4.0
334
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1986–2026
record span
3.77
mean magnitude
261
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 30.11.2017 04:46 | 50 km | 328 km |
| 5.0 | 16.05.2023 18:22 | 5.8 km | 248 km |
| 4.9 | 05.06.2023 18:01 | 2.1 km | 265 km |
| 4.7 | 14.06.2009 11:04 | 17.7 km | 81 km |
| 4.5 | 06.04.2004 19:01 | 11.3 km | 97 km |
| 4.4 | 26.02.1986 22:49 | 33 km | 158 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2012 00:27 | 5 km | 59 km |
| 4.3 | 30.12.2010 09:17 | 6.1 km | 308 km |
| 4.3 | 29.04.2018 22:00 | 21 km | 310 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2008 01:46 | 11.5 km | 297 km |
| 4.3 | 21.05.2023 06:29 | 10 km | 256 km |
| 4.3 | 01.01.2025 05:15 | 5 km | 170 km |
| 4.3 | 26.05.2019 09:10 | 14 km | 230 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.1992 14:40 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 4.3 | 25.04.2025 04:02 | 2.1 km | 260 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 17.07.2026 01:24 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 3.7 | 10.07.2026 15:32 | 5 km | 126 km |
| 3.4 | 03.07.2026 21:49 | 4.8 km | 177 km |
| 3.8 | 20.06.2026 08:40 | 5.3 km | 234 km |
| 3.6 | 16.06.2026 14:51 | 5 km | 247 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2026 17:32 | 5 km | 309 km |
| 3.5 | 10.04.2026 21:41 | 5 km | 315 km |
| 3.2 | 27.03.2026 21:53 | 5 km | 256 km |
| 3.7 | 19.03.2026 18:01 | 15.9 km | 31 km |
| 3.8 | 12.03.2026 10:12 | 5 km | 170 km |
| 3.4 | 12.02.2026 08:02 | 5 km | 337 km |
| 3.9 | 06.02.2026 21:45 | 5 km | 315 km |
| 3.8 | 31.12.2025 09:53 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 3.6 | 26.12.2025 10:09 | 5 km | 297 km |
| 3.4 | 26.12.2025 09:40 | 5 km | 301 km |
| 3.6 | 25.12.2025 10:49 | 4.1 km | 314 km |
| 3.6 | 16.12.2025 07:20 | 5.2 km | 314 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2025 01:51 | 5 km | 110 km |
| 3.1 | 04.12.2025 19:34 | 5 km | 24 km |
| 3.6 | 28.11.2025 20:14 | 5 km | 203 km |
| 3.5 | 21.11.2025 20:57 | 5 km | 169 km |
| 3.4 | 21.11.2025 09:51 | 1.5 km | 265 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2025 19:09 | 10.4 km | 35 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2025 18:41 | 5 km | 275 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2025 22:28 | 1.9 km | 317 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2025 20:51 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.7 | 25.09.2025 12:04 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.8 | 21.09.2025 20:43 | 5 km | 191 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2025 20:00 | 10.1 km | 199 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2025 21:05 | 2 km | 111 km |
| 3.4 | 23.07.2025 09:48 | 5 km | 229 km |
| 3.6 | 16.06.2025 13:36 | 5 km | 110 km |
| 3.7 | 14.06.2025 07:00 | 5 km | 159 km |
| 3.9 | 13.05.2025 03:27 | 5 km | 297 km |
| 3.8 | 13.05.2025 02:45 | 5 km | 315 km |
| 3.7 | 12.05.2025 10:16 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2025 09:21 | 15.3 km | 116 km |
| 3.8 | 12.05.2025 03:33 | 5 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 12.05.2025 01:29 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 3.7 | 11.05.2025 09:29 | 6.8 km | 306 km |
| 3.4 | 28.04.2025 20:54 | 5 km | 255 km |
| 4.3 | 25.04.2025 04:02 | 2.1 km | 260 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2025 04:38 | 5 km | 235 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2025 21:27 | 5 km | 260 km |
| 3.8 | 14.04.2025 21:00 | 5 km | 260 km |
| 3.3 | 12.04.2025 21:11 | 5 km | 244 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2025 21:03 | 5 km | 247 km |
| 3.9 | 12.04.2025 19:39 | 5 km | 236 km |
| 3.7 | 01.04.2025 10:06 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 3.3 | 26.03.2025 09:40 | 16.5 km | 239 km |
| 4.1 | 25.03.2025 14:10 | 5 km | 257 km |
| 3.4 | 24.03.2025 21:31 | 10.5 km | 255 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2025 06:31 | 5 km | 258 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2025 05:49 | 5 km | 248 km |
| 3.2 | 15.03.2025 19:58 | 5 km | 280 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2025 01:03 | 2.7 km | 251 km |
| 3.5 | 14.03.2025 21:38 | 8 km | 183 km |
| 4.1 | 10.01.2025 19:14 | 20 km | 179 km |
| 3.6 | 07.01.2025 15:46 | 14 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2025 08:30 | 10 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.