1.2
882
recorded earthquakes
M5.8
largest
1917–2026
record span
1.17
mean magnitude
81
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 | 49 km |
| 5.5 | 17.02.1960 15:32 | — | 28 km |
| 5.3 | 19.05.1963 10:00 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 5.1 | 29.05.1993 08:43 | 15.2 km | 56 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.1963 11:52 | — | 35 km |
| 4.6 | 11.03.1984 11:55 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 4.4 | 20.06.1974 17:08 | 8 km | 36 km |
| 4.3 | 31.08.1998 02:32 | 8 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 01.11.2015 07:52 | 6 km | 36 km |
| 4.3 | 03.12.2012 04:36 | 8.5 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 20.06.1974 22:26 | 2.8 km | 24 km |
| 4.1 | 03.10.1996 22:41 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2004 14:55 | 6 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 16.06.2013 20:04 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 31.05.2003 05:59 | 10 km | 21 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 02.08.2026 22:35 | 12 km | 13 km |
| 1.7 | 28.07.2026 10:21 | 12.1 km | 4 km |
| 1.7 | 19.07.2026 10:36 | 17.1 km | 20 km |
| 3.6 | 21.04.2026 05:58 | 1.2 km | 13 km |
| 1.1 | 03.04.2026 23:15 | 8 km | 22 km |
| 1.7 | 12.03.2026 20:19 | 11.7 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 05.03.2026 01:46 | 11.3 km | 18 km |
| 1.2 | 17.02.2026 23:39 | 0 km | 13 km |
| 2.2 | 30.12.2025 13:39 | 11.4 km | 9 km |
| 1.3 | 13.11.2025 22:36 | 9.8 km | 15 km |
| 1.6 | 13.11.2025 12:18 | 9.1 km | 14 km |
| 1.3 | 17.10.2025 10:16 | 1.1 km | 15 km |
| 1.8 | 05.09.2025 17:54 | 1.3 km | 10 km |
| 1.3 | 20.08.2025 18:42 | 17.6 km | 12 km |
| 1.2 | 27.07.2025 15:22 | 11.3 km | 8 km |
| 1.4 | 09.07.2025 20:43 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 1.0 | 22.06.2025 11:41 | 9.2 km | 15 km |
| 1.1 | 15.05.2025 18:15 | 15 km | 21 km |
| 1.2 | 23.04.2025 09:10 | 11.1 km | 9 km |
| 1.1 | 16.04.2025 05:25 | 11.4 km | 15 km |
| 1.5 | 14.04.2025 18:00 | 10.9 km | 18 km |
| 1.1 | 17.03.2025 03:36 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 1.0 | 12.03.2025 12:04 | 23.2 km | 7 km |
| 1.6 | 05.03.2025 15:46 | 6.5 km | 12 km |
| 1.9 | 29.01.2025 17:09 | 7.7 km | 7 km |
| 2.8 | 16.09.2024 15:20 | 10.1 km | 7 km |
| 1.1 | 04.08.2024 21:09 | 0 km | 5 km |
| 1.2 | 27.07.2024 06:56 | 0 km | 2 km |
| 1.5 | 19.07.2024 02:50 | 7.7 km | 5 km |
| 1.1 | 14.06.2024 13:45 | 6.2 km | 13 km |
| 1.2 | 31.05.2024 18:43 | 4.7 km | 21 km |
| 1.1 | 26.04.2024 19:33 | 12.7 km | 10 km |
| 1.1 | 20.04.2024 22:49 | 11 km | 9 km |
| 1.7 | 17.04.2024 05:18 | 4.7 km | 9 km |
| 1.0 | 03.04.2024 10:14 | 9.4 km | 9 km |
| 1.3 | 28.03.2024 06:54 | 14.5 km | 19 km |
| 1.4 | 18.03.2024 20:36 | 12.5 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 05.03.2024 17:26 | 7.6 km | 21 km |
| 1.2 | 04.02.2024 03:42 | 1 km | 5 km |
| 1.3 | 03.02.2024 23:20 | 1 km | 5 km |
| 1.0 | 26.01.2024 19:02 | 9.6 km | 22 km |
| 1.5 | 24.01.2024 15:44 | 8.5 km | 18 km |
| 1.2 | 23.01.2024 23:26 | 5.2 km | 9 km |
| 1.0 | 10.01.2024 02:39 | 10.7 km | 8 km |
| 1.1 | 20.12.2023 08:05 | 3.8 km | 8 km |
| 1.4 | 15.12.2023 08:43 | 8.5 km | 9 km |
| 1.8 | 27.11.2023 13:02 | 18 km | 16 km |
| 1.1 | 26.09.2023 16:26 | 4 km | 22 km |
| 1.1 | 05.07.2023 14:43 | 11.4 km | 18 km |
| 1.1 | 17.05.2023 12:19 | 5 km | 6 km |
| 1.2 | 25.03.2023 20:21 | 19 km | 17 km |
| 1.7 | 02.02.2023 18:07 | 4 km | 11 km |
| 1.3 | 28.12.2022 00:50 | 6 km | 12 km |
| 2.3 | 22.12.2022 11:06 | 11 km | 12 km |
| 1.3 | 19.09.2022 08:00 | 5 km | 8 km |
| 1.1 | 15.09.2022 03:59 | 4 km | 5 km |
| 1.1 | 12.09.2022 06:04 | 6 km | 22 km |
| 1.4 | 01.09.2022 05:19 | 8 km | 16 km |
| 1.9 | 13.08.2022 19:42 | 4 km | 18 km |
| 1.5 | 08.06.2022 10:41 | 2 km | 9 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.