5.2
182
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.73
mean magnitude
24
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 23.01.1910 18:49 | 100 km | 86 km |
| 6.6 | 22.04.1997 09:31 | 17.8 km | 25 km |
| 6.5 | 27.09.1928 00:44 | 35 km | 112 km |
| 6.1 | 04.12.1954 18:31 | 49 km | 87 km |
| 6.1 | 29.09.2006 13:08 | 52.5 km | 114 km |
| 6.0 | 02.04.1997 06:14 | 56.3 km | 45 km |
| 5.9 | 06.12.2016 21:42 | 32.2 km | 29 km |
| 5.7 | 22.04.1997 10:11 | 12 km | 43 km |
| 5.5 | 28.11.1985 00:14 | 67.4 km | 81 km |
| 5.5 | 04.05.1997 01:44 | 25.2 km | 42 km |
| 5.5 | 05.10.1984 10:30 | 49.3 km | 79 km |
| 5.4 | 08.04.1997 17:11 | 15.5 km | 23 km |
| 5.3 | 21.09.1991 19:01 | 74.7 km | 38 km |
| 5.3 | 29.01.2022 13:40 | 47.3 km | 50 km |
| 5.2 | 20.09.1982 16:26 | 1.9 km | 15 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 09:45 | 66 km | 4 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2026 16:04 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 5.3 | 29.01.2022 13:40 | 47.3 km | 50 km |
| 5.1 | 07.04.2020 03:26 | 34 km | 66 km |
| 4.3 | 28.03.2020 00:52 | 29.5 km | 20 km |
| 5.2 | 21.10.2018 16:35 | 24.4 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 06.11.2017 12:25 | 79.7 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 08.04.2017 19:19 | 41.4 km | 10 km |
| 4.3 | 25.03.2017 14:46 | 45.8 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 20.03.2017 19:01 | 35.5 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 10.03.2017 20:19 | 48 km | 22 km |
| 3.4 | 13.12.2016 04:17 | 50 km | 29 km |
| 4.7 | 13.12.2016 04:17 | 47.5 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 12.12.2016 05:26 | 41.9 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 11.12.2016 14:27 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 4.4 | 09.12.2016 17:34 | 54.2 km | 29 km |
| 3.7 | 07.12.2016 07:46 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 07.12.2016 04:24 | 40.6 km | 14 km |
| 3.3 | 07.12.2016 03:38 | 44.2 km | 14 km |
| 4.5 | 07.12.2016 03:38 | 50.4 km | 21 km |
| 4.2 | 06.12.2016 23:48 | 45.6 km | 16 km |
| 4.3 | 06.12.2016 22:12 | 37.3 km | 21 km |
| 3.9 | 06.12.2016 22:02 | 30 km | 22 km |
| 5.9 | 06.12.2016 21:42 | 32.2 km | 29 km |
| 4.7 | 15.07.2014 13:57 | 39.7 km | 48 km |
| 3.1 | 21.07.2008 10:49 | 44 km | 13 km |
| 2.6 | 21.05.2008 05:47 | 37 km | 32 km |
| 3.4 | 28.10.2007 02:53 | 24 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2007 03:39 | 11 km | 24 km |
| 2.7 | 29.04.2007 03:52 | 33 km | 20 km |
| 6.1 | 29.09.2006 13:08 | 52.5 km | 114 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2005 03:53 | 34 km | 26 km |
| 4.0 | 23.11.2002 10:39 | 62.3 km | 49 km |
| 2.5 | 28.08.2000 14:02 | 3 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2000 17:57 | 11 km | 35 km |
| 3.5 | 02.04.2000 20:07 | 50 km | 17 km |
| 4.2 | 26.10.1999 09:35 | 64.9 km | 43 km |
| 2.9 | 28.08.1999 22:42 | 22 km | 24 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.1999 09:31 | 44 km | 9 km |
| 3.2 | 24.06.1999 11:26 | 18 km | 27 km |
| 2.7 | 20.06.1999 03:42 | 20 km | 24 km |
| 4.1 | 18.06.1999 17:43 | 34 km | 34 km |
| 3.1 | 01.06.1999 11:31 | 33 km | 26 km |
| 2.2 | 20.05.1999 05:35 | 4 km | 10 km |
| 2.7 | 08.05.1999 06:00 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 3.6 | 24.01.1999 00:42 | 15 km | 9 km |
| 2.6 | 17.11.1998 05:57 | 18 km | 13 km |
| 3.2 | 02.11.1998 21:17 | 11 km | 30 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.1998 06:36 | 8.5 km | 16 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.1998 12:59 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 2.7 | 03.06.1998 04:10 | 27 km | 24 km |
| 2.8 | 11.01.1998 23:48 | 43 km | 17 km |
| 2.5 | 19.12.1997 19:42 | 33 km | 20 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.1997 07:54 | 23.4 km | 12 km |
| 2.7 | 20.09.1997 19:05 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 2.8 | 06.09.1997 06:00 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 3.9 | 04.09.1997 19:44 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.1997 12:31 | 5 km | 19 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.1997 04:33 | 55.7 km | 14 km |
| 3.7 | 10.07.1997 14:03 | 5 km | 8 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.