4.6
358
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1901–2026
record span
5.04
mean magnitude
26
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 30.04.1939 02:55 | 15 km | 90 km |
| 7.7 | 10.10.1931 00:19 | 15 km | 179 km |
| 7.5 | 10.08.1988 04:38 | 33.4 km | 183 km |
| 7.5 | 07.02.1984 21:33 | 16.4 km | 121 km |
| 7.3 | 21.04.1977 04:24 | 24.9 km | 148 km |
| 7.3 | 15.06.1966 01:32 | 15.8 km | 182 km |
| 7.3 | 18.08.1968 18:38 | 536.6 km | 132 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.2003 08:43 | 40 km | 198 km |
| 7.2 | 20.04.1977 23:42 | 24.9 km | 117 km |
| 7.2 | 25.05.1901 00:32 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 7.2 | 09.12.1909 15:33 | 0 km | 184 km |
| 7.2 | 25.01.1926 00:36 | 15 km | 116 km |
| 7.2 | 14.10.1991 15:58 | 30.5 km | 152 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.1926 17:59 | 15 km | 57 km |
| 7.1 | 08.11.1950 02:18 | 15 km | 76 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 17.07.2026 06:55 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 5.6 | 16.05.2026 15:17 | 25 km | 123 km |
| 5.3 | 11.05.2026 09:48 | 13.6 km | 70 km |
| 5.8 | 14.02.2026 03:12 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.4 | 22.11.2025 16:19 | 9.5 km | 99 km |
| 4.5 | 03.10.2025 14:51 | 48.8 km | 31 km |
| 5.0 | 04.08.2025 03:54 | 79.6 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 09.06.2025 02:43 | 131.7 km | 19 km |
| 5.3 | 01.05.2025 06:04 | 33.1 km | 55 km |
| 4.5 | 27.01.2025 01:56 | 86.9 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2025 09:18 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 4.2 | 02.01.2025 06:00 | 8.6 km | 76 km |
| 4.2 | 29.11.2024 08:49 | 40.1 km | 59 km |
| 4.4 | 03.09.2024 21:17 | 132.4 km | 56 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2024 11:02 | 68.7 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2024 07:16 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 4.8 | 29.02.2024 12:16 | 16.1 km | 98 km |
| 4.4 | 12.02.2024 11:28 | 100 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 31.01.2024 03:29 | 112.4 km | 63 km |
| 4.6 | 15.01.2024 15:01 | 11.6 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 15.01.2024 15:01 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.5 | 02.11.2023 22:45 | 132 km | 11 km |
| 5.2 | 25.10.2023 14:37 | 26.1 km | 55 km |
| 3.6 | 12.10.2023 04:54 | 27 km | 65 km |
| 5.3 | 13.09.2023 11:36 | 40.7 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 16.08.2023 15:35 | 550 km | 70 km |
| 4.4 | 28.07.2023 16:01 | 69 km | 93 km |
| 4.2 | 26.05.2023 09:15 | 134.7 km | 66 km |
| 6.1 | 27.03.2023 22:19 | 92.3 km | 124 km |
| 4.2 | 04.01.2023 01:56 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.4 | 17.12.2022 16:13 | 103 km | 38 km |
| 5.0 | 12.12.2022 01:38 | 31.1 km | 75 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2022 08:50 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 5.0 | 22.11.2022 05:07 | 0 km | 68 km |
| 6.1 | 22.11.2022 02:37 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.4 | 22.11.2022 02:36 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 7.0 | 22.11.2022 02:03 | 16.3 km | 79 km |
| 4.3 | 09.11.2022 18:13 | 150 km | 91 km |
| 4.2 | 24.08.2022 01:23 | 134.9 km | 76 km |
| 4.5 | 14.06.2022 07:25 | 150 km | 9 km |
| 5.0 | 18.03.2022 05:19 | 30.8 km | 73 km |
| 4.4 | 06.12.2021 01:29 | 69 km | 78 km |
| 6.4 | 15.10.2021 02:44 | 35 km | 139 km |
| 4.3 | 24.08.2021 15:15 | 27 km | 89 km |
| 4.5 | 22.03.2021 02:12 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 5.1 | 04.03.2021 07:23 | 519.4 km | 86 km |
| 5.1 | 18.08.2020 18:36 | 29 km | 114 km |
| 4.3 | 22.06.2020 11:26 | 65 km | 89 km |
| 5.2 | 20.04.2020 19:59 | 92.7 km | 81 km |
| 4.3 | 04.01.2020 03:12 | 500 km | 61 km |
| 5.5 | 16.12.2019 16:46 | 84.4 km | 106 km |
| 5.0 | 28.07.2019 08:59 | 35 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 23.06.2019 16:29 | 112.9 km | 31 km |
| 4.2 | 05.06.2019 11:35 | 27 km | 90 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2019 09:14 | 27 km | 80 km |
| 4.5 | 10.04.2019 07:37 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 4.1 | 05.03.2019 11:05 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.6 | 27.01.2019 19:35 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 4.1 | 15.12.2018 22:43 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.4 | 05.10.2018 17:51 | 27 km | 83 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.