3.6
458
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.30
mean magnitude
342
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 28.03.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 383 km |
| 7.3 | 03.12.1930 18:51 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1938 04:28 | 75 km | 374 km |
| 7.1 | 16.07.1956 15:07 | 34.3 km | 387 km |
| 7.0 | 08.07.1975 12:04 | 106.8 km | 244 km |
| 6.8 | 24.08.2016 10:34 | 88.2 km | 201 km |
| 6.7 | 12.09.2016 15:07 | 9 km | 305 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.1906 11:18 | 35 km | 204 km |
| 6.6 | 08.08.1929 12:57 | 15 km | 242 km |
| 6.5 | 21.09.2003 18:16 | 15.8 km | 221 km |
| 6.5 | 29.05.1994 14:11 | 43.5 km | 151 km |
| 6.1 | 14.12.1955 10:51 | 35 km | 283 km |
| 6.1 | 21.11.1997 11:23 | 41.3 km | 338 km |
| 6.0 | 11.11.1996 09:22 | 62.4 km | 144 km |
| 5.9 | 12.05.1977 12:20 | 43.3 km | 260 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 22.07.2026 06:18 | 105 km | 244 km |
| 4.4 | 28.06.2026 15:53 | 49 km | 262 km |
| 3.8 | 10.05.2026 19:36 | 56.8 km | 134 km |
| 5.0 | 10.05.2026 19:36 | 54.2 km | 133 km |
| 3.6 | 25.04.2026 15:15 | 98 km | 247 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2026 01:15 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.6 | 21.02.2026 11:31 | 0 km | 254 km |
| 3.9 | 16.02.2026 22:50 | 38.6 km | 122 km |
| 5.0 | 03.02.2026 15:51 | 50 km | 129 km |
| 5.8 | 03.02.2026 15:34 | 50 km | 130 km |
| 3.7 | 14.01.2026 15:48 | 0 km | 79 km |
| 3.5 | 02.12.2025 01:56 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 3.1 | 24.11.2025 15:56 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2025 00:23 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.8 | 14.09.2025 14:56 | 59.1 km | 174 km |
| 3.3 | 06.09.2025 20:55 | 0 km | 271 km |
| 4.4 | 23.06.2025 00:02 | 78.1 km | 185 km |
| 3.4 | 09.06.2025 03:14 | 51.7 km | 150 km |
| 4.9 | 09.06.2025 03:14 | 47.5 km | 157 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2025 16:12 | 126.3 km | 248 km |
| 5.0 | 18.05.2025 19:15 | 36.7 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 30.03.2025 22:07 | 139 km | 239 km |
| 7.7 | 28.03.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 383 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2025 08:57 | 121.9 km | 199 km |
| 5.1 | 22.02.2025 10:33 | 43 km | 246 km |
| 4.4 | 25.01.2025 07:11 | 55.6 km | 188 km |
| 3.2 | 25.01.2025 07:11 | 36.8 km | 190 km |
| 4.9 | 23.12.2024 17:57 | 85.4 km | 161 km |
| 4.3 | 03.11.2024 04:58 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.5 | 24.09.2024 10:37 | 119.1 km | 236 km |
| 4.4 | 27.08.2024 20:19 | 113.7 km | 203 km |
| 4.2 | 28.07.2024 10:11 | 56 km | 223 km |
| 3.8 | 03.06.2024 13:21 | 35 km | 249 km |
| 4.8 | 29.04.2024 19:08 | 29.6 km | 231 km |
| 4.0 | 13.04.2024 19:27 | 120.6 km | 270 km |
| 3.3 | 13.04.2024 09:54 | 35 km | 277 km |
| 4.4 | 23.02.2024 22:36 | 56 km | 237 km |
| 3.4 | 14.02.2024 17:13 | 80 km | 247 km |
| 4.8 | 11.02.2024 20:48 | 65.8 km | 238 km |
| 3.7 | 20.01.2024 10:58 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.4 | 12.01.2024 15:24 | 26 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 08.01.2024 19:55 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 4.1 | 01.11.2023 21:44 | 22.2 km | 233 km |
| 4.4 | 29.10.2023 11:02 | 35 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 13.10.2023 09:34 | 35 km | 49 km |
| 4.5 | 17.09.2023 03:54 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 4.5 | 21.08.2023 10:42 | 72 km | 157 km |
| 4.7 | 20.08.2023 07:42 | 68.6 km | 159 km |
| 4.5 | 29.07.2023 22:29 | 35 km | 88 km |
| 4.5 | 23.07.2023 06:47 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.1 | 05.07.2023 17:12 | 10 km | 203 km |
| 4.4 | 04.07.2023 21:47 | 62.2 km | 197 km |
| 3.2 | 04.07.2023 21:47 | 50 km | 196 km |
| 4.2 | 22.06.2023 16:42 | 49 km | 217 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2023 20:35 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 4.1 | 11.05.2023 20:44 | 35 km | 258 km |
| 4.0 | 25.03.2023 06:51 | 50 km | 192 km |
| 4.2 | 25.02.2023 10:39 | 10 km | 210 km |
| 3.5 | 02.02.2023 01:04 | 35 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 01.01.2023 05:27 | 35 km | 213 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.