1.7
784
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1904–2026
record span
2.19
mean magnitude
592
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | 01.03.1925 02:19 | 15 km | 257 km |
| 5.7 | 21.03.1904 06:04 | — | 147 km |
| 5.6 | 19.10.1939 11:53 | 40 km | 286 km |
| 5.6 | 20.12.1940 07:27 | 35 km | 261 km |
| 5.6 | 24.12.1940 13:43 | 35 km | 243 km |
| 5.5 | 09.01.1982 12:53 | 7 km | 269 km |
| 5.0 | 31.03.1982 21:02 | 11 km | 275 km |
| 5.0 | 11.01.1982 21:41 | 9.3 km | 269 km |
| 4.8 | 15.06.1973 01:09 | 6.9 km | 170 km |
| 4.7 | 16.06.1982 11:43 | 5 km | 242 km |
| 4.6 | 19.08.1979 22:49 | 15 km | 274 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.1947 19:58 | — | 23 km |
| 4.5 | 15.07.1905 10:10 | — | 141 km |
| 4.4 | 26.04.1957 11:40 | 5 km | 216 km |
| 4.4 | 11.03.1989 08:31 | 18 km | 279 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 20.07.2026 11:35 | 5 km | 143 km |
| 1.5 | 13.07.2026 23:03 | 7.6 km | 46 km |
| 1.7 | 05.07.2026 01:40 | 15.2 km | 261 km |
| 1.7 | 04.07.2026 09:01 | 10.1 km | 126 km |
| 2.3 | 17.06.2026 11:25 | 25.3 km | 230 km |
| 1.6 | 13.06.2026 05:17 | 12.4 km | 142 km |
| 2.0 | 10.06.2026 14:27 | 5 km | 245 km |
| 2.5 | 02.06.2026 06:33 | 21.4 km | 266 km |
| 1.8 | 12.05.2026 18:42 | 9.6 km | 162 km |
| 1.7 | 08.05.2026 23:26 | 10.6 km | 258 km |
| 1.3 | 02.05.2026 08:30 | 9.1 km | 106 km |
| 1.6 | 14.04.2026 02:11 | 14.1 km | 264 km |
| 1.9 | 17.03.2026 00:24 | 17.7 km | 265 km |
| 1.8 | 11.03.2026 00:44 | 5 km | 230 km |
| 1.9 | 04.03.2026 18:59 | 12.8 km | 185 km |
| 1.6 | 28.02.2026 15:54 | 19.4 km | 263 km |
| 1.3 | 27.02.2026 07:46 | 8.6 km | 162 km |
| 2.7 | 24.02.2026 23:32 | 23.9 km | 254 km |
| 2.3 | 16.02.2026 23:55 | 5 km | 162 km |
| 1.6 | 18.01.2026 18:00 | 8.1 km | 248 km |
| 1.8 | 10.01.2026 10:12 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 1.5 | 07.01.2026 11:08 | 5 km | 117 km |
| 1.8 | 04.01.2026 17:24 | 13.1 km | 269 km |
| 1.8 | 19.12.2025 13:48 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 1.8 | 14.12.2025 22:11 | 9.3 km | 188 km |
| 1.7 | 13.12.2025 03:16 | 7.1 km | 92 km |
| 1.3 | 27.11.2025 05:38 | 6.2 km | 195 km |
| 1.4 | 27.11.2025 05:36 | 6.2 km | 193 km |
| 2.0 | 22.11.2025 04:59 | 17.6 km | 268 km |
| 2.0 | 19.11.2025 15:31 | 7.9 km | 13 km |
| 2.1 | 17.11.2025 08:19 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 1.9 | 15.11.2025 05:32 | 21.9 km | 240 km |
| 1.9 | 11.11.2025 20:25 | 16.8 km | 265 km |
| 2.0 | 09.11.2025 07:52 | 9.5 km | 15 km |
| 1.9 | 31.10.2025 09:38 | 16.6 km | 263 km |
| 2.7 | 22.10.2025 11:35 | 32 km | 245 km |
| 2.0 | 19.10.2025 07:13 | 10.8 km | 166 km |
| 1.6 | 14.10.2025 21:06 | 20.6 km | 260 km |
| 1.7 | 14.10.2025 11:10 | 13.4 km | 275 km |
| 2.4 | 13.10.2025 06:17 | 13.8 km | 273 km |
| 1.6 | 13.10.2025 03:54 | 6 km | 157 km |
| 2.2 | 10.10.2025 13:02 | 13.5 km | 273 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2025 15:17 | 15.7 km | 256 km |
| 1.4 | 06.10.2025 02:10 | 5.5 km | 37 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2025 01:56 | 8.5 km | 38 km |
| 1.4 | 25.09.2025 03:45 | 17.8 km | 267 km |
| 1.9 | 22.09.2025 01:18 | 10.4 km | 217 km |
| 1.5 | 15.09.2025 00:08 | 9.4 km | 40 km |
| 1.8 | 28.08.2025 17:52 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 2.5 | 26.08.2025 07:49 | 10.1 km | 141 km |
| 1.4 | 08.08.2025 02:12 | 4.2 km | 86 km |
| 1.8 | 19.07.2025 12:41 | 4.4 km | 171 km |
| 1.3 | 03.07.2025 02:33 | 10.7 km | 87 km |
| 1.3 | 29.06.2025 03:10 | 13 km | 153 km |
| 1.2 | 25.06.2025 00:23 | 4.4 km | 116 km |
| 1.3 | 20.06.2025 03:31 | 9.4 km | 96 km |
| 1.6 | 13.06.2025 13:19 | 11.9 km | 268 km |
| 1.4 | 12.06.2025 04:34 | 5 km | 6 km |
| 1.8 | 30.05.2025 05:25 | 14.4 km | 270 km |
| 1.5 | 26.05.2025 08:58 | 9.7 km | 175 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.