4.4
717
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1904–2026
record span
4.21
mean magnitude
445
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 | 11.07.1976 20:41 | 8.8 km | 95 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.1904 14:52 | 35 km | 183 km |
| 7.2 | 28.05.1914 03:23 | 70 km | 96 km |
| 7.1 | 18.10.1992 15:12 | 16.7 km | 168 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1974 01:18 | 13.4 km | 61 km |
| 6.8 | 11.07.1976 16:54 | 17.5 km | 101 km |
| 6.6 | 17.10.1992 08:32 | 15.5 km | 189 km |
| 6.5 | 27.09.1970 03:38 | 13 km | 200 km |
| 6.5 | 08.11.2000 07:00 | 24.2 km | 122 km |
| 6.5 | 25.05.2023 03:05 | 9.7 km | 112 km |
| 6.4 | 06.07.1924 14:18 | 20 km | 106 km |
| 6.4 | 17.03.1945 23:57 | 15 km | 200 km |
| 6.4 | 25.01.1975 02:08 | 25.6 km | 108 km |
| 6.4 | 29.03.1925 21:12 | 15 km | 33 km |
| 6.3 | 20.04.1985 18:23 | 33.6 km | 104 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 17:12 | 33.6 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 07:10 | 22 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 06:37 | 8 km | 40 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2026 09:14 | 6 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 07.07.2026 16:43 | 36 km | 147 km |
| 3.7 | 29.06.2026 06:23 | 0 km | 80 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2026 17:06 | 11 km | 81 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2026 10:45 | 9 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2026 13:07 | 9 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 13:14 | 20 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 11.05.2026 15:32 | 11 km | 116 km |
| 3.5 | 29.01.2026 13:41 | 33 km | 88 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2026 14:53 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.9 | 26.12.2025 07:30 | 9 km | 121 km |
| 4.1 | 02.11.2025 06:04 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.4 | 23.06.2025 11:04 | 45.1 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 04.05.2025 17:52 | 41.4 km | 112 km |
| 4.4 | 05.03.2025 04:53 | 85.4 km | 130 km |
| 2.8 | 29.04.2024 05:50 | 26.2 km | 98 km |
| 2.9 | 27.04.2024 17:47 | 14.7 km | 95 km |
| 3.2 | 19.04.2024 10:04 | 14 km | 90 km |
| 4.1 | 18.04.2024 05:07 | 43.1 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 14.04.2024 03:55 | 15.4 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 24.03.2024 05:25 | 21 km | 101 km |
| 3.0 | 23.03.2024 07:48 | 13.4 km | 51 km |
| 3.6 | 16.03.2024 11:13 | 7.2 km | 110 km |
| 4.4 | 09.03.2024 19:52 | 22.8 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 02.03.2024 17:06 | 12.7 km | 53 km |
| 3.2 | 18.02.2024 17:42 | 46.7 km | 87 km |
| 2.8 | 05.02.2024 02:17 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.3 | 12.01.2024 03:15 | 5 km | 69 km |
| 3.4 | 12.12.2023 04:14 | 20.6 km | 41 km |
| 3.5 | 22.11.2023 07:50 | 5.2 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 20.11.2023 23:58 | 8.1 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 20.11.2023 18:58 | 13.5 km | 54 km |
| 2.8 | 18.11.2023 08:11 | 31.2 km | 82 km |
| 3.4 | 15.11.2023 21:14 | 21.5 km | 67 km |
| 4.0 | 15.11.2023 11:08 | 15.6 km | 132 km |
| 3.9 | 13.11.2023 08:29 | 17.5 km | 114 km |
| 3.7 | 10.11.2023 18:05 | 12.2 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 25.10.2023 22:59 | 43.8 km | 51 km |
| 3.3 | 19.10.2023 06:37 | 2.8 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2023 23:35 | 9.4 km | 110 km |
| 4.5 | 01.10.2023 22:42 | 25.6 km | 122 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2023 14:59 | 56.8 km | 96 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2023 11:54 | 63.4 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2023 04:24 | 20.1 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 15.09.2023 07:17 | 26 km | 97 km |
| 3.9 | 06.09.2023 09:19 | 27 km | 82 km |
| 4.3 | 29.08.2023 04:06 | 12.9 km | 138 km |
| 3.8 | 26.08.2023 18:55 | 10.9 km | 81 km |
| 2.6 | 22.08.2023 08:50 | 54.5 km | 93 km |
| 3.7 | 13.08.2023 19:10 | 7.4 km | 92 km |
| 2.8 | 10.08.2023 23:34 | 45.8 km | 19 km |
| 2.9 | 10.08.2023 21:59 | 65.7 km | 109 km |
| 3.1 | 10.08.2023 21:55 | 12.5 km | 51 km |
| 3.8 | 10.08.2023 09:45 | 11.8 km | 27 km |
| 4.2 | 06.08.2023 05:02 | 3.5 km | 47 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2023 08:03 | 9.5 km | 59 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.