4.4
450
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1904–2026
record span
4.28
mean magnitude
207
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 | 98 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.1904 14:52 | 35 km | 186 km |
| 7.2 | 28.05.1914 03:23 | 70 km | 94 km |
| 7.1 | 18.10.1992 15:12 | 16.7 km | 170 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1974 01:18 | 13.4 km | 64 km |
| 6.8 | 11.07.1976 16:54 | 17.5 km | 104 km |
| 6.5 | 08.11.2000 07:00 | 24.2 km | 125 km |
| 6.5 | 25.05.2023 03:05 | 9.7 km | 109 km |
| 6.4 | 06.07.1924 14:18 | 20 km | 109 km |
| 6.4 | 25.01.1975 02:08 | 25.6 km | 111 km |
| 6.4 | 29.03.1925 21:12 | 15 km | 37 km |
| 6.3 | 20.04.1985 18:23 | 33.6 km | 100 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1996 17:24 | 10.6 km | 108 km |
| 6.2 | 23.01.2006 20:50 | 24 km | 141 km |
| 6.2 | 19.09.1960 19:01 | 15 km | 152 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 17:12 | 33.6 km | 90 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 07:10 | 22 km | 85 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 06:37 | 8 km | 38 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2026 09:14 | 6 km | 73 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2026 10:45 | 9 km | 65 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2026 13:07 | 9 km | 66 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 13:14 | 20 km | 70 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.4 | 23.06.2025 11:04 | 45.1 km | 108 km |
| 2.9 | 27.04.2024 17:47 | 14.7 km | 92 km |
| 4.1 | 18.04.2024 05:07 | 43.1 km | 112 km |
| 3.4 | 14.04.2024 03:55 | 15.4 km | 46 km |
| 3.0 | 23.03.2024 07:48 | 13.4 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 02.03.2024 17:06 | 12.7 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 12.01.2024 03:15 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.4 | 12.12.2023 04:14 | 20.6 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 22.11.2023 07:50 | 5.2 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 20.11.2023 23:58 | 8.1 km | 66 km |
| 3.0 | 20.11.2023 18:58 | 13.5 km | 51 km |
| 2.8 | 18.11.2023 08:11 | 31.2 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 15.11.2023 21:14 | 21.5 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 10.11.2023 18:05 | 12.2 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 25.10.2023 22:59 | 43.8 km | 53 km |
| 3.3 | 19.10.2023 06:37 | 2.8 km | 56 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2023 14:59 | 56.8 km | 93 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2023 11:54 | 63.4 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 15.09.2023 07:17 | 26 km | 94 km |
| 3.9 | 06.09.2023 09:19 | 27 km | 79 km |
| 3.8 | 26.08.2023 18:55 | 10.9 km | 85 km |
| 2.6 | 22.08.2023 08:50 | 54.5 km | 90 km |
| 2.8 | 10.08.2023 23:34 | 45.8 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 10.08.2023 21:55 | 12.5 km | 48 km |
| 3.8 | 10.08.2023 09:45 | 11.8 km | 24 km |
| 4.2 | 06.08.2023 05:02 | 3.5 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2023 08:03 | 9.5 km | 57 km |
| 2.5 | 19.07.2023 23:17 | 24.1 km | 86 km |
| 2.9 | 19.07.2023 02:31 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 2.6 | 15.07.2023 19:01 | 5 km | 93 km |
| 2.7 | 14.07.2023 21:39 | 7.7 km | 78 km |
| 2.8 | 14.07.2023 21:24 | 4.9 km | 89 km |
| 2.8 | 14.07.2023 10:26 | 13.2 km | 79 km |
| 2.7 | 11.07.2023 03:16 | 4 km | 79 km |
| 2.7 | 11.07.2023 01:50 | 10.9 km | 56 km |
| 3.2 | 11.07.2023 01:40 | 34.9 km | 24 km |
| 2.5 | 10.07.2023 21:23 | 8.6 km | 86 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2023 10:03 | 3.1 km | 98 km |
| 2.6 | 07.07.2023 06:53 | 11.5 km | 73 km |
| 2.8 | 06.07.2023 08:43 | 13.5 km | 42 km |
| 3.0 | 02.07.2023 05:16 | 24 km | 80 km |
| 3.2 | 24.06.2023 02:11 | 20 km | 38 km |
| 2.7 | 20.06.2023 03:42 | 3 km | 82 km |
| 2.9 | 20.06.2023 03:10 | 13 km | 90 km |
| 3.8 | 12.06.2023 01:43 | 19 km | 99 km |
| 3.3 | 02.06.2023 06:11 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 31.05.2023 06:30 | 7 km | 96 km |
| 4.4 | 30.05.2023 16:59 | 8 km | 71 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2023 11:24 | 4 km | 73 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2023 09:59 | 6 km | 65 km |
| 3.5 | 26.05.2023 14:17 | 17 km | 92 km |
| 4.2 | 26.05.2023 03:17 | 2 km | 102 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.