2.6
201
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1901–2026
record span
3.88
mean magnitude
87
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 190 km |
| 7.2 | 30.12.1907 05:26 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 91 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1956 14:42 | 35 km | 163 km |
| 7.1 | 21.05.1932 10:10 | 15 km | 179 km |
| 7.1 | 08.10.1901 02:14 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1967 08:00 | 168.8 km | 149 km |
| 7.0 | 05.11.1926 07:55 | 15 km | 78 km |
| 6.5 | 31.05.1978 01:07 | 71.6 km | 115 km |
| 6.4 | 17.11.1987 03:40 | 90.3 km | 94 km |
| 6.4 | 18.07.1983 12:52 | 89.8 km | 116 km |
| 6.2 | 23.12.1972 06:29 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 6.2 | 04.04.1955 19:24 | 15 km | 67 km |
| 6.1 | 25.04.1938 17:07 | 15 km | 129 km |
| 6.1 | 10.04.2014 23:27 | 12.6 km | 79 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 26.07.2026 11:51 | 5 km | 18 km |
| 2.7 | 05.06.2026 04:32 | 300 km | 55 km |
| 3.0 | 04.06.2026 23:43 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 19.03.2026 07:57 | 9 km | 27 km |
| 2.7 | 31.01.2026 14:26 | 4 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 31.01.2026 14:06 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 2.5 | 22.01.2026 12:57 | 4 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 12.12.2025 13:33 | 300 km | 36 km |
| 2.6 | 15.10.2025 16:20 | 4 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 14.09.2025 00:02 | 5 km | 27 km |
| 3.0 | 09.02.2025 08:22 | 5 km | 25 km |
| 4.2 | 05.01.2025 23:29 | 6 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 05.01.2025 23:23 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.6 | 08.11.2024 19:24 | 9 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 27.09.2024 10:48 | 51 km | 32 km |
| 2.7 | 14.09.2024 07:37 | 23 km | 15 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2024 21:48 | 5 km | 17 km |
| 2.9 | 15.07.2024 19:56 | 5 km | 24 km |
| 2.7 | 26.06.2024 15:58 | 54 km | 17 km |
| 3.6 | 24.06.2024 11:47 | 11 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 29.03.2024 21:50 | 25 km | 19 km |
| 3.2 | 08.03.2024 00:12 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 2.6 | 21.02.2024 15:57 | 49 km | 26 km |
| 3.3 | 08.02.2024 00:15 | 15 km | 31 km |
| 3.2 | 07.02.2024 14:53 | 28 km | 21 km |
| 2.7 | 27.01.2024 10:18 | 5 km | 50 km |
| 3.5 | 24.12.2023 14:31 | 239 km | 48 km |
| 3.7 | 31.10.2023 09:17 | 63 km | 41 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2023 09:22 | 91 km | 25 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2023 20:39 | 5 km | 43 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2023 02:02 | 72 km | 18 km |
| 2.7 | 24.09.2023 18:04 | 4 km | 14 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2023 16:58 | 18 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 15.09.2023 02:11 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.8 | 12.09.2023 19:40 | 8 km | 41 km |
| 2.8 | 29.08.2023 16:35 | 5 km | 37 km |
| 2.6 | 21.08.2023 06:30 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 3.3 | 11.08.2023 06:41 | 95 km | 3 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2023 07:32 | 4 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 23.06.2023 03:06 | 5 km | 41 km |
| 2.8 | 28.05.2023 03:05 | 4 km | 37 km |
| 2.8 | 30.04.2023 00:39 | 9 km | 30 km |
| 2.6 | 29.04.2023 23:47 | 6 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 29.04.2023 23:41 | 9 km | 30 km |
| 2.6 | 29.04.2023 23:35 | 5 km | 29 km |
| 2.9 | 29.04.2023 23:24 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 3.1 | 29.04.2023 22:45 | 6 km | 29 km |
| 2.9 | 29.04.2023 22:44 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 2.6 | 05.04.2023 23:00 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 05.04.2023 19:38 | 5 km | 21 km |
| 2.5 | 11.03.2023 17:09 | 99 km | 48 km |
| 2.6 | 11.03.2023 13:42 | 4 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 23.02.2023 00:17 | 105 km | 19 km |
| 4.1 | 15.02.2023 15:55 | 10 km | 4 km |
| 2.7 | 26.01.2023 18:43 | 6 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 23.01.2023 09:03 | 17 km | 46 km |
| 3.0 | 14.12.2022 09:47 | 5 km | 37 km |
| 2.9 | 04.12.2022 10:28 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 2.7 | 03.12.2022 10:34 | 5 km | 27 km |
| 2.6 | 26.11.2022 23:47 | 90 km | 40 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.