3.8
364
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1926–2026
record span
4.53
mean magnitude
6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 16.07.1990 07:26 | 23.9 km | 101 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 111 km |
| 7.2 | 29.12.1949 03:03 | 15 km | 149 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 134 km |
| 7.1 | 27.07.2022 00:43 | 22.5 km | 130 km |
| 6.5 | 17.07.1990 21:14 | 26.3 km | 46 km |
| 6.3 | 16.01.1929 08:06 | 25 km | 26 km |
| 6.3 | 25.04.1987 12:16 | 118 km | 57 km |
| 6.2 | 13.04.1927 14:34 | 140 km | 45 km |
| 6.2 | 24.08.1932 12:10 | 35 km | 17 km |
| 6.2 | 30.10.1926 10:11 | 35 km | 101 km |
| 6.2 | 16.07.1990 09:39 | 23.4 km | 38 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.1977 05:35 | 196.7 km | 83 km |
| 6.1 | 09.08.1985 19:59 | 32.9 km | 84 km |
| 6.0 | 24.04.1985 01:07 | 9.4 km | 23 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 09.07.2026 06:33 | 68.8 km | 19 km |
| 4.0 | 26.05.2026 14:38 | 7 km | 27 km |
| 3.2 | 22.09.2025 21:22 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.1 | 18.08.2025 17:03 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 4.2 | 31.05.2025 00:52 | 89.9 km | 28 km |
| 5.2 | 24.05.2025 02:36 | 31 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2024 12:40 | 18 km | 12 km |
| 3.4 | 25.08.2024 11:32 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 3.6 | 16.07.2024 20:22 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 15.07.2024 14:12 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 3.2 | 23.01.2024 00:05 | 9 km | 17 km |
| 3.0 | 26.09.2023 09:59 | 11 km | 14 km |
| 3.2 | 07.04.2023 18:47 | 20 km | 20 km |
| 3.0 | 23.02.2023 21:00 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 3.0 | 11.11.2022 18:24 | 22 km | 3 km |
| 7.1 | 27.07.2022 00:43 | 22.5 km | 130 km |
| 3.4 | 02.02.2022 17:53 | 16 km | 9 km |
| 3.0 | 30.01.2022 04:46 | 22 km | 19 km |
| 3.2 | 09.01.2022 13:16 | 18 km | 14 km |
| 4.1 | 10.12.2021 10:57 | 19 km | 13 km |
| 3.5 | 19.11.2021 00:52 | 6 km | 17 km |
| 3.5 | 22.10.2021 17:10 | 3 km | 9 km |
| 5.0 | 19.05.2021 19:08 | 15 km | 13 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2021 19:08 | 26 km | 15 km |
| 3.8 | 03.04.2021 22:40 | 9 km | 10 km |
| 5.2 | 28.05.2020 05:17 | 81.9 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 08.02.2020 14:16 | 19 km | 9 km |
| 4.0 | 21.11.2019 16:05 | 150 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 28.12.2017 05:11 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 4.9 | 26.12.2017 04:17 | 15 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 18.12.2017 05:51 | 1 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 16.12.2017 19:59 | 9 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 02.12.2017 19:31 | 20 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 23.11.2017 18:09 | 78 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 04.11.2017 11:11 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 4.4 | 01.11.2017 05:18 | 6 km | 33 km |
| 4.7 | 29.10.2017 07:06 | 14 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 26.10.2017 21:49 | 13 km | 2 km |
| 4.0 | 04.10.2017 19:25 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 21.09.2017 15:25 | 103 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 19.08.2017 15:19 | 118 km | 35 km |
| 4.2 | 06.08.2017 06:17 | 8 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 15.07.2017 15:08 | 7 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 11.04.2017 16:52 | 14 km | 9 km |
| 4.2 | 11.04.2017 08:50 | 12 km | 36 km |
| 4.3 | 22.03.2017 09:37 | 11 km | 7 km |
| 4.1 | 22.03.2017 05:08 | 4 km | 13 km |
| 4.0 | 22.03.2017 03:37 | 9 km | 14 km |
| 4.5 | 22.03.2017 03:34 | 9 km | 15 km |
| 4.3 | 17.03.2017 08:23 | 32 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 04.12.2016 08:29 | 35 km | 27 km |
| 4.6 | 26.07.2016 14:58 | 19 km | 27 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2016 15:01 | 1 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 02.07.2016 19:36 | 38 km | 3 km |
| 4.3 | 27.06.2016 15:21 | 14 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2016 16:15 | 38 km | 12 km |
| 4.1 | 18.06.2016 02:48 | 32 km | 16 km |
| 4.0 | 14.06.2016 14:28 | 31 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 13.06.2016 21:28 | 33 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 10.06.2016 22:08 | 32 km | 12 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.