4.7
230
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1909–2026
record span
5.17
mean magnitude
9
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 | 162 km |
| 7.6 | 20.09.1999 17:47 | 25.4 km | 162 km |
| 7.5 | 01.09.1922 19:16 | 20 km | 89 km |
| 7.5 | 12.03.1966 16:31 | 40.3 km | 146 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 140 km |
| 7.3 | 14.11.1986 21:20 | 25.2 km | 116 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1910 14:20 | 0 km | 129 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1963 08:50 | 30 km | 93 km |
| 7.3 | 07.09.1938 04:03 | 15 km | 143 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1957 20:26 | 55 km | 125 km |
| 7.2 | 22.10.1951 03:29 | 25 km | 132 km |
| 7.2 | 05.01.1915 23:26 | 160 km | 146 km |
| 7.1 | 21.11.1909 07:36 | 5 km | 64 km |
| 7.1 | 22.10.1951 05:43 | 20 km | 147 km |
| 7.1 | 14.09.1922 19:31 | 25 km | 130 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 12:36 | 90.4 km | 38 km |
| 5.8 | 01.05.2026 12:39 | 93.6 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 25.04.2026 07:16 | 63.5 km | 38 km |
| 6.6 | 27.12.2025 15:05 | 65.6 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 13.11.2025 01:22 | 55.8 km | 36 km |
| 5.3 | 27.08.2025 13:10 | 114.9 km | 46 km |
| 3.0 | 15.07.2025 11:22 | 78.6 km | 27 km |
| 5.0 | 09.04.2025 01:53 | 69 km | 65 km |
| 6.0 | 03.04.2024 00:35 | 12.9 km | 103 km |
| 6.5 | 03.04.2024 00:11 | 16.2 km | 112 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 140 km |
| 5.0 | 25.02.2024 13:48 | 12.8 km | 58 km |
| 4.4 | 03.03.2023 14:48 | 115.2 km | 41 km |
| 5.4 | 24.10.2021 05:12 | 67 km | 58 km |
| 6.2 | 24.10.2021 05:11 | 71 km | 66 km |
| 4.2 | 03.08.2021 00:05 | 106.1 km | 42 km |
| 6.2 | 10.12.2020 13:19 | 77.7 km | 62 km |
| 5.1 | 30.09.2020 04:37 | 110.9 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 26.07.2019 06:39 | 65.5 km | 46 km |
| 4.5 | 12.03.2019 20:19 | 143.7 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 09.02.2019 20:12 | 9 km | 10 km |
| 4.4 | 16.11.2018 02:01 | 82.4 km | 42 km |
| 6.4 | 06.02.2018 15:50 | 12.9 km | 110 km |
| 6.2 | 04.02.2018 13:56 | 14.9 km | 105 km |
| 4.6 | 17.01.2018 05:59 | 144.4 km | 11 km |
| 4.3 | 05.09.2016 02:02 | 80 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 20.06.2016 07:53 | 113.9 km | 39 km |
| 6.4 | 31.05.2016 05:23 | 255 km | 105 km |
| 5.1 | 13.05.2016 08:24 | 17.4 km | 65 km |
| 5.7 | 12.05.2016 04:29 | 11.7 km | 69 km |
| 5.8 | 12.05.2016 03:17 | 12.4 km | 66 km |
| 4.5 | 05.03.2016 18:11 | 72 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 29.02.2016 01:36 | 110.7 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 25.12.2015 21:10 | 12.9 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 03.12.2015 01:37 | 71.6 km | 45 km |
| 4.1 | 11.11.2015 21:31 | 139.6 km | 27 km |
| 5.3 | 19.10.2015 02:17 | 16 km | 57 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2015 07:36 | 84 km | 41 km |
| 4.6 | 11.03.2015 23:02 | 98 km | 36 km |
| 4.6 | 31.12.2014 03:06 | 69.8 km | 36 km |
| 6.1 | 10.12.2014 21:03 | 267.4 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 02.12.2014 10:30 | 76 km | 44 km |
| 5.2 | 19.11.2014 17:46 | 11.7 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 21.03.2014 06:25 | 100.8 km | 39 km |
| 4.3 | 11.02.2014 16:31 | 6.3 km | 6 km |
| 4.0 | 06.02.2014 17:48 | 77 km | 39 km |
| 2.9 | 02.01.2014 16:34 | 12 km | 4 km |
| 2.7 | 02.01.2014 11:46 | 12 km | 4 km |
| 3.2 | 02.01.2014 11:44 | 10 km | 4 km |
| 4.4 | 16.12.2013 09:47 | 112 km | 15 km |
| 4.4 | 11.10.2013 04:45 | 142.8 km | 14 km |
| 4.0 | 25.05.2013 06:08 | 66 km | 37 km |
| 4.5 | 08.04.2013 23:13 | 108 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 12.10.2012 22:38 | 87 km | 18 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2012 00:37 | 8 km | 24 km |
| 5.1 | 30.04.2011 08:35 | 75.3 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 30.09.2010 19:56 | 102.7 km | 39 km |
| 5.1 | 21.08.2010 18:48 | 15.5 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2010 19:27 | 100.1 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 12.07.2008 06:18 | 106 km | 40 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.