2.3
1,644
recorded earthquakes
M6.0
largest
1922–2026
record span
1.96
mean magnitude
672
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 15.05.1927 02:47 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 6.0 | 24.03.1922 12:22 | 15 km | 73 km |
| 5.9 | 18.05.1980 20:02 | 10.9 km | 36 km |
| 5.6 | 15.05.1927 03:12 | 15 km | 89 km |
| 5.5 | 07.12.1985 18:32 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 5.5 | 03.11.2010 00:56 | 10.9 km | 49 km |
| 5.5 | 18.05.1980 20:26 | 9.8 km | 34 km |
| 5.3 | 14.07.1949 11:09 | 15 km | 77 km |
| 5.3 | 03.11.2024 17:04 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 5.2 | 09.06.1922 15:36 | 15 km | 75 km |
| 5.2 | 01.07.1999 07:40 | 14.6 km | 22 km |
| 5.1 | 07.09.1984 00:44 | 10.1 km | 27 km |
| 5.0 | 10.09.1983 06:14 | 11.7 km | 32 km |
| 5.0 | 18.05.1978 02:37 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 4.9 | 19.04.1987 03:55 | 37.8 km | 63 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 14.07.2026 08:48 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 13:02 | 1 km | 46 km |
| 2.5 | 08.01.2026 21:32 | 12 km | 29 km |
| 2.6 | 04.01.2026 19:35 | 1 km | 35 km |
| 2.7 | 29.12.2025 22:25 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 2.6 | 06.09.2025 15:14 | 3 km | 50 km |
| 2.1 | 30.07.2025 01:13 | 1 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 09.05.2025 12:24 | 4 km | 61 km |
| 2.8 | 09.05.2025 08:21 | 4.6 km | 57 km |
| 2.9 | 29.04.2025 20:58 | 7.4 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 27.04.2025 10:27 | 2 km | 46 km |
| 2.3 | 15.04.2025 16:12 | 2.4 km | 27 km |
| 2.3 | 15.04.2025 11:06 | 2 km | 24 km |
| 2.8 | 21.03.2025 07:20 | 9.2 km | 24 km |
| 2.6 | 21.03.2025 07:18 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 2.6 | 17.01.2025 16:23 | 3 km | 26 km |
| 5.3 | 03.11.2024 17:04 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2024 13:38 | 4 km | 55 km |
| 2.2 | 30.09.2024 22:57 | 2 km | 29 km |
| 2.5 | 23.09.2024 15:48 | 5 km | 22 km |
| 2.4 | 03.06.2024 20:35 | 2 km | 55 km |
| 2.6 | 10.05.2024 22:43 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 2.3 | 10.05.2024 05:37 | 3 km | 60 km |
| 2.5 | 07.05.2024 14:03 | 9.5 km | 33 km |
| 2.5 | 13.04.2024 04:26 | 3 km | 48 km |
| 2.5 | 29.03.2024 17:15 | 8 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 25.03.2024 11:20 | 4 km | 46 km |
| 2.5 | 12.02.2024 21:04 | 12 km | 40 km |
| 2.4 | 27.01.2024 03:43 | 3 km | 48 km |
| 3.1 | 25.12.2023 05:25 | 4 km | 37 km |
| 2.9 | 16.12.2023 11:07 | 2 km | 35 km |
| 2.7 | 01.09.2023 21:30 | 1 km | 34 km |
| 2.6 | 12.08.2023 04:04 | 7 km | 49 km |
| 3.8 | 11.08.2023 16:54 | 5.4 km | 27 km |
| 3.4 | 11.07.2023 17:25 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 3.1 | 03.07.2023 03:29 | 7.6 km | 27 km |
| 2.9 | 26.06.2023 17:41 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2023 10:11 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 2.5 | 26.02.2023 14:19 | 1 km | 46 km |
| 2.4 | 12.02.2023 22:05 | 3 km | 46 km |
| 2.4 | 09.02.2023 18:46 | 4 km | 46 km |
| 2.6 | 27.01.2023 11:57 | 6 km | 30 km |
| 2.6 | 25.12.2022 13:12 | 4 km | 24 km |
| 3.6 | 13.11.2022 04:57 | 4 km | 11 km |
| 3.6 | 13.11.2022 04:44 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 2.4 | 11.11.2022 00:06 | 3 km | 11 km |
| 2.6 | 01.09.2022 03:19 | 4 km | 48 km |
| 2.9 | 12.05.2022 17:36 | 2 km | 35 km |
| 3.9 | 10.05.2022 19:38 | 4 km | 35 km |
| 2.2 | 06.03.2022 12:09 | 2 km | 51 km |
| 2.3 | 16.02.2022 19:18 | 1 km | 36 km |
| 2.4 | 10.02.2022 10:04 | 5 km | 49 km |
| 2.7 | 06.02.2022 01:01 | 153 km | 45 km |
| 2.6 | 03.01.2022 15:19 | 5 km | 37 km |
| 2.6 | 03.01.2022 12:58 | 7 km | 33 km |
| 2.8 | 13.12.2021 14:40 | 3 km | 51 km |
| 2.9 | 28.11.2021 05:26 | 3 km | 13 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2021 17:43 | 422 km | 57 km |
| 2.9 | 17.08.2021 17:13 | 3 km | 29 km |
| 2.2 | 20.04.2021 03:22 | 4 km | 46 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.