3.0
551
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1908–2026
record span
4.54
mean magnitude
52
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 02.12.2023 14:37 | 40.7 km | 103 km |
| 7.5 | 15.12.1989 18:43 | 23.2 km | 123 km |
| 7.5 | 05.03.1908 02:16 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 7.2 | 30.08.1924 03:04 | 15 km | 145 km |
| 7.2 | 25.04.1913 17:56 | 15 km | 145 km |
| 7.1 | 02.03.1923 16:48 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 7.1 | 13.06.1929 09:24 | 35 km | 99 km |
| 6.8 | 07.11.1976 17:09 | 55.9 km | 111 km |
| 6.6 | 16.03.1919 07:33 | 60 km | 109 km |
| 6.6 | 24.04.1913 10:15 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 6.6 | 20.09.1996 04:11 | 43 km | 98 km |
| 6.6 | 13.11.1991 11:12 | 48.7 km | 114 km |
| 6.5 | 20.09.1996 04:10 | 40.6 km | 104 km |
| 6.5 | 13.08.1936 20:02 | 35 km | 90 km |
| 6.5 | 10.02.2017 14:03 | 14.9 km | 105 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 19.07.2026 15:02 | 12 km | 18 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2026 06:49 | 13 km | 16 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2026 09:25 | 40 km | 31 km |
| 3.7 | 14.04.2026 11:51 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.5 | 07.04.2026 07:52 | 17 km | 17 km |
| 6.1 | 16.10.2025 23:03 | 32 km | 115 km |
| 6.0 | 11.10.2025 14:32 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2025 20:09 | 7 km | 10 km |
| 4.4 | 25.05.2025 22:31 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 10.05.2025 07:24 | 6 km | 31 km |
| 3.5 | 06.05.2025 10:45 | 14 km | 14 km |
| 4.4 | 01.03.2025 06:36 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 5.4 | 26.12.2024 10:26 | 62.2 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 04.12.2024 17:06 | 131.5 km | 29 km |
| 3.4 | 18.11.2024 22:54 | 20 km | 14 km |
| 3.6 | 08.09.2024 10:06 | 44.6 km | 17 km |
| 3.0 | 05.09.2024 01:11 | 73 km | 26 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2024 17:44 | 30 km | 19 km |
| 3.0 | 30.06.2024 10:17 | 24 km | 32 km |
| 5.3 | 10.02.2024 05:21 | 49.2 km | 31 km |
| 5.8 | 10.02.2024 03:22 | 40.6 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 29.01.2024 07:26 | 66 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 07.12.2023 06:42 | 42 km | 14 km |
| 3.2 | 05.12.2023 12:29 | 43 km | 21 km |
| 4.2 | 02.12.2023 17:00 | 100 km | 27 km |
| 7.6 | 02.12.2023 14:37 | 40.7 km | 103 km |
| 4.2 | 27.11.2023 15:38 | 19.2 km | 37 km |
| 3.3 | 30.10.2023 08:58 | 2 km | 25 km |
| 3.6 | 29.10.2023 01:48 | 19 km | 26 km |
| 4.5 | 29.10.2023 00:56 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 29.10.2023 00:53 | 66 km | 49 km |
| 3.1 | 20.10.2023 18:19 | 4 km | 23 km |
| 3.4 | 15.10.2023 17:38 | 7 km | 17 km |
| 3.1 | 13.08.2023 19:39 | 6 km | 29 km |
| 3.1 | 13.08.2023 11:30 | 6 km | 27 km |
| 3.7 | 13.08.2023 11:27 | 8 km | 18 km |
| 3.1 | 12.08.2023 23:35 | 4 km | 28 km |
| 3.2 | 04.08.2023 04:31 | 11 km | 28 km |
| 3.0 | 10.07.2023 01:14 | 32 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2023 11:12 | 14.8 km | 36 km |
| 4.5 | 19.05.2023 07:19 | 12.8 km | 35 km |
| 5.1 | 24.04.2023 09:32 | 23 km | 40 km |
| 5.2 | 13.04.2023 16:04 | 22 km | 37 km |
| 5.0 | 19.02.2023 04:47 | 63.5 km | 70 km |
| 3.0 | 21.01.2023 16:02 | 1 km | 8 km |
| 3.2 | 06.01.2023 10:45 | 20 km | 26 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2022 19:22 | 8 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 06.07.2022 02:45 | 9 km | 16 km |
| 4.3 | 12.06.2022 14:21 | 8 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 15.04.2022 06:37 | 6 km | 7 km |
| 5.2 | 17.08.2021 18:59 | 48 km | 47 km |
| 4.5 | 29.05.2021 21:20 | 29.6 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 26.04.2021 17:36 | 28 km | 26 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2021 21:40 | 8 km | 28 km |
| 3.2 | 12.04.2021 03:38 | 9 km | 20 km |
| 3.6 | 20.01.2021 01:28 | 32.9 km | 17 km |
| 3.0 | 06.12.2020 10:53 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2020 22:22 | 15 km | 25 km |
| 4.3 | 07.10.2020 15:22 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2020 06:01 | 34 km | 27 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.