1.7
227
recorded earthquakes
M4.2
largest
1994–2026
record span
2.31
mean magnitude
83
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 24.04.2005 04:18 | 37.9 km | 239 km |
| 4.0 | 07.09.2004 23:00 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2006 13:37 | 37.8 km | 263 km |
| 4.0 | 16.11.2015 11:14 | 30 km | 123 km |
| 4.0 | 29.01.2022 21:43 | 6 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 22.05.2003 17:12 | 25.2 km | 236 km |
| 3.6 | 02.01.2009 22:30 | 1 km | 172 km |
| 3.6 | 28.04.1998 23:44 | 0 km | 285 km |
| 3.6 | 30.06.2026 01:31 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 3.6 | 26.06.2020 23:39 | 20 km | 257 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2022 13:45 | 22.5 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 21.12.2008 12:05 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.4 | 16.07.2004 09:31 | 17.3 km | 265 km |
| 3.4 | 11.04.2023 11:10 | 18 km | 239 km |
| 3.3 | 04.06.2024 17:53 | 25.8 km | 238 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 04:10 | 15.1 km | 271 km |
| 2.1 | 06.07.2026 22:27 | 15.7 km | 267 km |
| 2.0 | 04.07.2026 06:20 | 0 km | 265 km |
| 3.6 | 30.06.2026 01:31 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 2.4 | 29.06.2026 06:01 | 33.7 km | 261 km |
| 2.2 | 06.06.2026 02:32 | 16.7 km | 265 km |
| 1.8 | 21.04.2026 05:01 | 13.7 km | 258 km |
| 2.2 | 22.03.2026 18:07 | 0 km | 266 km |
| 2.8 | 09.03.2026 15:27 | 9.1 km | 227 km |
| 1.7 | 22.02.2026 00:12 | 0 km | 248 km |
| 1.8 | 17.02.2026 00:33 | 5.3 km | 248 km |
| 2.3 | 07.02.2026 09:30 | 5.7 km | 257 km |
| 2.9 | 06.02.2026 07:13 | 15 km | 257 km |
| 2.5 | 01.02.2026 09:45 | 14.8 km | 261 km |
| 1.9 | 11.01.2026 05:01 | 30 km | 241 km |
| 1.7 | 31.12.2025 02:08 | 0 km | 268 km |
| 2.1 | 25.12.2025 01:37 | 0 km | 246 km |
| 1.6 | 15.12.2025 16:23 | 11.3 km | 262 km |
| 2.4 | 11.12.2025 04:00 | 11.9 km | 236 km |
| 1.7 | 24.10.2025 20:30 | 0 km | 258 km |
| 2.3 | 13.10.2025 01:12 | 17.9 km | 268 km |
| 2.1 | 02.10.2025 22:37 | 2.4 km | 252 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2025 15:50 | 11.9 km | 246 km |
| 2.4 | 25.09.2025 20:22 | 14.4 km | 263 km |
| 2.4 | 06.09.2025 03:37 | 23.9 km | 247 km |
| 2.9 | 07.08.2025 01:06 | 25.7 km | 265 km |
| 2.6 | 20.07.2025 16:31 | 11 km | 263 km |
| 2.1 | 30.06.2025 00:57 | 4.9 km | 265 km |
| 2.7 | 23.06.2025 00:54 | 33.1 km | 258 km |
| 2.1 | 31.05.2025 23:10 | 2.7 km | 242 km |
| 2.1 | 15.03.2025 13:45 | 8.2 km | 270 km |
| 1.9 | 12.02.2025 05:06 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 2.0 | 18.01.2025 04:14 | 27.8 km | 265 km |
| 1.6 | 01.01.2025 21:28 | 29.2 km | 263 km |
| 2.3 | 15.12.2024 02:08 | 12.4 km | 248 km |
| 2.0 | 14.12.2024 16:22 | 5.7 km | 256 km |
| 2.1 | 06.12.2024 14:57 | 0 km | 244 km |
| 1.9 | 30.11.2024 22:49 | 31.3 km | 253 km |
| 2.0 | 29.11.2024 01:20 | 24 km | 262 km |
| 2.1 | 18.11.2024 02:14 | 22.2 km | 259 km |
| 2.5 | 11.11.2024 21:21 | 23.8 km | 265 km |
| 2.3 | 05.11.2024 03:37 | 11 km | 270 km |
| 2.0 | 03.11.2024 07:01 | 25.3 km | 266 km |
| 2.6 | 20.10.2024 08:00 | 20 km | 239 km |
| 1.9 | 16.10.2024 02:46 | 11.3 km | 249 km |
| 2.3 | 12.10.2024 11:16 | 22.7 km | 235 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2024 17:44 | 20 km | 264 km |
| 1.8 | 04.10.2024 01:38 | 7.7 km | 264 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2024 02:12 | 12.9 km | 259 km |
| 1.9 | 11.09.2024 00:16 | 17.7 km | 260 km |
| 2.4 | 28.08.2024 01:23 | 19.4 km | 233 km |
| 1.9 | 28.08.2024 00:59 | 33.6 km | 279 km |
| 1.8 | 15.08.2024 03:29 | 9.6 km | 245 km |
| 2.0 | 24.07.2024 04:25 | 20.2 km | 264 km |
| 2.3 | 18.07.2024 09:34 | 21.4 km | 236 km |
| 2.3 | 11.07.2024 08:33 | 9.5 km | 252 km |
| 2.3 | 07.07.2024 08:37 | 7.2 km | 261 km |
| 2.0 | 30.06.2024 22:15 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 1.9 | 30.06.2024 19:44 | 0 km | 261 km |
| 2.0 | 06.06.2024 10:56 | 7.8 km | 239 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.