2.4
830
recorded earthquakes
M5.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
2.17
mean magnitude
713
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 04.05.1977 02:00 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 5.1 | 18.10.1916 22:04 | 14 km | 98 km |
| 4.8 | 18.01.1999 07:00 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 4.6 | 29.04.2003 08:59 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 4.5 | 24.10.1997 08:35 | 5.8 km | 179 km |
| 4.5 | 24.06.1975 11:11 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 4.4 | 07.05.1986 02:27 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 4.3 | 07.11.2004 11:20 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 4.3 | 12.12.1997 08:42 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 23.04.1957 09:23 | 5 km | 128 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.1984 11:54 | 14.9 km | 278 km |
| 4.0 | 05.05.1931 12:18 | — | 121 km |
| 3.9 | 08.12.2001 01:08 | 0 km | 237 km |
| 3.9 | 20.08.1989 00:03 | 6.7 km | 258 km |
| 3.8 | 20.11.2014 10:25 | 0 km | 127 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 11.07.2026 19:37 | 0 km | 135 km |
| 2.1 | 17.06.2026 00:18 | 0 km | 273 km |
| 2.5 | 27.04.2026 03:54 | 7.2 km | 236 km |
| 2.2 | 20.03.2026 05:40 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 2.1 | 16.03.2026 19:35 | 13.3 km | 298 km |
| 2.3 | 17.01.2026 02:59 | 14.8 km | 187 km |
| 2.4 | 17.01.2026 02:17 | 16.2 km | 188 km |
| 2.1 | 20.12.2025 06:53 | 4.2 km | 103 km |
| 1.4 | 07.12.2025 03:41 | 9.5 km | 264 km |
| 2.4 | 23.11.2025 11:37 | 5.5 km | 263 km |
| 1.5 | 13.11.2025 21:10 | 20.2 km | 275 km |
| 1.7 | 08.11.2025 18:47 | 4.8 km | 264 km |
| 2.3 | 31.10.2025 09:48 | 9.6 km | 106 km |
| 2.3 | 27.08.2025 18:13 | 9.7 km | 263 km |
| 2.0 | 12.08.2025 23:11 | 12.1 km | 279 km |
| 1.9 | 03.08.2025 12:24 | 14.2 km | 310 km |
| 2.1 | 29.06.2025 19:22 | 9.7 km | 311 km |
| 2.4 | 22.06.2025 00:10 | 2.8 km | 271 km |
| 2.4 | 22.04.2025 17:22 | 11.1 km | 309 km |
| 2.2 | 16.04.2025 04:15 | 15.9 km | 268 km |
| 2.1 | 29.03.2025 11:58 | 5 km | 255 km |
| 2.2 | 25.02.2025 19:43 | 10.8 km | 245 km |
| 2.6 | 25.02.2025 13:00 | 9.8 km | 245 km |
| 2.3 | 25.01.2025 00:01 | 16.3 km | 263 km |
| 1.8 | 16.01.2025 18:49 | 2.8 km | 309 km |
| 2.4 | 19.11.2024 04:00 | 1.8 km | 142 km |
| 2.0 | 27.10.2024 23:16 | 6.5 km | 310 km |
| 1.9 | 24.10.2024 05:05 | 11.9 km | 270 km |
| 1.8 | 23.10.2024 06:22 | 13.9 km | 281 km |
| 2.2 | 05.10.2024 01:07 | 9.3 km | 294 km |
| 2.5 | 03.09.2024 06:21 | 12.2 km | 296 km |
| 2.3 | 24.08.2024 05:35 | 4.5 km | 229 km |
| 2.1 | 23.08.2024 23:52 | 16.4 km | 279 km |
| 2.0 | 03.08.2024 03:15 | 11.6 km | 289 km |
| 2.2 | 03.06.2024 20:49 | 13.7 km | 288 km |
| 2.0 | 19.05.2024 08:18 | 9 km | 271 km |
| 2.2 | 18.05.2024 06:23 | 0.9 km | 171 km |
| 2.3 | 09.05.2024 04:25 | 9.3 km | 271 km |
| 2.1 | 21.04.2024 10:29 | 10.3 km | 277 km |
| 1.9 | 25.03.2024 10:35 | 13.3 km | 313 km |
| 2.2 | 24.03.2024 15:45 | 9.8 km | 280 km |
| 2.1 | 27.02.2024 18:40 | 8.2 km | 269 km |
| 2.3 | 15.02.2024 10:21 | 17.2 km | 267 km |
| 2.2 | 09.02.2024 04:30 | 3.6 km | 305 km |
| 2.5 | 23.12.2023 11:00 | 7.3 km | 269 km |
| 1.9 | 24.11.2023 09:36 | 5.3 km | 288 km |
| 1.9 | 27.10.2023 05:28 | 15.2 km | 305 km |
| 2.3 | 06.09.2023 11:00 | 7 km | 195 km |
| 2.3 | 06.08.2023 21:58 | 5 km | 286 km |
| 2.0 | 12.07.2023 20:11 | 15.9 km | 299 km |
| 2.0 | 05.05.2023 16:27 | 10.4 km | 237 km |
| 2.4 | 05.05.2023 16:24 | 9.9 km | 237 km |
| 1.5 | 24.02.2023 07:37 | 10.1 km | 249 km |
| 2.0 | 06.02.2023 13:24 | 18.8 km | 258 km |
| 2.5 | 24.12.2022 22:49 | 11.8 km | 286 km |
| 1.5 | 04.12.2022 10:57 | 10.4 km | 276 km |
| 2.0 | 04.12.2022 08:07 | 10.6 km | 276 km |
| 2.3 | 04.12.2022 06:42 | 11.3 km | 276 km |
| 2.2 | 04.12.2022 06:16 | 11.4 km | 276 km |
| 2.2 | 03.12.2022 10:59 | 15.1 km | 305 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.