026 09:45 | 5 km | 9 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 09:04 | 49.8 km | 60 km |
| 3.0 | 14.06.2026 09:25 | 4 km | 9 km |
| 3.5 | 29.04.2026 19:18 | 10.7 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 19.02.2026 22:11 | 5 km | 16 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2026 21:57 | 67.8 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 15.01.2026 09:24 | 10.3 km | 31 km |
| 3.4 | 29.12.2025 21:11 | 7.4 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 22.12.2025 22:09 | 36.4 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 27.11.2025 22:33 | 5.1 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 25.11.2025 10:43 | 45.1 km | 64 km |
| 3.9 | 30.10.2025 16:47 | 12.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.5 | 25.10.2025 03:16 | 2.1 km | 30 km |
| 3.7 | 22.10.2025 21:39 | 16.1 km | 39 km |
| 3.4 | 18.09.2025 21:52 | 4 km | 53 km |
| 3.8 | 08.09.2025 18:02 | 27.8 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2025 22:22 | 12.5 km | 21 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2025 19:25 | 3.1 km | 17 km |
| 3.4 | 12.07.2025 20:18 | 73.4 km | 63 km |
| 3.0 | 09.06.2025 07:12 | 2 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 05.06.2025 22:49 | 2.9 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 12.05.2025 23:00 | 13.5 km | 46 km |
| 3.6 | 06.05.2025 21:30 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 3.4 | 05.05.2025 06:25 | 3.7 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 24.03.2025 18:59 | 31.1 km | 48 km |
| 5.0 | 28.02.2025 19:39 | 65.2 km | 59 km |
| 3.4 | 15.02.2025 20:00 | 50 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 15.02.2025 19:02 | 16.1 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 28.01.2025 18:49 | 4.1 km | 18 km |
| 3.7 | 23.01.2025 05:11 | 3.9 km | 26 km |
| 3.3 | 11.12.2024 20:32 | 4.1 km | 7 km |
| 3.7 | 14.11.2024 22:04 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 3.8 | 14.11.2024 12:17 | 4.1 km | 28 km |
| 3.3 | 23.10.2024 20:41 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 3.4 | 15.10.2024 21:43 | 43 km | 59 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2024 09:18 | 6 km | 12 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2024 20:02 | 9 km | 3 km |
| 3.7 | 10.08.2024 18:12 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2024 00:31 | 16.6 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2024 20:25 | 5 km | 20 km |
| 3.5 | 31.07.2024 05:04 | 1.7 km | 22 km |
| 3.7 | 22.07.2024 21:47 | 5 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2024 22:58 | 5 km | 14 km |
| 3.0 | 26.05.2024 22:44 | 6.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 26.05.2024 21:36 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 11.05.2024 22:20 | 67.3 km | 48 km |
| 3.7 | 01.05.2024 17:56 | 4.1 km | 37 km |
| 3.2 | 10.04.2024 05:24 | 2 km | 20 km |
| 3.7 | 07.04.2024 08:30 | 2.4 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 03.04.2024 21:21 | 4.1 km | 45 km |
| 3.7 | 02.04.2024 21:41 | 16.1 km | 53 km |
| 3.4 | 16.03.2024 09:18 | 116 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 02.03.2024 05:23 | 3.3 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 23.02.2024 23:11 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 13.02.2024 17:05 | 41 km | 73 km |
| 3.8 | 26.01.2024 21:05 | 52.6 km | 52 km |
| 3.7 | 14.01.2024 09:04 | 4 km | 37 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.