1.8
602
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1919–2026
record span
2.23
mean magnitude
344
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 26.11.1943 22:20 | 20 km | 125 km |
| 7.4 | 22.07.1967 16:56 | 24.5 km | 183 km |
| 7.2 | 01.02.1944 03:22 | 30 km | 108 km |
| 7.2 | 26.05.1957 06:33 | 25 km | 152 km |
| 7.2 | 12.11.1999 16:57 | 14.9 km | 138 km |
| 7.0 | 13.08.1951 18:33 | 25 km | 51 km |
| 6.4 | 03.09.1968 08:19 | 6.9 km | 32 km |
| 6.1 | 26.10.1945 13:56 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 6.1 | 09.06.1919 07:13 | 15 km | 61 km |
| 6.1 | 07.09.1953 03:58 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 6.0 | 12.11.1999 16:57 | 13.2 km | 140 km |
| 5.8 | 02.03.1945 10:39 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 5.7 | 10.02.1944 12:05 | 15 km | 48 km |
| 5.7 | 18.11.1936 15:50 | 15 km | 98 km |
| 5.6 | 21.09.1936 11:41 | 35 km | 78 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 25.07.2026 19:44 | 7 km | 10 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2026 09:40 | 6.9 km | 56 km |
| 0.9 | 16.07.2026 09:09 | 7 km | 53 km |
| 1.5 | 11.07.2026 15:27 | 7 km | 20 km |
| 0.8 | 10.06.2026 09:55 | 7 km | 48 km |
| 1.0 | 05.06.2026 01:56 | 7 km | 20 km |
| 1.2 | 13.05.2026 10:36 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 1.4 | 13.04.2026 09:08 | 7 km | 23 km |
| 1.2 | 13.04.2026 09:08 | 7 km | 23 km |
| 1.5 | 11.04.2026 03:13 | 6.9 km | 15 km |
| 1.3 | 03.04.2026 10:01 | 10.4 km | 46 km |
| 0.9 | 23.03.2026 09:20 | 7 km | 42 km |
| 0.9 | 16.01.2026 09:44 | 7 km | 39 km |
| 1.4 | 12.01.2026 03:32 | 6.9 km | 5 km |
| 1.2 | 02.12.2025 00:09 | 7.2 km | 15 km |
| 1.5 | 27.11.2025 02:04 | 7.1 km | 5 km |
| 1.8 | 19.11.2025 16:44 | 7 km | 15 km |
| 2.2 | 19.11.2025 16:44 | 7 km | 16 km |
| 1.0 | 15.10.2025 11:05 | 7 km | 52 km |
| 1.2 | 15.09.2025 17:26 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 1.3 | 06.09.2025 07:27 | 7.5 km | 47 km |
| 1.4 | 05.08.2025 00:26 | 7 km | 52 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2025 11:25 | 15.7 km | 21 km |
| 1.6 | 14.05.2025 11:06 | 7 km | 13 km |
| 1.6 | 10.05.2025 18:51 | 7 km | 22 km |
| 3.0 | 22.04.2025 21:37 | 13 km | 17 km |
| 2.0 | 13.04.2025 02:08 | 15.6 km | 29 km |
| 2.0 | 13.04.2025 01:07 | 11.3 km | 23 km |
| 1.8 | 12.04.2025 23:39 | 7 km | 11 km |
| 1.4 | 09.04.2025 05:36 | 8.8 km | 16 km |
| 1.0 | 04.04.2025 03:29 | 7 km | 15 km |
| 1.3 | 14.02.2025 11:56 | 7 km | 13 km |
| 1.1 | 13.02.2025 10:06 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 1.9 | 10.02.2025 07:09 | 10.8 km | 13 km |
| 1.6 | 21.12.2024 10:28 | 10.4 km | 49 km |
| 1.9 | 27.11.2024 21:40 | 11.2 km | 14 km |
| 2.3 | 27.11.2024 06:50 | 12.3 km | 16 km |
| 1.5 | 17.11.2024 01:24 | 5.1 km | 17 km |
| 1.1 | 01.11.2024 09:41 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 2.9 | 19.10.2024 11:24 | 10.8 km | 21 km |
| 2.2 | 10.10.2024 06:46 | 14.3 km | 7 km |
| 1.7 | 22.06.2024 14:21 | 11 km | 37 km |
| 1.7 | 26.05.2024 04:18 | 6.7 km | 37 km |
| 1.4 | 14.05.2024 13:23 | 7 km | 3 km |
| 2.1 | 12.04.2024 02:53 | 12.4 km | 14 km |
| 2.2 | 20.03.2024 12:24 | 22.6 km | 11 km |
| 1.1 | 09.02.2024 08:25 | 7.1 km | 15 km |
| 1.5 | 24.01.2024 04:34 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 1.4 | 07.01.2024 05:05 | 9.8 km | 53 km |
| 1.1 | 01.12.2023 20:23 | 7 km | 30 km |
| 2.0 | 31.10.2023 15:11 | 7 km | 32 km |
| 2.1 | 24.10.2023 12:05 | 4.1 km | 14 km |
| 1.2 | 22.10.2023 15:26 | 6.8 km | 17 km |
| 1.0 | 06.10.2023 13:53 | 7 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2023 00:47 | 12.8 km | 20 km |
| 3.9 | 08.09.2023 02:03 | 4.9 km | 24 km |
| 2.3 | 04.09.2023 01:13 | 7.1 km | 18 km |
| 1.6 | 14.08.2023 23:59 | 11.3 km | 37 km |
| 1.5 | 26.07.2023 16:40 | 7.2 km | 22 km |
| 0.9 | 27.06.2023 00:53 | 6.6 km | 46 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.