4.3
340
recorded earthquakes
M6.7
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.29
mean magnitude
253
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | 18.01.1967 05:34 | 16.6 km | 589 km |
| 6.5 | 12.05.1906 10:40 | 15 km | 623 km |
| 6.5 | 31.10.1906 01:47 | 15 km | 244 km |
| 6.4 | 14.09.1958 14:21 | 15 km | 585 km |
| 6.3 | 05.01.1958 11:30 | 25 km | 581 km |
| 6.3 | 20.04.1989 22:59 | 29.1 km | 584 km |
| 6.0 | 01.09.1942 18:59 | 15 km | 537 km |
| 6.0 | 14.10.2011 06:10 | 13.9 km | 266 km |
| 5.9 | 17.05.1989 05:04 | 24 km | 575 km |
| 5.9 | 14.06.1971 13:48 | 2.6 km | 436 km |
| 5.8 | 10.11.2005 19:29 | 6.4 km | 670 km |
| 5.7 | 24.01.1937 16:12 | 15 km | 427 km |
| 5.7 | 11.12.2005 15:54 | 13.7 km | 670 km |
| 5.6 | 22.01.1939 04:41 | 35 km | 385 km |
| 5.5 | 19.04.1994 21:16 | 33 km | 305 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:02 | 10 km | 398 km |
| 3.8 | 11.07.2026 21:09 | 10 km | 528 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 17:01 | 10 km | 520 km |
| 4.2 | 09.06.2026 12:03 | 0 km | 469 km |
| 3.9 | 17.10.2025 09:51 | 0 km | 515 km |
| 4.0 | 06.10.2025 20:28 | 0 km | 587 km |
| 3.7 | 28.07.2025 02:46 | 0 km | 547 km |
| 4.3 | 02.07.2025 12:13 | 10 km | 649 km |
| 4.5 | 13.10.2024 03:31 | 10 km | 650 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2024 14:02 | 10 km | 632 km |
| 3.3 | 15.05.2024 04:58 | 10 km | 510 km |
| 3.1 | 06.02.2024 13:42 | 10 km | 450 km |
| 4.3 | 11.06.2023 11:29 | 10 km | 498 km |
| 3.4 | 30.04.2023 19:50 | 10 km | 475 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2022 19:02 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2022 04:41 | 8.4 km | 256 km |
| 4.6 | 27.02.2022 20:03 | 4.5 km | 455 km |
| 3.8 | 14.01.2021 07:19 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 4.3 | 05.09.2020 16:43 | 10 km | 560 km |
| 3.2 | 24.04.2020 11:35 | 10 km | 612 km |
| 2.0 | 21.04.2020 23:28 | 10 km | 538 km |
| 4.7 | 28.02.2020 23:09 | 10 km | 367 km |
| 3.4 | 07.02.2020 00:12 | 10 km | 479 km |
| 4.0 | 04.02.2020 03:48 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.4 | 12.11.2019 08:55 | 10 km | 556 km |
| 5.2 | 28.09.2019 21:28 | 12.1 km | 608 km |
| 4.2 | 19.03.2019 15:51 | 10 km | 226 km |
| 4.2 | 23.08.2018 19:57 | 10 km | 561 km |
| 5.2 | 07.07.2018 08:51 | 10 km | 499 km |
| 4.4 | 14.06.2018 23:12 | 15 km | 548 km |
| 4.0 | 06.04.2018 15:50 | 0.1 km | 661 km |
| 4.2 | 07.03.2018 01:47 | 10 km | 456 km |
| 4.9 | 26.10.2017 16:26 | 15.5 km | 144 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2017 14:59 | 10 km | 566 km |
| 4.2 | 22.01.2017 00:09 | 10 km | 481 km |
| 4.1 | 21.01.2017 16:43 | 10 km | 507 km |
| 4.8 | 12.12.2016 02:31 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 3.6 | 11.09.2016 08:07 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 01.05.2016 14:49 | 10 km | 523 km |
| 4.4 | 19.03.2016 10:54 | 13.5 km | 161 km |
| 3.9 | 19.02.2016 16:56 | 10 km | 442 km |
| 3.6 | 24.07.2015 06:25 | 15 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 09.07.2015 01:12 | 15 km | 313 km |
| 3.8 | 20.11.2014 19:46 | 10 km | 445 km |
| 3.8 | 21.06.2014 19:31 | 10 km | 557 km |
| 4.6 | 21.06.2014 08:01 | 6.6 km | 560 km |
| 3.5 | 23.04.2014 12:42 | 10 km | 445 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2014 19:27 | 10 km | 467 km |
| 4.0 | 09.03.2014 22:13 | 9.2 km | 580 km |
| 4.3 | 23.02.2014 16:17 | 2 km | 452 km |
| 1.6 | 25.01.2014 21:13 | 4 km | 651 km |
| 3.4 | 11.01.2014 14:37 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 5.4 | 04.01.2014 19:34 | 9.8 km | 453 km |
| 4.0 | 03.01.2014 16:38 | 26 km | 449 km |
| 4.0 | 20.12.2013 00:11 | 6 km | 489 km |
| 3.8 | 01.08.2013 08:46 | 10 km | 417 km |
| 4.8 | 22.07.2013 15:08 | 6.2 km | 357 km |
| 3.9 | 20.06.2013 09:05 | 10 km | 370 km |
| 5.1 | 31.05.2013 01:47 | 33 km | 383 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2013 04:39 | 10 km | 501 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.