3.0
564
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1908–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
86
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 30.09.2025 14:12 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 7.2 | 13.11.1925 12:14 | 20 km | 123 km |
| 7.2 | 03.05.1943 01:59 | 15 km | 159 km |
| 7.2 | 21.04.1995 00:34 | 22.4 km | 125 km |
| 7.1 | 05.03.1908 02:17 | 15 km | 32 km |
| 7.1 | 29.08.1938 15:22 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 7.1 | 11.06.1996 18:22 | 28.6 km | 154 km |
| 7.0 | 07.06.1947 18:47 | 15 km | 48 km |
| 7.0 | 05.05.1995 03:53 | 23.2 km | 129 km |
| 7.0 | 12.03.1915 14:48 | 40 km | 70 km |
| 6.9 | 30.09.2025 13:59 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 6.7 | 24.05.1935 05:36 | 45 km | 70 km |
| 6.6 | 18.08.2020 00:03 | 11 km | 61 km |
| 6.6 | 17.11.1988 06:55 | 22 km | 92 km |
| 6.5 | 13.11.1970 14:16 | 13.7 km | 98 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 15:12 | 5 km | 28 km |
| 3.8 | 15.06.2026 02:29 | 9 km | 23 km |
| 3.2 | 11.03.2026 18:19 | 8 km | 18 km |
| 3.1 | 11.11.2025 20:01 | 15 km | 16 km |
| 4.6 | 07.11.2025 11:00 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 4.5 | 21.10.2025 09:07 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 04.10.2025 19:09 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 5.2 | 02.10.2025 21:39 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2025 20:41 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2025 14:56 | 0 km | 25 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2025 08:43 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 4.4 | 30.09.2025 17:30 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2025 16:51 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 5.8 | 30.09.2025 14:32 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 5.2 | 30.09.2025 14:12 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 7.4 | 30.09.2025 14:12 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 6.9 | 30.09.2025 13:59 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 30.08.2025 16:46 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.5 | 07.07.2025 17:11 | 2 km | 13 km |
| 4.2 | 07.07.2025 08:48 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 3.1 | 27.05.2025 13:29 | 4 km | 13 km |
| 3.0 | 25.05.2025 12:37 | 2 km | 12 km |
| 3.7 | 22.05.2025 16:01 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 30.04.2025 11:56 | 26 km | 3 km |
| 3.6 | 07.04.2025 21:45 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 4.0 | 01.04.2025 07:05 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.2 | 23.03.2025 16:07 | 5 km | 28 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 22:03 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 02.03.2025 00:47 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 02.02.2025 08:55 | 2 km | 11 km |
| 3.0 | 29.01.2025 08:03 | 20 km | 9 km |
| 4.0 | 29.01.2025 02:31 | 0 km | 16 km |
| 3.8 | 29.01.2025 01:56 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 4.9 | 15.01.2025 18:03 | 0 km | 14 km |
| 3.1 | 07.01.2025 09:52 | 1 km | 28 km |
| 3.3 | 05.11.2024 19:29 | 4 km | 8 km |
| 4.2 | 23.10.2024 14:28 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.7 | 21.10.2024 12:49 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.0 | 22.08.2024 03:33 | 12 km | 12 km |
| 4.5 | 23.04.2024 07:34 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 27.02.2024 12:53 | 9 km | 35 km |
| 4.4 | 13.01.2024 11:07 | 9.6 km | 48 km |
| 3.2 | 04.01.2024 14:11 | 5 km | 21 km |
| 3.4 | 30.12.2023 10:45 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.4 | 28.12.2023 14:17 | 24.2 km | 22 km |
| 4.1 | 13.12.2023 07:44 | 8 km | 24 km |
| 3.3 | 30.11.2023 02:49 | 1 km | 16 km |
| 5.2 | 20.11.2023 04:57 | 86 km | 71 km |
| 3.3 | 18.11.2023 21:08 | 8 km | 15 km |
| 3.1 | 18.11.2023 03:26 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.0 | 03.11.2023 08:09 | 15 km | 28 km |
| 3.4 | 14.10.2023 07:34 | 1 km | 12 km |
| 4.2 | 01.09.2023 16:03 | 12 km | 48 km |
| 6.1 | 15.02.2023 18:10 | 18.3 km | 105 km |
| 4.7 | 15.01.2023 21:32 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 5.0 | 15.01.2023 12:28 | 15 km | 34 km |
| 4.6 | 01.12.2022 20:05 | 165.8 km | 34 km |
| 3.4 | 30.11.2022 16:01 | 12 km | 28 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2022 13:38 | 13 km | 12 km |
| 3.2 | 18.09.2022 08:12 | 4 km | 20 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.