1.1
506
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1959–2026
record span
1.46
mean magnitude
22
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 | 06.05.1976 20:00 | 13.4 km | 87 km |
| 5.5 | 17.02.1960 15:32 | — | 33 km |
| 5.3 | 19.05.1963 10:00 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 5.2 | 12.07.2004 13:04 | 9.5 km | 62 km |
| 5.0 | 02.05.1959 06:36 | — | 25 km |
| 4.7 | 11.11.1990 22:16 | 22.3 km | 31 km |
| 4.6 | 16.07.1977 13:13 | 6 km | 11 km |
| 4.3 | 03.12.2012 04:36 | 8.5 km | 27 km |
| 4.3 | 14.01.2005 07:58 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 4.2 | 01.01.2007 14:59 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 14.01.2005 08:05 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2004 14:55 | 6 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2024 02:37 | 13.3 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 21.12.1973 08:17 | 11 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2013 13:35 | 10 km | 29 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 03.08.2026 02:23 | 12.6 km | 8 km |
| 1.6 | 22.07.2026 06:53 | 12.1 km | 17 km |
| 1.1 | 27.02.2026 21:57 | 7.4 km | 17 km |
| 1.5 | 31.12.2025 17:47 | 10.4 km | 14 km |
| 1.5 | 06.12.2025 02:51 | 9.6 km | 20 km |
| 2.1 | 04.12.2025 10:19 | 13.1 km | 18 km |
| 1.2 | 16.11.2025 09:59 | 16.2 km | 21 km |
| 2.7 | 11.09.2025 01:16 | 12 km | 18 km |
| 1.4 | 09.07.2025 02:55 | 0 km | 15 km |
| 1.1 | 05.07.2025 18:47 | 6.5 km | 17 km |
| 1.3 | 27.06.2025 02:40 | 7.4 km | 6 km |
| 1.0 | 01.05.2025 06:00 | 15.3 km | 1 km |
| 1.1 | 19.04.2025 05:25 | 16.3 km | 7 km |
| 2.9 | 24.03.2025 00:51 | 10 km | 9 km |
| 1.8 | 21.01.2025 17:38 | 18 km | 9 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2024 02:37 | 13.3 km | 18 km |
| 2.2 | 25.08.2024 13:07 | 15.3 km | 13 km |
| 1.1 | 20.06.2024 02:32 | 15.7 km | 11 km |
| 1.2 | 01.02.2024 20:55 | 8.5 km | 18 km |
| 1.2 | 02.12.2023 07:02 | 10 km | 4 km |
| 1.3 | 11.08.2023 06:12 | 1 km | 13 km |
| 2.0 | 08.08.2023 15:39 | 17.3 km | 12 km |
| 1.3 | 23.06.2023 10:33 | 4 km | 11 km |
| 1.0 | 20.03.2023 13:35 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 1.7 | 20.03.2023 12:07 | 11 km | 20 km |
| 2.3 | 27.02.2023 12:02 | 18 km | 8 km |
| 1.1 | 16.02.2023 15:32 | 19 km | 3 km |
| 1.0 | 02.02.2023 10:32 | 16 km | 15 km |
| 2.9 | 15.12.2022 07:19 | 20 km | 13 km |
| 1.5 | 08.12.2022 12:24 | 6 km | 16 km |
| 1.0 | 20.10.2022 09:24 | 1 km | 10 km |
| 1.5 | 26.08.2022 15:48 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 1.6 | 19.07.2022 11:37 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.2 | 05.04.2022 05:29 | 20 km | 17 km |
| 1.1 | 02.04.2022 07:43 | 18 km | 17 km |
| 2.9 | 28.11.2021 19:05 | 13 km | 12 km |
| 1.3 | 31.10.2021 20:47 | 11 km | 17 km |
| 1.1 | 09.10.2021 13:16 | 19 km | 18 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2021 13:10 | 13 km | 18 km |
| 1.2 | 24.09.2021 22:02 | 1 km | 19 km |
| 1.1 | 23.08.2021 19:41 | 18 km | 3 km |
| 1.0 | 21.08.2021 12:16 | 9 km | 14 km |
| 1.1 | 31.05.2021 03:06 | 18 km | 11 km |
| 1.5 | 09.05.2021 02:01 | 17 km | 14 km |
| 1.1 | 09.04.2021 04:57 | 22 km | 14 km |
| 1.8 | 05.01.2021 19:48 | 18 km | 9 km |
| 1.3 | 16.12.2020 23:05 | 17 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 15.12.2020 05:47 | 18 km | 20 km |
| 1.3 | 09.09.2020 03:55 | 18 km | 16 km |
| 2.0 | 08.04.2020 05:37 | 8 km | 8 km |
| 1.4 | 01.04.2020 19:57 | 16 km | 17 km |
| 1.5 | 26.08.2019 09:16 | 8 km | 13 km |
| 1.5 | 04.01.2019 23:43 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 2.1 | 17.10.2018 18:15 | 10 km | 8 km |
| 2.1 | 03.10.2017 01:50 | 4 km | 6 km |
| 2.0 | 01.01.2017 01:22 | 15 km | 17 km |
| 2.2 | 16.07.2015 12:12 | 17 km | 19 km |
| 2.0 | 27.03.2015 11:53 | 18 km | 18 km |
| 2.4 | 11.12.2014 09:31 | 2 km | 18 km |
| 2.1 | 25.05.2014 03:23 | 18 km | 5 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.