3.6
547
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.22
mean magnitude
462
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 23.07.1905 02:46 | 15 km | 235 km |
| 8.0 | 09.07.1905 09:40 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 7.1 | 01.02.1903 09:34 | 0 km | 277 km |
| 7.0 | 11.07.1905 08:38 | 20 km | 196 km |
| 7.0 | 05.01.1967 00:14 | 15.8 km | 317 km |
| 6.9 | 11.07.1905 08:39 | 15 km | 94 km |
| 6.9 | 14.07.1905 22:02 | 15 km | 69 km |
| 6.8 | 11.01.2021 21:32 | 9.8 km | 128 km |
| 6.7 | 27.12.2011 15:21 | 12.8 km | 330 km |
| 6.7 | 26.02.2012 06:17 | 13 km | 327 km |
| 6.6 | 04.04.1950 18:44 | 35 km | 186 km |
| 6.5 | 14.07.1905 22:01 | 20 km | 196 km |
| 6.4 | 20.01.1967 01:57 | 6.8 km | 324 km |
| 6.3 | 27.12.1991 09:09 | 10.4 km | 151 km |
| 6.3 | 27.08.2008 01:35 | 9.3 km | 350 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 11:30 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2026 02:18 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 3.8 | 20.05.2026 13:58 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 3.7 | 14.02.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 09.02.2026 06:24 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 3.3 | 01.02.2026 10:04 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 3.5 | 25.01.2026 03:13 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.5 | 14.01.2026 03:44 | 10 km | 237 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 23:51 | 11.4 km | 133 km |
| 3.6 | 15.12.2025 22:39 | 10 km | 265 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2025 19:46 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 4.2 | 16.11.2025 09:59 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2025 02:19 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.5 | 21.10.2025 09:14 | 0 km | 158 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2025 18:12 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.7 | 23.09.2025 10:59 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.8 | 19.08.2025 03:48 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 27.07.2025 20:41 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.9 | 27.07.2025 11:15 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 3.6 | 06.07.2025 05:48 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.2 | 11.06.2025 06:22 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 09.06.2025 20:03 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.6 | 04.06.2025 10:22 | 0 km | 151 km |
| 4.0 | 31.05.2025 17:24 | 0 km | 192 km |
| 4.0 | 02.05.2025 03:57 | 0 km | 139 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2025 11:43 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 13.04.2025 14:02 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.0 | 04.04.2025 18:33 | 5 km | 225 km |
| 4.5 | 24.03.2025 04:31 | 3.9 km | 24 km |
| 3.6 | 13.03.2025 11:32 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.9 | 09.03.2025 12:12 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 3.6 | 03.02.2025 03:32 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 3.8 | 27.01.2025 21:05 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 4.6 | 12.01.2025 06:35 | 0 km | 165 km |
| 3.8 | 09.01.2025 15:33 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 3.7 | 11.12.2024 04:52 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 4.2 | 08.12.2024 09:50 | 10 km | 226 km |
| 4.3 | 04.12.2024 22:16 | 8.9 km | 169 km |
| 5.0 | 27.11.2024 20:34 | 21.9 km | 168 km |
| 4.5 | 10.11.2024 12:11 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 4.2 | 09.10.2024 12:15 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2024 07:43 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 4.1 | 05.10.2024 20:26 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2024 03:19 | 0 km | 215 km |
| 3.9 | 07.08.2024 11:04 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 4.0 | 28.07.2024 17:22 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 3.5 | 17.07.2024 20:38 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 09.06.2024 00:45 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 4.1 | 30.05.2024 16:47 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2024 00:02 | 4 km | 134 km |
| 3.8 | 15.05.2024 06:34 | 0 km | 126 km |
| 3.8 | 16.04.2024 10:50 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.9 | 24.01.2024 04:15 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 4.1 | 17.01.2024 17:08 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 4.2 | 08.01.2024 23:48 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 4.2 | 30.12.2023 14:08 | 9 km | 214 km |
| 4.0 | 17.12.2023 05:48 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.2 | 07.11.2023 05:24 | 16.7 km | 188 km |
| 3.3 | 12.10.2023 21:04 | 1.4 km | 161 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.