3.1
268
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1912–2026
record span
3.68
mean magnitude
180
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 19.11.1912 13:55 | 80 km | 201 km |
| 5.4 | 22.02.1979 09:16 | 12.7 km | 113 km |
| 5.3 | 04.10.1976 06:59 | 14 km | 74 km |
| 5.1 | 28.02.1979 17:10 | 35 km | 113 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.1976 23:05 | 14 km | 77 km |
| 4.8 | 21.11.1980 22:49 | 5 km | 84 km |
| 4.7 | 10.09.1989 13:28 | 24.1 km | 61 km |
| 4.6 | 01.03.1979 03:19 | 6 km | 110 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.1990 03:14 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 30.08.2024 20:33 | 20 km | 86 km |
| 4.3 | 15.01.2007 22:11 | 14.3 km | 120 km |
| 4.3 | 25.06.2011 00:41 | 5.3 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 23.03.2025 18:40 | 3.4 km | 119 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.1998 02:46 | 5 km | 113 km |
| 4.2 | 10.09.1989 16:43 | 20 km | 98 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 21:46 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2026 10:58 | 5 km | 96 km |
| 3.8 | 18.06.2026 09:47 | 3.8 km | 87 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2026 09:19 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 3.4 | 08.06.2026 20:16 | 12.7 km | 93 km |
| 3.7 | 02.05.2026 10:17 | 9.5 km | 90 km |
| 3.4 | 11.04.2026 10:14 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.7 | 07.03.2026 08:57 | 5.2 km | 112 km |
| 3.8 | 06.03.2026 22:46 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2026 10:56 | 11 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 23.02.2026 22:55 | 7.5 km | 74 km |
| 3.9 | 18.02.2026 18:17 | 5 km | 78 km |
| 4.0 | 07.02.2026 13:16 | 5 km | 80 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2026 21:04 | 2.5 km | 114 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2026 20:56 | 6.6 km | 103 km |
| 3.4 | 27.12.2025 08:06 | 5 km | 97 km |
| 3.3 | 18.12.2025 09:32 | 8.4 km | 103 km |
| 3.3 | 18.12.2025 09:15 | 5 km | 112 km |
| 3.8 | 14.12.2025 09:38 | 2.1 km | 85 km |
| 3.8 | 12.12.2025 08:36 | 5 km | 95 km |
| 3.9 | 09.12.2025 09:13 | 3 km | 95 km |
| 3.4 | 09.12.2025 09:09 | 3 km | 96 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2025 10:21 | 5.1 km | 115 km |
| 3.5 | 30.11.2025 16:43 | 5.9 km | 107 km |
| 4.1 | 25.11.2025 07:04 | 3 km | 110 km |
| 3.4 | 24.11.2025 21:38 | 4.8 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 12.11.2025 07:20 | 17.5 km | 40 km |
| 3.7 | 05.11.2025 03:47 | 4.5 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 01.11.2025 20:59 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 3.9 | 01.11.2025 20:50 | 29.4 km | 89 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2025 22:11 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 24.10.2025 11:17 | 16.1 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 18.10.2025 09:54 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 16.10.2025 20:40 | 13.4 km | 82 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2025 21:51 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 3.8 | 25.09.2025 20:52 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 3.6 | 19.08.2025 18:10 | 5.7 km | 113 km |
| 3.7 | 30.07.2025 08:17 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 3.7 | 17.07.2025 05:23 | 3.2 km | 101 km |
| 3.7 | 05.07.2025 09:44 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2025 08:14 | 5 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 05.06.2025 09:16 | 6 km | 126 km |
| 3.7 | 31.05.2025 10:21 | 3.3 km | 129 km |
| 3.8 | 29.05.2025 22:13 | 13.2 km | 135 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2025 22:03 | 13 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2025 18:08 | 23.4 km | 128 km |
| 3.5 | 29.05.2025 08:03 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 3.7 | 04.05.2025 18:58 | 6.5 km | 121 km |
| 3.3 | 09.04.2025 10:07 | 5 km | 88 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2025 08:33 | 5 km | 98 km |
| 3.6 | 07.04.2025 08:06 | 5 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 23.03.2025 22:31 | 2.8 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 23.03.2025 18:40 | 3.4 km | 119 km |
| 3.7 | 14.03.2025 07:26 | 5 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 10.03.2025 09:37 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 3.7 | 08.03.2025 22:10 | 5 km | 111 km |
| 3.6 | 05.02.2025 09:15 | 5 km | 113 km |
| 3.2 | 01.02.2025 21:13 | 5 km | 101 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2025 16:47 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 12.01.2025 21:54 | 5 km | 81 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.