2.4
728
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1960–2026
record span
2.47
mean magnitude
675
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 08.09.2023 22:11 | 18.5 km | 88 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 221 km |
| 5.9 | 29.02.1960 23:40 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 4.8 | 08.09.2023 22:30 | 11.4 km | 93 km |
| 4.8 | 31.08.2014 20:14 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.7 | 09.04.1988 20:27 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 4.6 | 16.11.2003 13:08 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.6 | 14.09.2023 05:53 | 8.7 km | 91 km |
| 4.6 | 13.01.2026 14:33 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 4.5 | 03.09.2025 03:26 | 72.4 km | 85 km |
| 4.5 | 18.10.2023 18:37 | 6.1 km | 87 km |
| 4.4 | 21.11.1988 10:19 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 4.4 | 11.02.2026 11:23 | 142.7 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 30.10.2023 04:20 | 10.1 km | 85 km |
| 4.3 | 30.04.2011 22:25 | 10 km | 167 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 12.07.2026 02:26 | 7.9 km | 58 km |
| 2.6 | 08.03.2026 05:23 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 4.4 | 11.02.2026 11:23 | 142.7 km | 104 km |
| 3.3 | 13.01.2026 14:33 | 13.9 km | 79 km |
| 4.6 | 13.01.2026 14:33 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 2.6 | 06.10.2025 12:18 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 2.9 | 24.09.2025 23:48 | 5 km | 78 km |
| 4.5 | 03.09.2025 03:26 | 72.4 km | 85 km |
| 4.2 | 06.05.2025 11:21 | 10.6 km | 84 km |
| 2.5 | 21.04.2025 00:57 | 2 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 01.02.2025 10:37 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.2 | 13.12.2024 02:14 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 2.8 | 08.11.2024 07:38 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2024 19:59 | 15 km | 125 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2024 20:09 | 9 km | 96 km |
| 2.6 | 16.07.2024 01:04 | 5 km | 87 km |
| 2.0 | 03.07.2024 00:15 | 18 km | 75 km |
| 2.9 | 20.04.2024 15:25 | 6 km | 69 km |
| 2.6 | 03.04.2024 21:43 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 26.03.2024 07:05 | 0 km | 66 km |
| 2.9 | 30.01.2024 01:31 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.3 | 26.01.2024 18:29 | 141.8 km | 81 km |
| 3.2 | 25.01.2024 21:22 | 114 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 09.01.2024 13:59 | 0 km | 68 km |
| 3.0 | 07.12.2023 11:28 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 02.12.2023 21:40 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 2.9 | 27.11.2023 02:02 | 6.3 km | 82 km |
| 3.1 | 16.11.2023 22:38 | 8.6 km | 75 km |
| 3.5 | 16.11.2023 17:39 | 30 km | 43 km |
| 3.0 | 16.11.2023 11:45 | 5 km | 108 km |
| 3.8 | 13.11.2023 19:45 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 3.8 | 10.11.2023 06:13 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 30.10.2023 04:20 | 10.1 km | 85 km |
| 3.8 | 29.10.2023 01:33 | 5 km | 76 km |
| 3.0 | 27.10.2023 03:23 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 26.10.2023 21:43 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 26.10.2023 20:15 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 26.10.2023 19:22 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.5 | 21.10.2023 11:13 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 4.5 | 18.10.2023 18:37 | 6.1 km | 87 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2023 23:05 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2023 13:04 | 5 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 01.10.2023 11:25 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 30.09.2023 23:30 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2023 08:04 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2023 20:40 | 20 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2023 22:32 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.6 | 27.09.2023 09:13 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2023 14:36 | 30 km | 81 km |
| 2.4 | 26.09.2023 11:49 | 15 km | 74 km |
| 2.2 | 26.09.2023 08:18 | 0.4 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 25.09.2023 20:38 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.3 | 23.09.2023 22:38 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2023 15:15 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 23.09.2023 13:37 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 23.09.2023 10:54 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.4 | 23.09.2023 02:56 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.4 | 22.09.2023 22:22 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 2.9 | 22.09.2023 03:31 | 24 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2023 01:08 | 10 km | 95 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.