1.2
1,749
recorded earthquakes
M5.8
largest
1917–2026
record span
1.32
mean magnitude
246
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 29.01.1917 08:22 | 15 km | 67 km |
| 5.6 | 01.01.1926 18:04 | 15 km | 49 km |
| 5.5 | 17.02.1960 15:32 | — | 22 km |
| 5.3 | 05.09.1925 07:43 | 15 km | 39 km |
| 5.3 | 19.05.1963 10:00 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 5.2 | 13.03.1998 15:14 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 5.1 | 29.05.1993 08:43 | 15.2 km | 48 km |
| 5.0 | 02.05.1959 06:36 | — | 73 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.1963 11:52 | — | 61 km |
| 4.8 | 23.06.1963 09:33 | — | 26 km |
| 4.3 | 31.08.1998 02:32 | 8 km | 3 km |
| 4.3 | 05.06.1982 17:54 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 4.3 | 03.12.2012 04:36 | 8.5 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 13.03.2014 17:31 | 5.7 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2004 14:55 | 6 km | 27 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 02.08.2026 22:35 | 12 km | 24 km |
| 1.3 | 14.07.2026 08:05 | 18 km | 15 km |
| 3.6 | 21.04.2026 05:58 | 1.2 km | 22 km |
| 2.0 | 04.04.2026 00:01 | 8.8 km | 15 km |
| 1.4 | 23.03.2026 12:27 | 13.2 km | 21 km |
| 1.7 | 12.03.2026 20:19 | 11.7 km | 21 km |
| 1.5 | 05.03.2026 01:46 | 11.3 km | 14 km |
| 1.8 | 25.02.2026 09:06 | 10.9 km | 8 km |
| 2.4 | 25.02.2026 00:34 | 9.8 km | 7 km |
| 1.1 | 11.01.2026 14:18 | 9.8 km | 26 km |
| 2.2 | 30.12.2025 13:39 | 11.4 km | 26 km |
| 1.2 | 30.11.2025 11:45 | 17.2 km | 15 km |
| 2.5 | 26.11.2025 22:47 | 12.7 km | 13 km |
| 1.3 | 26.11.2025 19:09 | 14.8 km | 15 km |
| 1.4 | 05.11.2025 05:30 | 12.5 km | 25 km |
| 1.1 | 23.09.2025 02:53 | 13.9 km | 5 km |
| 1.3 | 22.09.2025 01:53 | 14.4 km | 6 km |
| 1.8 | 05.09.2025 17:54 | 1.3 km | 22 km |
| 2.2 | 27.08.2025 08:19 | 5.9 km | 24 km |
| 1.6 | 18.08.2025 02:01 | 12.5 km | 21 km |
| 1.8 | 09.08.2025 02:49 | 2 km | 24 km |
| 1.1 | 15.05.2025 18:15 | 15 km | 14 km |
| 1.3 | 01.05.2025 05:39 | 12.3 km | 4 km |
| 1.1 | 16.04.2025 05:25 | 11.4 km | 18 km |
| 1.1 | 15.04.2025 14:49 | 0 km | 11 km |
| 1.2 | 04.04.2025 14:53 | 15 km | 5 km |
| 1.1 | 17.03.2025 03:36 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 1.6 | 05.03.2025 15:46 | 6.5 km | 20 km |
| 1.4 | 05.03.2025 11:53 | 7.2 km | 21 km |
| 1.2 | 14.02.2025 15:42 | 12.9 km | 19 km |
| 1.9 | 29.01.2025 17:09 | 7.7 km | 26 km |
| 1.8 | 25.01.2025 04:49 | 15.6 km | 21 km |
| 1.1 | 14.01.2025 23:20 | 4.1 km | 8 km |
| 2.2 | 12.01.2025 02:44 | 12 km | 23 km |
| 1.3 | 09.01.2025 00:45 | 10.5 km | 25 km |
| 1.4 | 06.01.2025 20:52 | 0.1 km | 25 km |
| 1.0 | 06.12.2024 13:49 | 17.7 km | 12 km |
| 2.2 | 30.10.2024 20:33 | 4.9 km | 7 km |
| 1.1 | 20.09.2024 10:47 | 10.3 km | 16 km |
| 1.2 | 03.09.2024 13:14 | 11.6 km | 22 km |
| 1.4 | 31.08.2024 16:05 | 17.2 km | 26 km |
| 1.7 | 06.08.2024 20:03 | 10.4 km | 26 km |
| 1.1 | 04.08.2024 21:09 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 1.2 | 02.08.2024 03:23 | 11.5 km | 7 km |
| 1.6 | 30.07.2024 23:21 | 11.8 km | 21 km |
| 1.2 | 25.07.2024 17:05 | 11.3 km | 24 km |
| 1.1 | 14.06.2024 13:45 | 6.2 km | 19 km |
| 1.0 | 13.06.2024 17:23 | 8.9 km | 15 km |
| 2.0 | 06.06.2024 11:15 | 16.5 km | 26 km |
| 2.0 | 06.06.2024 01:17 | 1 km | 16 km |
| 1.2 | 31.05.2024 18:43 | 4.7 km | 23 km |
| 1.1 | 22.05.2024 23:09 | 6.6 km | 18 km |
| 1.1 | 19.04.2024 22:42 | 5.6 km | 6 km |
| 1.7 | 17.04.2024 05:18 | 4.7 km | 23 km |
| 1.0 | 03.04.2024 10:14 | 9.4 km | 23 km |
| 1.2 | 31.03.2024 11:49 | 11.9 km | 25 km |
| 1.4 | 18.03.2024 20:36 | 12.5 km | 16 km |
| 1.6 | 18.03.2024 11:17 | 8 km | 20 km |
| 1.7 | 16.03.2024 02:05 | 13.9 km | 13 km |
| 1.2 | 24.02.2024 13:54 | 5 km | 27 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.