785,924
recorded earthquakes
760,155
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
0 28507 57014 1901: 2 (M5+) 1901 1902: 4 (M5+) 1905: 3 (M5+) 1906: 1 (M4–5) 1908: 1 (M5+) 1910: 6 (M5+) 1911 1912: 1 (M4–5) 1912: 1 (M5+) 1914: 1 (M4–5) 1914: 2 (M5+) 1915: 2 (M4–5) 1915: 5 (M5+) 1916: 8 (M5+) 1917: 1 (M4–5) 1917: 1 (M5+) 1919: 2 (M5+) 1921 1922: 3 (M5+) 1923: 1 (M5+) 1925: 1 (M4–5) 1925: 1 (M5+) 1926: 3 (M5+) 1927: 3 (M5+) 1928: 2 (M4–5) 1928: 1 (M5+) 1929: 2 (M4–5) 1929: 2 (M5+) 1930: 3 (M4–5) 1930: 1 (M5+) 1931 1932: 56 (M<3) 1932: 12 (M3–4) 1932: 14 (M4–5) 1932: 7 (M5+) 1933: 17 (M<3) 1933: 20 (M3–4) 1933: 17 (M4–5) 1933: 12 (M5+) 1934: 28 (M<3) 1934: 12 (M3–4) 1934: 23 (M4–5) 1934: 11 (M5+) 1935: 62 (M<3) 1935: 32 (M3–4) 1935: 4 (M4–5) 1936: 28 (M<3) 1936: 26 (M3–4) 1936: 9 (M4–5) 1936: 1 (M5+) 1937: 21 (M<3) 1937: 25 (M3–4) 1937: 6 (M4–5) 1937: 3 (M5+) 1938: 15 (M<3) 1938: 14 (M3–4) 1938: 8 (M4–5) 1938: 1 (M5+) 1939: 27 (M<3) 1939: 35 (M3–4) 1939: 10 (M4–5) 1939: 3 (M5+) 1940: 11 (M<3) 1940: 18 (M3–4) 1940: 7 (M4–5) 1940: 1 (M5+) 1941: 13 (M<3) 1941: 38 (M3–4) 1941: 8 (M4–5) 1941: 7 (M5+) 1941 1942: 22 (M<3) 1942: 49 (M3–4) 1942: 12 (M4–5) 1942: 4 (M5+) 1943: 21 (M<3) 1943: 29 (M3–4) 1943: 3 (M4–5) 1943: 2 (M5+) 1944: 19 (M<3) 1944: 25 (M3–4) 1944: 4 (M4–5) 1945: 15 (M<3) 1945: 15 (M3–4) 1945: 4 (M4–5) 1945: 1 (M5+) 1946: 74 (M<3) 1946: 137 (M3–4) 1946: 19 (M4–5) 1946: 9 (M5+) 1947: 143 (M<3) 1947: 104 (M3–4) 1947: 18 (M4–5) 1947: 2 (M5+) 1948: 38 (M<3) 1948: 19 (M3–4) 1948: 9 (M4–5) 1948: 1 (M5+) 1949: 38 (M<3) 1949: 35 (M3–4) 1949: 9 (M4–5) 1949: 1 (M5+) 1950: 80 (M<3) 1950: 22 (M3–4) 1950: 14 (M4–5) 1950: 1 (M5+) 1951: 44 (M<3) 1951: 39 (M3–4) 1951: 6 (M4–5) 1951 1952: 36 (M<3) 1952: 166 (M3–4) 1952: 166 (M4–5) 1952: 18 (M5+) 1953: 195 (M<3) 1953: 196 (M3–4) 1953: 19 (M4–5) 1953: 2 (M5+) 1954: 149 (M<3) 1954: 112 (M3–4) 1954: 35 (M4–5) 1954: 28 (M5+) 1955: 89 (M<3) 1955: 54 (M3–4) 1955: 29 (M4–5) 1955: 5 (M5+) 1956: 54 (M<3) 1956: 41 (M3–4) 1956: 12 (M4–5) 1956: 4 (M5+) 1957: 38 (M<3) 1957: 48 (M3–4) 1957: 4 (M4–5) 1958: 24 (M<3) 1958: 34 (M3–4) 1958: 4 (M4–5) 1959: 29 (M<3) 1959: 65 (M3–4) 1959: 16 (M4–5) 1959: 5 (M5+) 1960: 21 (M<3) 1960: 30 (M3–4) 1960: 4 (M4–5) 1960: 1 (M5+) 1961: 36 (M<3) 1961: 60 (M3–4) 1961: 8 (M4–5) 1961: 5 (M5+) 1961 1962: 24 (M<3) 1962: 64 (M3–4) 1962: 28 (M4–5) 1962: 1 (M5+) 1963: 24 (M<3) 1963: 56 (M3–4) 1963: 23 (M4–5) 1963: 1 (M5+) 1964: 28 (M<3) 1964: 67 (M3–4) 1964: 36 (M4–5) 1964: 1 (M5+) 1965: 36 (M<3) 1965: 43 (M3–4) 1965: 20 (M4–5) 1965: 5 (M5+) 1966: 44 (M<3) 1966: 52 (M3–4) 1966: 51 (M4–5) 1966: 14 (M5+) 1967: 51 (M<3) 1967: 56 (M3–4) 1967: 17 (M4–5) 1967: 8 (M5+) 1968: 60 (M<3) 1968: 69 (M3–4) 1968: 29 (M4–5) 1968: 19 (M5+) 1969: 142 (M<3) 1969: 77 (M3–4) 1969: 29 (M4–5) 1969: 10 (M5+) 1970: 143 (M<3) 1970: 44 (M3–4) 1970: 25 (M4–5) 1970: 13 (M5+) 1971: 51 (M<3) 1971: 52 (M3–4) 1971: 23 (M4–5) 1971: 4 (M5+) 1971 1972: 59 (M<3) 1972: 52 (M3–4) 1972: 13 (M4–5) 1972: 2 (M5+) 1973: 81 (M<3) 1973: 30 (M3–4) 1973: 19 (M4–5) 1973: 5 (M5+) 1974: 245 (M<3) 1974: 41 (M3–4) 1974: 17 (M4–5) 1974: 4 (M5+) 1975: 260 (M<3) 1975: 49 (M3–4) 1975: 27 (M4–5) 1975: 13 (M5+) 1976: 487 (M<3) 1976: 76 (M3–4) 1976: 32 (M4–5) 1976: 15 (M5+) 1977: 901 (M<3) 1977: 51 (M3–4) 1977: 14 (M4–5) 1977: 7 (M5+) 1978: 1,177 (M<3) 1978: 114 (M3–4) 1978: 18 (M4–5) 1978: 11 (M5+) 1979: 1,287 (M<3) 1979: 153 (M3–4) 1979: 40 (M4–5) 1979: 7 (M5+) 1980: 2,580 (M<3) 1980: 850 (M3–4) 1980: 133 (M4–5) 1980: 15 (M5+) 1981: 3,024 (M<3) 1981: 284 (M3–4) 1981: 30 (M4–5) 1981: 5 (M5+) 1981 1982: 6,876 (M<3) 1982: 223 (M3–4) 1982: 37 (M4–5) 1982: 7 (M5+) 1983: 14,759 (M<3) 1983: 241 (M3–4) 1983: 58 (M4–5) 1983: 16 (M5+) 1984: 14,083 (M<3) 1984: 265 (M3–4) 1984: 34 (M4–5) 1984: 10 (M5+) 1985: 9,105 (M<3) 1985: 120 (M3–4) 1985: 30 (M4–5) 1985: 6 (M5+) 1986: 16,455 (M<3) 1986: 346 (M3–4) 1986: 62 (M4–5) 1986: 15 (M5+) 1987: 8,304 (M<3) 1987: 93 (M3–4) 1987: 15 (M4–5) 1987: 5 (M5+) 1988: 7,845 (M<3) 1988: 103 (M3–4) 1988: 21 (M4–5) 1988: 6 (M5+) 1989: 6,572 (M<3) 1989: 62 (M3–4) 1989: 11 (M4–5) 1989: 4 (M5+) 1990: 11,964 (M<3) 1990: 88 (M3–4) 1990: 12 (M4–5) 1990: 5 (M5+) 1991: 10,813 (M<3) 1991: 113 (M3–4) 1991: 11 (M4–5) 1991: 4 (M5+) 1991 1992: 18,428 (M<3) 1992: 299 (M3–4) 1992: 52 (M4–5) 1992: 6 (M5+) 1993: 16,782 (M<3) 1993: 184 (M3–4) 1993: 28 (M4–5) 1993: 1 (M5+) 1994: 9,476 (M<3) 1994: 227 (M3–4) 1994: 17 (M4–5) 1994: 3 (M5+) 1995: 16,686 (M<3) 1995: 182 (M3–4) 1995: 19 (M4–5) 1995: 2 (M5+) 1996: 15,781 (M<3) 1996: 178 (M3–4) 1996: 16 (M4–5) 1996: 1 (M5+) 1997: 24,262 (M<3) 1997: 236 (M3–4) 1997: 22 (M4–5) 1997: 2 (M5+) 1998: 21,175 (M<3) 1998: 210 (M3–4) 1998: 25 (M4–5) 1998: 2 (M5+) 1999: 13,984 (M<3) 1999: 277 (M3–4) 1999: 34 (M4–5) 1999: 5 (M5+) 2000: 13,652 (M<3) 2000: 131 (M3–4) 2000: 14 (M4–5) 2001: 16,651 (M<3) 2001: 118 (M3–4) 2001: 7 (M4–5) 2001: 2 (M5+) 2001 2002: 13,672 (M<3) 2002: 64 (M3–4) 2002: 5 (M4–5) 2003: 11,695 (M<3) 2003: 62 (M3–4) 2003: 9 (M4–5) 2003: 1 (M5+) 2004: 16,837 (M<3) 2004: 106 (M3–4) 2004: 10 (M4–5) 2004: 5 (M5+) 2005: 12,665 (M<3) 2005: 85 (M3–4) 2005: 8 (M4–5) 2005: 1 (M5+) 2006: 10,895 (M<3) 2006: 63 (M3–4) 2006: 6 (M4–5) 2007: 11,571 (M<3) 2007: 65 (M3–4) 2007: 3 (M4–5) 2008: 26,351 (M<3) 2008: 237 (M3–4) 2008: 27 (M4–5) 2008: 2 (M5+) 2009: 14,459 (M<3) 2009: 85 (M3–4) 2009: 11 (M4–5) 2009: 2 (M5+) 2010: 12,458 (M<3) 2010: 100 (M3–4) 2010: 8 (M4–5) 2011: 16,194 (M<3) 2011: 115 (M3–4) 2011: 20 (M4–5) 2011 2012: 17,938 (M<3) 2012: 47 (M3–4) 2012: 3 (M4–5) 2013: 19,574 (M<3) 2013: 75 (M3–4) 2013: 8 (M4–5) 2013: 1 (M5+) 2014: 25,695 (M<3) 2014: 221 (M3–4) 2014: 18 (M4–5) 2014: 1 (M5+) 2015: 21,791 (M<3) 2015: 185 (M3–4) 2015: 21 (M4–5) 2016: 21,211 (M<3) 2016: 102 (M3–4) 2016: 11 (M4–5) 2016: 3 (M5+) 2017: 29,434 (M<3) 2017: 84 (M3–4) 2017: 2 (M4–5) 2018: 19,269 (M<3) 2018: 49 (M3–4) 2018: 3 (M4–5) 2019: 56,205 (M<3) 2019: 714 (M3–4) 2019: 88 (M4–5) 2019: 7 (M5+) 2020: 52,881 (M<3) 2020: 589 (M3–4) 2020: 69 (M4–5) 2020: 7 (M5+) 2021: 23,195 (M<3) 2021: 204 (M3–4) 2021: 18 (M4–5) 2021: 2 (M5+) 2021 2022: 15,778 (M<3) 2022: 111 (M3–4) 2022: 9 (M4–5) 2023: 9,507 (M<3) 2023: 90 (M3–4) 2023: 4 (M4–5) 2024: 12,283 (M<3) 2024: 139 (M3–4) 2024: 11 (M4–5) 2024: 4 (M5+) 2025: 9,434 (M<3) 2025: 134 (M3–4) 2025: 6 (M4–5) 2026: 5,257 (M<3) 2026: 125 (M3–4) 2026: 9 (M4–5) 2026: 2 (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 7.6 03.10.1915 06:53 10 km 203 km 7.3 21.07.1952 11:52 10 km 444 km 7.3 28.06.1992 11:57 10.1 km 486 km 7.1 16.10.1999 09:46 2.3 km 441 km 7.1 21.12.1932 06:10 10 km 79 km 7.1 16.12.1954 11:07 10 km 126 km 7.0 04.11.1927 13:51 10 km 525 km 7.0 06.07.2019 03:19 9.3 km 314 km 6.9 16.12.1954 11:11 12 km 150 km 6.8 22.03.1902 22:12 0 km 468 km 6.7 09.02.1971 14:00 8.4 km 486 km 6.7 24.08.1954 05:51 15 km 163 km 6.7 17.01.1994 12:30 18.3 km 500 km 6.6 29.06.1925 14:42 10 km 532 km 6.5 22.12.2003 19:15 12.2 km 480 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
Magnitude Date Depth Distance 0.9 04.08.2026 08:49 7.2 km 363 km 1.9 04.08.2026 06:15 1.8 km 275 km 2.5 04.08.2026 05:52 2.8 km 322 km 1.9 04.08.2026 04:16 1 km 227 km 1.1 04.08.2026 03:44 6.8 km 360 km 1.9 04.08.2026 02:28 15.3 km 176 km 2.0 04.08.2026 02:20 15.8 km 181 km 0.6 04.08.2026 01:29 1.9 km 284 km 1.1 04.08.2026 01:20 5.8 km 278 km 0.8 04.08.2026 00:53 2.1 km 282 km 1.1 03.08.2026 23:23 2.8 km 285 km 1.4 03.08.2026 21:20 7.2 km 318 km 1.1 03.08.2026 21:01 2.5 km 274 km 0.7 03.08.2026 20:36 12.4 km 305 km 1.8 03.08.2026 20:26 1.6 km 283 km 1.2 03.08.2026 19:58 7.2 km 324 km 1.0 03.08.2026 18:42 7.8 km 297 km 2.3 03.08.2026 16:03 4.9 km 228 km 1.8 03.08.2026 13:16 2.7 km 227 km 0.2 03.08.2026 11:56 2 km 284 km 1.0 03.08.2026 07:50 -0.3 km 325 km 1.5 03.08.2026 05:53 9 km 337 km 1.5 03.08.2026 02:27 1.2 km 79 km 1.6 02.08.2026 23:16 -0.8 km 390 km 1.9 02.08.2026 21:59 5.4 km 176 km 1.1 02.08.2026 18:16 1.8 km 284 km 1.1 02.08.2026 18:13 10.4 km 411 km 2.2 02.08.2026 16:13 12 km 337 km 1.5 02.08.2026 15:48 8.3 km 345 km 1.5 02.08.2026 13:46 8.4 km 346 km 0.8 02.08.2026 13:37 8.8 km 345 km 0.4 02.08.2026 12:30 7.9 km 314 km 0.8 02.08.2026 11:54 1.7 km 283 km 0.9 02.08.2026 11:09 8 km 361 km 0.8 02.08.2026 11:04 2 km 282 km 0.6 02.08.2026 07:38 4.6 km 334 km 0.8 02.08.2026 03:53 3.3 km 295 km 1.8 02.08.2026 03:04 10.9 km 82 km 1.2 02.08.2026 00:00 14.1 km 411 km 1.2 01.08.2026 23:29 5.6 km 355 km 2.8 01.08.2026 22:58 4.9 km 177 km -0.3 01.08.2026 22:58 1.6 km 280 km 1.6 01.08.2026 22:30 12.1 km 412 km 0.6 01.08.2026 20:05 2.3 km 315 km 1.2 01.08.2026 19:39 2.6 km 312 km 1.8 01.08.2026 16:45 8 km 197 km 1.2 01.08.2026 16:40 7.1 km 316 km 2.4 01.08.2026 16:31 11.8 km 82 km 2.1 01.08.2026 15:17 0.4 km 235 km 0.5 01.08.2026 14:31 5.5 km 309 km 1.2 01.08.2026 07:47 9.3 km 362 km 0.3 01.08.2026 06:31 8.8 km 303 km 1.6 01.08.2026 06:05 3.3 km 46 km 1.8 31.07.2026 23:03 12 km 187 km 1.1 31.07.2026 21:30 2.4 km 280 km 1.5 31.07.2026 21:25 14.2 km 250 km 1.8 31.07.2026 16:30 2.7 km 256 km 0.6 31.07.2026 14:54 8.3 km 362 km 1.0 31.07.2026 14:54 9.7 km 362 km 0.3 31.07.2026 12:45 11.2 km 307 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.