5.6
580
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1916–2026
record span
4.53
mean magnitude
272
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 | 15.08.2007 23:40 | 39.3 km | 180 km |
| 7.7 | 12.11.1996 16:59 | 30.9 km | 225 km |
| 7.7 | 01.11.1947 14:58 | 20 km | 235 km |
| 7.7 | 24.08.1942 22:50 | 30 km | 199 km |
| 7.0 | 28.10.2011 18:54 | 29 km | 204 km |
| 6.9 | 03.10.1916 01:26 | 70 km | 208 km |
| 6.8 | 24.08.2014 23:21 | 89.3 km | 237 km |
| 6.7 | 15.05.1976 21:55 | 22.6 km | 164 km |
| 6.7 | 20.10.2006 10:48 | 31.7 km | 175 km |
| 6.6 | 25.06.1930 21:21 | 15 km | 237 km |
| 6.6 | 01.10.1969 05:05 | 6.8 km | 132 km |
| 6.5 | 09.01.1921 12:55 | 15 km | 99 km |
| 6.5 | 09.12.1932 08:34 | 75 km | 216 km |
| 6.5 | 05.01.1925 13:45 | 200 km | 197 km |
| 6.5 | 15.01.1960 09:30 | 65 km | 218 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 19.07.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 3.5 | 24.05.2026 06:02 | 62 km | 152 km |
| 3.6 | 20.05.2026 12:14 | 60 km | 152 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 22:18 | 62 km | 158 km |
| 5.8 | 19.05.2026 17:57 | 60 km | 124 km |
| 3.4 | 12.05.2026 17:23 | 15 km | 77 km |
| 4.1 | 28.04.2026 07:54 | 103.4 km | 58 km |
| 3.8 | 21.04.2026 16:18 | 91.8 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2026 00:21 | 59 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 08.03.2026 18:15 | 26 km | 88 km |
| 3.6 | 07.03.2026 15:05 | 18 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.2026 22:28 | 109 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 17.02.2026 14:16 | 90.4 km | 77 km |
| 4.3 | 16.01.2026 03:46 | 52 km | 124 km |
| 4.0 | 09.01.2026 00:20 | 104 km | 100 km |
| 4.1 | 19.12.2025 14:30 | 83.8 km | 67 km |
| 3.7 | 01.12.2025 23:39 | 54 km | 146 km |
| 4.0 | 12.11.2025 11:43 | 92 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 04.11.2025 08:44 | 89 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 23.10.2025 04:54 | 100.4 km | 136 km |
| 4.0 | 20.09.2025 07:29 | 103 km | 69 km |
| 4.9 | 15.09.2025 01:52 | 90.9 km | 74 km |
| 4.0 | 02.09.2025 23:38 | 32 km | 156 km |
| 3.8 | 02.09.2025 15:05 | 14 km | 119 km |
| 4.3 | 17.08.2025 00:35 | 94 km | 127 km |
| 4.0 | 06.08.2025 17:27 | 125 km | 17 km |
| 4.0 | 13.07.2025 10:07 | 106 km | 40 km |
| 4.3 | 04.07.2025 09:00 | 53.1 km | 128 km |
| 5.1 | 04.07.2025 08:55 | 0 km | 199 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2025 06:11 | 58 km | 145 km |
| 4.3 | 03.07.2025 09:50 | 81.4 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 03.07.2025 04:57 | 118 km | 62 km |
| 4.2 | 23.06.2025 07:42 | 94 km | 44 km |
| 4.6 | 21.06.2025 01:18 | 76.2 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2025 15:17 | 69 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2025 08:28 | 87 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 03.06.2025 05:17 | 56 km | 111 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2025 23:08 | 59 km | 151 km |
| 4.0 | 21.04.2025 10:13 | 59 km | 151 km |
| 4.2 | 10.04.2025 17:13 | 85 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 29.03.2025 19:53 | 101 km | 82 km |
| 4.3 | 09.03.2025 16:49 | 110 km | 27 km |
| 3.5 | 09.03.2025 03:05 | 12 km | 123 km |
| 4.5 | 01.01.2025 18:32 | 85 km | 26 km |
| 4.2 | 27.12.2024 06:39 | 118 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 27.12.2024 05:20 | 38 km | 145 km |
| 4.0 | 17.12.2024 22:02 | 90 km | 103 km |
| 4.1 | 06.12.2024 17:09 | 65 km | 170 km |
| 4.0 | 06.12.2024 01:29 | 58 km | 159 km |
| 3.8 | 04.12.2024 01:23 | 46 km | 121 km |
| 4.0 | 16.11.2024 16:09 | 98 km | 128 km |
| 4.1 | 10.11.2024 21:10 | 104 km | 75 km |
| 5.7 | 05.11.2024 19:41 | 105 km | 17 km |
| 5.7 | 05.11.2024 19:39 | 106 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 23.10.2024 18:20 | 72 km | 168 km |
| 4.3 | 20.09.2024 02:18 | 93.3 km | 158 km |
| 4.8 | 13.09.2024 15:15 | 88.9 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 31.08.2024 20:58 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 4.7 | 12.08.2024 20:13 | 62.2 km | 153 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2024 13:54 | 69 km | 122 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.