4.7
918
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1960–2026
record span
2.54
mean magnitude
847
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 | 102 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 237 km |
| 5.9 | 29.02.1960 23:40 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 5.6 | 30.10.1992 10:43 | 14.6 km | 327 km |
| 5.5 | 23.10.1992 09:11 | 24.5 km | 321 km |
| 5.2 | 28.01.1986 20:01 | 15.7 km | 266 km |
| 4.8 | 08.09.2023 22:30 | 11.4 km | 95 km |
| 4.8 | 28.08.1967 21:15 | 15 km | 167 km |
| 4.8 | 19.01.2026 20:59 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 4.8 | 31.08.2014 20:14 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 4.7 | 09.04.1988 20:27 | 10 km | 248 km |
| 4.6 | 16.11.2003 13:08 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 4.6 | 13.01.2026 14:33 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 4.6 | 14.09.2023 05:53 | 8.7 km | 93 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 2.4 | 12.07.2026 02:26 | 7.9 km | 109 km |
| 4.0 | 28.03.2026 06:01 | 0 km | 214 km |
| 2.6 | 08.03.2026 05:23 | 5 km | 89 km |
| 4.4 | 11.02.2026 11:23 | 142.7 km | 141 km |
| 4.8 | 19.01.2026 20:59 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 3.3 | 13.01.2026 14:33 | 13.9 km | 91 km |
| 4.6 | 13.01.2026 14:33 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 4.2 | 22.12.2025 01:49 | 0.4 km | 232 km |
| 2.6 | 06.10.2025 12:18 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 2.9 | 24.09.2025 23:48 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 4.5 | 03.09.2025 03:26 | 72.4 km | 106 km |
| 4.2 | 06.05.2025 11:21 | 10.6 km | 101 km |
| 2.5 | 21.04.2025 00:57 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 11.04.2025 21:31 | 3.1 km | 194 km |
| 3.2 | 01.02.2025 10:37 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.2 | 13.12.2024 02:14 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 2.8 | 08.11.2024 07:38 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2024 17:36 | 126 km | 197 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2024 19:59 | 15 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2024 20:09 | 9 km | 89 km |
| 2.6 | 16.07.2024 01:04 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 2.0 | 03.07.2024 00:15 | 18 km | 92 km |
| 2.7 | 24.06.2024 00:29 | 15 km | 200 km |
| 2.9 | 20.04.2024 15:25 | 6 km | 101 km |
| 2.6 | 03.04.2024 21:43 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 3.3 | 26.03.2024 07:05 | 0 km | 116 km |
| 2.9 | 30.01.2024 01:31 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 3.3 | 26.01.2024 18:29 | 141.8 km | 98 km |
| 3.2 | 25.01.2024 21:22 | 114 km | 142 km |
| 3.2 | 09.01.2024 13:59 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 4.3 | 02.01.2024 07:37 | 8.5 km | 187 km |
| 3.0 | 07.12.2023 11:28 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 3.5 | 02.12.2023 21:40 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 2.4 | 27.11.2023 19:56 | 6 km | 109 km |
| 2.9 | 27.11.2023 02:02 | 6.3 km | 95 km |
| 3.1 | 16.11.2023 22:38 | 8.6 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 16.11.2023 17:39 | 30 km | 126 km |
| 3.0 | 16.11.2023 11:45 | 5 km | 189 km |
| 3.8 | 13.11.2023 19:45 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 10.11.2023 06:13 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 4.3 | 30.10.2023 04:20 | 10.1 km | 119 km |
| 3.8 | 29.10.2023 01:33 | 5 km | 111 km |
| 3.0 | 27.10.2023 03:23 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.0 | 26.10.2023 21:43 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.4 | 26.10.2023 19:22 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.5 | 21.10.2023 11:13 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.5 | 18.10.2023 18:37 | 6.1 km | 105 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2023 00:16 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2023 23:05 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2023 13:04 | 5 km | 185 km |
| 3.0 | 01.10.2023 11:25 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.5 | 30.09.2023 23:30 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2023 08:04 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2023 20:40 | 20 km | 101 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2023 22:32 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.6 | 27.09.2023 09:13 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2023 14:36 | 30 km | 94 km |
| 2.4 | 26.09.2023 11:49 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 2.2 | 26.09.2023 08:18 | 0.4 km | 108 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.