2.5
3,715
recorded earthquakes
M6.4
largest
1923–2026
record span
2.92
mean magnitude
2,262
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 25.01.2016 04:22 | 11.2 km | 152 km |
| 6.3 | 24.02.2004 02:27 | 13.1 km | 101 km |
| 5.9 | 26.05.1994 08:26 | 15.1 km | 99 km |
| 5.6 | 09.07.1923 15:31 | 35 km | 125 km |
| 5.6 | 09.08.1930 18:09 | 35 km | 84 km |
| 5.5 | 24.02.2004 02:31 | 17.4 km | 88 km |
| 5.5 | 20.05.2022 12:35 | 10.4 km | 134 km |
| 5.4 | 24.02.2004 04:40 | 9.1 km | 89 km |
| 5.4 | 25.01.2016 05:54 | 11.5 km | 138 km |
| 5.4 | 25.01.2016 06:10 | 10.3 km | 133 km |
| 5.3 | 15.10.1926 06:47 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 5.3 | 30.08.1959 03:24 | 15 km | 162 km |
| 5.3 | 28.08.2021 11:20 | 14 km | 132 km |
| 5.3 | 15.03.2016 04:40 | 19.5 km | 156 km |
| 5.2 | 12.03.1992 13:05 | 31.7 km | 185 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 15:19 | 28.4 km | 121 km |
| 3.0 | 14.07.2026 10:29 | 6.8 km | 119 km |
| 2.6 | 30.06.2026 21:21 | 11 km | 43 km |
| 1.9 | 30.06.2026 01:18 | 35.1 km | 125 km |
| 1.9 | 28.06.2026 02:22 | 2.5 km | 99 km |
| 2.2 | 24.06.2026 05:21 | 24 km | 109 km |
| 2.8 | 04.06.2026 19:51 | 13.9 km | 64 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2026 17:07 | 23 km | 88 km |
| 2.3 | 28.05.2026 00:16 | 25.6 km | 124 km |
| 2.0 | 27.05.2026 20:43 | 6 km | 137 km |
| 2.6 | 18.05.2026 19:59 | 11.1 km | 107 km |
| 2.7 | 18.05.2026 05:16 | 23.4 km | 106 km |
| 2.2 | 05.05.2026 13:26 | 25.4 km | 124 km |
| 2.7 | 04.05.2026 17:37 | 22 km | 123 km |
| 3.1 | 04.05.2026 17:34 | 5 km | 130 km |
| 3.1 | 03.05.2026 17:31 | 11.3 km | 98 km |
| 3.7 | 23.04.2026 17:38 | 0.6 km | 78 km |
| 1.9 | 18.04.2026 10:36 | 32.3 km | 125 km |
| 2.3 | 09.04.2026 09:26 | 34.8 km | 120 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2026 17:12 | 3.9 km | 128 km |
| 2.4 | 01.03.2026 05:55 | 21.9 km | 94 km |
| 3.0 | 25.02.2026 11:13 | 12 km | 88 km |
| 3.0 | 25.02.2026 11:10 | 17 km | 131 km |
| 2.4 | 20.02.2026 03:05 | 0 km | 29 km |
| 3.2 | 07.02.2026 00:16 | 2 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2026 19:11 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 3.4 | 05.02.2026 02:54 | 20 km | 70 km |
| 2.5 | 06.01.2026 05:55 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 3.2 | 02.01.2026 04:07 | 40 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 24.12.2025 22:43 | 15.4 km | 136 km |
| 2.8 | 22.12.2025 22:36 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 2.6 | 16.12.2025 10:46 | 20 km | 78 km |
| 2.0 | 07.12.2025 10:59 | 0 km | 153 km |
| 2.2 | 23.11.2025 01:47 | 5.2 km | 107 km |
| 2.0 | 11.11.2025 11:03 | 33 km | 154 km |
| 2.3 | 11.11.2025 09:39 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 2.2 | 03.11.2025 02:07 | 1.9 km | 83 km |
| 1.9 | 31.10.2025 19:23 | 25.5 km | 127 km |
| 2.2 | 28.10.2025 21:06 | 20.5 km | 121 km |
| 2.5 | 28.10.2025 03:54 | 6.6 km | 129 km |
| 2.4 | 27.10.2025 03:48 | 16.7 km | 111 km |
| 2.2 | 22.10.2025 08:11 | 13.9 km | 157 km |
| 1.9 | 19.10.2025 05:35 | 21.3 km | 121 km |
| 2.6 | 18.10.2025 09:15 | 12 km | 97 km |
| 3.0 | 18.10.2025 01:19 | 7.7 km | 109 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2025 00:45 | 20 km | 122 km |
| 2.3 | 01.10.2025 07:14 | 18.2 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 21.09.2025 20:43 | 30 km | 71 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2025 00:21 | 18.8 km | 117 km |
| 2.3 | 11.09.2025 00:35 | 1.6 km | 77 km |
| 1.7 | 11.09.2025 00:34 | 7 km | 80 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2025 19:29 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 2.4 | 02.09.2025 12:21 | 27.5 km | 125 km |
| 3.0 | 29.08.2025 04:18 | 65.8 km | 114 km |
| 2.1 | 27.08.2025 23:09 | 18.8 km | 60 km |
| 2.8 | 18.08.2025 09:24 | 0 km | 72 km |
| 2.5 | 18.08.2025 08:51 | 0 km | 69 km |
| 1.8 | 17.08.2025 22:46 | 12 km | 70 km |
| 2.1 | 05.08.2025 13:52 | 22.8 km | 124 km |
| 2.3 | 03.08.2025 09:03 | 30.3 km | 127 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.