4.9
854
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.57
mean magnitude
393
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 14.09.1906 16:04 | 35 km | 314 km |
| 7.6 | 02.10.1906 01:51 | 35 km | 341 km |
| 7.6 | 10.09.2022 23:47 | 112.9 km | 242 km |
| 7.5 | 26.02.1963 20:14 | 186.6 km | 166 km |
| 7.5 | 25.02.2018 17:44 | 29 km | 281 km |
| 7.3 | 12.05.1938 15:39 | 35 km | 353 km |
| 7.3 | 08.02.1987 18:33 | 33.2 km | 368 km |
| 7.2 | 15.05.1992 07:05 | 49.1 km | 351 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.2019 21:19 | 140.4 km | 195 km |
| 7.1 | 14.12.2011 05:04 | 128.5 km | 221 km |
| 7.1 | 17.07.2020 02:50 | 85.2 km | 325 km |
| 7.0 | 11.10.1913 04:06 | 15 km | 179 km |
| 7.0 | 03.08.1916 01:30 | 35 km | 69 km |
| 6.9 | 19.01.1922 21:58 | 15 km | 154 km |
| 6.9 | 13.10.1993 02:06 | 22 km | 239 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 02.08.2026 05:38 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 3.8 | 22.06.2026 18:24 | 95 km | 213 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2026 17:57 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 5.6 | 26.01.2026 17:06 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 4.0 | 16.11.2025 10:17 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 4.7 | 14.10.2025 20:38 | 97.8 km | 249 km |
| 6.7 | 07.10.2025 11:05 | 98 km | 246 km |
| 4.7 | 01.10.2025 02:13 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.6 | 13.06.2025 14:20 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 4.2 | 15.05.2025 20:00 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 4.1 | 12.03.2025 15:49 | 138 km | 191 km |
| 3.4 | 16.08.2024 04:45 | 262.8 km | 92 km |
| 5.2 | 15.08.2024 13:13 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 3.9 | 29.06.2024 05:16 | 35 km | 115 km |
| 5.3 | 17.06.2024 20:49 | 113.2 km | 224 km |
| 4.5 | 04.05.2024 02:41 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.3 | 12.04.2024 09:46 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 25.03.2024 21:53 | 39 km | 114 km |
| 4.6 | 19.03.2024 14:15 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 4.5 | 24.02.2024 18:53 | 150 km | 142 km |
| 4.3 | 03.02.2024 02:05 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 4.6 | 04.12.2023 11:00 | 170 km | 145 km |
| 3.4 | 29.11.2023 02:08 | 35 km | 14 km |
| 4.9 | 25.10.2023 03:49 | 100.2 km | 236 km |
| 5.3 | 23.10.2023 23:24 | 50.5 km | 243 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2023 10:42 | 24 km | 95 km |
| 4.6 | 29.09.2023 10:42 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2023 07:59 | 35 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 20.09.2023 11:31 | 33 km | 235 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2023 23:17 | 35 km | 62 km |
| 4.2 | 24.08.2023 04:25 | 100 km | 242 km |
| 4.1 | 19.08.2023 23:06 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 3.6 | 21.06.2023 12:34 | 35 km | 182 km |
| 4.1 | 09.05.2023 05:37 | 50 km | 228 km |
| 5.1 | 21.04.2023 15:02 | 91.8 km | 241 km |
| 5.0 | 10.03.2023 00:58 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 6.0 | 04.02.2023 12:22 | 119.7 km | 210 km |
| 4.8 | 02.01.2023 08:59 | 34.2 km | 99 km |
| 4.9 | 15.12.2022 18:44 | 125.6 km | 196 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2022 17:51 | 35 km | 242 km |
| 3.7 | 21.11.2022 15:01 | 35 km | 67 km |
| 4.9 | 20.11.2022 06:09 | 35 km | 206 km |
| 3.8 | 06.11.2022 13:36 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2022 08:10 | 160.8 km | 142 km |
| 5.1 | 12.09.2022 15:00 | 96.8 km | 219 km |
| 7.6 | 10.09.2022 23:47 | 112.9 km | 242 km |
| 5.9 | 28.07.2022 18:28 | 18.7 km | 226 km |
| 4.5 | 26.06.2022 14:09 | 24 km | 96 km |
| 5.2 | 18.02.2022 21:39 | 11.1 km | 275 km |
| 5.5 | 01.02.2022 14:05 | 178.3 km | 149 km |
| 4.6 | 27.01.2022 23:39 | 168 km | 218 km |
| 4.1 | 19.01.2022 03:23 | 50 km | 215 km |
| 3.4 | 07.12.2021 01:00 | 35 km | 167 km |
| 4.0 | 10.11.2021 17:06 | 35 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2021 05:36 | 30 km | 112 km |
| 4.6 | 23.09.2021 12:20 | 250 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 14.09.2021 03:15 | 35 km | 190 km |
| 4.6 | 14.09.2021 03:15 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 4.2 | 08.09.2021 02:15 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2021 08:15 | 176 km | 199 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.