2.9
1,000
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.04
mean magnitude
499
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 04.04.1905 00:49 | 20 km | 272 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 81 km |
| 6.4 | 22.06.1945 18:00 | 20 km | 241 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 10:46 | 13.9 km | 131 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 04:26 | 9 km | 132 km |
| 6.3 | 20.11.2002 21:32 | 15.2 km | 155 km |
| 6.2 | 09.10.1914 02:39 | 20 km | 229 km |
| 6.2 | 03.09.1972 16:48 | 26.1 km | 234 km |
| 6.1 | 12.09.1981 07:15 | 13 km | 199 km |
| 6.0 | 14.11.1928 04:33 | 110 km | 204 km |
| 6.0 | 28.12.1974 12:11 | 28.9 km | 173 km |
| 5.9 | 08.10.2005 05:34 | 27 km | 68 km |
| 5.8 | 08.10.2005 03:57 | 27 km | 68 km |
| 5.8 | 07.11.1937 19:07 | 100 km | 168 km |
| 5.8 | 08.10.2005 05:19 | 15.7 km | 126 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 20:07 | 5 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2026 20:30 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.5 | 24.06.2026 21:06 | 15 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 30.05.2026 06:27 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 3.7 | 04.05.2026 06:29 | 16 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 06.04.2026 16:41 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 3.1 | 15.02.2026 22:06 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 3.3 | 13.02.2026 12:51 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.2 | 02.02.2026 00:05 | 21.4 km | 39 km |
| 4.8 | 02.02.2026 00:05 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 3.0 | 15.01.2026 13:40 | 5 km | 30 km |
| 3.9 | 01.01.2026 02:28 | 0 km | 67 km |
| 4.4 | 06.12.2025 19:10 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 09.11.2025 21:12 | 90 km | 161 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2025 02:54 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 08.09.2025 06:19 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 3.5 | 21.08.2025 08:11 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 3.8 | 02.08.2025 19:10 | 10.4 km | 95 km |
| 3.6 | 28.06.2025 14:06 | 9 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 25.06.2025 01:21 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 14.03.2025 09:54 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 3.8 | 23.02.2025 15:17 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2025 18:28 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.3 | 27.12.2024 15:37 | 64.3 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 11.12.2024 07:36 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 4.4 | 05.12.2024 06:21 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 3.7 | 27.11.2024 08:05 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.1 | 28.10.2024 21:30 | 22 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2024 20:50 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.6 | 21.08.2024 16:52 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 4.5 | 20.08.2024 01:22 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 4.2 | 20.08.2024 01:15 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 4.1 | 17.08.2024 21:33 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.5 | 14.07.2024 08:33 | 15 km | 126 km |
| 4.3 | 12.07.2024 06:56 | 13 km | 38 km |
| 4.6 | 05.07.2024 16:40 | 37 km | 171 km |
| 4.3 | 20.05.2024 00:19 | 56.4 km | 148 km |
| 3.5 | 10.04.2024 02:28 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 4.0 | 02.01.2024 06:03 | 5.8 km | 139 km |
| 3.6 | 30.12.2023 11:27 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2023 00:31 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 4.2 | 27.11.2023 22:08 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.8 | 21.11.2023 07:32 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 3.9 | 26.09.2023 06:53 | 34 km | 115 km |
| 2.6 | 31.08.2023 18:46 | 107.8 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2023 22:19 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 3.0 | 17.06.2023 08:33 | 5 km | 109 km |
| 5.2 | 13.06.2023 08:03 | 16.7 km | 172 km |
| 3.8 | 08.05.2023 08:58 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2023 23:45 | 34 km | 113 km |
| 3.1 | 12.04.2023 04:40 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 2.8 | 01.03.2023 21:54 | 5 km | 115 km |
| 3.8 | 31.01.2023 01:07 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 3.8 | 08.01.2023 20:02 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.2 | 01.12.2022 21:02 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 3.8 | 16.10.2022 11:46 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 3.6 | 03.10.2022 11:13 | 30 km | 119 km |
| 4.3 | 27.09.2022 01:04 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 2.9 | 23.08.2022 02:33 | 5 km | 161 km |
| 3.8 | 20.08.2022 14:54 | 10 km | 104 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.