5.1
867
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.97
mean magnitude
203
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 | 233 km |
| 7.8 | 08.12.2016 17:38 | 47.6 km | 219 km |
| 7.8 | 03.10.1931 19:13 | 15 km | 258 km |
| 7.7 | 10.10.1931 00:19 | 15 km | 109 km |
| 7.5 | 10.08.1988 04:38 | 33.4 km | 190 km |
| 7.5 | 07.02.1984 21:33 | 16.4 km | 192 km |
| 7.5 | 15.12.1935 07:07 | 35 km | 167 km |
| 7.3 | 21.04.1977 04:24 | 24.9 km | 158 km |
| 7.3 | 15.06.1966 01:32 | 15.8 km | 147 km |
| 7.3 | 25.01.1937 06:34 | 15 km | 202 km |
| 7.3 | 18.08.1968 18:38 | 536.6 km | 240 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.2003 08:43 | 40 km | 199 km |
| 7.2 | 20.04.1977 23:42 | 24.9 km | 196 km |
| 7.2 | 25.05.1901 00:32 | 0 km | 223 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1910 09:26 | 50 km | 255 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 17.07.2026 13:27 | 66 km | 166 km |
| 4.3 | 26.05.2026 19:39 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.8 | 16.05.2026 15:52 | 34.9 km | 122 km |
| 5.6 | 16.05.2026 15:17 | 25 km | 110 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 11:54 | 60.4 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 25.04.2026 06:32 | 126.8 km | 112 km |
| 4.2 | 14.04.2026 03:57 | 10.3 km | 157 km |
| 3.9 | 02.04.2026 15:49 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 4.3 | 26.03.2026 01:52 | 35 km | 189 km |
| 3.1 | 24.03.2026 17:18 | 34.9 km | 91 km |
| 5.2 | 01.12.2025 20:05 | 104.8 km | 150 km |
| 3.8 | 17.11.2025 07:30 | 65.1 km | 105 km |
| 4.5 | 25.10.2025 13:44 | 116.7 km | 147 km |
| 5.0 | 23.10.2025 05:20 | 71.4 km | 168 km |
| 5.1 | 13.10.2025 09:10 | 108.1 km | 163 km |
| 4.7 | 10.06.2025 21:34 | 35 km | 175 km |
| 3.4 | 31.03.2025 22:37 | 22 km | 177 km |
| 5.0 | 27.03.2025 16:16 | 60.2 km | 148 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2025 03:48 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 5.0 | 26.03.2025 03:48 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 3.7 | 15.03.2025 17:53 | 15.8 km | 154 km |
| 5.1 | 04.03.2025 07:07 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.4 | 20.02.2025 21:05 | 0 km | 141 km |
| 5.3 | 09.02.2025 14:32 | 38.7 km | 160 km |
| 4.9 | 09.11.2024 19:08 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 3.7 | 09.11.2024 19:08 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 3.7 | 24.10.2024 16:42 | 0 km | 135 km |
| 4.4 | 20.10.2024 16:20 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.6 | 24.08.2024 16:31 | 9.7 km | 139 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2024 01:03 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 4.3 | 04.07.2024 02:11 | 74.9 km | 144 km |
| 4.4 | 08.06.2024 20:04 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.1 | 27.05.2024 02:08 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2024 11:02 | 68.7 km | 133 km |
| 4.8 | 26.04.2024 16:25 | 35.9 km | 181 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2024 18:48 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 5.8 | 12.04.2024 15:59 | 24 km | 157 km |
| 4.2 | 31.03.2024 23:14 | 85.6 km | 139 km |
| 4.0 | 11.01.2024 05:17 | 12.5 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 22.11.2023 22:19 | 35 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2023 17:59 | 50 km | 113 km |
| 3.9 | 07.11.2023 10:13 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.5 | 07.11.2023 07:51 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 5.5 | 07.11.2023 07:47 | 25.9 km | 107 km |
| 5.3 | 07.11.2023 07:30 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 4.9 | 07.11.2023 05:49 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 5.5 | 28.10.2023 05:31 | 77.1 km | 158 km |
| 5.0 | 18.09.2023 22:40 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 5.2 | 17.09.2023 11:53 | 85.1 km | 148 km |
| 5.2 | 12.09.2023 01:18 | 74 km | 151 km |
| 4.9 | 02.09.2023 06:56 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 5.0 | 31.08.2023 19:33 | 18.7 km | 187 km |
| 5.0 | 01.08.2023 09:39 | 95.7 km | 157 km |
| 4.4 | 28.07.2023 16:01 | 69 km | 126 km |
| 4.0 | 19.06.2023 11:14 | 37 km | 178 km |
| 5.7 | 28.05.2023 03:29 | 100.6 km | 151 km |
| 6.2 | 21.05.2023 15:45 | 82.8 km | 157 km |
| 5.0 | 04.05.2023 22:20 | 22.6 km | 158 km |
| 4.6 | 01.05.2023 23:00 | 67 km | 143 km |
| 4.2 | 30.04.2023 18:36 | 0 km | 132 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.