4.6
1,025
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.75
mean magnitude
416
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 | 54 km |
| 7.8 | 08.12.2016 17:38 | 47.6 km | 178 km |
| 7.8 | 03.10.1931 19:13 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 7.7 | 10.10.1931 00:19 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 7.5 | 10.08.1988 04:38 | 33.4 km | 104 km |
| 7.5 | 07.02.1984 21:33 | 16.4 km | 44 km |
| 7.5 | 15.12.1935 07:07 | 35 km | 159 km |
| 7.3 | 21.04.1977 04:24 | 24.9 km | 70 km |
| 7.3 | 15.06.1966 01:32 | 15.8 km | 105 km |
| 7.3 | 18.08.1968 18:38 | 536.6 km | 75 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.2003 08:43 | 40 km | 119 km |
| 7.2 | 20.04.1977 23:42 | 24.9 km | 42 km |
| 7.2 | 25.05.1901 00:32 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 7.2 | 14.10.1991 15:58 | 30.5 km | 211 km |
| 7.2 | 12.04.1926 08:32 | 15 km | 178 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 17.07.2026 06:55 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 3.7 | 28.06.2026 02:39 | 0 km | 85 km |
| 5.3 | 11.05.2026 09:48 | 13.6 km | 121 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 11:54 | 60.4 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 14.04.2026 03:57 | 10.3 km | 43 km |
| 3.9 | 02.04.2026 15:49 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 26.03.2026 01:52 | 35 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 24.03.2026 17:18 | 34.9 km | 89 km |
| 4.2 | 21.03.2026 02:15 | 35 km | 97 km |
| 5.8 | 14.02.2026 03:12 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 4.3 | 31.01.2026 03:26 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.3 | 31.01.2026 02:42 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.9 | 31.01.2026 02:34 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 4.8 | 30.01.2026 22:57 | 9.4 km | 89 km |
| 3.7 | 15.01.2026 03:41 | 51.3 km | 34 km |
| 4.5 | 25.10.2025 13:44 | 116.7 km | 57 km |
| 5.0 | 23.10.2025 05:20 | 71.4 km | 126 km |
| 4.5 | 03.10.2025 14:51 | 48.8 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2025 07:58 | 11.3 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 06.07.2025 11:00 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 06.07.2025 11:00 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 4.7 | 10.06.2025 21:34 | 35 km | 79 km |
| 3.2 | 25.05.2025 02:10 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 3.9 | 04.05.2025 11:50 | 34.9 km | 49 km |
| 3.4 | 03.05.2025 00:19 | 29.3 km | 56 km |
| 5.3 | 01.05.2025 06:04 | 33.1 km | 76 km |
| 3.4 | 31.03.2025 22:37 | 22 km | 50 km |
| 4.4 | 31.03.2025 10:54 | 23.9 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2025 03:48 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 5.0 | 26.03.2025 03:48 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 15.03.2025 17:53 | 15.8 km | 64 km |
| 5.1 | 04.03.2025 07:07 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 20.02.2025 21:05 | 0 km | 81 km |
| 5.3 | 09.02.2025 14:32 | 38.7 km | 111 km |
| 4.5 | 27.01.2025 01:56 | 86.9 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 23.09.2024 04:27 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 4.6 | 24.08.2024 16:31 | 9.7 km | 90 km |
| 4.1 | 27.05.2024 02:08 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.8 | 26.04.2024 16:25 | 35.9 km | 66 km |
| 4.5 | 21.04.2024 01:54 | 34 km | 39 km |
| 5.8 | 12.04.2024 15:59 | 24 km | 115 km |
| 4.2 | 20.02.2024 23:25 | 35 km | 105 km |
| 4.3 | 30.12.2023 19:54 | 32 km | 52 km |
| 4.5 | 02.11.2023 22:45 | 132 km | 71 km |
| 4.3 | 27.10.2023 02:26 | 32 km | 27 km |
| 5.2 | 25.10.2023 14:37 | 26.1 km | 106 km |
| 5.0 | 26.09.2023 01:34 | 37 km | 60 km |
| 5.0 | 18.09.2023 22:40 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.5 | 18.09.2023 09:11 | 22 km | 80 km |
| 5.3 | 13.09.2023 11:36 | 40.7 km | 41 km |
| 3.6 | 02.09.2023 06:56 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.9 | 02.09.2023 06:56 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 5.0 | 31.08.2023 19:33 | 18.7 km | 24 km |
| 5.0 | 01.08.2023 09:39 | 95.7 km | 133 km |
| 4.5 | 22.07.2023 11:37 | 32 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 19.06.2023 11:14 | 37 km | 32 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2023 08:57 | 26 km | 69 km |
| 5.7 | 28.05.2023 03:29 | 100.6 km | 132 km |
| 6.2 | 21.05.2023 15:45 | 82.8 km | 156 km |
| 4.6 | 01.05.2023 23:00 | 67 km | 102 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.