4.0
505
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1911–2026
record span
4.04
mean magnitude
389
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 28.08.1916 06:39 | 20 km | 68 km |
| 6.5 | 29.07.1980 14:58 | 17.5 km | 40 km |
| 6.5 | 14.10.1911 23:23 | 20 km | 190 km |
| 6.5 | 27.06.1966 10:59 | 23.8 km | 57 km |
| 6.4 | 04.06.1945 12:08 | 15 km | 151 km |
| 6.2 | 29.11.1918 10:41 | 15 km | 104 km |
| 6.0 | 05.03.1935 22:15 | 35 km | 104 km |
| 6.0 | 27.06.1966 10:41 | 27.9 km | 40 km |
| 6.0 | 30.04.1937 19:32 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 5.9 | 24.12.1916 07:53 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 5.9 | 26.09.1964 00:46 | 29.9 km | 96 km |
| 5.9 | 28.12.1958 05:34 | 15 km | 143 km |
| 5.9 | 03.11.2023 18:02 | 14.5 km | 110 km |
| 5.8 | 14.10.1916 19:47 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 5.8 | 08.10.1927 10:34 | 15 km | 65 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:55 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 23:51 | 25 km | 92 km |
| 3.9 | 21.06.2026 08:47 | 30 km | 66 km |
| 2.6 | 01.06.2026 01:59 | 5 km | 90 km |
| 2.9 | 20.05.2026 05:46 | 12 km | 80 km |
| 2.6 | 16.05.2026 15:12 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.1 | 22.04.2026 15:08 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 2.5 | 14.04.2026 18:18 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.8 | 31.03.2026 20:37 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 26.03.2026 02:47 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.7 | 22.03.2026 22:06 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 2.9 | 18.03.2026 02:11 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 17.03.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 2.7 | 04.03.2026 10:32 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 22.02.2026 18:28 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2026 11:26 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 2.5 | 02.02.2026 17:06 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 27.01.2026 11:54 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 15.01.2026 09:13 | 2.5 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 07.12.2025 02:42 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 30.11.2025 06:23 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 2.8 | 10.11.2025 08:58 | 5 km | 84 km |
| 3.7 | 07.11.2025 08:37 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 3.8 | 06.11.2025 16:55 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.3 | 22.10.2025 17:02 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.2 | 14.10.2025 19:23 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.6 | 14.10.2025 19:23 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.1 | 12.09.2025 10:52 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 30.06.2025 02:54 | 14 km | 61 km |
| 4.2 | 29.06.2025 08:49 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.8 | 28.05.2025 12:42 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.6 | 22.05.2025 20:03 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 2.7 | 20.05.2025 07:53 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.1 | 27.04.2025 10:04 | 5 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 14.04.2025 23:08 | 18 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 12.04.2025 07:32 | 40 km | 85 km |
| 4.9 | 04.04.2025 14:25 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 4.8 | 04.04.2025 14:22 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 4.3 | 26.03.2025 13:59 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2025 00:48 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 06.03.2025 16:41 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 4.2 | 04.02.2025 11:35 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 2.5 | 31.12.2024 02:26 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.1 | 31.12.2024 02:08 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 24.12.2024 15:40 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 20.12.2024 22:29 | 32 km | 61 km |
| 5.0 | 20.12.2024 22:29 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2024 09:17 | 0 km | 24 km |
| 4.4 | 17.12.2024 11:23 | 20.1 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2024 17:08 | 35 km | 141 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2024 20:01 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2024 02:41 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2024 17:51 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.7 | 18.09.2024 04:23 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.6 | 29.08.2024 13:49 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 18.07.2024 18:17 | 68 km | 105 km |
| 3.6 | 07.07.2024 20:18 | 20 km | 62 km |
| 4.1 | 04.06.2024 04:49 | 30 km | 26 km |
| 4.3 | 28.05.2024 01:13 | 26.2 km | 58 km |
| 2.8 | 22.04.2024 15:50 | 5 km | 92 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.