1,072,940
recorded earthquakes
1,061,573
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
0 32062 64125 1900: 1 (M5+) 1900 1901: 6 (M5+) 1902: 1 (M5+) 1903: 6 (M5+) 1904: 9 (M5+) 1905: 7 (M5+) 1906: 11 (M5+) 1907: 7 (M5+) 1908: 2 (M5+) 1909: 4 (M5+) 1910: 6 (M5+) 1910 1911: 5 (M5+) 1912: 3 (M4–5) 1912: 59 (M5+) 1913: 6 (M5+) 1914: 8 (M5+) 1915: 3 (M5+) 1916: 6 (M5+) 1917: 18 (M5+) 1918: 5 (M5+) 1919: 6 (M5+) 1920: 7 (M5+) 1920 1921: 7 (M5+) 1922: 5 (M5+) 1923: 21 (M5+) 1924: 16 (M5+) 1925: 7 (M5+) 1926: 11 (M5+) 1927: 33 (M5+) 1928: 17 (M5+) 1929: 38 (M5+) 1930: 19 (M5+) 1930 1931: 28 (M5+) 1932: 18 (M5+) 1933: 40 (M5+) 1934: 20 (M5+) 1935: 9 (M5+) 1936: 25 (M5+) 1937: 17 (M5+) 1938: 23 (M5+) 1939: 19 (M5+) 1940: 30 (M5+) 1940 1941: 14 (M5+) 1942: 14 (M5+) 1943: 8 (M5+) 1944: 15 (M5+) 1945: 11 (M5+) 1946: 22 (M5+) 1947: 5 (M5+) 1948: 24 (M5+) 1949: 7 (M5+) 1950: 8 (M5+) 1950 1951: 22 (M5+) 1952: 68 (M5+) 1953: 46 (M5+) 1954: 2 (M4–5) 1954: 33 (M5+) 1955: 3 (M4–5) 1955: 36 (M5+) 1956: 4 (M4–5) 1956: 26 (M5+) 1957: 7 (M4–5) 1957: 110 (M5+) 1958: 10 (M4–5) 1958: 58 (M5+) 1959: 8 (M4–5) 1959: 37 (M5+) 1960: 4 (M4–5) 1960: 31 (M5+) 1960 1961: 8 (M4–5) 1961: 27 (M5+) 1962: 21 (M4–5) 1962: 33 (M5+) 1963: 29 (M4–5) 1963: 36 (M5+) 1964: 34 (M3–4) 1964: 907 (M4–5) 1964: 279 (M5+) 1965: 29 (M3–4) 1965: 1,254 (M4–5) 1965: 317 (M5+) 1966: 10 (M3–4) 1966: 419 (M4–5) 1966: 101 (M5+) 1967: 12 (M3–4) 1967: 408 (M4–5) 1967: 82 (M5+) 1968: 11 (M3–4) 1968: 472 (M4–5) 1968: 67 (M5+) 1969: 8 (M3–4) 1969: 704 (M4–5) 1969: 97 (M5+) 1970: 10 (M3–4) 1970: 486 (M4–5) 1970: 90 (M5+) 1970 1971: 1 (M3–4) 1971: 571 (M4–5) 1971: 127 (M5+) 1972: 1 (M3–4) 1972: 581 (M4–5) 1972: 88 (M5+) 1973: 5 (M<3) 1973: 145 (M3–4) 1973: 329 (M4–5) 1973: 99 (M5+) 1974: 7 (M<3) 1974: 131 (M3–4) 1974: 381 (M4–5) 1974: 74 (M5+) 1975: 12 (M<3) 1975: 85 (M3–4) 1975: 332 (M4–5) 1975: 79 (M5+) 1976: 4 (M<3) 1976: 69 (M3–4) 1976: 295 (M4–5) 1976: 70 (M5+) 1977: 5 (M<3) 1977: 78 (M3–4) 1977: 278 (M4–5) 1977: 64 (M5+) 1978: 5 (M<3) 1978: 106 (M3–4) 1978: 305 (M4–5) 1978: 55 (M5+) 1979: 17 (M<3) 1979: 266 (M3–4) 1979: 302 (M4–5) 1979: 54 (M5+) 1980: 10 (M<3) 1980: 127 (M3–4) 1980: 294 (M4–5) 1980: 60 (M5+) 1980 1981: 11 (M<3) 1981: 107 (M3–4) 1981: 328 (M4–5) 1981: 56 (M5+) 1982: 19 (M<3) 1982: 121 (M3–4) 1982: 279 (M4–5) 1982: 60 (M5+) 1983: 14 (M<3) 1983: 148 (M3–4) 1983: 324 (M4–5) 1983: 82 (M5+) 1984: 48 (M<3) 1984: 147 (M3–4) 1984: 293 (M4–5) 1984: 72 (M5+) 1985: 185 (M<3) 1985: 209 (M3–4) 1985: 380 (M4–5) 1985: 81 (M5+) 1986: 196 (M<3) 1986: 208 (M3–4) 1986: 618 (M4–5) 1986: 148 (M5+) 1987: 190 (M<3) 1987: 265 (M3–4) 1987: 463 (M4–5) 1987: 99 (M5+) 1988: 2,051 (M<3) 1988: 390 (M3–4) 1988: 395 (M4–5) 1988: 106 (M5+) 1989: 5,331 (M<3) 1989: 468 (M3–4) 1989: 459 (M4–5) 1989: 83 (M5+) 1990: 3,482 (M<3) 1990: 430 (M3–4) 1990: 346 (M4–5) 1990: 72 (M5+) 1990 1991: 5,255 (M<3) 1991: 488 (M3–4) 1991: 349 (M4–5) 1991: 66 (M5+) 1992: 4,841 (M<3) 1992: 526 (M3–4) 1992: 384 (M4–5) 1992: 90 (M5+) 1993: 4,183 (M<3) 1993: 570 (M3–4) 1993: 471 (M4–5) 1993: 72 (M5+) 1994: 4,269 (M<3) 1994: 533 (M3–4) 1994: 315 (M4–5) 1994: 58 (M5+) 1995: 5,444 (M<3) 1995: 590 (M3–4) 1995: 656 (M4–5) 1995: 68 (M5+) 1996: 4,323 (M<3) 1996: 996 (M3–4) 1996: 1,156 (M4–5) 1996: 134 (M5+) 1997: 5,075 (M<3) 1997: 805 (M3–4) 1997: 955 (M4–5) 1997: 108 (M5+) 1998: 4,935 (M<3) 1998: 888 (M3–4) 1998: 570 (M4–5) 1998: 63 (M5+) 1999: 5,437 (M<3) 1999: 821 (M3–4) 1999: 716 (M4–5) 1999: 86 (M5+) 2000: 4,696 (M<3) 2000: 693 (M3–4) 2000: 501 (M4–5) 2000: 73 (M5+) 2000 2001: 7,230 (M<3) 2001: 819 (M3–4) 2001: 588 (M4–5) 2001: 71 (M5+) 2002: 29,187 (M<3) 2002: 1,536 (M3–4) 2002: 725 (M4–5) 2002: 67 (M5+) 2003: 30,094 (M<3) 2003: 1,362 (M3–4) 2003: 781 (M4–5) 2003: 74 (M5+) 2004: 23,263 (M<3) 2004: 1,119 (M3–4) 2004: 551 (M4–5) 2004: 47 (M5+) 2005: 16,690 (M<3) 2005: 1,369 (M3–4) 2005: 674 (M4–5) 2005: 67 (M5+) 2006: 18,592 (M<3) 2006: 1,845 (M3–4) 2006: 851 (M4–5) 2006: 106 (M5+) 2007: 24,994 (M<3) 2007: 1,387 (M3–4) 2007: 630 (M4–5) 2007: 72 (M5+) 2008: 32,847 (M<3) 2008: 1,588 (M3–4) 2008: 644 (M4–5) 2008: 95 (M5+) 2009: 28,930 (M<3) 2009: 1,276 (M3–4) 2009: 496 (M4–5) 2009: 74 (M5+) 2010: 33,998 (M<3) 2010: 2,126 (M3–4) 2010: 612 (M4–5) 2010: 104 (M5+) 2010 2011: 28,902 (M<3) 2011: 1,531 (M3–4) 2011: 516 (M4–5) 2011: 84 (M5+) 2012: 26,443 (M<3) 2012: 1,344 (M3–4) 2012: 743 (M4–5) 2012: 82 (M5+) 2013: 26,609 (M<3) 2013: 1,346 (M3–4) 2013: 854 (M4–5) 2013: 143 (M5+) 2014: 38,718 (M<3) 2014: 1,587 (M3–4) 2014: 947 (M4–5) 2014: 129 (M5+) 2015: 33,150 (M<3) 2015: 1,454 (M3–4) 2015: 654 (M4–5) 2015: 89 (M5+) 2016: 35,853 (M<3) 2016: 1,533 (M3–4) 2016: 548 (M4–5) 2016: 67 (M5+) 2017: 40,620 (M<3) 2017: 1,998 (M3–4) 2017: 720 (M4–5) 2017: 107 (M5+) 2018: 56,461 (M<3) 2018: 5,022 (M3–4) 2018: 902 (M4–5) 2018: 104 (M5+) 2019: 52,087 (M<3) 2019: 1,991 (M3–4) 2019: 658 (M4–5) 2019: 81 (M5+) 2020: 50,697 (M<3) 2020: 3,049 (M3–4) 2020: 703 (M4–5) 2020: 108 (M5+) 2020 2021: 45,072 (M<3) 2021: 2,559 (M3–4) 2021: 708 (M4–5) 2021: 91 (M5+) 2022: 51,311 (M<3) 2022: 2,791 (M3–4) 2022: 837 (M4–5) 2022: 99 (M5+) 2023: 60,191 (M<3) 2023: 3,137 (M3–4) 2023: 721 (M4–5) 2023: 76 (M5+) 2024: 48,542 (M<3) 2024: 2,334 (M3–4) 2024: 596 (M4–5) 2024: 86 (M5+) 2025: 40,580 (M<3) 2025: 3,617 (M3–4) 2025: 2,963 (M4–5) 2025: 456 (M5+) 2026: 23,499 (M<3) 2026: 2,077 (M3–4) 2026: 592 (M4–5) 2026: 82 (M5+) 2026
M<3 M3–4 M4–5 M5+
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
9.2 28.03.1964 03:36 14.5 km 7895 km 9.0 04.11.1952 16:58 21.6 km 8575 km 8.9 29.07.2025 23:38 35 km 8567 km 8.7 29.07.2025 23:24 35 km 8602 km 8.7 04.02.1965 05:01 39.7 km 9596 km 8.6 09.03.1957 14:22 25 km 9465 km 8.6 01.04.1946 12:29 15 km 8761 km 8.5 03.02.1923 16:01 15 km 8591 km 8.3 24.05.2013 05:44 607 km 8211 km 8.3 30.07.2025 01:45 85.3 km 8480 km 8.3 10.11.1938 20:18 35 km 8497 km 8.3 17.08.1906 00:11 110 km 9562 km 8.3 02.06.1903 13:17 0 km 8367 km 8.2 29.07.2021 06:15 22 km 8485 km 8.2 04.11.1952 10:58 — 8536 km
Latest earthquakes
Magnitude all M3+ M4+ M5+ M6+ Depth all 0–10 km 10–35 km 35–70 km 70 km+ Year all 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900
Magnitude Date Depth Distance
1.5 04.08.2026 08:52 5 km 8304 km 0.8 04.08.2026 07:18 5 km 7667 km 1.4 04.08.2026 07:06 32.3 km 7845 km 1.5 04.08.2026 06:38 36.6 km 7925 km 1.2 04.08.2026 05:22 5 km 7768 km 1.4 04.08.2026 04:31 11.5 km 7954 km 1.7 04.08.2026 04:22 10.4 km 7555 km 1.4 04.08.2026 03:24 5 km 8042 km 2.0 04.08.2026 02:00 79.3 km 8126 km 2.8 04.08.2026 01:32 5.3 km 8438 km 3.0 03.08.2026 23:55 5 km 8783 km 3.2 03.08.2026 23:51 5 km 9462 km 1.9 03.08.2026 23:17 42.7 km 8066 km 2.5 03.08.2026 23:06 38.5 km 8984 km 4.0 03.08.2026 22:53 5 km 9458 km 2.4 03.08.2026 22:52 20 km 9596 km 3.5 03.08.2026 22:42 5 km 9458 km 2.8 03.08.2026 22:26 38.2 km 8117 km 2.0 03.08.2026 22:14 37 km 9543 km 0.4 03.08.2026 22:02 12.3 km 9632 km 0.9 03.08.2026 21:41 8.9 km 9633 km 3.3 03.08.2026 20:32 33.8 km 8581 km 3.2 03.08.2026 20:19 3.6 km 9460 km 1.6 03.08.2026 20:14 5 km 7824 km 3.8 03.08.2026 19:09 5 km 9459 km 1.7 03.08.2026 18:54 39.6 km 8038 km 2.2 03.08.2026 18:48 76.9 km 8143 km 2.3 03.08.2026 18:28 18 km 9496 km 3.3 03.08.2026 18:17 22.6 km 9119 km 1.6 03.08.2026 18:12 20.2 km 7901 km 2.4 03.08.2026 18:09 15.6 km 8828 km 2.0 03.08.2026 17:45 56.5 km 8093 km 2.3 03.08.2026 17:43 4.2 km 8758 km 1.5 03.08.2026 17:30 85.5 km 8259 km 1.6 03.08.2026 17:14 12.1 km 8027 km 3.5 03.08.2026 16:57 5 km 9462 km 1.9 03.08.2026 16:41 143 km 8037 km 3.4 03.08.2026 16:36 0.9 km 9462 km 1.7 03.08.2026 16:32 58.9 km 8130 km 1.7 03.08.2026 16:14 109.1 km 8187 km 3.0 03.08.2026 16:07 5 km 8572 km 2.3 03.08.2026 15:09 5 km 8107 km 0.7 03.08.2026 14:58 5 km 8302 km 4.0 03.08.2026 14:56 0.2 km 9461 km 1.6 03.08.2026 14:53 89.4 km 8138 km 3.2 03.08.2026 14:27 8.1 km 7472 km 1.3 03.08.2026 13:54 1.3 km 7997 km 2.0 03.08.2026 13:15 11.9 km 7973 km 2.6 03.08.2026 12:40 5 km 8763 km 2.5 03.08.2026 12:35 20.2 km 8909 km 1.9 03.08.2026 12:34 4.4 km 8103 km 1.7 03.08.2026 12:17 74 km 8124 km 2.5 03.08.2026 12:07 5 km 7836 km 2.2 03.08.2026 10:50 77 km 8112 km 2.0 03.08.2026 10:48 5 km 8293 km 2.4 03.08.2026 10:19 81.1 km 8617 km 4.5 03.08.2026 10:17 50 km 8523 km 1.8 03.08.2026 10:07 9.8 km 7945 km 1.7 03.08.2026 10:07 61.5 km 8120 km 2.0 03.08.2026 09:20 0.1 km 8070 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.