3.4
518
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.69
mean magnitude
292
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 29.04.1991 09:12 | 14.8 km | 120 km |
| 6.5 | 16.07.1963 18:27 | 30 km | 151 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1940 22:23 | 50 km | 164 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 170 km |
| 6.3 | 21.10.1905 11:01 | 15 km | 145 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 130 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 175 km |
| 6.1 | 29.04.1991 18:30 | 9.6 km | 115 km |
| 6.0 | 07.09.2009 22:41 | 11.8 km | 95 km |
| 5.9 | 29.06.1921 11:37 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 5.7 | 29.04.1991 18:23 | 16.8 km | 111 km |
| 5.7 | 15.08.1947 04:11 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 5.7 | 02.03.1922 14:49 | 15 km | 50 km |
| 5.6 | 26.01.1957 16:30 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 5.6 | 10.02.1929 17:20 | 35 km | 79 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 22.07.2026 12:39 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.9 | 16.07.2026 21:24 | 8.1 km | 95 km |
| 2.0 | 24.05.2026 23:02 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2026 14:08 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 3.1 | 12.04.2026 14:05 | 5 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 12.01.2026 13:00 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.8 | 16.12.2025 19:51 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 2.0 | 16.11.2025 20:38 | 6.8 km | 91 km |
| 3.0 | 21.09.2025 21:48 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2025 03:41 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 1.8 | 06.07.2025 03:57 | 7 km | 65 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2025 03:34 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 10.05.2025 16:56 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 3.3 | 30.04.2025 08:32 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.7 | 28.03.2025 20:04 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 20.03.2025 01:37 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 3.3 | 28.11.2024 03:22 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2024 13:31 | 5 km | 89 km |
| 3.9 | 08.11.2024 19:53 | 24.5 km | 77 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2024 06:59 | 5 km | 90 km |
| 3.8 | 27.08.2024 19:01 | 13.5 km | 85 km |
| 4.2 | 15.08.2024 13:20 | 27.4 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2024 01:03 | 5 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 04.06.2024 13:32 | 11.4 km | 82 km |
| 3.4 | 02.06.2024 07:06 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 02.06.2024 02:48 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2024 02:10 | 14 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 25.05.2024 02:14 | 10.9 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 10.05.2024 00:49 | 5 km | 70 km |
| 3.4 | 27.04.2024 07:07 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 05.03.2024 01:15 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 04.03.2024 15:39 | 5 km | 95 km |
| 3.4 | 08.01.2024 21:36 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 08.01.2024 21:22 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 04.01.2024 23:15 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 21.12.2023 23:01 | 5 km | 100 km |
| 3.3 | 21.12.2023 17:07 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 3.3 | 18.11.2023 08:08 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2023 11:48 | 3.4 km | 99 km |
| 3.4 | 20.08.2023 22:53 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2023 01:13 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 4.3 | 11.07.2023 15:09 | 10.3 km | 51 km |
| 3.4 | 01.07.2023 12:47 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2023 17:50 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2023 13:45 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.3 | 16.06.2023 07:20 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.8 | 15.06.2023 23:35 | 20 km | 61 km |
| 3.9 | 15.06.2023 14:41 | 20 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 15.06.2023 14:35 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 2.6 | 25.05.2023 13:58 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 3.1 | 06.05.2023 01:57 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.5 | 01.04.2023 14:03 | 8.2 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2023 07:37 | 5 km | 105 km |
| 3.1 | 23.02.2023 19:26 | 5 km | 84 km |
| 3.3 | 04.12.2022 01:34 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 08.10.2022 09:42 | 10.2 km | 120 km |
| 3.4 | 26.09.2022 06:46 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2022 13:36 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 3.1 | 03.07.2022 23:45 | 7.7 km | 21 km |
| 3.1 | 21.06.2022 17:01 | 10 km | 44 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.