4.0
327
recorded earthquakes
M5.0
largest
1982–2026
record span
3.76
mean magnitude
281
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 16.05.2023 18:22 | 5.8 km | 263 km |
| 4.9 | 05.06.2023 18:01 | 2.1 km | 281 km |
| 4.7 | 14.06.2009 11:04 | 17.7 km | 55 km |
| 4.6 | 15.06.2000 23:17 | 33 km | 117 km |
| 4.5 | 06.04.2004 19:01 | 11.3 km | 42 km |
| 4.4 | 04.06.2004 12:14 | 13.1 km | 200 km |
| 4.4 | 21.03.1982 09:39 | 33 km | 127 km |
| 4.4 | 26.02.1986 22:49 | 33 km | 84 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.1992 14:40 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 4.3 | 21.05.2023 06:29 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 4.3 | 25.04.2025 04:02 | 2.1 km | 277 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2012 00:27 | 5 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 01.01.2025 05:15 | 5 km | 98 km |
| 4.3 | 26.05.2019 09:10 | 14 km | 234 km |
| 4.2 | 21.02.1999 07:28 | 9.7 km | 282 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 17.07.2026 01:24 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.7 | 10.07.2026 15:32 | 5 km | 15 km |
| 3.4 | 03.07.2026 21:49 | 4.8 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2026 21:18 | 22.7 km | 103 km |
| 3.7 | 19.03.2026 18:01 | 15.9 km | 164 km |
| 3.8 | 12.03.2026 10:12 | 5 km | 221 km |
| 3.8 | 28.02.2026 01:18 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 18.02.2026 18:56 | 5.1 km | 291 km |
| 3.8 | 14.02.2026 18:58 | 5 km | 285 km |
| 3.8 | 31.12.2025 09:53 | 5 km | 273 km |
| 3.7 | 20.12.2025 01:20 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2025 01:51 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 3.1 | 04.12.2025 19:34 | 5 km | 149 km |
| 3.8 | 28.11.2025 22:52 | 5 km | 73 km |
| 3.6 | 28.11.2025 20:14 | 5 km | 240 km |
| 3.5 | 21.11.2025 20:57 | 5 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 25.09.2025 12:04 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.8 | 21.09.2025 20:43 | 5 km | 236 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2025 20:00 | 10.1 km | 284 km |
| 3.9 | 14.09.2025 20:25 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2025 21:05 | 2 km | 30 km |
| 3.4 | 23.07.2025 09:48 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 3.5 | 12.07.2025 20:07 | 25.3 km | 110 km |
| 3.6 | 16.06.2025 13:36 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 3.7 | 14.06.2025 07:00 | 5 km | 175 km |
| 3.7 | 14.05.2025 17:30 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.7 | 12.05.2025 10:16 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2025 09:21 | 15.3 km | 35 km |
| 3.8 | 12.05.2025 03:33 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 3.6 | 12.05.2025 01:29 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 4.3 | 25.04.2025 04:02 | 2.1 km | 277 km |
| 3.6 | 22.04.2025 09:52 | 16.1 km | 252 km |
| 3.8 | 15.04.2025 08:37 | 5 km | 250 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2025 04:38 | 5 km | 239 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2025 21:27 | 5 km | 269 km |
| 3.8 | 14.04.2025 21:00 | 5 km | 269 km |
| 3.8 | 13.04.2025 09:12 | 6.2 km | 253 km |
| 3.3 | 12.04.2025 21:11 | 5 km | 247 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2025 21:03 | 5 km | 251 km |
| 3.9 | 12.04.2025 19:39 | 5 km | 241 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2025 10:19 | 13.5 km | 249 km |
| 3.3 | 26.03.2025 09:40 | 16.5 km | 238 km |
| 4.1 | 25.03.2025 14:10 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 3.8 | 23.03.2025 06:34 | 16.5 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2025 06:31 | 5 km | 267 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2025 05:49 | 5 km | 255 km |
| 3.8 | 23.03.2025 03:55 | 5 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2025 01:03 | 2.7 km | 260 km |
| 3.5 | 14.03.2025 21:38 | 8 km | 270 km |
| 3.5 | 07.02.2025 19:50 | 5 km | 108 km |
| 4.1 | 10.01.2025 19:14 | 20 km | 109 km |
| 3.6 | 07.01.2025 15:46 | 14 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2025 08:30 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2025 03:08 | 5 km | 275 km |
| 4.3 | 01.01.2025 05:15 | 5 km | 98 km |
| 4.2 | 01.01.2025 05:15 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 19.12.2024 19:46 | 5 km | 74 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2024 21:17 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.3 | 03.12.2024 22:53 | 8.5 km | 280 km |
| 3.4 | 05.11.2024 10:23 | 5 km | 255 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.