1.3
219
recorded earthquakes
M3.8
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.02
mean magnitude
192
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 21.10.1981 16:49 | 5.6 km | 124 km |
| 3.7 | 02.10.1994 11:27 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 08.11.2020 14:10 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 11.03.1976 08:29 | 0 km | 70 km |
| 3.4 | 16.10.1963 15:30 | 14 km | 113 km |
| 3.4 | 16.10.1907 00:10 | — | 101 km |
| 3.3 | 24.04.1903 12:30 | — | 92 km |
| 3.3 | 12.01.2015 11:36 | 5.4 km | 38 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.1994 14:36 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.3 | 16.06.2000 04:02 | 9.8 km | 91 km |
| 3.3 | 05.02.1908 08:20 | — | 143 km |
| 3.1 | 10.01.1999 10:52 | 2 km | 106 km |
| 3.1 | 20.12.1977 17:44 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 3.1 | 24.10.1980 17:27 | 0 km | 126 km |
| 3.1 | 22.03.1996 20:22 | 11.9 km | 57 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | 12.07.2026 09:15 | 6.8 km | 105 km |
| 1.2 | 26.06.2026 07:51 | 14.4 km | 74 km |
| 1.5 | 17.03.2026 18:30 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 1.9 | 15.03.2026 12:26 | 8.3 km | 89 km |
| 2.2 | 15.03.2026 12:21 | 7.1 km | 88 km |
| 1.8 | 22.01.2026 17:10 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 1.8 | 08.01.2026 02:11 | 9.5 km | 82 km |
| 1.9 | 07.01.2026 22:36 | 5 km | 90 km |
| 2.1 | 02.01.2026 06:45 | 8.5 km | 89 km |
| 1.7 | 25.11.2025 15:13 | 6.9 km | 109 km |
| 2.1 | 17.11.2025 08:19 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 1.3 | 28.10.2025 04:05 | 6.7 km | 56 km |
| 1.4 | 06.09.2025 23:28 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 1.9 | 05.09.2025 03:36 | 5 km | 74 km |
| 1.4 | 07.08.2025 04:31 | 5.1 km | 51 km |
| 0.9 | 30.07.2025 05:36 | 5 km | 53 km |
| 1.5 | 20.07.2025 09:50 | 4.7 km | 54 km |
| 1.6 | 25.05.2025 17:46 | 7.6 km | 128 km |
| 2.0 | 20.05.2025 18:30 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 1.8 | 19.05.2025 17:29 | 5 km | 96 km |
| 1.8 | 27.04.2025 16:27 | 7.9 km | 52 km |
| 2.1 | 22.04.2025 16:26 | 5.8 km | 53 km |
| 1.5 | 11.04.2025 14:12 | 5.5 km | 104 km |
| 1.6 | 26.03.2025 16:10 | 7.2 km | 90 km |
| 1.8 | 18.01.2025 22:13 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 2.2 | 21.11.2024 00:33 | 5 km | 85 km |
| 1.7 | 18.11.2024 18:04 | 5.9 km | 65 km |
| 1.4 | 03.11.2024 03:49 | 5.4 km | 70 km |
| 1.3 | 10.07.2024 13:37 | 7.3 km | 64 km |
| 1.3 | 12.06.2024 18:04 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 1.4 | 28.05.2024 00:25 | 5 km | 111 km |
| 1.5 | 18.05.2024 12:18 | 2.5 km | 112 km |
| 1.8 | 28.03.2024 12:20 | 5 km | 74 km |
| 1.6 | 28.03.2024 12:12 | 2 km | 78 km |
| 2.0 | 28.03.2024 12:03 | 5.3 km | 79 km |
| 1.7 | 06.03.2024 13:24 | 5 km | 85 km |
| 2.3 | 26.12.2023 18:24 | 9.6 km | 163 km |
| 2.1 | 05.11.2022 18:53 | 10.9 km | 154 km |
| 1.8 | 24.09.2022 17:54 | 5.3 km | 48 km |
| 1.6 | 12.06.2022 00:52 | 7.2 km | 60 km |
| 2.0 | 15.05.2022 06:40 | 1.9 km | 93 km |
| 2.2 | 15.05.2022 02:15 | 6.1 km | 92 km |
| 2.1 | 14.05.2022 08:42 | 5 km | 93 km |
| 1.9 | 19.03.2022 05:14 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 2.2 | 04.03.2022 22:50 | 2.5 km | 80 km |
| 2.0 | 01.01.2022 14:02 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 1.3 | 18.08.2021 19:19 | 5 km | 84 km |
| 1.2 | 04.08.2021 23:45 | 5 km | 84 km |
| 1.4 | 25.07.2021 04:41 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 1.9 | 05.03.2021 06:14 | 1.8 km | 94 km |
| 2.0 | 22.11.2020 05:48 | 5.1 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 08.11.2020 14:10 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 2.1 | 24.07.2020 01:06 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 1.6 | 21.07.2020 16:10 | 2.3 km | 89 km |
| 1.9 | 15.03.2020 16:16 | 5 km | 130 km |
| 1.9 | 02.01.2020 00:41 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 2.1 | 03.12.2019 22:29 | 5 km | 84 km |
| 1.8 | 01.12.2019 23:46 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 1.2 | 24.11.2019 07:52 | 3.6 km | 89 km |
| 1.8 | 24.11.2019 02:45 | 1.7 km | 90 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.