5.0
560
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1916–2026
record span
4.53
mean magnitude
281
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 17.10.1966 21:41 | 28.3 km | 164 km |
| 7.9 | 31.05.1970 20:23 | 59.1 km | 124 km |
| 7.5 | 21.02.1996 12:51 | 24.3 km | 222 km |
| 7.5 | 24.05.1940 16:33 | 45 km | 192 km |
| 7.1 | 21.06.1937 15:13 | 30 km | 253 km |
| 7.0 | 03.09.1967 21:07 | 27.9 km | 262 km |
| 6.8 | 10.11.1946 17:42 | 15 km | 109 km |
| 6.7 | 24.05.1940 21:57 | 45 km | 202 km |
| 6.4 | 23.09.1995 22:31 | 62.9 km | 163 km |
| 6.4 | 04.06.1970 04:09 | 47.5 km | 109 km |
| 6.4 | 24.09.1963 16:30 | 64.1 km | 147 km |
| 6.3 | 21.08.1985 11:26 | 53.4 km | 129 km |
| 6.3 | 18.04.1962 19:14 | 49.4 km | 149 km |
| 6.3 | 29.09.1916 18:54 | 15 km | 191 km |
| 6.2 | 03.04.1931 01:56 | 35 km | 144 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 11.07.2026 07:58 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2026 09:57 | 46 km | 175 km |
| 3.7 | 03.02.2026 01:34 | 44 km | 131 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2026 03:22 | 122 km | 66 km |
| 6.1 | 28.12.2025 02:51 | 53.8 km | 144 km |
| 4.4 | 27.12.2025 00:35 | 56.2 km | 180 km |
| 3.5 | 06.12.2025 16:57 | 14 km | 147 km |
| 3.5 | 29.11.2025 08:32 | 12 km | 127 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2025 13:00 | 0 km | 171 km |
| 4.2 | 17.11.2025 04:58 | 37 km | 160 km |
| 4.5 | 11.10.2025 23:03 | 60.7 km | 162 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2025 02:06 | 15 km | 75 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2025 18:39 | 48 km | 120 km |
| 3.5 | 20.09.2025 04:33 | 17 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 03.09.2025 16:04 | 35 km | 148 km |
| 3.6 | 18.08.2025 06:33 | 41 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 13.08.2025 17:22 | 51 km | 69 km |
| 5.0 | 13.08.2025 00:54 | 68 km | 148 km |
| 4.2 | 03.08.2025 22:21 | 28 km | 177 km |
| 3.8 | 24.07.2025 08:49 | 19 km | 68 km |
| 3.8 | 12.07.2025 02:22 | 34 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 07.07.2025 15:30 | 14 km | 29 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2025 11:58 | 9 km | 29 km |
| 3.7 | 20.06.2025 10:04 | 45 km | 149 km |
| 4.1 | 15.06.2025 05:52 | 108 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2025 23:45 | 47 km | 121 km |
| 3.6 | 06.06.2025 21:55 | 46 km | 161 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2025 00:35 | 16 km | 135 km |
| 3.7 | 13.04.2025 23:51 | 15 km | 12 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2025 16:37 | 120 km | 202 km |
| 3.5 | 12.03.2025 12:15 | 17 km | 148 km |
| 4.4 | 18.02.2025 09:08 | 90.9 km | 183 km |
| 3.8 | 31.12.2024 23:43 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 3.7 | 31.12.2024 13:43 | 16 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 25.12.2024 05:27 | 19 km | 95 km |
| 4.4 | 22.12.2024 23:17 | 67 km | 135 km |
| 4.9 | 22.12.2024 21:38 | 90.5 km | 104 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2024 13:33 | 148 km | 152 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2024 10:02 | 15 km | 82 km |
| 3.6 | 14.12.2024 13:52 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 4.3 | 28.11.2024 06:46 | 71 km | 107 km |
| 4.2 | 24.11.2024 19:56 | 65 km | 137 km |
| 4.0 | 24.11.2024 09:53 | 39 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 17.10.2024 19:27 | 39 km | 169 km |
| 4.6 | 15.10.2024 15:53 | 91.6 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 12.09.2024 23:27 | 53.5 km | 141 km |
| 4.1 | 30.06.2024 22:56 | 34 km | 173 km |
| 3.6 | 13.06.2024 00:29 | 22 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 22.05.2024 03:00 | 22 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 12.05.2024 14:54 | 87 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 11.04.2024 13:59 | 18 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 03.04.2024 20:25 | 90 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 18.03.2024 06:45 | 52 km | 171 km |
| 4.9 | 19.02.2024 16:23 | 53.4 km | 133 km |
| 4.4 | 19.02.2024 00:10 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2024 18:17 | 51 km | 110 km |
| 3.9 | 29.01.2024 20:01 | 46 km | 111 km |
| 4.2 | 01.01.2024 07:06 | 35 km | 173 km |
| 3.7 | 30.11.2023 20:28 | 13 km | 86 km |
| 4.3 | 01.11.2023 06:47 | 26.4 km | 212 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.