3.4
162
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.90
mean magnitude
110
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 03.06.1932 10:36 | 15 km | 389 km |
| 7.8 | 16.05.1900 20:12 | 0 km | 425 km |
| 7.3 | 20.01.1900 06:33 | 0 km | 425 km |
| 4.9 | 11.05.2016 22:35 | 4.2 km | 273 km |
| 4.9 | 25.09.1995 10:56 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 4.9 | 06.09.2021 02:31 | 4.6 km | 231 km |
| 4.8 | 23.11.1958 05:13 | — | 204 km |
| 4.6 | 30.11.2011 18:07 | 15 km | 128 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2007 03:11 | 20.8 km | 151 km |
| 4.4 | 06.09.2021 04:49 | 5 km | 216 km |
| 4.4 | 04.06.2004 12:14 | 13.1 km | 204 km |
| 4.4 | 07.09.2024 09:17 | 5 km | 133 km |
| 4.4 | 21.03.1982 09:39 | 33 km | 280 km |
| 4.3 | 08.05.2018 11:11 | 5 km | 221 km |
| 4.3 | 13.12.2006 23:08 | 10 km | 67 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 09.07.2026 21:52 | 5 km | 246 km |
| 3.5 | 25.06.2026 07:59 | 42.2 km | 303 km |
| 3.9 | 08.05.2026 22:06 | 5 km | 214 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2026 21:18 | 22.7 km | 298 km |
| 3.5 | 21.04.2026 09:13 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 3.6 | 04.04.2026 21:13 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 3.5 | 04.12.2025 09:56 | 5 km | 200 km |
| 3.9 | 21.09.2025 09:06 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 3.7 | 04.07.2025 10:26 | 15.8 km | 170 km |
| 3.1 | 01.07.2025 02:06 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 4.1 | 22.06.2025 06:58 | 2 km | 161 km |
| 3.6 | 19.05.2025 18:00 | 5 km | 180 km |
| 3.1 | 27.01.2025 10:16 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2024 05:20 | 15 km | 269 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2024 11:39 | 5 km | 137 km |
| 4.3 | 04.10.2024 20:34 | 5 km | 255 km |
| 3.1 | 20.09.2024 01:11 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.2 | 20.09.2024 01:11 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.4 | 07.09.2024 09:17 | 5 km | 133 km |
| 3.3 | 07.08.2024 08:10 | 29.3 km | 32 km |
| 3.7 | 18.07.2024 20:29 | 12.4 km | 293 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2024 20:43 | 5 km | 290 km |
| 3.5 | 01.05.2024 18:17 | 12.7 km | 275 km |
| 3.8 | 25.04.2024 09:14 | 2 km | 199 km |
| 3.6 | 07.02.2024 21:07 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 4.0 | 04.12.2023 04:18 | 5 km | 245 km |
| 4.1 | 29.10.2023 12:40 | 7.8 km | 254 km |
| 3.8 | 27.09.2023 21:39 | 10.1 km | 303 km |
| 3.7 | 30.08.2023 09:46 | 28.1 km | 258 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2023 09:06 | 31 km | 267 km |
| 3.6 | 25.03.2023 08:25 | 6 km | 294 km |
| 3.9 | 22.03.2023 07:45 | 5 km | 14 km |
| 3.8 | 27.01.2023 10:10 | 5 km | 218 km |
| 3.8 | 26.01.2023 22:28 | 5 km | 292 km |
| 3.5 | 26.12.2022 19:40 | 16 km | 259 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2022 03:42 | 5 km | 257 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2022 03:39 | 5 km | 260 km |
| 3.5 | 15.08.2022 06:55 | 2 km | 36 km |
| 3.9 | 16.07.2022 09:47 | 3 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 12.07.2022 20:38 | 11 km | 288 km |
| 3.6 | 16.04.2022 21:15 | 5 km | 282 km |
| 4.0 | 10.04.2022 07:55 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 3.9 | 28.03.2022 06:33 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 3.9 | 13.03.2022 10:05 | 5 km | 202 km |
| 3.6 | 27.02.2022 09:27 | 4 km | 217 km |
| 3.9 | 09.02.2022 06:49 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 3.3 | 16.01.2022 21:40 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 3.4 | 18.12.2021 22:15 | 5 km | 115 km |
| 3.4 | 28.11.2021 08:58 | 5 km | 230 km |
| 4.1 | 16.11.2021 17:56 | 5 km | 284 km |
| 3.3 | 14.11.2021 19:36 | 34 km | 289 km |
| 4.1 | 30.10.2021 05:29 | 5 km | 131 km |
| 4.1 | 28.10.2021 17:15 | 5 km | 220 km |
| 3.7 | 27.10.2021 07:24 | 5 km | 219 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2021 06:38 | 5 km | 220 km |
| 3.6 | 22.10.2021 21:43 | 9 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 17.10.2021 15:42 | 5 km | 223 km |
| 3.6 | 04.10.2021 09:38 | 5 km | 226 km |
| 3.5 | 26.09.2021 07:29 | 5 km | 226 km |
| 3.8 | 12.09.2021 21:45 | 5 km | 222 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.