4.0
404
recorded earthquakes
M5.0
largest
1958–2026
record span
3.77
mean magnitude
379
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 | 40 km |
| 4.9 | 05.06.2023 18:01 | 2.1 km | 24 km |
| 4.9 | 06.09.2021 02:31 | 4.6 km | 154 km |
| 4.8 | 23.11.1958 05:13 | — | 208 km |
| 4.7 | 10.09.1989 13:28 | 24.1 km | 220 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.1990 03:14 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2007 03:11 | 20.8 km | 280 km |
| 4.4 | 04.06.2004 12:14 | 13.1 km | 126 km |
| 4.4 | 26.02.1986 22:49 | 33 km | 217 km |
| 4.4 | 06.09.2021 04:49 | 5 km | 157 km |
| 4.3 | 26.05.2019 09:10 | 14 km | 62 km |
| 4.3 | 15.01.2007 22:11 | 14.3 km | 148 km |
| 4.3 | 21.05.2023 06:29 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2012 00:27 | 5 km | 242 km |
| 4.3 | 01.01.2025 05:15 | 5 km | 205 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 17.07.2026 01:24 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.8 | 20.06.2026 08:40 | 5.3 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 16.06.2026 14:51 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 08.06.2026 20:16 | 12.7 km | 167 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2026 17:32 | 5 km | 135 km |
| 3.7 | 02.05.2026 10:17 | 9.5 km | 157 km |
| 3.9 | 20.04.2026 12:22 | 3.6 km | 137 km |
| 3.4 | 11.04.2026 10:14 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 10.04.2026 21:41 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.6 | 10.04.2026 09:37 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 3.4 | 06.04.2026 20:35 | 5 km | 49 km |
| 3.2 | 30.03.2026 18:38 | 7.8 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 27.03.2026 21:53 | 5 km | 139 km |
| 3.8 | 12.03.2026 10:12 | 5 km | 128 km |
| 3.7 | 10.03.2026 20:20 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 08.03.2026 10:16 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 3.7 | 07.03.2026 08:57 | 5.2 km | 162 km |
| 3.8 | 06.03.2026 22:46 | 5 km | 170 km |
| 3.3 | 23.02.2026 21:45 | 9.3 km | 236 km |
| 3.9 | 18.02.2026 18:17 | 5 km | 208 km |
| 3.2 | 17.02.2026 20:49 | 5 km | 181 km |
| 3.4 | 12.02.2026 08:02 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 3.3 | 10.02.2026 20:58 | 5 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 07.02.2026 13:16 | 5 km | 184 km |
| 3.9 | 06.02.2026 21:45 | 5 km | 137 km |
| 3.4 | 30.01.2026 10:02 | 7.7 km | 143 km |
| 3.4 | 26.01.2026 19:47 | 8.6 km | 206 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2026 21:04 | 2.5 km | 156 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2026 20:56 | 6.6 km | 162 km |
| 3.3 | 19.01.2026 20:41 | 124.7 km | 45 km |
| 3.8 | 31.12.2025 09:53 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 3.4 | 27.12.2025 08:06 | 5 km | 169 km |
| 3.6 | 26.12.2025 10:09 | 5 km | 126 km |
| 3.4 | 26.12.2025 09:40 | 5 km | 126 km |
| 3.6 | 25.12.2025 10:49 | 4.1 km | 52 km |
| 3.4 | 20.12.2025 19:15 | 2.3 km | 218 km |
| 3.6 | 19.12.2025 09:34 | 3.4 km | 141 km |
| 3.3 | 18.12.2025 09:32 | 8.4 km | 168 km |
| 3.3 | 18.12.2025 09:15 | 5 km | 167 km |
| 3.6 | 16.12.2025 07:20 | 5.2 km | 138 km |
| 3.8 | 14.12.2025 09:38 | 2.1 km | 180 km |
| 3.8 | 12.12.2025 08:36 | 5 km | 166 km |
| 3.3 | 09.12.2025 19:15 | 10.6 km | 154 km |
| 3.9 | 09.12.2025 09:13 | 3 km | 178 km |
| 3.4 | 09.12.2025 09:09 | 3 km | 178 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2025 10:21 | 5.1 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 04.12.2025 09:56 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.5 | 30.11.2025 16:43 | 5.9 km | 169 km |
| 3.6 | 28.11.2025 20:14 | 5 km | 91 km |
| 3.4 | 28.11.2025 17:50 | 5 km | 168 km |
| 4.1 | 25.11.2025 07:04 | 3 km | 156 km |
| 3.4 | 24.11.2025 21:38 | 4.8 km | 158 km |
| 3.4 | 24.11.2025 20:12 | 5 km | 155 km |
| 3.8 | 24.11.2025 19:12 | 3 km | 152 km |
| 3.4 | 21.11.2025 09:51 | 1.5 km | 190 km |
| 3.4 | 19.11.2025 10:18 | 3.5 km | 128 km |
| 3.7 | 03.11.2025 22:58 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 3.3 | 02.11.2025 08:47 | 11.9 km | 232 km |
| 3.4 | 01.11.2025 20:59 | 5 km | 195 km |
| 3.9 | 01.11.2025 20:50 | 29.4 km | 216 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.