2.8
287
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1914–2026
record span
3.54
mean magnitude
213
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 | 28.05.1914 03:23 | 70 km | 217 km |
| 6.4 | 30.11.1935 03:39 | 35 km | 64 km |
| 6.2 | 08.03.1930 03:45 | 35 km | 151 km |
| 6.2 | 28.01.1925 10:58 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 6.1 | 05.01.1985 11:11 | 46.4 km | 114 km |
| 6.1 | 26.02.2000 18:24 | 71.2 km | 166 km |
| 6.0 | 04.07.2009 06:49 | 46.9 km | 128 km |
| 6.0 | 19.01.1929 03:17 | 35 km | 195 km |
| 5.8 | 29.07.2025 23:36 | 39.5 km | 59 km |
| 5.8 | 27.04.1918 14:44 | 15 km | 132 km |
| 5.5 | 20.01.1971 04:44 | 2.7 km | 95 km |
| 5.4 | 01.04.2018 16:46 | 495 km | 156 km |
| 5.3 | 13.08.2003 08:29 | 42.5 km | 33 km |
| 5.3 | 19.12.2004 08:23 | 60.1 km | 143 km |
| 5.3 | 06.07.2009 04:10 | 56.8 km | 128 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 13:34 | 58 km | 12 km |
| 3.5 | 27.07.2026 07:30 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 08:21 | 2 km | 99 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2026 11:52 | 100 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 19.07.2026 02:28 | 15 km | 117 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 13:21 | 29 km | 75 km |
| 4.4 | 15.06.2026 15:36 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 2.7 | 28.05.2026 09:26 | 51 km | 75 km |
| 3.3 | 27.05.2026 17:27 | 25 km | 78 km |
| 2.5 | 22.05.2026 12:18 | 58 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 22.05.2026 07:51 | 43 km | 43 km |
| 2.5 | 06.05.2026 14:03 | 31 km | 52 km |
| 2.5 | 06.05.2026 11:46 | 24 km | 117 km |
| 2.5 | 06.05.2026 10:56 | 32 km | 71 km |
| 3.1 | 24.03.2026 10:23 | 16 km | 103 km |
| 3.5 | 18.03.2026 16:50 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.0 | 15.03.2026 16:39 | 58 km | 83 km |
| 3.4 | 16.01.2026 14:51 | 48 km | 59 km |
| 2.8 | 27.12.2025 12:55 | 3 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 15.12.2025 16:34 | 39 km | 43 km |
| 3.1 | 30.11.2025 16:27 | 36 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 12.11.2025 09:42 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2025 17:51 | 45 km | 80 km |
| 3.6 | 04.10.2025 23:48 | 171 km | 101 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2025 06:57 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 5.8 | 29.07.2025 23:36 | 39.5 km | 59 km |
| 3.2 | 24.07.2025 23:49 | 100 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 18.07.2025 07:38 | 50 km | 105 km |
| 3.5 | 17.07.2025 03:37 | 18 km | 88 km |
| 2.5 | 29.04.2024 18:46 | 25 km | 53 km |
| 2.5 | 28.04.2024 13:53 | 25 km | 16 km |
| 2.9 | 27.04.2024 05:38 | 6 km | 58 km |
| 3.3 | 14.04.2024 08:43 | 6.2 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2024 03:15 | 66 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 05.02.2024 13:35 | 46.6 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 28.12.2023 00:50 | 35.9 km | 81 km |
| 2.9 | 22.12.2023 18:31 | 24.4 km | 83 km |
| 3.2 | 19.12.2023 00:35 | 47.4 km | 127 km |
| 3.3 | 10.11.2023 23:31 | 6.1 km | 77 km |
| 3.3 | 10.11.2023 00:36 | 15.4 km | 78 km |
| 2.9 | 26.10.2023 17:17 | 4 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 25.10.2023 17:27 | 5.9 km | 80 km |
| 2.8 | 22.10.2023 14:20 | 1.2 km | 104 km |
| 3.3 | 20.10.2023 09:23 | 32.3 km | 30 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2023 17:26 | 18.8 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 28.08.2023 12:13 | 40.5 km | 73 km |
| 3.2 | 20.08.2023 03:51 | 23.2 km | 68 km |
| 3.7 | 14.08.2023 15:37 | 38.9 km | 48 km |
| 2.8 | 10.08.2023 03:35 | 41.4 km | 50 km |
| 3.5 | 19.07.2023 08:38 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 2.9 | 16.07.2023 06:21 | 29.5 km | 82 km |
| 3.4 | 14.07.2023 22:17 | 30.4 km | 43 km |
| 2.9 | 25.06.2023 07:07 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.3 | 14.06.2023 01:02 | 2 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 12.06.2023 14:53 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.7 | 19.05.2023 17:26 | 2 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 13.05.2023 17:34 | 3 km | 79 km |
| 5.0 | 03.05.2023 02:12 | 77 km | 160 km |
| 3.3 | 28.04.2023 23:20 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.1 | 09.03.2023 00:15 | 6 km | 64 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.