2.1
464
recorded earthquakes
M5.2
largest
1938–2026
record span
1.54
mean magnitude
230
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 16.10.1938 02:19 | 35 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 30.08.1997 04:01 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2025 23:10 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.9 | 30.08.1997 04:12 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 17.08.2011 18:21 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.7 | 11.07.2006 14:28 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 3.5 | 18.03.2000 11:53 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.3 | 17.11.2006 12:21 | 0 km | 59 km |
| 3.3 | 19.08.1997 16:27 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2017 06:22 | 5 km | 44 km |
| 3.2 | 06.09.1990 06:44 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.1 | 17.04.1990 03:31 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 24.02.1986 23:49 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.1997 17:51 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 3.1 | 25.08.2017 07:56 | 10 km | 45 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 01.08.2026 03:55 | 8.3 km | 26 km |
| 1.5 | 09.07.2026 11:33 | 0 km | 36 km |
| 1.7 | 31.05.2026 21:58 | 0 km | 38 km |
| 1.6 | 03.05.2026 15:58 | 12.2 km | 36 km |
| 1.5 | 01.05.2026 18:16 | 12.7 km | 40 km |
| 1.7 | 16.04.2026 15:45 | 11.9 km | 24 km |
| 1.9 | 30.01.2026 12:02 | 0 km | 62 km |
| 2.0 | 30.01.2026 08:00 | 23.3 km | 32 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2025 23:10 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 1.5 | 06.11.2025 13:53 | 5.6 km | 32 km |
| 1.5 | 01.11.2025 01:14 | 10.2 km | 32 km |
| 1.5 | 24.10.2025 03:26 | 17.5 km | 56 km |
| 1.7 | 14.07.2025 02:53 | 11.8 km | 21 km |
| 1.6 | 11.07.2025 20:53 | 40.9 km | 32 km |
| 1.5 | 09.06.2025 10:42 | 21.1 km | 30 km |
| 1.7 | 04.06.2025 00:25 | 12.4 km | 24 km |
| 1.6 | 28.02.2025 21:34 | 2.4 km | 27 km |
| 1.6 | 19.02.2025 12:06 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 1.8 | 13.01.2025 23:18 | 8.5 km | 18 km |
| 2.3 | 06.01.2025 05:13 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 1.8 | 17.11.2024 10:33 | 7.7 km | 30 km |
| 2.3 | 26.10.2024 00:13 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 1.7 | 22.09.2024 21:56 | 5.8 km | 16 km |
| 1.8 | 13.09.2024 11:43 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 1.6 | 27.08.2024 22:32 | 11 km | 37 km |
| 2.0 | 22.08.2024 04:37 | 4.8 km | 29 km |
| 1.6 | 17.08.2024 03:27 | 13.8 km | 23 km |
| 1.9 | 03.08.2024 04:08 | 20 km | 23 km |
| 1.5 | 26.07.2024 23:50 | 9.3 km | 48 km |
| 1.6 | 13.07.2024 19:07 | 5.8 km | 39 km |
| 1.9 | 11.04.2024 01:20 | 2.3 km | 23 km |
| 1.6 | 19.03.2024 03:36 | 0 km | 38 km |
| 2.0 | 15.03.2024 15:44 | 1.5 km | 36 km |
| 1.6 | 07.02.2024 13:12 | 22.6 km | 55 km |
| 1.7 | 29.12.2023 22:53 | 10.4 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 29.09.2023 17:56 | 3.9 km | 33 km |
| 1.8 | 09.07.2023 08:52 | 1.5 km | 44 km |
| 1.8 | 09.07.2023 00:58 | 11.1 km | 33 km |
| 1.8 | 19.05.2023 22:17 | 14 km | 45 km |
| 1.7 | 11.05.2023 03:28 | 6 km | 54 km |
| 1.6 | 10.01.2023 12:24 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 1.5 | 28.05.2022 21:46 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 2.4 | 21.04.2022 22:03 | 4 km | 22 km |
| 2.0 | 20.04.2022 02:07 | 6 km | 23 km |
| 2.1 | 09.04.2022 14:15 | 23 km | 46 km |
| 1.5 | 07.02.2022 04:05 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 1.6 | 12.12.2021 03:37 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 1.9 | 30.10.2021 11:48 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 1.8 | 27.03.2021 02:22 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 2.2 | 03.03.2021 00:16 | 1 km | 39 km |
| 2.2 | 21.11.2020 23:24 | 12 km | 38 km |
| 2.4 | 20.11.2020 12:45 | 3 km | 37 km |
| 2.9 | 17.06.2020 13:34 | 15 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 22.03.2018 00:48 | 8 km | 28 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2017 06:22 | 5 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 25.08.2017 07:56 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 28.10.2016 15:56 | 11 km | 55 km |
| 2.6 | 09.11.2015 20:34 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 1.5 | 29.12.2011 01:24 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 1.6 | 29.12.2011 00:17 | 0 km | 53 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.