3.0
531
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1919–2026
record span
4.41
mean magnitude
152
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 | 155 km |
| 7.6 | 01.08.1968 20:19 | 25.3 km | 127 km |
| 7.2 | 18.03.1977 21:43 | 27.6 km | 119 km |
| 7.2 | 23.05.1938 08:21 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 151 km |
| 7.2 | 29.12.1949 03:03 | 15 km | 52 km |
| 7.1 | 27.07.2022 00:43 | 22.5 km | 67 km |
| 6.9 | 22.05.1972 06:04 | 30.5 km | 127 km |
| 6.8 | 21.07.1977 13:45 | 40.5 km | 141 km |
| 6.7 | 26.09.1919 09:06 | 35 km | 136 km |
| 6.7 | 19.03.1931 06:25 | 15 km | 139 km |
| 6.6 | 17.08.1983 12:17 | 21.2 km | 126 km |
| 6.5 | 11.06.1957 18:49 | 45 km | 125 km |
| 6.5 | 25.10.2022 14:59 | 20.6 km | 84 km |
| 6.5 | 17.07.1990 21:14 | 26.3 km | 74 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 05.07.2026 12:15 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 19.06.2026 13:43 | 28 km | 36 km |
| 3.3 | 30.04.2026 23:38 | 8 km | 36 km |
| 3.0 | 25.03.2026 17:52 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.0 | 09.01.2026 23:55 | 111 km | 25 km |
| 3.4 | 13.12.2025 16:24 | 6 km | 38 km |
| 3.2 | 18.09.2025 20:25 | 158 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 03.09.2025 03:01 | 12 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2025 20:22 | 12 km | 45 km |
| 3.9 | 22.07.2025 14:35 | 5 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 06.07.2025 10:58 | 13 km | 52 km |
| 3.0 | 28.06.2025 20:25 | 25 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 05.06.2025 14:44 | 18 km | 37 km |
| 3.0 | 03.06.2025 21:53 | 14 km | 42 km |
| 3.1 | 03.06.2025 21:27 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.0 | 03.06.2025 16:52 | 27 km | 40 km |
| 3.0 | 03.06.2025 15:52 | 23 km | 41 km |
| 3.7 | 03.06.2025 15:08 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 03.06.2025 14:26 | 34 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 03.06.2025 14:06 | 21 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2025 08:01 | 14 km | 45 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2025 04:36 | 17 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 03.06.2025 04:28 | 5 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 02.06.2025 12:07 | 6 km | 50 km |
| 3.0 | 28.05.2025 13:18 | 7 km | 26 km |
| 5.2 | 24.05.2025 02:36 | 31 km | 84 km |
| 3.0 | 10.04.2025 00:04 | 16 km | 44 km |
| 3.2 | 09.04.2025 23:30 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 09.04.2025 23:21 | 8 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 21.03.2025 22:34 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 4.4 | 13.03.2025 21:51 | 0 km | 68 km |
| 4.5 | 09.03.2025 00:18 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.3 | 27.02.2025 19:24 | 23 km | 58 km |
| 3.4 | 20.12.2024 14:37 | 3 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 20.12.2024 08:33 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2024 17:27 | 13 km | 44 km |
| 3.4 | 18.08.2024 20:51 | 9.4 km | 40 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2024 16:08 | 9 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 19.05.2024 21:22 | 23 km | 42 km |
| 3.0 | 04.04.2024 02:07 | 6 km | 51 km |
| 3.6 | 06.02.2024 04:20 | 35 km | 28 km |
| 3.1 | 09.09.2023 14:26 | 6 km | 34 km |
| 3.2 | 12.08.2023 18:17 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 11.07.2023 20:47 | 15 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 18.04.2023 14:59 | 188 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 10.04.2023 11:49 | 6 km | 44 km |
| 3.7 | 10.04.2023 10:10 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.8 | 25.03.2023 21:35 | 11.5 km | 22 km |
| 4.2 | 03.03.2023 19:10 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.0 | 06.02.2023 19:32 | 24 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 06.01.2023 22:16 | 4 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 25.12.2022 23:04 | 101.7 km | 42 km |
| 5.0 | 19.12.2022 09:05 | 15.4 km | 51 km |
| 3.1 | 15.12.2022 11:46 | 22 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 15.12.2022 11:46 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 4.7 | 03.12.2022 07:55 | 9.3 km | 27 km |
| 3.3 | 03.12.2022 07:55 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 26.11.2022 20:27 | 9 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 13.11.2022 16:10 | 104 km | 55 km |
| 3.0 | 27.10.2022 11:59 | 9 km | 45 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.