3.4
171
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.79
mean magnitude
96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 16.07.1963 18:27 | 30 km | 72 km |
| 6.3 | 21.10.1905 11:01 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 5.6 | 21.10.1905 13:20 | 15 km | 45 km |
| 5.4 | 18.06.1902 23:53 | 30 km | 97 km |
| 5.3 | 25.09.1906 00:48 | 26 km | 102 km |
| 5.2 | 28.05.2013 00:09 | 9.2 km | 68 km |
| 5.1 | 13.05.1968 02:46 | 14.4 km | 101 km |
| 4.9 | 26.03.2013 23:35 | 6.6 km | 68 km |
| 4.6 | 28.02.1978 22:58 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 4.4 | 13.11.2011 09:14 | 9 km | 76 km |
| 4.4 | 19.04.2024 11:07 | 17.8 km | 31 km |
| 4.4 | 03.02.2007 12:19 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.4 | 18.05.2025 03:06 | 3.6 km | 72 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2015 09:07 | 13.2 km | 78 km |
| 4.4 | 24.08.2017 09:14 | 10 km | 51 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 22.07.2026 12:39 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.9 | 16.07.2026 21:24 | 8.1 km | 59 km |
| 3.1 | 05.06.2026 13:07 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 1.5 | 21.03.2026 06:38 | 6.3 km | 82 km |
| 2.3 | 15.11.2025 17:01 | 4.6 km | 85 km |
| 3.8 | 14.09.2025 09:25 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.4 | 18.05.2025 03:06 | 3.6 km | 72 km |
| 3.6 | 28.01.2025 19:58 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2024 12:43 | 13.8 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2024 06:59 | 5 km | 87 km |
| 3.4 | 24.05.2024 06:02 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.4 | 20.05.2024 10:19 | 15 km | 39 km |
| 4.0 | 10.05.2024 00:49 | 5 km | 105 km |
| 3.4 | 27.04.2024 07:07 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.4 | 19.04.2024 11:07 | 17.8 km | 31 km |
| 3.2 | 05.03.2024 00:39 | 1 km | 81 km |
| 3.0 | 09.02.2024 09:10 | 4.8 km | 77 km |
| 4.3 | 28.01.2024 16:01 | 12.9 km | 93 km |
| 3.8 | 24.08.2023 14:02 | 5.2 km | 84 km |
| 4.3 | 11.07.2023 15:09 | 10.3 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 26.03.2023 03:07 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2023 07:37 | 5 km | 64 km |
| 2.4 | 24.12.2022 20:08 | 6.7 km | 101 km |
| 2.3 | 30.11.2022 04:14 | 8.4 km | 74 km |
| 3.8 | 30.11.2022 03:43 | 6.5 km | 76 km |
| 3.8 | 13.11.2022 11:20 | 34.8 km | 88 km |
| 3.7 | 08.11.2022 04:36 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2022 13:36 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 4.1 | 16.07.2022 13:11 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.2 | 10.07.2022 01:28 | 2 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 10.07.2022 00:17 | 11.7 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 01.04.2022 16:02 | 10.9 km | 107 km |
| 4.0 | 10.06.2021 00:22 | 8 km | 61 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2021 07:31 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 07.03.2021 17:54 | 14.8 km | 109 km |
| 2.5 | 25.01.2021 21:07 | 5.6 km | 108 km |
| 3.3 | 29.08.2020 09:40 | 2 km | 97 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2020 07:24 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.4 | 11.03.2020 03:12 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 01.12.2019 06:00 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2019 09:19 | 8 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 17.05.2019 01:19 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 19.11.2018 10:24 | 5 km | 41 km |
| 1.8 | 12.11.2018 18:13 | 22.1 km | 91 km |
| 4.2 | 26.03.2018 17:37 | 6 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 30.01.2018 19:10 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 2.7 | 30.01.2018 18:21 | 5.5 km | 63 km |
| 3.9 | 17.10.2017 01:59 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.4 | 24.08.2017 09:14 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.1 | 24.08.2017 09:14 | 10.5 km | 43 km |
| 3.4 | 02.07.2017 10:00 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.4 | 21.06.2017 11:02 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.4 | 20.05.2017 11:11 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 3.3 | 19.12.2016 13:03 | 5 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 16.10.2016 20:41 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 3.2 | 09.09.2016 17:11 | 2 km | 79 km |
| 4.1 | 03.09.2016 11:54 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 02.09.2016 03:27 | 2 km | 75 km |
| 3.7 | 27.08.2016 18:00 | 1.3 km | 104 km |
| 3.8 | 23.05.2016 02:04 | 15.2 km | 111 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.