4.2
707
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.52
mean magnitude
421
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 29.09.1973 00:44 | 577.7 km | 477 km |
| 7.7 | 12.07.1993 13:17 | 12 km | 453 km |
| 7.5 | 01.08.1940 15:08 | 15 km | 386 km |
| 7.4 | 31.07.1917 03:23 | 460 km | 496 km |
| 7.3 | 28.06.2002 17:19 | 575 km | 360 km |
| 7.3 | 21.07.1994 18:36 | 481.2 km | 364 km |
| 7.1 | 08.04.1999 13:10 | 576.5 km | 379 km |
| 7.1 | 04.11.1947 00:09 | 15 km | 499 km |
| 7.0 | 21.04.1939 04:29 | 530 km | 461 km |
| 6.9 | 03.01.1957 12:48 | 581 km | 368 km |
| 6.9 | 09.03.1977 14:27 | 572.6 km | 506 km |
| 6.9 | 18.02.2010 01:13 | 573.9 km | 441 km |
| 6.8 | 11.01.1946 01:33 | 581.2 km | 365 km |
| 6.8 | 07.05.1987 03:05 | 440.9 km | 381 km |
| 6.7 | 27.07.2003 06:25 | 475.3 km | 399 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 18.07.2026 21:54 | 497.3 km | 275 km |
| 3.7 | 19.06.2026 07:26 | 280.2 km | 345 km |
| 5.8 | 10.06.2026 10:34 | 352.1 km | 206 km |
| 4.2 | 30.05.2026 12:25 | 250.3 km | 364 km |
| 4.4 | 15.04.2026 21:51 | 416.6 km | 277 km |
| 3.4 | 10.02.2026 08:51 | 254 km | 333 km |
| 4.5 | 16.12.2025 14:38 | 566.2 km | 435 km |
| 3.7 | 14.11.2025 08:14 | 253.3 km | 330 km |
| 5.2 | 25.10.2025 11:45 | 561.3 km | 386 km |
| 4.1 | 18.10.2025 05:45 | 300 km | 318 km |
| 4.0 | 29.08.2025 03:18 | 541.2 km | 337 km |
| 3.5 | 11.08.2025 05:55 | 289.9 km | 322 km |
| 4.6 | 11.05.2025 11:39 | 420.6 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 01.05.2025 03:55 | 10 km | 477 km |
| 4.2 | 23.03.2025 12:03 | 496.3 km | 307 km |
| 3.9 | 21.01.2025 09:44 | 257.2 km | 347 km |
| 4.7 | 07.01.2025 02:47 | 0 km | 439 km |
| 5.5 | 20.11.2024 15:09 | 437.3 km | 159 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2024 11:51 | 281.7 km | 423 km |
| 5.0 | 08.08.2024 12:49 | 193.6 km | 530 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2024 18:46 | 10 km | 386 km |
| 3.8 | 30.05.2024 09:03 | 90 km | 306 km |
| 4.4 | 13.01.2024 20:57 | 285.4 km | 310 km |
| 4.8 | 26.12.2023 19:10 | 518.8 km | 366 km |
| 4.1 | 10.12.2023 02:28 | 255.3 km | 387 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2023 01:09 | 350 km | 193 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2023 19:13 | 220.7 km | 409 km |
| 4.5 | 19.07.2023 07:34 | 264.8 km | 363 km |
| 5.9 | 27.06.2023 23:38 | 449.6 km | 367 km |
| 4.4 | 29.01.2023 22:17 | 343.3 km | 265 km |
| 4.4 | 16.11.2022 03:28 | 584.1 km | 378 km |
| 4.3 | 03.11.2022 13:10 | 200 km | 485 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2022 00:45 | 363.8 km | 210 km |
| 4.3 | 12.10.2022 01:10 | 239.5 km | 388 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2022 05:53 | 10 km | 427 km |
| 4.1 | 11.10.2022 05:53 | 2.8 km | 431 km |
| 4.5 | 02.08.2022 17:59 | 519.2 km | 348 km |
| 4.0 | 08.03.2022 15:26 | 10 km | 388 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2022 19:10 | 235.9 km | 461 km |
| 4.0 | 26.12.2021 03:59 | 253.3 km | 351 km |
| 4.0 | 20.12.2021 09:50 | 486 km | 280 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2021 02:51 | 330 km | 182 km |
| 4.2 | 27.05.2021 16:13 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 4.5 | 08.01.2021 21:51 | 261.6 km | 324 km |
| 4.0 | 03.01.2021 14:14 | 252.5 km | 377 km |
| 3.6 | 01.01.2021 13:10 | 10 km | 462 km |
| 4.2 | 13.08.2020 02:32 | 250 km | 427 km |
| 4.4 | 31.07.2020 13:57 | 273.3 km | 360 km |
| 4.1 | 14.07.2020 08:45 | 563 km | 411 km |
| 3.9 | 20.06.2020 04:35 | 10 km | 485 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2020 15:12 | 214.4 km | 391 km |
| 5.1 | 13.05.2020 05:56 | 211.3 km | 440 km |
| 5.0 | 17.03.2020 15:10 | 234.6 km | 450 km |
| 4.0 | 19.01.2020 22:53 | 370.5 km | 382 km |
| 4.1 | 13.11.2019 04:24 | 550 km | 426 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2019 17:18 | 289 km | 368 km |
| 4.4 | 08.10.2019 04:46 | 280 km | 312 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2019 11:04 | 300 km | 271 km |
| 5.1 | 30.09.2019 17:56 | 317.3 km | 252 km |
| 4.5 | 25.08.2019 05:14 | 253.5 km | 369 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.