3.8
848
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1919–2026
record span
4.44
mean magnitude
365
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 | 67 km |
| 7.6 | 01.08.1968 20:19 | 25.3 km | 109 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 199 km |
| 7.2 | 18.03.1977 21:43 | 27.6 km | 130 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 152 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 82 km |
| 7.2 | 29.12.1949 03:03 | 15 km | 135 km |
| 7.1 | 27.07.2022 00:43 | 22.5 km | 146 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1970 04:01 | 21.1 km | 165 km |
| 6.9 | 22.05.1972 06:04 | 30.5 km | 123 km |
| 6.8 | 23.04.1985 16:15 | 185.3 km | 106 km |
| 6.5 | 08.04.1970 21:23 | 26.2 km | 112 km |
| 6.5 | 03.03.1933 02:19 | 120 km | 146 km |
| 6.5 | 03.01.1950 02:51 | 30 km | 149 km |
| 6.5 | 17.07.1990 21:14 | 26.3 km | 17 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 09.07.2026 06:33 | 68.8 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 02:55 | 6 km | 27 km |
| 4.4 | 31.05.2026 03:58 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 28.10.2025 16:54 | 6 km | 67 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2025 02:30 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 25.09.2025 17:59 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.2 | 22.09.2025 21:22 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 21.09.2025 09:46 | 5 km | 30 km |
| 3.0 | 18.09.2025 07:45 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 10.09.2025 20:03 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.2 | 10.09.2025 15:23 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2025 13:16 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.5 | 27.07.2025 18:53 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 3.2 | 11.07.2025 21:31 | 14 km | 27 km |
| 3.8 | 06.07.2025 16:48 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 5.2 | 24.05.2025 02:36 | 31 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 21.03.2025 22:34 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 3.0 | 07.02.2025 20:14 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 3.0 | 07.02.2025 10:45 | 7 km | 25 km |
| 3.4 | 30.01.2025 19:14 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 20.01.2025 04:48 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 20.12.2024 08:33 | 5 km | 72 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2024 17:27 | 13 km | 78 km |
| 5.8 | 27.11.2024 21:58 | 189.4 km | 95 km |
| 3.4 | 28.10.2024 14:29 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2024 12:40 | 18 km | 42 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2024 09:14 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2024 10:05 | 15 km | 90 km |
| 3.8 | 03.09.2024 02:44 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 3.4 | 25.08.2024 11:32 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.7 | 19.07.2024 21:20 | 9 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 15.07.2024 14:12 | 5 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 02.06.2024 15:47 | 6 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 04.04.2024 02:07 | 6 km | 58 km |
| 3.1 | 27.03.2024 18:08 | 9 km | 27 km |
| 3.4 | 22.03.2024 18:17 | 7 km | 37 km |
| 3.7 | 02.02.2024 17:01 | 13 km | 36 km |
| 3.7 | 31.01.2024 18:00 | 23 km | 24 km |
| 3.2 | 23.01.2024 00:05 | 9 km | 47 km |
| 3.3 | 21.12.2023 08:19 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 3.0 | 15.08.2023 02:23 | 118 km | 64 km |
| 3.2 | 26.07.2023 21:35 | 7 km | 33 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2023 17:48 | 5 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 19.07.2023 17:53 | 16 km | 58 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2023 21:00 | 3 km | 54 km |
| 3.1 | 26.06.2023 19:34 | 12 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 01.06.2023 16:43 | 12 km | 16 km |
| 3.1 | 05.04.2023 20:48 | 14 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 23.02.2023 21:00 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.6 | 07.01.2023 11:49 | 1 km | 42 km |
| 3.1 | 06.01.2023 22:16 | 4 km | 60 km |
| 5.0 | 19.12.2022 09:05 | 15.4 km | 116 km |
| 3.1 | 20.11.2022 14:47 | 8 km | 37 km |
| 3.2 | 09.11.2022 09:34 | 1 km | 43 km |
| 5.3 | 08.11.2022 14:30 | 176 km | 106 km |
| 3.5 | 07.11.2022 14:59 | 5 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 19.10.2022 01:13 | 3 km | 30 km |
| 4.5 | 13.09.2022 15:56 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.0 | 10.09.2022 10:51 | 4 km | 36 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2022 01:14 | 14 km | 58 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.