2.1
1,671
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
2.55
mean magnitude
960
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 04.12.1905 12:20 | 15 km | 205 km |
| 5.4 | 17.02.1993 07:22 | 42 km | 187 km |
| 5.3 | 20.11.1994 14:31 | 17.4 km | 177 km |
| 5.3 | 19.04.1938 23:11 | 30 km | 115 km |
| 5.3 | 02.12.1941 05:02 | 30 km | 118 km |
| 5.2 | 14.06.2012 05:52 | 11.3 km | 165 km |
| 5.2 | 10.08.1968 04:27 | 8 km | 198 km |
| 5.0 | 05.08.2012 20:37 | 15.2 km | 212 km |
| 5.0 | 06.02.2023 01:47 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 5.0 | 26.01.2021 11:17 | 4.4 km | 40 km |
| 4.9 | 02.11.1935 18:18 | 30 km | 143 km |
| 4.9 | 02.02.1991 09:09 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.1983 07:25 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.8 | 01.01.1982 19:30 | 6.1 km | 174 km |
| 4.7 | 02.02.1991 06:54 | 10 km | 179 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 02.08.2026 23:12 | 7 km | 171 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2026 19:03 | 6.8 km | 82 km |
| 2.8 | 20.07.2026 03:27 | 7 km | 78 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 05:00 | 19.8 km | 50 km |
| 2.1 | 13.07.2026 10:47 | 7 km | 61 km |
| 1.5 | 11.07.2026 09:27 | 6.6 km | 123 km |
| 1.1 | 11.07.2026 01:28 | 7 km | 68 km |
| 1.4 | 09.07.2026 09:21 | 6.9 km | 125 km |
| 2.0 | 02.07.2026 05:45 | 16 km | 64 km |
| 1.7 | 01.07.2026 14:21 | 4.4 km | 58 km |
| 2.0 | 01.07.2026 14:18 | 6.8 km | 56 km |
| 2.1 | 01.07.2026 14:16 | 11.7 km | 57 km |
| 2.1 | 01.07.2026 13:57 | 7.1 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 01.07.2026 13:05 | 18.4 km | 63 km |
| 2.1 | 28.06.2026 10:33 | 7.2 km | 90 km |
| 2.7 | 28.06.2026 06:23 | 10.1 km | 58 km |
| 2.2 | 28.06.2026 06:20 | 9.9 km | 58 km |
| 2.5 | 24.06.2026 16:24 | 7 km | 59 km |
| 1.6 | 19.06.2026 22:09 | 5.3 km | 103 km |
| 1.8 | 10.06.2026 14:38 | 7 km | 98 km |
| 3.0 | 08.06.2026 23:23 | 7 km | 53 km |
| 2.7 | 03.06.2026 08:53 | 7.1 km | 161 km |
| 1.7 | 21.05.2026 22:18 | 7 km | 84 km |
| 2.0 | 21.05.2026 01:51 | 5.1 km | 82 km |
| 1.9 | 19.05.2026 01:22 | 7 km | 68 km |
| 2.6 | 17.05.2026 14:10 | 6.2 km | 90 km |
| 3.4 | 11.05.2026 16:42 | 7 km | 86 km |
| 1.4 | 08.05.2026 09:13 | 14.6 km | 123 km |
| 1.3 | 04.05.2026 09:40 | 6.7 km | 125 km |
| 2.7 | 01.05.2026 11:53 | 7 km | 90 km |
| 2.6 | 29.04.2026 15:11 | 14.4 km | 22 km |
| 2.6 | 29.04.2026 02:07 | 7 km | 110 km |
| 3.0 | 27.04.2026 23:59 | 7 km | 127 km |
| 2.8 | 24.04.2026 14:33 | 5 km | 114 km |
| 1.6 | 10.04.2026 07:54 | 7 km | 172 km |
| 2.6 | 08.04.2026 21:24 | 7 km | 138 km |
| 2.1 | 31.03.2026 08:58 | 8.4 km | 119 km |
| 1.5 | 29.03.2026 00:15 | 7.8 km | 25 km |
| 1.6 | 28.03.2026 08:09 | 8.7 km | 122 km |
| 1.2 | 25.03.2026 09:25 | 7 km | 121 km |
| 1.0 | 25.03.2026 09:24 | 7 km | 121 km |
| 1.7 | 08.03.2026 01:46 | 6.8 km | 105 km |
| 1.1 | 03.03.2026 08:13 | 7.5 km | 101 km |
| 1.6 | 24.02.2026 21:50 | 5.1 km | 138 km |
| 1.7 | 20.02.2026 09:04 | 7.1 km | 125 km |
| 1.8 | 19.02.2026 07:49 | 7 km | 162 km |
| 2.1 | 18.02.2026 23:18 | 10.5 km | 106 km |
| 1.4 | 05.02.2026 19:02 | 6.6 km | 116 km |
| 2.0 | 27.01.2026 06:13 | 7.2 km | 74 km |
| 2.5 | 15.01.2026 12:34 | 15.9 km | 49 km |
| 1.1 | 15.01.2026 10:06 | 7 km | 121 km |
| 1.3 | 04.01.2026 21:08 | 7 km | 75 km |
| 2.4 | 11.12.2025 18:29 | 23.5 km | 124 km |
| 1.4 | 15.11.2025 09:23 | 7.1 km | 125 km |
| 1.4 | 05.11.2025 09:15 | 6.8 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 01.11.2025 01:41 | 21 km | 64 km |
| 1.6 | 31.10.2025 09:11 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 1.5 | 28.10.2025 20:11 | 7.1 km | 131 km |
| 2.2 | 19.10.2025 09:29 | 7 km | 59 km |
| 1.7 | 18.10.2025 00:00 | 10 km | 95 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.