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Earthquakes in Çanakkale

28,909 earthquakes catalogued in and around Çanakkale between 1905 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.7
Latest earthquake · depth 7 km
04.08.2026 06:01 UTC · from centre 96 km
28,909
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
2.13
mean magnitude
20,562
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0259051811905: 3 (M5+)19051909: 1 (M5+)1912: 3 (M4–5)1912: 6 (M5+)1914: 1 (M4–5)19151916: 1 (M4–5)1917: 4 (M5+)1918: 2 (M4–5)1919: 1 (M5+)1920: 1 (M5+)1922: 2 (M5+)1924: 1 (M4–5)1924: 2 (M5+)1925: 1 (M4–5)19251928: 1 (M4–5)1931: 1 (M5+)1934: 1 (M4–5)1935: 1 (M4–5)1935: 3 (M5+)19351938: 1 (M5+)1939: 1 (M5+)1942: 2 (M5+)1944: 2 (M5+)19451947: 1 (M5+)1948: 1 (M4–5)1949: 1 (M5+)1950: 1 (M5+)1951: 2 (M5+)1952: 2 (M5+)1953: 6 (M4–5)1953: 7 (M5+)1954: 2 (M4–5)1954: 3 (M5+)1955: 1 (M5+)19551956: 1 (M4–5)1956: 2 (M5+)1957: 1 (M5+)1958: 1 (M5+)1959: 1 (M5+)1960: 1 (M4–5)1961: 1 (M5+)1962: 1 (M4–5)1963: 1 (M4–5)1963: 1 (M5+)1964: 1 (M4–5)1964: 3 (M5+)1965: 7 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M5+)19651966: 1 (M4–5)1967: 2 (M3–4)1967: 4 (M4–5)1967: 1 (M5+)1968: 3 (M3–4)1968: 25 (M4–5)1968: 4 (M5+)1969: 3 (M4–5)1969: 1 (M5+)1970: 1 (M3–4)1970: 2 (M4–5)1971: 13 (M3–4)1971: 3 (M4–5)1971: 1 (M5+)1972: 11 (M3–4)1972: 6 (M4–5)1972: 1 (M5+)1973: 12 (M3–4)1973: 1 (M4–5)1974: 15 (M3–4)1974: 5 (M4–5)1975: 37 (M3–4)1975: 16 (M4–5)1975: 4 (M5+)19751976: 58 (M3–4)1976: 2 (M4–5)1977: 28 (M3–4)1977: 4 (M4–5)1978: 40 (M3–4)1978: 4 (M4–5)1979: 40 (M3–4)1979: 1 (M4–5)1980: 41 (M3–4)1980: 2 (M4–5)1981: 39 (M3–4)1981: 6 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M5+)1982: 104 (M3–4)1982: 9 (M4–5)1983: 69 (M3–4)1983: 5 (M4–5)1983: 3 (M5+)1984: 61 (M3–4)1984: 7 (M4–5)1984: 1 (M5+)1985: 49 (M3–4)1985: 6 (M4–5)19851986: 36 (M3–4)1986: 2 (M4–5)1987: 29 (M3–4)1987: 1 (M4–5)1988: 2 (M<3)1988: 40 (M3–4)1988: 1 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M<3)1989: 57 (M3–4)1989: 3 (M4–5)1989: 1 (M5+)1990: 19 (M<3)1990: 83 (M3–4)1990: 2 (M4–5)1991: 28 (M<3)1991: 92 (M3–4)1991: 4 (M4–5)1992: 13 (M<3)1992: 76 (M3–4)1992: 2 (M4–5)1993: 80 (M<3)1993: 89 (M3–4)1994: 71 (M<3)1994: 92 (M3–4)1994: 6 (M4–5)1994: 1 (M5+)1995: 11 (M<3)1995: 48 (M3–4)1995: 5 (M4–5)19951996: 8 (M<3)1996: 79 (M3–4)1996: 3 (M4–5)1997: 5 (M<3)1997: 73 (M3–4)1997: 2 (M4–5)1998: 56 (M<3)1998: 48 (M3–4)1998: 3 (M4–5)1999: 82 (M<3)1999: 148 (M3–4)1999: 4 (M4–5)1999: 2 (M5+)2000: 31 (M<3)2000: 111 (M3–4)2000: 1 (M4–5)2001: 64 (M<3)2001: 88 (M3–4)2001: 2 (M4–5)2001: 1 (M5+)2002: 18 (M<3)2002: 58 (M3–4)2002: 2 (M4–5)2003: 51 (M<3)2003: 138 (M3–4)2003: 8 (M4–5)2003: 2 (M5+)2004: 102 (M<3)2004: 111 (M3–4)2004: 2 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)2005: 137 (M<3)2005: 87 (M3–4)2005: 5 (M4–5)20052006: 127 (M<3)2006: 97 (M3–4)2006: 2 (M4–5)2007: 266 (M<3)2007: 138 (M3–4)2007: 3 (M4–5)2008: 523 (M<3)2008: 218 (M3–4)2008: 6 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 547 (M<3)2009: 149 (M3–4)2009: 1 (M4–5)2010: 863 (M<3)2010: 123 (M3–4)2010: 5 (M4–5)2010: 1 (M5+)2011: 797 (M<3)2011: 95 (M3–4)2011: 1 (M4–5)2011: 1 (M5+)2012: 761 (M<3)2012: 100 (M3–4)2012: 6 (M4–5)2012: 1 (M5+)2013: 1,360 (M<3)2013: 265 (M3–4)2013: 12 (M4–5)2013: 2 (M5+)2014: 2,183 (M<3)2014: 136 (M3–4)2014: 16 (M4–5)2014: 2 (M5+)2015: 1,109 (M<3)2015: 29 (M3–4)2015: 6 (M4–5)20152016: 954 (M<3)2016: 33 (M3–4)2016: 1 (M4–5)2017: 4,954 (M<3)2017: 200 (M3–4)2017: 21 (M4–5)2017: 6 (M5+)2018: 1,092 (M<3)2018: 39 (M3–4)2018: 5 (M4–5)2019: 1,205 (M<3)2019: 58 (M3–4)2019: 5 (M4–5)2019: 2 (M5+)2020: 792 (M<3)2020: 21 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M4–5)2020: 3 (M5+)2021: 574 (M<3)2021: 17 (M3–4)2021: 1 (M4–5)2021: 1 (M5+)2022: 706 (M<3)2022: 13 (M3–4)2022: 4 (M4–5)2023: 1,866 (M<3)2023: 72 (M3–4)2023: 8 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M5+)2024: 1,267 (M<3)2024: 31 (M3–4)2024: 8 (M4–5)2025: 1,015 (M<3)2025: 23 (M3–4)2025: 1 (M4–5)2025: 5 (M5+)20252026: 664 (M<3)2026: 14 (M3–4)
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.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.609.08.1912 01:2915 km70 km
7.208.11.1905 22:0615 km170 km
7.219.02.1968 22:456.9 km165 km
7.218.03.1953 19:0610 km88 km
6.924.05.2014 09:258.2 km108 km
6.819.12.1981 14:1016.6 km143 km
6.806.10.1944 02:3415 km66 km
6.806.10.1964 14:3113.9 km138 km
6.713.09.1912 23:3115 km82 km
6.606.08.1983 15:4315.2 km155 km
6.604.03.1967 17:5812.3 km201 km
6.523.07.1949 15:0315 km154 km
6.518.11.1919 21:5410 km67 km
6.404.01.1935 14:4115 km96 km
6.412.06.2017 12:289.7 km137 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.704.08.2026 06:017 km96 km
1.403.08.2026 23:306 km104 km
2.203.08.2026 17:277 km96 km
1.703.08.2026 11:504.4 km104 km
1.003.08.2026 10:3917.2 km94 km
1.303.08.2026 07:335.2 km101 km
1.003.08.2026 03:517.1 km78 km
1.203.08.2026 03:166.1 km97 km
1.403.08.2026 00:267 km112 km
1.602.08.2026 21:197 km93 km
1.501.08.2026 11:457 km35 km
1.401.08.2026 05:007 km105 km
2.501.08.2026 04:4112.2 km81 km
1.601.08.2026 02:337 km90 km
1.931.07.2026 13:155.4 km97 km
1.830.07.2026 09:3919.5 km97 km
1.630.07.2026 02:387.3 km94 km
1.730.07.2026 02:357.1 km99 km
2.030.07.2026 01:127 km91 km
2.030.07.2026 00:447.1 km88 km
2.230.07.2026 00:225.1 km93 km
1.529.07.2026 23:2911.1 km97 km
1.329.07.2026 21:387 km96 km
1.729.07.2026 21:365.7 km88 km
2.529.07.2026 21:277 km95 km
1.829.07.2026 18:227 km96 km
2.029.07.2026 12:197 km105 km
1.229.07.2026 01:207 km103 km
1.828.07.2026 09:4911.3 km97 km
1.028.07.2026 09:493.7 km40 km
2.528.07.2026 08:1410.8 km94 km
1.828.07.2026 07:327.2 km92 km
1.028.07.2026 03:397 km74 km
1.128.07.2026 00:2112.9 km61 km
1.927.07.2026 23:4910.8 km101 km
1.327.07.2026 22:448.6 km113 km
1.827.07.2026 21:4913.1 km91 km
1.127.07.2026 20:166 km94 km
1.327.07.2026 19:317.3 km94 km
1.627.07.2026 19:2211.6 km92 km
2.127.07.2026 19:0913.8 km94 km
1.027.07.2026 17:497 km98 km
1.327.07.2026 11:297.1 km91 km
1.127.07.2026 09:097 km48 km
1.227.07.2026 07:4913.1 km95 km
1.027.07.2026 06:367 km40 km
2.127.07.2026 02:4010.4 km78 km
1.027.07.2026 02:217 km108 km
1.426.07.2026 20:3114.2 km115 km
1.826.07.2026 18:356.6 km93 km
0.826.07.2026 06:0415.1 km51 km
1.525.07.2026 17:3016 km51 km
1.525.07.2026 10:117 km91 km
2.425.07.2026 05:146.1 km48 km
1.525.07.2026 02:554.5 km69 km
2.424.07.2026 20:0910 km94 km
1.424.07.2026 11:427.1 km114 km
3.924.07.2026 11:0113.4 km113 km
1.724.07.2026 10:3311 km49 km
1.924.07.2026 08:1211.2 km113 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.