4.7
1,276
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1909–2026
record span
4.60
mean magnitude
271
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 | 05.06.1920 04:21 | 20 km | 149 km |
| 7.6 | 20.09.1999 17:47 | 25.4 km | 157 km |
| 7.5 | 21.10.1951 21:34 | 25 km | 168 km |
| 7.5 | 12.03.1966 16:31 | 40.3 km | 132 km |
| 7.5 | 01.09.1922 19:16 | 20 km | 75 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 128 km |
| 7.3 | 14.11.1986 21:20 | 25.2 km | 104 km |
| 7.3 | 14.04.1909 19:53 | 80 km | 175 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1910 14:20 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1963 08:50 | 30 km | 78 km |
| 7.3 | 07.09.1938 04:03 | 15 km | 132 km |
| 7.2 | 28.08.1916 07:27 | 5 km | 167 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1957 20:26 | 55 km | 114 km |
| 7.2 | 22.10.1951 03:29 | 25 km | 123 km |
| 7.2 | 05.01.1915 23:26 | 160 km | 137 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 12:36 | 90.4 km | 25 km |
| 3.7 | 29.06.2026 21:15 | 89.5 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 14.06.2026 03:15 | 35 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 08.05.2026 19:26 | 52.4 km | 63 km |
| 3.9 | 04.05.2026 06:59 | 131.4 km | 48 km |
| 4.3 | 04.05.2026 01:05 | 13 km | 48 km |
| 5.8 | 01.05.2026 12:39 | 93.6 km | 48 km |
| 4.2 | 25.04.2026 07:16 | 63.5 km | 24 km |
| 4.3 | 24.04.2026 14:56 | 64 km | 57 km |
| 4.4 | 13.04.2026 11:23 | 48 km | 62 km |
| 4.8 | 24.02.2026 04:37 | 59.9 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 16.02.2026 18:23 | 67.3 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 16.01.2026 03:09 | 13.7 km | 72 km |
| 4.7 | 12.01.2026 13:31 | 85.2 km | 52 km |
| 4.3 | 03.01.2026 19:52 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 27.12.2025 16:45 | 62.6 km | 61 km |
| 6.6 | 27.12.2025 15:05 | 65.6 km | 55 km |
| 4.3 | 02.12.2025 02:01 | 14.4 km | 68 km |
| 4.8 | 14.11.2025 23:56 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 13.11.2025 01:22 | 55.8 km | 22 km |
| 3.9 | 08.09.2025 13:01 | 0 km | 37 km |
| 5.3 | 27.08.2025 13:10 | 114.9 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 15.07.2025 11:22 | 78.6 km | 13 km |
| 4.3 | 07.07.2025 12:01 | 66.3 km | 48 km |
| 5.0 | 09.04.2025 01:53 | 69 km | 51 km |
| 4.5 | 08.03.2025 19:03 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 04.02.2025 08:19 | 70.8 km | 62 km |
| 4.1 | 06.01.2025 10:45 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 03.01.2025 05:52 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 5.0 | 21.09.2024 10:51 | 22.6 km | 82 km |
| 3.2 | 20.08.2024 12:49 | 92.8 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 15.08.2024 18:15 | 44.1 km | 52 km |
| 4.3 | 15.08.2024 09:33 | 10.9 km | 67 km |
| 5.4 | 15.08.2024 09:06 | 11.5 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 11.08.2024 03:45 | 79 km | 27 km |
| 4.3 | 07.08.2024 06:52 | 273.8 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2024 14:15 | 6.8 km | 51 km |
| 5.8 | 10.05.2024 07:45 | 12.2 km | 90 km |
| 5.5 | 26.04.2024 18:49 | 34.3 km | 86 km |
| 6.0 | 22.04.2024 18:32 | 14.4 km | 128 km |
| 5.0 | 07.04.2024 10:01 | 40.3 km | 100 km |
| 5.1 | 04.04.2024 14:30 | 13.7 km | 86 km |
| 5.1 | 03.04.2024 02:28 | 14.8 km | 87 km |
| 5.6 | 03.04.2024 00:46 | 13.3 km | 94 km |
| 6.0 | 03.04.2024 00:35 | 12.9 km | 90 km |
| 6.5 | 03.04.2024 00:11 | 16.2 km | 100 km |
| 5.2 | 03.04.2024 00:04 | 36.7 km | 92 km |
| 5.1 | 03.04.2024 00:02 | 33.3 km | 90 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 128 km |
| 4.1 | 17.03.2024 07:31 | 107.3 km | 43 km |
| 5.0 | 25.02.2024 13:48 | 12.8 km | 44 km |
| 4.4 | 25.02.2024 09:02 | 80 km | 33 km |
| 4.2 | 19.02.2024 23:48 | 6.3 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 24.08.2023 05:39 | 76.8 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 10.08.2023 02:02 | 97.8 km | 36 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2023 16:44 | 11.3 km | 56 km |
| 4.7 | 22.06.2023 18:45 | 59 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 25.04.2023 19:10 | 117.4 km | 63 km |
| 4.6 | 09.04.2023 05:19 | 60 km | 40 km |
| 4.2 | 13.03.2023 00:11 | 6.6 km | 43 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.