4.0
178
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.76
mean magnitude
138
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 | 30.12.1907 05:26 | 0 km | 319 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1967 08:00 | 168.8 km | 306 km |
| 6.6 | 05.10.1925 04:09 | 135 km | 233 km |
| 6.3 | 25.07.1913 12:38 | 35 km | 166 km |
| 6.0 | 06.12.1937 21:43 | 60 km | 229 km |
| 5.6 | 31.03.1931 16:02 | 35 km | 197 km |
| 5.2 | 07.02.2021 18:02 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 5.1 | 24.02.2025 20:09 | 78.2 km | 76 km |
| 4.9 | 08.07.2009 03:42 | 35 km | 28 km |
| 4.9 | 15.08.1992 01:10 | 63 km | 153 km |
| 4.9 | 08.10.2024 04:28 | 8 km | 124 km |
| 4.7 | 13.06.2001 12:26 | 33 km | 169 km |
| 4.7 | 24.10.1993 05:14 | 50 km | 184 km |
| 4.7 | 17.05.1993 23:06 | 20 km | 162 km |
| 4.7 | 03.09.1992 04:56 | 50 km | 141 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 03:43 | 200 km | 55 km |
| 3.7 | 13.07.2026 01:11 | 300 km | 73 km |
| 2.8 | 09.07.2026 12:55 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2026 04:57 | 300 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 15.06.2026 14:27 | 5 km | 146 km |
| 3.6 | 11.06.2026 02:14 | 16 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 09.06.2026 17:07 | 300 km | 118 km |
| 2.6 | 08.06.2026 09:36 | 12 km | 122 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 07:54 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 2.6 | 28.04.2026 06:05 | 1 km | 145 km |
| 3.4 | 27.04.2026 01:19 | 1 km | 150 km |
| 3.3 | 21.04.2026 03:36 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 27.03.2026 05:44 | 35 km | 164 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 22:39 | 1 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 18.02.2026 10:51 | 17 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 18.01.2026 03:27 | 207 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 12.01.2026 20:58 | 223 km | 11 km |
| 2.8 | 07.01.2026 03:34 | 3 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 04.12.2025 11:46 | 50 km | 37 km |
| 3.6 | 19.11.2025 04:43 | 200 km | 92 km |
| 2.7 | 07.09.2025 00:55 | 3 km | 94 km |
| 4.0 | 31.07.2025 15:52 | 34 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 25.07.2025 01:49 | 33 km | 115 km |
| 2.9 | 27.06.2025 21:01 | 3 km | 109 km |
| 2.7 | 21.06.2025 08:09 | 4 km | 34 km |
| 2.9 | 19.05.2025 07:37 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 4.3 | 09.04.2025 06:09 | 20 km | 180 km |
| 4.4 | 07.04.2025 11:40 | 18.9 km | 174 km |
| 4.1 | 03.03.2025 05:06 | 35.1 km | 93 km |
| 2.7 | 25.02.2025 13:42 | 2 km | 71 km |
| 5.1 | 24.02.2025 20:09 | 78.2 km | 76 km |
| 2.5 | 20.02.2025 12:08 | 1 km | 46 km |
| 3.2 | 09.02.2025 09:15 | 5 km | 164 km |
| 2.8 | 07.02.2025 19:21 | 1 km | 71 km |
| 2.9 | 04.02.2025 22:33 | 6 km | 140 km |
| 3.0 | 12.11.2024 11:42 | 1 km | 41 km |
| 2.6 | 05.11.2024 04:24 | 1 km | 125 km |
| 4.9 | 08.10.2024 04:28 | 8 km | 124 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2024 21:41 | 4 km | 112 km |
| 3.0 | 12.09.2024 18:39 | 1 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 02.09.2024 11:09 | 227 km | 77 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2024 10:19 | 1 km | 130 km |
| 2.6 | 23.05.2024 08:35 | 1 km | 76 km |
| 3.3 | 20.05.2024 08:50 | 1 km | 137 km |
| 4.1 | 01.05.2024 03:51 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 2.5 | 03.04.2024 04:40 | 4 km | 31 km |
| 2.8 | 13.03.2024 22:22 | 1 km | 138 km |
| 2.9 | 13.03.2024 21:42 | 2 km | 140 km |
| 3.5 | 13.03.2024 09:01 | 1 km | 51 km |
| 3.3 | 10.03.2024 09:30 | 1 km | 25 km |
| 3.7 | 29.02.2024 19:18 | 1 km | 85 km |
| 2.5 | 30.12.2023 05:33 | 1 km | 138 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2023 09:29 | 199 km | 125 km |
| 3.6 | 19.09.2023 00:08 | 86 km | 189 km |
| 3.3 | 14.09.2023 07:40 | 118 km | 107 km |
| 3.2 | 24.08.2023 15:55 | 192 km | 116 km |
| 3.0 | 11.08.2023 04:44 | 39 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2023 01:50 | 2 km | 170 km |
| 2.5 | 23.07.2023 05:00 | 1 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 23.07.2023 04:22 | 1 km | 39 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.