4.5
272
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1913–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
183
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 22.11.1969 23:09 | 25.6 km | 731 km |
| 7.0 | 18.05.1971 22:44 | 1.5 km | 442 km |
| 6.3 | 10.10.1931 16:37 | 35 km | 473 km |
| 6.3 | 18.03.1913 01:21 | 10 km | 542 km |
| 6.2 | 15.07.1931 16:26 | 35 km | 508 km |
| 6.2 | 21.01.1976 18:02 | 15 km | 650 km |
| 5.8 | 13.03.2013 03:12 | 9.7 km | 557 km |
| 5.7 | 07.07.1996 10:50 | 14.3 km | 491 km |
| 5.7 | 13.01.1972 17:24 | 6.7 km | 368 km |
| 5.6 | 20.01.2013 10:48 | 10.5 km | 458 km |
| 5.6 | 03.11.1936 04:43 | 35 km | 349 km |
| 5.6 | 01.09.2020 00:51 | 7.9 km | 491 km |
| 5.6 | 05.06.1970 10:31 | 13.5 km | 415 km |
| 5.4 | 08.11.1981 21:56 | 31.2 km | 88 km |
| 5.4 | 07.01.2001 06:26 | 11.7 km | 495 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 12.07.2026 08:02 | 0 km | 264 km |
| 3.3 | 23.03.2026 14:21 | 0 km | 237 km |
| 4.9 | 17.03.2026 11:05 | 10 km | 339 km |
| 3.6 | 19.12.2025 05:51 | 19.6 km | 483 km |
| 4.3 | 21.06.2025 14:45 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2025 01:10 | 0 km | 498 km |
| 4.0 | 08.02.2025 11:02 | 0 km | 489 km |
| 5.1 | 08.02.2025 10:43 | 10 km | 510 km |
| 3.6 | 06.02.2025 14:28 | 0 km | 443 km |
| 3.6 | 26.08.2024 08:44 | 0 km | 181 km |
| 3.7 | 21.02.2024 05:20 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2024 16:47 | 0.6 km | 246 km |
| 4.2 | 04.12.2023 10:45 | 16.8 km | 297 km |
| 3.2 | 09.05.2023 07:29 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 4.8 | 21.03.2023 17:23 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 4.8 | 19.03.2023 23:05 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 2.8 | 05.02.2023 04:15 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 4.0 | 29.01.2023 22:05 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.7 | 24.01.2023 14:48 | 15 km | 408 km |
| 3.9 | 21.12.2022 13:54 | 40 km | 477 km |
| 3.7 | 13.12.2021 02:48 | 6.9 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 19.10.2021 04:48 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 4.9 | 09.10.2021 06:54 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 4.8 | 04.03.2021 15:09 | 17.9 km | 500 km |
| 4.3 | 20.12.2020 19:47 | 10 km | 490 km |
| 4.0 | 14.12.2020 20:19 | 10 km | 491 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2020 02:03 | 10 km | 492 km |
| 3.7 | 04.09.2020 04:36 | 10 km | 490 km |
| 4.2 | 01.09.2020 09:21 | 20 km | 481 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2020 00:59 | 28.7 km | 475 km |
| 5.6 | 01.09.2020 00:51 | 7.9 km | 491 km |
| 3.4 | 20.06.2020 00:26 | 10 km | 507 km |
| 3.8 | 01.06.2020 13:27 | 10 km | 512 km |
| 4.2 | 28.01.2020 12:43 | 10 km | 491 km |
| 4.4 | 28.01.2020 11:24 | 10 km | 487 km |
| 4.5 | 27.01.2020 08:27 | 11.5 km | 499 km |
| 4.0 | 02.01.2020 23:11 | 10 km | 457 km |
| 4.1 | 29.12.2019 15:12 | 15.8 km | 491 km |
| 4.0 | 28.12.2019 04:32 | 10 km | 488 km |
| 4.9 | 28.12.2019 02:34 | 12.9 km | 481 km |
| 3.8 | 27.12.2019 08:57 | 10 km | 480 km |
| 4.2 | 26.12.2019 19:04 | 14.8 km | 498 km |
| 4.1 | 26.12.2019 19:04 | 10 km | 494 km |
| 3.7 | 26.12.2019 18:09 | 10 km | 490 km |
| 4.0 | 26.12.2019 17:26 | 10 km | 491 km |
| 4.8 | 26.12.2019 17:21 | 10 km | 490 km |
| 5.2 | 26.12.2019 17:13 | 14.6 km | 491 km |
| 3.9 | 26.12.2019 05:55 | 35 km | 489 km |
| 3.6 | 17.12.2019 02:48 | 10 km | 500 km |
| 3.4 | 28.10.2019 14:41 | 15 km | 404 km |
| 4.1 | 22.08.2019 20:27 | 10 km | 403 km |
| 4.2 | 31.07.2019 08:29 | 13.6 km | 567 km |
| 3.8 | 08.12.2018 04:53 | 10 km | 490 km |
| 4.2 | 14.09.2018 12:25 | 10 km | 487 km |
| 5.0 | 27.08.2018 03:19 | 10 km | 495 km |
| 4.4 | 22.08.2017 21:58 | 5.3 km | 553 km |
| 4.6 | 24.07.2017 02:46 | 40.7 km | 485 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2017 00:45 | 6.5 km | 551 km |
| 4.2 | 11.03.2017 08:22 | 20 km | 284 km |
| 4.0 | 21.02.2017 10:15 | 10 km | 544 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.