3.4
467
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.82
mean magnitude
298
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 | 237 km |
| 6.3 | 21.10.1905 11:01 | 15 km | 242 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 272 km |
| 5.8 | 11.10.2008 09:06 | 19.8 km | 298 km |
| 5.7 | 02.03.1922 14:49 | 15 km | 194 km |
| 5.6 | 26.09.1969 06:59 | 0 km | 118 km |
| 5.6 | 21.10.1905 13:20 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 5.6 | 10.02.1929 17:20 | 35 km | 120 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.1981 05:22 | 21.1 km | 241 km |
| 5.4 | 10.05.1902 12:36 | 30 km | 270 km |
| 5.3 | 10.08.1912 01:17 | 15 km | 231 km |
| 5.3 | 25.09.1906 00:48 | 26 km | 176 km |
| 5.3 | 11.10.2008 09:22 | 19 km | 292 km |
| 5.3 | 09.11.1950 07:32 | 19 km | 288 km |
| 5.2 | 28.05.2013 00:09 | 9.2 km | 231 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 22.07.2026 12:39 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2026 04:43 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 3.9 | 16.07.2026 21:24 | 8.1 km | 133 km |
| 3.5 | 18.05.2026 12:13 | 20 km | 196 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2026 14:08 | 5 km | 150 km |
| 3.1 | 12.04.2026 14:05 | 5 km | 154 km |
| 3.4 | 22.03.2026 15:40 | 5 km | 91 km |
| 3.9 | 23.02.2026 08:28 | 113.1 km | 246 km |
| 3.3 | 09.01.2026 02:36 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 15.12.2025 17:57 | 35 km | 58 km |
| 3.3 | 07.11.2025 03:35 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 3.0 | 21.09.2025 21:48 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 3.8 | 14.09.2025 09:25 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.6 | 03.09.2025 22:32 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2025 03:41 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.1 | 29.06.2025 14:19 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2025 03:34 | 5 km | 179 km |
| 3.5 | 10.05.2025 16:56 | 5 km | 101 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2025 11:11 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 3.7 | 28.03.2025 20:04 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.5 | 20.03.2025 01:37 | 5 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 19.03.2025 11:37 | 5 km | 85 km |
| 3.0 | 11.03.2025 20:57 | 6 km | 193 km |
| 3.6 | 28.01.2025 19:58 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.5 | 13.01.2025 04:32 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.3 | 28.11.2024 03:22 | 5 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2024 12:43 | 13.8 km | 233 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2024 06:20 | 5 km | 192 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2024 06:59 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 3.8 | 27.08.2024 19:01 | 13.5 km | 128 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2024 14:50 | 15 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 15.08.2024 13:20 | 27.4 km | 139 km |
| 3.6 | 04.06.2024 13:32 | 11.4 km | 178 km |
| 3.4 | 24.05.2024 06:02 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 3.4 | 20.05.2024 10:19 | 15 km | 138 km |
| 4.0 | 10.05.2024 00:49 | 5 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 27.04.2024 07:07 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.4 | 19.04.2024 11:07 | 17.8 km | 206 km |
| 3.4 | 04.03.2024 15:39 | 5 km | 130 km |
| 4.3 | 28.01.2024 16:01 | 12.9 km | 230 km |
| 3.8 | 24.01.2024 13:38 | 14 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 08.01.2024 21:36 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 08.01.2024 21:22 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 3.3 | 04.01.2024 23:15 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 3.7 | 01.12.2023 17:29 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 18.11.2023 08:08 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2023 11:48 | 3.4 km | 127 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2023 08:01 | 18.5 km | 211 km |
| 4.3 | 11.07.2023 15:09 | 10.3 km | 131 km |
| 3.4 | 01.07.2023 12:47 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 3.5 | 23.06.2023 10:32 | 2 km | 165 km |
| 3.3 | 16.06.2023 07:20 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 3.8 | 15.06.2023 23:35 | 20 km | 116 km |
| 3.9 | 15.06.2023 14:41 | 20 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 15.06.2023 14:35 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.5 | 17.04.2023 18:56 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 3.2 | 17.04.2023 01:05 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 3.2 | 08.04.2023 07:40 | 5 km | 160 km |
| 3.5 | 01.04.2023 14:03 | 8.2 km | 94 km |
| 4.2 | 26.03.2023 03:07 | 10 km | 59 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.