2.0
155
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1911–2026
record span
2.82
mean magnitude
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 29.06.1919 15:06 | 15 km | 79 km |
| 6.0 | 17.05.1916 12:50 | 15 km | 37 km |
| 6.0 | 16.08.1916 07:06 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 6.0 | 30.10.1930 07:13 | 35 km | 87 km |
| 5.8 | 10.11.1918 15:11 | 15 km | 28 km |
| 5.7 | 26.04.1917 09:36 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 5.5 | 19.02.1911 07:18 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 5.5 | 02.01.1924 08:55 | 15 km | 14 km |
| 5.5 | 29.04.1929 18:36 | 15 km | 60 km |
| 5.4 | 15.08.1916 09:17 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 5.3 | 02.12.1917 17:39 | 15 km | 53 km |
| 5.3 | 05.03.1976 12:47 | 33 km | 32 km |
| 5.3 | 20.03.1911 15:47 | 15 km | 47 km |
| 5.2 | 13.06.1948 06:33 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 5.1 | 05.06.1935 11:48 | 15 km | 50 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 09.07.2026 07:48 | 38 km | 12 km |
| 2.1 | 23.03.2026 09:50 | 43.9 km | 12 km |
| 2.1 | 27.07.2023 04:20 | 37 km | 17 km |
| 2.1 | 20.05.2023 05:11 | 24 km | 15 km |
| 4.2 | 28.01.2023 05:32 | 6.2 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2023 10:45 | 17.9 km | 27 km |
| 2.4 | 08.07.2022 12:25 | 34 km | 18 km |
| 3.0 | 03.03.2021 08:02 | 43 km | 15 km |
| 2.0 | 21.10.2020 16:35 | 46 km | 9 km |
| 2.8 | 08.04.2020 21:11 | 47 km | 15 km |
| 3.1 | 26.01.2020 16:26 | 26 km | 14 km |
| 4.0 | 18.11.2018 12:48 | 37.6 km | 15 km |
| 2.1 | 14.05.2018 19:56 | 25 km | 12 km |
| 2.3 | 08.04.2018 09:28 | 43 km | 14 km |
| 2.5 | 20.03.2018 07:05 | 55 km | 16 km |
| 2.2 | 02.03.2018 05:58 | 10 km | 6 km |
| 2.1 | 25.02.2018 08:27 | 10 km | 5 km |
| 2.4 | 22.02.2018 09:03 | 12 km | 2 km |
| 2.5 | 04.02.2017 13:47 | 43 km | 5 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2016 10:20 | 16 km | 14 km |
| 2.5 | 21.11.2015 06:51 | 36 km | 14 km |
| 3.5 | 11.11.2015 18:13 | 38 km | 9 km |
| 2.2 | 03.08.2014 20:55 | 35 km | 16 km |
| 2.0 | 27.04.2013 23:08 | 18 km | 19 km |
| 2.3 | 26.04.2013 05:44 | 15 km | 15 km |
| 2.0 | 26.03.2013 10:48 | 1 km | 14 km |
| 2.1 | 25.03.2013 00:34 | 10 km | 5 km |
| 2.0 | 23.06.2012 02:02 | 10 km | 10 km |
| 2.2 | 31.10.2011 20:14 | 40 km | 7 km |
| 1.6 | 23.10.2011 23:23 | 19.5 km | 15 km |
| 1.9 | 13.10.2011 14:38 | 27.5 km | 5 km |
| 1.8 | 04.09.2011 08:19 | 18.8 km | 5 km |
| 2.0 | 29.08.2011 20:10 | 21.1 km | 11 km |
| 1.8 | 28.08.2011 17:55 | 20.1 km | 12 km |
| 1.8 | 07.07.2011 12:49 | 8.4 km | 13 km |
| 1.7 | 23.06.2011 06:00 | 18.3 km | 16 km |
| 2.7 | 23.06.2011 05:04 | 20 km | 17 km |
| 1.7 | 21.06.2011 17:06 | 18.8 km | 17 km |
| 1.5 | 21.06.2011 02:18 | 18.4 km | 16 km |
| 1.6 | 21.06.2011 02:17 | 18.2 km | 17 km |
| 3.4 | 21.06.2011 02:10 | 12 km | 18 km |
| 1.9 | 07.06.2011 06:02 | 51.8 km | 10 km |
| 1.7 | 05.06.2011 06:54 | 46.3 km | 18 km |
| 1.7 | 28.05.2011 14:26 | 25.5 km | 11 km |
| 1.7 | 28.05.2011 12:59 | 22.2 km | 4 km |
| 1.7 | 25.05.2011 10:48 | 8.1 km | 7 km |
| 1.9 | 08.05.2011 08:56 | 8.1 km | 17 km |
| 1.6 | 04.05.2011 20:25 | 40.3 km | 17 km |
| 1.9 | 29.04.2011 14:49 | 39.9 km | 18 km |
| 2.0 | 20.01.2011 05:11 | 47.5 km | 6 km |
| 2.0 | 10.01.2011 15:45 | 6.4 km | 15 km |
| 2.0 | 28.12.2010 22:43 | 36.3 km | 17 km |
| 2.4 | 23.10.2010 22:21 | 40 km | 11 km |
| 4.1 | 13.10.2010 22:43 | 35.2 km | 23 km |
| 2.0 | 29.09.2010 19:39 | 42.7 km | 15 km |
| 4.0 | 05.09.2010 07:07 | 24.8 km | 32 km |
| 2.0 | 05.06.2010 15:16 | 36.3 km | 13 km |
| 1.8 | 18.05.2010 09:31 | 10 km | 7 km |
| 2.1 | 14.05.2010 01:12 | 21.6 km | 8 km |
| 1.8 | 12.05.2010 17:12 | 40.3 km | 3 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.