4.8
1,941
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.99
mean magnitude
1,058
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 25.08.1906 13:47 | 15 km | 646 km |
| 6.5 | 20.08.1989 11:16 | 19 km | 853 km |
| 6.4 | 21.08.1989 01:09 | 19.5 km | 882 km |
| 6.4 | 31.08.2001 16:05 | 15 km | 813 km |
| 6.3 | 27.09.1938 02:31 | 15 km | 880 km |
| 6.2 | 05.03.1992 08:55 | 9.8 km | 799 km |
| 6.2 | 05.04.1969 02:18 | 14.8 km | 927 km |
| 6.2 | 29.03.1969 09:15 | 15.9 km | 928 km |
| 6.1 | 19.07.2001 18:15 | 13 km | 806 km |
| 6.1 | 11.03.1961 08:41 | 15 km | 801 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 19:25 | 11.3 km | 887 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1989 11:46 | 27.3 km | 883 km |
| 6.1 | 21.08.1989 05:03 | 9.6 km | 877 km |
| 6.0 | 01.04.1973 07:12 | 9.7 km | 798 km |
| 6.0 | 23.10.1938 02:28 | 15 km | 833 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 25.07.2026 00:50 | 10 km | 812 km |
| 3.7 | 03.02.2026 23:09 | 10 km | 812 km |
| 3.1 | 14.10.2025 14:52 | 20.7 km | 777 km |
| 3.6 | 28.07.2025 05:30 | 0 km | 822 km |
| 4.3 | 04.05.2025 23:18 | 10 km | 779 km |
| 3.4 | 28.04.2025 23:01 | 0 km | 768 km |
| 3.6 | 28.04.2025 22:13 | 10 km | 761 km |
| 3.7 | 28.04.2025 21:59 | 0 km | 761 km |
| 3.7 | 26.04.2025 04:17 | 0 km | 758 km |
| 3.8 | 26.04.2025 03:49 | 10 km | 759 km |
| 3.7 | 24.02.2025 01:39 | 0 km | 737 km |
| 4.0 | 20.02.2025 10:59 | 0 km | 644 km |
| 4.7 | 29.12.2024 22:21 | 10 km | 839 km |
| 3.7 | 05.06.2024 06:43 | 3.5 km | 812 km |
| 3.8 | 10.02.2024 17:13 | 19 km | 810 km |
| 3.5 | 06.02.2024 23:47 | 14 km | 793 km |
| 3.7 | 06.02.2024 18:24 | 14 km | 795 km |
| 4.9 | 03.02.2024 21:26 | 10 km | 811 km |
| 3.8 | 03.02.2024 17:45 | 10 km | 806 km |
| 4.2 | 03.02.2024 15:43 | 10 km | 775 km |
| 5.2 | 25.01.2024 17:00 | 6.4 km | 805 km |
| 5.0 | 07.12.2023 14:49 | 10 km | 795 km |
| 4.0 | 06.12.2023 04:32 | 10 km | 792 km |
| 5.0 | 05.12.2023 22:51 | 7.5 km | 803 km |
| 5.4 | 05.12.2023 20:19 | 14 km | 817 km |
| 4.2 | 05.12.2023 18:59 | 10 km | 794 km |
| 3.8 | 05.12.2023 18:10 | 10 km | 783 km |
| 5.0 | 05.12.2023 11:44 | 10 km | 801 km |
| 5.5 | 05.12.2023 07:31 | 8.3 km | 809 km |
| 4.4 | 05.11.2023 22:59 | 6.2 km | 812 km |
| 4.4 | 02.11.2023 03:05 | 10 km | 771 km |
| 4.6 | 25.10.2023 22:51 | 10 km | 806 km |
| 4.4 | 29.09.2023 00:25 | 10 km | 814 km |
| 4.9 | 28.09.2023 05:53 | 19 km | 809 km |
| 4.9 | 28.09.2023 01:22 | 10 km | 809 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2023 11:44 | 10 km | 717 km |
| 4.1 | 17.06.2023 01:20 | 10 km | 802 km |
| 5.4 | 03.06.2023 13:58 | 9.2 km | 845 km |
| 5.5 | 03.06.2023 10:15 | 12 km | 832 km |
| 5.1 | 03.06.2023 06:23 | 2.7 km | 848 km |
| 3.8 | 12.05.2023 02:08 | 10 km | 748 km |
| 3.6 | 07.05.2023 02:51 | 10 km | 794 km |
| 3.6 | 02.02.2023 01:34 | 7 km | 813 km |
| 5.2 | 26.01.2023 13:05 | 4 km | 781 km |
| 4.5 | 18.01.2023 19:28 | 9.5 km | 777 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2023 19:28 | 14 km | 781 km |
| 4.3 | 18.01.2023 16:30 | 6 km | 810 km |
| 3.8 | 04.01.2023 05:40 | 6 km | 813 km |
| 3.6 | 02.01.2023 01:34 | 7 km | 813 km |
| 3.5 | 25.12.2022 11:12 | 4 km | 806 km |
| 3.5 | 11.12.2022 10:49 | 5 km | 806 km |
| 2.8 | 05.11.2022 01:54 | 15 km | 301 km |
| 4.9 | 11.07.2022 10:17 | 10 km | 784 km |
| 4.6 | 16.06.2022 00:35 | 0.1 km | 556 km |
| 5.3 | 15.06.2022 06:01 | 0 km | 835 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2022 01:11 | 15 km | 819 km |
| 4.2 | 08.03.2022 19:51 | 10 km | 725 km |
| 4.3 | 07.01.2022 18:02 | 15 km | 600 km |
| 4.4 | 27.10.2021 00:35 | 10 km | 786 km |
| 4.6 | 24.10.2021 14:26 | 10 km | 764 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.