2.6
1,131
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1912–2026
record span
3.43
mean magnitude
1,006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | 31.10.1919 15:36 | 15 km | 369 km |
| 6.1 | 20.02.1912 13:03 | 15 km | 77 km |
| 6.0 | 20.02.1912 13:03 | 35 km | 221 km |
| 5.7 | 01.07.1976 11:24 | 11.9 km | 226 km |
| 5.7 | 14.05.1974 06:51 | 22 km | 271 km |
| 5.5 | 25.01.1989 10:14 | 3.8 km | 90 km |
| 5.5 | 07.04.1977 11:54 | 11 km | 198 km |
| 5.5 | 05.08.2014 10:22 | 7.8 km | 200 km |
| 5.4 | 12.12.2024 13:14 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 5.4 | 08.12.1976 08:38 | 4 km | 97 km |
| 5.3 | 05.10.1986 18:53 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 5.3 | 28.10.1986 15:04 | 8.2 km | 190 km |
| 5.2 | 30.09.1973 06:58 | 33 km | 234 km |
| 5.2 | 03.04.2017 03:08 | 5 km | 198 km |
| 5.2 | 19.12.1973 03:06 | 6 km | 224 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 15:05 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 07:40 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 2.7 | 26.07.2026 14:47 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 2.7 | 26.07.2026 11:25 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 11:54 | 10 km | 164 km |
| 2.4 | 23.07.2026 16:12 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 2.3 | 22.07.2026 12:55 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 2.2 | 20.07.2026 11:50 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 2.0 | 19.07.2026 15:36 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 2.1 | 19.07.2026 07:11 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 2.2 | 31.05.2026 18:42 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 2.7 | 29.05.2026 12:45 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 2.5 | 26.05.2026 15:20 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 2.4 | 21.05.2026 11:48 | 10 km | 237 km |
| 2.4 | 18.05.2026 14:20 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 2.0 | 11.05.2026 02:50 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2026 12:07 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.0 | 25.03.2026 11:34 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 4.0 | 08.02.2026 17:10 | 0 km | 197 km |
| 3.3 | 23.11.2025 09:48 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 3.0 | 11.11.2025 09:21 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2025 22:16 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 4.4 | 24.09.2025 17:15 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.4 | 15.09.2025 16:52 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 4.3 | 10.09.2025 02:21 | 5 km | 191 km |
| 3.2 | 07.09.2025 06:00 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 3.3 | 04.09.2025 17:53 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 4.2 | 27.08.2025 23:28 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2025 10:15 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 3.2 | 16.08.2025 05:17 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 3.0 | 12.08.2025 11:14 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 3.7 | 29.07.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 4.8 | 10.07.2025 11:48 | 10 km | 186 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2025 04:31 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 3.1 | 26.06.2025 04:21 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 3.0 | 06.06.2025 19:45 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 3.1 | 29.05.2025 12:07 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 3.1 | 29.05.2025 09:07 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 3.1 | 21.05.2025 15:38 | 10 km | 296 km |
| 4.8 | 17.04.2025 08:57 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.3 | 03.04.2025 13:14 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 3.0 | 26.03.2025 07:32 | 10 km | 219 km |
| 3.8 | 20.03.2025 16:15 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 3.0 | 03.02.2025 09:32 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 5.4 | 12.12.2024 13:14 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.0 | 21.10.2024 02:19 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2024 07:39 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 26.08.2024 06:35 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 3.3 | 25.08.2024 07:09 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 3.5 | 14.08.2024 15:43 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2024 05:14 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 3.3 | 21.06.2024 02:00 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2024 00:15 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 3.7 | 25.05.2024 03:59 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.4 | 22.05.2024 16:11 | 5 km | 255 km |
| 3.0 | 16.05.2024 23:17 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 4.4 | 15.05.2024 08:26 | 7.1 km | 197 km |
| 3.6 | 07.05.2024 11:12 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 3.0 | 07.05.2024 07:25 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.2 | 30.04.2024 15:47 | 10 km | 118 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.