3.1
1,121
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.54
mean magnitude
498
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 | 98 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1940 22:23 | 50 km | 163 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 104 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 91 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 109 km |
| 6.1 | 29.04.1991 18:30 | 9.6 km | 87 km |
| 6.0 | 07.09.2009 22:41 | 11.8 km | 87 km |
| 5.9 | 29.06.1921 11:37 | 15 km | 14 km |
| 5.7 | 29.04.1991 18:23 | 16.8 km | 90 km |
| 5.7 | 15.08.1947 04:11 | 15 km | 91 km |
| 5.7 | 02.03.1922 14:49 | 15 km | 18 km |
| 5.6 | 02.11.1951 21:55 | 15 km | 151 km |
| 5.6 | 14.01.1915 05:09 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 5.6 | 10.02.1929 17:20 | 35 km | 91 km |
| 5.6 | 03.05.1991 20:19 | 3.6 km | 101 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 08.07.2026 03:35 | 8 km | 83 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2026 17:13 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2026 14:08 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 3.1 | 12.04.2026 14:05 | 5 km | 54 km |
| 1.8 | 31.03.2026 15:48 | 8.8 km | 104 km |
| 3.1 | 06.03.2026 17:35 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.1 | 27.02.2026 22:56 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 1.8 | 14.01.2026 22:29 | 4.6 km | 73 km |
| 3.4 | 12.01.2026 13:00 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.1 | 08.01.2026 07:18 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 1.7 | 08.01.2026 02:42 | 6.5 km | 83 km |
| 3.8 | 16.12.2025 19:51 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.5 | 22.11.2025 00:30 | 15.4 km | 64 km |
| 3.3 | 07.11.2025 03:35 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 29.08.2025 22:35 | 7.1 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 29.08.2025 17:55 | 4.6 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 20.07.2025 12:20 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2025 03:34 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 3.4 | 16.05.2025 23:23 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2025 11:11 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.3 | 30.04.2025 08:32 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 19.04.2025 10:50 | 3 km | 93 km |
| 1.5 | 18.03.2025 01:58 | 6.6 km | 90 km |
| 3.9 | 08.03.2025 11:28 | 15.2 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 12.01.2025 05:23 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.3 | 28.11.2024 03:22 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2024 13:31 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 3.9 | 08.11.2024 19:53 | 24.5 km | 21 km |
| 3.8 | 04.11.2024 05:32 | 5 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 14.10.2024 05:03 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2024 05:57 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2024 06:20 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 3.5 | 27.09.2024 23:14 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.7 | 20.08.2024 14:27 | 14.8 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 15.08.2024 13:20 | 27.4 km | 79 km |
| 1.9 | 08.08.2024 00:20 | 7 km | 89 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2024 07:46 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2024 01:03 | 5 km | 5 km |
| 2.6 | 24.06.2024 07:55 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 4.1 | 22.06.2024 14:08 | 8.9 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 20.06.2024 17:37 | 18.5 km | 100 km |
| 3.2 | 16.06.2024 16:08 | 4.8 km | 98 km |
| 4.2 | 16.06.2024 15:49 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.3 | 16.06.2024 15:42 | 8 km | 94 km |
| 3.7 | 16.06.2024 13:16 | 7.8 km | 94 km |
| 3.2 | 10.06.2024 23:12 | 3.6 km | 60 km |
| 1.9 | 08.06.2024 00:20 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2024 04:06 | 10.4 km | 100 km |
| 3.6 | 04.06.2024 13:32 | 11.4 km | 45 km |
| 2.6 | 04.06.2024 07:04 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 4.9 | 03.06.2024 22:03 | 9.9 km | 92 km |
| 4.1 | 02.06.2024 02:48 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2024 02:10 | 14 km | 40 km |
| 3.4 | 25.05.2024 02:14 | 10.9 km | 45 km |
| 3.2 | 22.05.2024 06:55 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 05.05.2024 11:03 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 2.2 | 31.03.2024 18:51 | 13.7 km | 98 km |
| 2.5 | 31.03.2024 12:25 | 12.5 km | 102 km |
| 3.8 | 30.03.2024 14:31 | 5.2 km | 106 km |
| 3.7 | 30.03.2024 13:50 | 15.4 km | 105 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.