2.3
568
recorded earthquakes
M5.5
largest
1922–2026
record span
1.72
mean magnitude
371
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 07.12.1985 18:32 | 5 km | 102 km |
| 5.3 | 14.07.1949 11:09 | 15 km | 106 km |
| 5.3 | 03.11.2024 17:04 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 5.2 | 09.06.1922 15:36 | 15 km | 66 km |
| 5.2 | 01.07.1999 07:40 | 14.6 km | 90 km |
| 5.1 | 07.09.1984 00:44 | 10.1 km | 106 km |
| 5.0 | 10.09.1983 06:14 | 11.7 km | 114 km |
| 5.0 | 18.05.1978 02:37 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 4.9 | 28.10.1991 00:21 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.9 | 01.10.1972 04:32 | 8 km | 58 km |
| 4.7 | 21.11.2006 01:58 | 0.1 km | 43 km |
| 4.5 | 27.05.1988 14:18 | 24.3 km | 66 km |
| 4.3 | 16.12.1994 05:45 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2023 10:11 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 22.06.2002 13:26 | 10 km | 78 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 14.07.2026 08:48 | 5 km | 74 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 13:02 | 1 km | 72 km |
| 2.9 | 11.06.2026 07:21 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2025 02:33 | 1 km | 34 km |
| 2.6 | 25.08.2025 12:26 | 3 km | 44 km |
| 2.7 | 30.03.2025 12:41 | 1 km | 44 km |
| 5.3 | 03.11.2024 17:04 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2024 13:38 | 4 km | 37 km |
| 2.3 | 22.04.2024 07:32 | 7 km | 58 km |
| 2.6 | 23.07.2023 11:44 | 3 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2023 10:11 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 2.9 | 12.05.2022 17:36 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 3.9 | 10.05.2022 19:38 | 4 km | 50 km |
| 2.4 | 10.02.2022 10:04 | 5 km | 69 km |
| 2.7 | 06.02.2022 01:01 | 153 km | 39 km |
| 2.8 | 20.11.2021 11:15 | 590 km | 66 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2021 08:14 | 4 km | 28 km |
| 2.6 | 29.05.2021 10:21 | 560 km | 54 km |
| 2.5 | 03.02.2021 00:24 | 515 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 13.12.2020 12:48 | 2 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 23.05.2020 09:56 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 2.5 | 18.04.2020 08:51 | 5 km | 43 km |
| 2.7 | 02.12.2019 23:43 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 2.5 | 21.11.2019 07:00 | 2 km | 14 km |
| 2.7 | 14.09.2019 20:27 | 3 km | 74 km |
| 2.3 | 10.07.2019 09:28 | 2 km | 55 km |
| 2.6 | 04.11.2018 03:56 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 2.7 | 24.06.2018 11:22 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 2.8 | 08.05.2018 04:43 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 2.5 | 03.05.2017 20:42 | 2 km | 23 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2016 08:11 | 266 km | 12 km |
| 2.6 | 15.02.2016 06:59 | 2 km | 47 km |
| 2.8 | 05.12.2015 02:14 | 3 km | 48 km |
| 2.6 | 29.10.2015 05:24 | 1 km | 33 km |
| 3.5 | 24.12.2014 22:41 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 2.4 | 15.10.2014 20:27 | 2 km | 53 km |
| 3.1 | 29.08.2014 23:43 | 2 km | 45 km |
| 2.9 | 20.04.2013 01:34 | 2 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 20.11.2012 08:57 | 2 km | 42 km |
| 2.0 | 28.10.2012 10:31 | 13 km | 52 km |
| 2.6 | 14.10.2012 23:54 | 2 km | 43 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2012 09:47 | 2 km | 44 km |
| 1.8 | 30.12.2011 18:32 | 0 km | 26 km |
| 1.5 | 29.12.2011 13:50 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 1.1 | 19.12.2011 09:47 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 1.2 | 18.12.2011 12:42 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 1.6 | 16.12.2011 13:32 | 14 km | 50 km |
| 1.2 | 13.12.2011 13:19 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 1.5 | 11.12.2011 13:45 | 3.8 km | 41 km |
| 1.2 | 11.12.2011 13:36 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 1.3 | 10.12.2011 10:27 | 0 km | 70 km |
| 1.3 | 10.12.2011 08:48 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 1.5 | 09.12.2011 14:05 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 1.3 | 01.12.2011 12:39 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 1.7 | 25.11.2011 11:45 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 1.3 | 21.11.2011 13:45 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 1.4 | 17.11.2011 15:43 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 1.3 | 17.11.2011 14:14 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 1.3 | 16.11.2011 13:34 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 1.2 | 14.11.2011 12:20 | 0 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.