3.8
721
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.52
mean magnitude
139
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 14.04.1924 16:20 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 8.2 | 15.08.1918 12:18 | 20 km | 190 km |
| 8.0 | 02.12.1972 00:19 | 27.7 km | 157 km |
| 7.8 | 07.06.2026 23:37 | 48 km | 178 km |
| 7.6 | 02.12.2023 14:37 | 40.7 km | 168 km |
| 7.5 | 15.12.1989 18:43 | 23.2 km | 163 km |
| 7.4 | 01.01.2001 06:57 | 31.8 km | 137 km |
| 7.4 | 10.10.2025 01:43 | 34.9 km | 148 km |
| 7.3 | 10.07.1975 18:29 | 76.3 km | 163 km |
| 7.3 | 19.12.1928 11:37 | 25 km | 153 km |
| 7.2 | 10.01.1970 12:07 | 58.9 km | 139 km |
| 7.2 | 17.05.1992 10:15 | 39.5 km | 138 km |
| 7.1 | 13.06.1929 09:24 | 35 km | 104 km |
| 7.1 | 28.12.1903 02:56 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1919 01:33 | 35 km | 131 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 11.07.2026 00:47 | 70.6 km | 30 km |
| 7.8 | 07.06.2026 23:37 | 48 km | 178 km |
| 3.4 | 25.05.2026 03:11 | 264.8 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 09.05.2026 18:13 | 5 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 27.04.2026 17:36 | 23 km | 18 km |
| 3.8 | 16.04.2026 05:45 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 24.02.2026 16:09 | 32 km | 47 km |
| 3.9 | 01.01.2026 18:53 | 76 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 28.12.2025 01:31 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 26.12.2025 06:21 | 48 km | 27 km |
| 3.1 | 31.10.2025 21:03 | 34 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 18.10.2025 17:26 | 24 km | 35 km |
| 3.5 | 15.10.2025 15:13 | 32 km | 31 km |
| 7.4 | 10.10.2025 01:43 | 34.9 km | 148 km |
| 3.7 | 04.10.2025 22:11 | 29 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 25.05.2025 20:54 | 54 km | 51 km |
| 5.0 | 19.05.2025 03:41 | 66.4 km | 31 km |
| 5.1 | 07.03.2025 16:54 | 34.8 km | 63 km |
| 5.1 | 04.03.2025 01:42 | 17.2 km | 74 km |
| 4.1 | 13.01.2025 00:26 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 3.2 | 24.11.2024 08:05 | 9 km | 38 km |
| 3.3 | 23.11.2024 15:25 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.3 | 26.10.2024 15:31 | 4 km | 24 km |
| 3.2 | 03.07.2024 19:39 | 347 km | 48 km |
| 3.9 | 02.07.2024 18:26 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.7 | 28.06.2024 15:02 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.2 | 14.06.2024 14:06 | 12 km | 53 km |
| 3.4 | 04.06.2024 16:29 | 12 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 03.06.2024 12:01 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 20.05.2024 18:26 | 23 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2024 06:50 | 11 km | 71 km |
| 4.3 | 01.04.2024 02:12 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 15.02.2024 22:45 | 535.9 km | 46 km |
| 3.1 | 21.01.2024 07:15 | 17 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2023 18:01 | 26 km | 36 km |
| 3.0 | 19.12.2023 13:15 | 120 km | 51 km |
| 7.6 | 02.12.2023 14:37 | 40.7 km | 168 km |
| 3.2 | 21.11.2023 19:49 | 11 km | 28 km |
| 3.5 | 15.10.2023 05:27 | 55 km | 35 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2023 18:19 | 66 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 24.09.2023 18:44 | 15 km | 15 km |
| 3.2 | 23.09.2023 14:50 | 24 km | 28 km |
| 3.1 | 14.09.2023 21:01 | 6 km | 22 km |
| 3.3 | 07.09.2023 16:48 | 3 km | 27 km |
| 3.2 | 06.09.2023 17:44 | 6 km | 25 km |
| 4.8 | 06.09.2023 07:51 | 8.1 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 06.09.2023 07:02 | 18 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 27.08.2023 09:45 | 0 km | 29 km |
| 3.9 | 05.07.2023 11:14 | 30 km | 22 km |
| 3.0 | 02.07.2023 22:48 | 8 km | 33 km |
| 3.5 | 21.05.2023 18:11 | 240 km | 39 km |
| 4.2 | 12.05.2023 02:43 | 32.8 km | 49 km |
| 4.5 | 12.05.2023 02:43 | 17.5 km | 61 km |
| 5.9 | 07.03.2023 06:02 | 7 km | 82 km |
| 4.3 | 15.02.2023 21:00 | 51 km | 64 km |
| 6.0 | 01.02.2023 10:44 | 23.6 km | 92 km |
| 3.3 | 23.01.2023 21:56 | 318 km | 28 km |
| 5.3 | 24.10.2022 02:06 | 252.2 km | 30 km |
| 5.5 | 19.10.2022 08:05 | 32 km | 76 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2022 20:31 | 12 km | 28 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.