2.0
348
recorded earthquakes
M5.5
largest
1900–2026
record span
2.57
mean magnitude
299
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 09.03.1937 05:44 | 35 km | 130 km |
| 5.0 | 02.03.1937 14:47 | 2 km | 136 km |
| 5.0 | 27.07.1980 18:52 | 12.5 km | 266 km |
| 5.0 | 31.01.1986 16:46 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 4.7 | 20.09.1931 23:05 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 4.5 | 09.03.1943 03:25 | 7 km | 182 km |
| 4.5 | 07.09.1988 02:28 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 4.4 | 12.07.1986 08:19 | 19.3 km | 146 km |
| 4.2 | 17.05.1901 06:00 | — | 182 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.1930 20:40 | — | 138 km |
| 4.2 | 17.07.2021 21:02 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.0 | 25.09.1998 19:52 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 4.0 | 31.12.2011 20:05 | 5 km | 188 km |
| 4.0 | 20.06.1952 09:38 | 9 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 26.01.2001 03:03 | 5 km | 237 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 05:12 | 9.5 km | 208 km |
| 2.2 | 23.05.2026 06:43 | 10.4 km | 207 km |
| 2.7 | 04.05.2026 21:32 | 7.9 km | 203 km |
| 3.0 | 26.04.2026 14:32 | 5 km | 189 km |
| 2.5 | 20.04.2026 18:02 | 11.5 km | 270 km |
| 2.1 | 08.04.2026 23:17 | 8 km | 208 km |
| 2.2 | 13.03.2026 11:24 | 5 km | 208 km |
| 1.7 | 08.03.2026 07:00 | 20.3 km | 229 km |
| 2.3 | 06.03.2026 00:33 | 7.6 km | 208 km |
| 2.9 | 05.03.2026 23:55 | 4.9 km | 205 km |
| 2.2 | 27.02.2026 03:46 | 18.2 km | 201 km |
| 2.5 | 22.02.2026 10:50 | 11.3 km | 149 km |
| 2.2 | 21.02.2026 16:16 | 6.9 km | 207 km |
| 2.2 | 20.02.2026 05:02 | 9.6 km | 209 km |
| 2.7 | 06.01.2026 04:50 | 5 km | 214 km |
| 2.3 | 26.11.2025 13:07 | 20.2 km | 146 km |
| 2.4 | 16.11.2025 05:44 | 9.8 km | 241 km |
| 1.7 | 15.11.2025 07:37 | 5 km | 217 km |
| 2.4 | 11.10.2025 05:23 | 19.8 km | 227 km |
| 2.3 | 31.08.2025 15:09 | 9.7 km | 161 km |
| 2.3 | 19.06.2025 16:54 | 5 km | 207 km |
| 2.5 | 12.05.2025 02:47 | 4 km | 210 km |
| 2.9 | 09.05.2025 03:13 | 5 km | 111 km |
| 2.3 | 02.05.2025 10:43 | 7.5 km | 108 km |
| 2.8 | 29.04.2025 14:09 | 2 km | 110 km |
| 3.1 | 24.04.2025 19:14 | 6.1 km | 110 km |
| 3.1 | 22.04.2025 08:12 | 5 km | 113 km |
| 2.4 | 21.02.2025 22:40 | 8.5 km | 237 km |
| 2.4 | 05.02.2025 01:12 | 6.9 km | 155 km |
| 2.8 | 03.02.2025 22:58 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 3.1 | 03.02.2025 21:04 | 25.9 km | 161 km |
| 2.2 | 28.01.2025 05:03 | 5 km | 155 km |
| 2.9 | 29.12.2024 11:46 | 9.5 km | 204 km |
| 3.1 | 16.12.2024 21:39 | 13.3 km | 215 km |
| 1.8 | 25.11.2024 05:36 | 5.2 km | 182 km |
| 2.4 | 07.11.2024 05:38 | 8.4 km | 200 km |
| 2.5 | 11.09.2024 04:51 | 4.3 km | 190 km |
| 2.2 | 31.08.2024 12:03 | 12.4 km | 200 km |
| 2.0 | 29.08.2024 22:38 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 1.8 | 14.08.2024 02:26 | 5 km | 179 km |
| 2.2 | 02.06.2024 04:23 | 8.3 km | 209 km |
| 1.7 | 01.06.2024 11:14 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 2.6 | 01.06.2024 10:11 | 5 km | 210 km |
| 2.0 | 04.05.2024 00:01 | 8.9 km | 208 km |
| 2.3 | 22.04.2024 00:12 | 9.5 km | 148 km |
| 1.9 | 04.04.2024 21:55 | 5 km | 208 km |
| 3.0 | 30.03.2024 08:42 | 6.2 km | 149 km |
| 2.5 | 18.03.2024 20:58 | 5.6 km | 148 km |
| 1.7 | 20.02.2024 07:57 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 2.3 | 10.02.2024 10:24 | 9.8 km | 293 km |
| 2.5 | 28.01.2024 17:13 | 15.5 km | 220 km |
| 2.0 | 16.01.2024 17:39 | 5 km | 208 km |
| 2.6 | 05.01.2024 08:47 | 9 km | 209 km |
| 2.4 | 02.01.2024 01:58 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 2.9 | 09.12.2023 05:27 | 6.8 km | 122 km |
| 2.3 | 01.12.2023 13:58 | 9.4 km | 209 km |
| 1.8 | 29.09.2023 09:20 | 5 km | 208 km |
| 1.7 | 28.09.2023 02:27 | 5 km | 206 km |
| 2.2 | 22.09.2023 20:58 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 2.0 | 21.09.2023 19:12 | 5 km | 210 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.