4.6
211
recorded earthquakes
M5.7
largest
1931–2026
record span
4.06
mean magnitude
164
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | 01.05.1931 09:47 | 15 km | 426 km |
| 5.7 | 13.03.1993 17:12 | 15.8 km | 315 km |
| 5.6 | 13.03.1967 19:22 | 23.3 km | 294 km |
| 5.3 | 17.05.1967 17:50 | 22.3 km | 296 km |
| 5.3 | 02.11.1996 13:50 | 10.2 km | 319 km |
| 5.3 | 12.03.1993 04:24 | 15.8 km | 307 km |
| 5.3 | 16.03.1993 11:59 | 12.2 km | 313 km |
| 5.2 | 23.12.2013 18:44 | 12.3 km | 285 km |
| 5.2 | 25.05.2001 22:18 | 25.9 km | 389 km |
| 5.2 | 23.03.1993 00:59 | 5.8 km | 303 km |
| 5.1 | 27.03.1967 19:53 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 5.1 | 08.03.2019 17:20 | 10 km | 352 km |
| 5.1 | 06.03.2019 19:54 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 5.1 | 16.03.1967 03:12 | 27.6 km | 291 km |
| 5.1 | 06.03.2019 21:24 | 28 km | 368 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 01:24 | 10 km | 315 km |
| 4.9 | 24.12.2025 03:00 | 0 km | 280 km |
| 4.7 | 24.12.2025 01:55 | 0 km | 363 km |
| 4.1 | 20.10.2025 22:13 | 10 km | 288 km |
| 4.0 | 20.10.2025 10:31 | 0 km | 431 km |
| 3.5 | 09.09.2025 23:47 | 0 km | 362 km |
| 3.7 | 09.09.2025 20:36 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 4.1 | 09.09.2025 19:50 | 10 km | 337 km |
| 3.5 | 09.09.2025 17:23 | 0 km | 382 km |
| 3.4 | 28.07.2024 02:40 | 10 km | 306 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2024 00:47 | 1.4 km | 261 km |
| 3.7 | 27.07.2024 00:29 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 4.8 | 26.07.2024 21:09 | 10.8 km | 275 km |
| 3.3 | 28.03.2024 06:35 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 3.8 | 28.11.2020 05:12 | 28 km | 351 km |
| 4.7 | 27.11.2020 22:41 | 10 km | 359 km |
| 3.3 | 21.04.2020 07:59 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 4.4 | 24.09.2019 21:19 | 28 km | 349 km |
| 4.0 | 10.03.2019 18:21 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 3.8 | 10.03.2019 12:32 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 5.1 | 08.03.2019 17:20 | 10 km | 352 km |
| 4.3 | 06.03.2019 21:33 | 10 km | 364 km |
| 5.1 | 06.03.2019 21:24 | 28 km | 368 km |
| 5.1 | 06.03.2019 19:54 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 4.1 | 06.03.2019 19:20 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 4.0 | 19.11.2018 01:10 | 18 km | 282 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2018 20:30 | 28 km | 356 km |
| 3.5 | 02.07.2018 00:52 | 10 km | 287 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2017 05:40 | 10 km | 354 km |
| 3.4 | 24.01.2017 22:42 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 4.0 | 14.11.2016 07:07 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 3.4 | 09.04.2016 00:26 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 3.7 | 05.03.2016 20:08 | 28 km | 338 km |
| 4.1 | 04.09.2015 19:44 | 18.2 km | 343 km |
| 3.6 | 24.08.2015 21:23 | 13 km | 309 km |
| 4.1 | 28.11.2014 01:31 | 18 km | 304 km |
| 3.5 | 26.10.2014 16:22 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 4.1 | 22.10.2014 06:09 | 0 km | 300 km |
| 3.8 | 23.12.2013 23:54 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 4.1 | 23.12.2013 19:01 | 13 km | 298 km |
| 5.2 | 23.12.2013 18:44 | 12.3 km | 285 km |
| 4.4 | 23.12.2013 18:41 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 4.0 | 23.12.2013 17:05 | 0 km | 303 km |
| 4.2 | 20.12.2013 16:28 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 3.5 | 16.05.2013 20:21 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 3.5 | 03.06.2012 14:10 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 4.2 | 03.06.2012 11:00 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 4.4 | 24.05.2012 23:05 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.4 | 24.05.2012 08:27 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 4.5 | 23.05.2012 16:08 | 10 km | 289 km |
| 3.8 | 04.02.2011 11:11 | 10 km | 313 km |
| 3.5 | 05.11.2010 01:12 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 5.0 | 09.08.2010 09:11 | 10 km | 289 km |
| 4.3 | 12.03.2010 17:44 | 10 km | 344 km |
| 4.0 | 12.03.2010 17:16 | 10 km | 355 km |
| 4.2 | 27.08.2009 20:22 | 10 km | 416 km |
| 4.1 | 13.05.2009 21:40 | 10 km | 397 km |
| 3.6 | 10.03.2009 06:59 | 10 km | 313 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2009 03:56 | 13 km | 305 km |
| 4.0 | 06.02.2009 03:27 | 13.7 km | 301 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.