4.8
482
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1927–2026
record span
4.43
mean magnitude
242
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 31.05.1970 20:23 | 59.1 km | 158 km |
| 7.8 | 20.11.1960 22:01 | 15 km | 320 km |
| 7.5 | 21.02.1996 12:51 | 24.3 km | 251 km |
| 7.5 | 26.09.2005 01:55 | 127.7 km | 327 km |
| 7.1 | 21.06.1937 15:13 | 30 km | 167 km |
| 7.1 | 18.07.1928 19:05 | 35 km | 260 km |
| 6.8 | 10.11.1946 17:42 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 6.5 | 13.04.1963 02:20 | 119.8 km | 270 km |
| 6.4 | 04.06.1970 04:09 | 47.5 km | 213 km |
| 6.4 | 20.03.1972 07:33 | 43.5 km | 207 km |
| 6.4 | 04.04.1991 15:23 | 25.9 km | 238 km |
| 6.3 | 24.02.2007 02:36 | 27.9 km | 269 km |
| 6.3 | 21.08.1985 11:26 | 53.4 km | 151 km |
| 6.3 | 30.07.1968 20:38 | 32.8 km | 258 km |
| 6.2 | 03.04.1931 01:56 | 35 km | 164 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 21.07.2026 17:43 | 40 km | 197 km |
| 4.1 | 04.06.2026 09:00 | 62.4 km | 154 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2026 03:09 | 40 km | 153 km |
| 3.4 | 16.05.2026 07:03 | 14 km | 43 km |
| 3.7 | 24.04.2026 07:04 | 17 km | 109 km |
| 3.5 | 23.04.2026 09:11 | 41 km | 154 km |
| 6.1 | 01.04.2026 11:20 | 124.6 km | 256 km |
| 4.0 | 19.02.2026 13:45 | 48 km | 164 km |
| 4.3 | 10.02.2026 23:11 | 59.6 km | 167 km |
| 3.5 | 21.01.2026 22:28 | 58 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 19.01.2026 20:46 | 15 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2026 03:22 | 122 km | 122 km |
| 3.6 | 14.01.2026 15:57 | 40 km | 164 km |
| 4.2 | 12.01.2026 10:50 | 41 km | 165 km |
| 3.7 | 11.01.2026 11:45 | 51 km | 149 km |
| 3.7 | 07.01.2026 02:01 | 71 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 03.01.2026 13:17 | 59.2 km | 144 km |
| 3.8 | 03.01.2026 00:09 | 43 km | 151 km |
| 3.7 | 02.01.2026 13:16 | 43 km | 151 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2025 12:22 | 48 km | 156 km |
| 3.9 | 29.12.2025 04:03 | 51 km | 148 km |
| 3.8 | 29.12.2025 00:25 | 42 km | 155 km |
| 4.8 | 28.12.2025 23:19 | 58.5 km | 150 km |
| 4.3 | 28.12.2025 05:17 | 47 km | 166 km |
| 4.1 | 28.12.2025 03:51 | 50 km | 150 km |
| 6.1 | 28.12.2025 02:51 | 53.8 km | 133 km |
| 3.5 | 06.12.2025 16:57 | 14 km | 123 km |
| 3.6 | 04.12.2025 07:36 | 24 km | 166 km |
| 3.5 | 29.11.2025 08:32 | 12 km | 47 km |
| 3.9 | 09.11.2025 13:42 | 49.4 km | 145 km |
| 3.6 | 04.11.2025 06:38 | 58 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 22.10.2025 09:28 | 31 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 19.10.2025 20:57 | 38 km | 165 km |
| 3.5 | 20.09.2025 04:33 | 17 km | 91 km |
| 3.8 | 09.09.2025 04:34 | 44 km | 141 km |
| 4.5 | 05.09.2025 14:27 | 53.7 km | 191 km |
| 5.0 | 13.08.2025 00:54 | 68 km | 132 km |
| 3.9 | 15.07.2025 06:46 | 56.4 km | 156 km |
| 4.1 | 07.07.2025 18:02 | 27 km | 164 km |
| 3.8 | 07.06.2025 03:59 | 58 km | 156 km |
| 3.5 | 22.05.2025 11:13 | 59.6 km | 158 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2025 00:35 | 16 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 09.04.2025 03:07 | 129 km | 220 km |
| 4.1 | 21.03.2025 16:26 | 29 km | 193 km |
| 3.5 | 12.03.2025 12:15 | 17 km | 25 km |
| 3.8 | 31.12.2024 23:43 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.7 | 31.12.2024 13:43 | 16 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 25.12.2024 05:27 | 19 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 22.12.2024 12:07 | 12 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2024 13:33 | 148 km | 51 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2024 10:02 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 4.1 | 12.12.2024 18:44 | 24 km | 196 km |
| 4.2 | 24.11.2024 19:56 | 65 km | 151 km |
| 4.1 | 27.10.2024 11:35 | 26 km | 182 km |
| 3.5 | 12.09.2024 23:27 | 53.5 km | 45 km |
| 3.5 | 06.08.2024 13:15 | 44.4 km | 180 km |
| 4.8 | 06.08.2024 13:15 | 44.4 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 12.07.2024 17:23 | 43 km | 163 km |
| 3.6 | 13.06.2024 00:29 | 22 km | 92 km |
| 4.4 | 11.06.2024 07:34 | 28 km | 185 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.