3.8
669
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.65
mean magnitude
88
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 | 158 km |
| 7.6 | 20.09.1999 17:47 | 25.4 km | 38 km |
| 7.5 | 01.09.1922 19:16 | 20 km | 161 km |
| 7.5 | 21.10.1951 21:34 | 25 km | 101 km |
| 7.4 | 24.11.1951 18:47 | 25 km | 109 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 125 km |
| 7.3 | 14.11.1986 21:20 | 25.2 km | 142 km |
| 7.3 | 11.01.1908 03:35 | 5 km | 101 km |
| 7.3 | 24.11.1951 18:50 | 30 km | 103 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1910 14:20 | 0 km | 164 km |
| 7.3 | 07.09.1938 04:03 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 7.2 | 22.10.1951 03:29 | 25 km | 97 km |
| 7.2 | 28.08.1916 07:27 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1968 10:50 | 14.2 km | 145 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1957 20:26 | 55 km | 121 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 15.07.2026 14:44 | 5.2 km | 23 km |
| 4.3 | 18.01.2026 23:48 | 11.1 km | 58 km |
| 6.0 | 24.12.2025 09:47 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 20.11.2025 19:43 | 19.1 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 23.10.2025 12:28 | 30.1 km | 39 km |
| 4.3 | 23.10.2025 06:35 | 25 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2025 19:20 | 25.4 km | 58 km |
| 5.8 | 21.07.2025 09:53 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2025 02:48 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 4.3 | 09.05.2025 21:27 | 20.4 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 24.04.2025 22:10 | 7.6 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2025 17:39 | 15.7 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2025 19:32 | 7.3 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 30.01.2025 06:49 | 8.9 km | 49 km |
| 4.3 | 30.01.2025 02:15 | 12 km | 49 km |
| 5.2 | 30.01.2025 02:11 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2025 18:06 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 5.3 | 25.01.2025 23:38 | 15.8 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 25.01.2025 13:00 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 5.2 | 25.01.2025 11:49 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.5 | 22.01.2025 00:14 | 13.1 km | 50 km |
| 4.3 | 21.01.2025 19:42 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 20.01.2025 19:29 | 13.4 km | 51 km |
| 5.1 | 20.01.2025 16:26 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 6.1 | 20.01.2025 16:17 | 16 km | 56 km |
| 4.6 | 29.12.2024 19:51 | 24.7 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 01.12.2024 00:57 | 13.9 km | 31 km |
| 4.1 | 25.11.2024 02:30 | 13.6 km | 27 km |
| 4.4 | 09.11.2024 11:42 | 5 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 27.10.2024 06:56 | 12.8 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 27.10.2024 06:28 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 16.09.2024 12:17 | 10.8 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2024 04:09 | 3.6 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2024 02:13 | 10.1 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 19.05.2024 20:35 | 16.8 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 13.05.2024 07:57 | 21.5 km | 56 km |
| 6.0 | 22.04.2024 18:32 | 14.4 km | 118 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2024 18:26 | 13 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 16.04.2024 19:01 | 8.9 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 13.04.2024 18:39 | 24.9 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2024 18:45 | 8.1 km | 46 km |
| 4.7 | 12.04.2024 18:44 | 10.6 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 03.04.2024 06:28 | 16.4 km | 28 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 125 km |
| 4.2 | 02.04.2024 19:26 | 22.6 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2024 06:51 | 8.7 km | 41 km |
| 4.4 | 29.02.2024 05:26 | 15.7 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2024 10:10 | 18 km | 30 km |
| 4.6 | 20.11.2023 17:16 | 30.1 km | 45 km |
| 5.0 | 05.09.2023 09:30 | 14.9 km | 16 km |
| 4.0 | 16.08.2023 14:58 | 9.2 km | 16 km |
| 4.6 | 18.02.2023 15:49 | 18.6 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2022 14:42 | 14 km | 33 km |
| 6.0 | 18.09.2022 09:39 | 11.3 km | 104 km |
| 4.8 | 18.09.2022 06:45 | 9.7 km | 54 km |
| 7.0 | 18.09.2022 06:44 | 10.8 km | 109 km |
| 6.6 | 17.09.2022 13:41 | 11.3 km | 112 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2022 19:47 | 14 km | 33 km |
| 6.6 | 22.03.2022 17:41 | 32.3 km | 130 km |
| 4.7 | 19.03.2022 15:23 | 17.9 km | 26 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.