2.9
408
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.69
mean magnitude
339
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 | 286 km |
| 6.3 | 21.10.1905 11:01 | 15 km | 300 km |
| 5.7 | 03.09.1978 00:21 | 35 km | 109 km |
| 5.7 | 12.07.1966 18:53 | 34.1 km | 155 km |
| 5.6 | 26.09.1969 06:59 | 0 km | 274 km |
| 5.6 | 21.10.1905 13:20 | 15 km | 285 km |
| 5.5 | 09.11.2002 02:18 | 28.7 km | 112 km |
| 5.4 | 18.06.1902 23:53 | 30 km | 326 km |
| 5.2 | 29.11.2011 02:18 | 51 km | 166 km |
| 5.2 | 28.05.2013 00:09 | 9.2 km | 287 km |
| 5.1 | 13.05.1968 02:46 | 14.4 km | 200 km |
| 4.9 | 22.07.1972 05:10 | 24 km | 170 km |
| 4.9 | 10.12.2012 16:57 | 15.8 km | 124 km |
| 4.9 | 04.12.1970 01:59 | 25.8 km | 146 km |
| 4.9 | 26.03.2013 23:35 | 6.6 km | 286 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 16:47 | 8.3 km | 197 km |
| 2.7 | 06.07.2026 00:31 | 10.7 km | 205 km |
| 3.1 | 05.06.2026 13:07 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 3.9 | 26.05.2026 12:08 | 7.6 km | 204 km |
| 2.8 | 20.04.2026 10:34 | 7.5 km | 209 km |
| 3.7 | 05.04.2026 15:46 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 2.8 | 26.03.2026 05:34 | 5 km | 176 km |
| 4.3 | 06.03.2026 04:29 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 2.6 | 03.03.2026 18:14 | 7.5 km | 184 km |
| 4.5 | 03.03.2026 13:05 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 4.2 | 03.03.2026 12:09 | 0 km | 186 km |
| 3.5 | 27.02.2026 22:08 | 12.4 km | 133 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2026 04:45 | 23 km | 137 km |
| 4.8 | 09.02.2026 23:21 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 04.01.2026 09:47 | 2.8 km | 138 km |
| 3.2 | 06.12.2025 10:13 | 6.2 km | 143 km |
| 2.0 | 29.11.2025 22:57 | 7 km | 202 km |
| 3.2 | 10.11.2025 16:05 | 5 km | 130 km |
| 3.3 | 10.11.2025 15:53 | 5 km | 129 km |
| 3.0 | 08.11.2025 13:05 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2025 14:02 | 2 km | 117 km |
| 4.6 | 09.09.2025 17:20 | 14.7 km | 111 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2025 16:55 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.4 | 12.06.2025 11:18 | 5 km | 146 km |
| 4.4 | 18.05.2025 03:06 | 3.6 km | 283 km |
| 3.0 | 11.03.2025 20:57 | 6 km | 141 km |
| 3.4 | 06.03.2025 21:20 | 6.9 km | 123 km |
| 4.1 | 13.02.2025 12:12 | 22 km | 149 km |
| 3.9 | 12.02.2025 13:40 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 3.2 | 12.01.2025 14:49 | 10 km | 203 km |
| 4.5 | 12.01.2025 14:49 | 10 km | 203 km |
| 3.1 | 11.01.2025 17:43 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 3.5 | 11.01.2025 01:47 | 5 km | 167 km |
| 3.7 | 17.12.2024 01:57 | 20 km | 148 km |
| 4.1 | 30.11.2024 04:45 | 5 km | 139 km |
| 3.3 | 24.11.2024 15:33 | 5 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2024 12:43 | 13.8 km | 169 km |
| 3.5 | 01.09.2024 02:50 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2024 10:21 | 15.8 km | 143 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2024 08:19 | 6.4 km | 161 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2024 06:34 | 7.7 km | 138 km |
| 3.3 | 22.07.2024 07:02 | 5 km | 152 km |
| 2.7 | 21.07.2024 04:44 | 7.4 km | 207 km |
| 2.5 | 13.07.2024 03:22 | 9.9 km | 208 km |
| 3.6 | 07.07.2024 05:09 | 5 km | 157 km |
| 3.1 | 26.04.2024 09:16 | 6.2 km | 146 km |
| 4.4 | 19.04.2024 11:07 | 17.8 km | 249 km |
| 3.9 | 10.04.2024 22:31 | 10.3 km | 78 km |
| 3.5 | 26.03.2024 23:53 | 35 km | 190 km |
| 3.2 | 05.03.2024 00:39 | 1 km | 225 km |
| 4.3 | 28.01.2024 16:01 | 12.9 km | 160 km |
| 3.7 | 24.01.2024 11:19 | 12.1 km | 41 km |
| 2.6 | 23.01.2024 21:29 | 6.8 km | 143 km |
| 2.3 | 11.11.2023 18:37 | 7.1 km | 155 km |
| 3.1 | 19.10.2023 14:06 | 1 km | 210 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2023 20:52 | 5 km | 161 km |
| 3.8 | 24.08.2023 14:02 | 5.2 km | 253 km |
| 3.5 | 23.06.2023 10:32 | 2 km | 161 km |
| 2.7 | 22.06.2023 16:25 | 9.1 km | 147 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2023 09:37 | 5 km | 220 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.