2.5
153
recorded earthquakes
M4.3
largest
1972–2026
record span
2.05
mean magnitude
135
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 11.06.1972 16:07 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 4.3 | 10.08.1974 12:49 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 29.09.1986 01:33 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 3.9 | 20.10.2025 17:06 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 3.8 | 04.08.2017 14:43 | 7.1 km | 97 km |
| 3.7 | 01.12.1985 17:18 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2008 04:28 | 12.5 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 23.01.2011 06:02 | 16.2 km | 100 km |
| 3.5 | 16.04.2026 19:46 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 16.09.2004 08:17 | 5.3 km | 66 km |
| 3.3 | 29.01.2024 19:30 | 7 km | 135 km |
| 3.2 | 19.01.2023 05:43 | 4 km | 152 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.1994 04:57 | 5 km | 70 km |
| 3.1 | 03.02.2019 05:22 | 9 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 30.01.1986 10:32 | 10 km | 73 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 03:09 | 5 km | 80 km |
| 2.6 | 20.05.2026 12:23 | 8 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 16.04.2026 19:46 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 2.3 | 15.04.2026 15:55 | 7 km | 119 km |
| 2.8 | 09.03.2026 19:25 | 3 km | 118 km |
| 3.9 | 20.10.2025 17:06 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 2.7 | 20.10.2025 16:29 | 2.6 km | 119 km |
| 2.8 | 01.02.2024 18:34 | 7 km | 117 km |
| 3.3 | 29.01.2024 19:30 | 7 km | 135 km |
| 2.3 | 29.01.2024 14:24 | 7 km | 104 km |
| 2.1 | 09.12.2023 15:18 | 7 km | 116 km |
| 2.1 | 07.02.2023 21:35 | 8 km | 86 km |
| 3.2 | 19.01.2023 05:43 | 4 km | 152 km |
| 2.1 | 21.12.2021 00:01 | 8 km | 128 km |
| 2.5 | 11.12.2021 17:37 | 7 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 11.12.2021 17:32 | 6 km | 32 km |
| 2.2 | 19.11.2021 21:29 | 8 km | 76 km |
| 2.1 | 02.07.2021 13:14 | 7 km | 121 km |
| 2.5 | 15.05.2021 15:02 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 2.0 | 01.04.2021 22:25 | 7 km | 153 km |
| 2.1 | 08.02.2021 05:42 | 8 km | 46 km |
| 2.2 | 06.06.2020 14:22 | 3 km | 143 km |
| 2.3 | 07.01.2020 10:36 | 6 km | 61 km |
| 2.1 | 17.11.2019 22:31 | 4 km | 139 km |
| 3.1 | 03.02.2019 05:22 | 9 km | 57 km |
| 2.2 | 03.01.2019 02:20 | 8 km | 128 km |
| 3.8 | 04.08.2017 14:43 | 7.1 km | 97 km |
| 2.3 | 23.07.2017 07:58 | 8 km | 40 km |
| 2.0 | 02.06.2017 20:08 | 8 km | 76 km |
| 2.2 | 02.04.2015 16:50 | 11 km | 97 km |
| 2.4 | 09.01.2015 01:03 | 8 km | 103 km |
| 2.4 | 31.08.2014 07:14 | 5 km | 132 km |
| 2.9 | 03.07.2014 18:36 | 8 km | 88 km |
| 2.9 | 18.05.2013 19:18 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 2.2 | 14.11.2011 00:33 | 5 km | 36 km |
| 1.8 | 31.10.2011 23:26 | 2.5 km | 125 km |
| 2.4 | 20.10.2011 16:51 | 15 km | 60 km |
| 1.9 | 08.09.2011 10:41 | 5.5 km | 119 km |
| 1.9 | 29.08.2011 10:08 | 7.1 km | 100 km |
| 0.7 | 22.08.2011 03:15 | 11.2 km | 96 km |
| 1.8 | 21.08.2011 18:24 | 17.1 km | 94 km |
| 0.8 | 21.08.2011 17:26 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 0.9 | 21.08.2011 11:16 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 1.4 | 21.08.2011 11:13 | 9.7 km | 94 km |
| 2.7 | 21.08.2011 08:37 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 1.7 | 30.07.2011 15:56 | 9.7 km | 72 km |
| 2.4 | 28.05.2011 08:59 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 1.5 | 28.05.2011 08:48 | 7.5 km | 23 km |
| 2.1 | 28.04.2011 21:26 | 14.8 km | 142 km |
| 2.0 | 14.04.2011 08:39 | 0 km | 59 km |
| 1.4 | 14.04.2011 04:11 | 7.4 km | 14 km |
| 2.1 | 13.04.2011 10:29 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 2.4 | 29.03.2011 11:13 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 1.0 | 24.02.2011 01:41 | 7.8 km | 23 km |
| 3.5 | 23.01.2011 06:02 | 16.2 km | 100 km |
| 1.8 | 18.01.2011 11:04 | 7.8 km | 25 km |
| 1.3 | 06.01.2011 03:46 | 6.5 km | 64 km |
| 2.2 | 18.12.2010 06:19 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 1.4 | 25.10.2010 23:09 | 8 km | 138 km |
| 0.6 | 17.10.2010 07:17 | 2.7 km | 60 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.