4.7
295
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1934–2026
record span
3.14
mean magnitude
235
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 | 229 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 27 km |
| 5.2 | 31.05.1934 13:22 | 15 km | 178 km |
| 5.2 | 28.01.1986 20:01 | 15.7 km | 87 km |
| 4.8 | 28.08.1967 21:15 | 15 km | 79 km |
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.5 | 14.02.2011 06:02 | 10.9 km | 43 km |
| 4.5 | 31.05.2013 08:46 | 10.4 km | 100 km |
| 4.5 | 12.06.2006 19:08 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.5 | 06.07.2009 00:00 | 16.6 km | 28 km |
| 4.5 | 12.04.1969 00:02 | 14 km | 21 km |
| 4.4 | 05.03.2006 14:25 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 22.05.2021 02:00 | 77 km | 40 km |
| 4.4 | 05.08.2010 18:54 | 7.5 km | 51 km |
| 4.4 | 27.04.2015 18:52 | 100 km | 68 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.0 | 28.03.2026 06:01 | 0 km | 72 km |
| 4.4 | 11.02.2026 11:23 | 142.7 km | 98 km |
| 3.0 | 28.12.2025 04:26 | 0 km | 16 km |
| 4.2 | 22.12.2025 01:49 | 0.4 km | 32 km |
| 2.6 | 06.10.2025 12:18 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2025 09:01 | 4 km | 63 km |
| 3.0 | 02.01.2025 11:52 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 2.7 | 02.01.2025 11:26 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2024 17:36 | 126 km | 14 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2024 19:59 | 15 km | 109 km |
| 2.9 | 28.09.2024 10:42 | 16.7 km | 72 km |
| 2.7 | 24.06.2024 00:29 | 15 km | 12 km |
| 2.4 | 16.03.2024 22:33 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.3 | 02.01.2024 07:37 | 8.5 km | 24 km |
| 1.9 | 20.09.2023 15:27 | 12 km | 62 km |
| 1.7 | 19.09.2023 20:33 | 9 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2023 18:43 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 1.6 | 14.09.2023 11:39 | 7 km | 5 km |
| 3.0 | 14.09.2023 08:16 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2023 01:41 | 4 km | 32 km |
| 2.2 | 13.09.2023 04:05 | 2 km | 101 km |
| 1.5 | 12.09.2023 11:43 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 1.5 | 11.09.2023 08:07 | 32 km | 23 km |
| 1.7 | 10.09.2023 01:22 | 64 km | 133 km |
| 2.2 | 10.09.2023 01:12 | 23 km | 82 km |
| 2.3 | 09.09.2023 05:22 | 50 km | 114 km |
| 7.0 | 08.09.2023 22:11 | 18.5 km | 229 km |
| 3.2 | 07.08.2023 08:43 | 5 km | 56 km |
| 2.8 | 14.05.2023 01:50 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 4.4 | 22.05.2021 02:00 | 77 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 18.01.2021 19:58 | 9 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 20.12.2020 17:03 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2020 23:18 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 19.03.2020 17:35 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 24.02.2020 13:44 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 2.3 | 31.10.2019 13:26 | 27 km | 129 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2019 22:25 | 1 km | 114 km |
| 3.0 | 21.10.2018 14:30 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 2.3 | 26.09.2017 12:26 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.0 | 26.08.2017 10:24 | 4 km | 71 km |
| 3.0 | 27.02.2017 04:48 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2017 12:21 | 0 km | 121 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 27 km |
| 4.4 | 27.04.2015 18:52 | 100 km | 68 km |
| 3.2 | 06.12.2014 15:31 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 12.05.2014 03:53 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 4.5 | 31.05.2013 08:46 | 10.4 km | 100 km |
| 4.3 | 26.12.2011 04:33 | 2 km | 121 km |
| 2.9 | 20.12.2011 17:01 | 30 km | 86 km |
| 2.6 | 16.11.2011 16:13 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 2.9 | 13.11.2011 22:03 | 5 km | 14 km |
| 2.4 | 09.10.2011 01:09 | 18 km | 70 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2011 14:13 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2011 03:53 | 16 km | 27 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2011 03:13 | 3 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2011 23:01 | 13 km | 16 km |
| 2.7 | 02.10.2011 05:14 | 15 km | 120 km |
| 2.8 | 29.09.2011 18:39 | 5 km | 54 km |
| 2.4 | 17.09.2011 08:36 | 30 km | 62 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.