2.1
1,284
recorded earthquakes
M5.7
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.79
mean magnitude
882
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | 23.08.2011 17:51 | 7.7 km | 124 km |
| 5.2 | 09.08.2020 12:07 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 4.7 | 19.06.1976 05:54 | 5 km | 203 km |
| 4.6 | 10.04.1918 01:08 | — | 121 km |
| 4.5 | 07.09.1988 02:28 | 10 km | 383 km |
| 4.5 | 09.12.2003 20:59 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 4.4 | 20.10.1995 20:04 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 4.4 | 02.11.2006 17:53 | 0 km | 228 km |
| 4.3 | 10.04.1989 18:12 | 0 km | 248 km |
| 4.3 | 02.01.1954 03:25 | — | 403 km |
| 4.2 | 26.10.1995 00:37 | 0 km | 327 km |
| 4.2 | 23.11.2006 10:42 | 0 km | 231 km |
| 4.2 | 17.05.1901 06:00 | — | 322 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2012 17:08 | 17.1 km | 331 km |
| 4.2 | 17.08.1984 18:05 | 8.6 km | 100 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 06.07.2026 06:18 | 5.2 km | 319 km |
| 2.5 | 20.04.2026 18:02 | 11.5 km | 121 km |
| 2.4 | 20.03.2026 21:51 | 0 km | 174 km |
| 2.1 | 14.03.2026 05:52 | 3.1 km | 84 km |
| 1.7 | 08.03.2026 07:00 | 20.3 km | 363 km |
| 2.2 | 27.02.2026 03:46 | 18.2 km | 361 km |
| 2.2 | 23.02.2026 00:45 | 8.2 km | 211 km |
| 2.5 | 22.02.2026 10:50 | 11.3 km | 387 km |
| 2.2 | 20.02.2026 05:02 | 9.6 km | 351 km |
| 2.2 | 13.02.2026 17:15 | 0.1 km | 224 km |
| 2.1 | 10.01.2026 08:01 | 27.6 km | 392 km |
| 2.6 | 04.01.2026 20:07 | 23.1 km | 414 km |
| 2.1 | 30.11.2025 12:11 | 6.2 km | 210 km |
| 2.3 | 26.11.2025 13:07 | 20.2 km | 305 km |
| 2.4 | 16.11.2025 05:44 | 9.8 km | 374 km |
| 2.2 | 08.11.2025 18:25 | 4.9 km | 237 km |
| 2.5 | 27.10.2025 21:17 | 8.5 km | 265 km |
| 2.4 | 11.10.2025 05:23 | 19.8 km | 334 km |
| 2.5 | 07.08.2025 00:29 | 19.8 km | 392 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2025 17:08 | 8 km | 105 km |
| 1.6 | 30.04.2025 11:12 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 2.4 | 05.02.2025 01:12 | 6.9 km | 228 km |
| 2.8 | 03.02.2025 22:58 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 3.1 | 03.02.2025 21:04 | 25.9 km | 293 km |
| 2.2 | 28.01.2025 05:03 | 5 km | 229 km |
| 2.3 | 15.01.2025 07:50 | 0 km | 166 km |
| 2.8 | 14.01.2025 22:28 | 0.1 km | 165 km |
| 3.1 | 16.12.2024 21:39 | 13.3 km | 269 km |
| 1.8 | 28.11.2024 04:39 | 0.3 km | 128 km |
| 2.4 | 24.11.2024 05:21 | 15.5 km | 395 km |
| 1.8 | 11.09.2024 09:07 | 19.4 km | 414 km |
| 2.2 | 31.08.2024 12:03 | 12.4 km | 375 km |
| 2.0 | 28.08.2024 15:51 | 7.7 km | 227 km |
| 2.2 | 28.08.2024 05:34 | 4.2 km | 223 km |
| 2.2 | 11.08.2024 08:44 | 6.2 km | 127 km |
| 2.3 | 25.07.2024 08:22 | 5.2 km | 133 km |
| 2.3 | 22.07.2024 02:47 | 9.4 km | 77 km |
| 2.2 | 13.07.2024 09:44 | 5.9 km | 224 km |
| 1.8 | 25.06.2024 03:22 | 6.2 km | 252 km |
| 2.1 | 19.06.2024 05:01 | 0.1 km | 220 km |
| 2.3 | 18.06.2024 09:16 | 3.2 km | 222 km |
| 2.3 | 18.06.2024 08:41 | 4.8 km | 220 km |
| 2.7 | 22.05.2024 09:47 | 12.5 km | 354 km |
| 1.9 | 19.05.2024 02:09 | 9.1 km | 330 km |
| 2.3 | 09.04.2024 02:46 | 5.9 km | 173 km |
| 2.3 | 08.04.2024 08:01 | 12.1 km | 327 km |
| 1.5 | 31.03.2024 00:22 | 5 km | 211 km |
| 2.3 | 30.03.2024 23:48 | 6.8 km | 211 km |
| 2.3 | 10.02.2024 10:24 | 9.8 km | 101 km |
| 2.5 | 28.01.2024 17:13 | 15.5 km | 390 km |
| 2.3 | 02.01.2024 05:51 | 5 km | 235 km |
| 2.2 | 23.10.2023 21:04 | 8.5 km | 38 km |
| 2.4 | 22.10.2023 08:10 | 3.5 km | 36 km |
| 2.2 | 15.10.2023 22:19 | 2.4 km | 35 km |
| 2.2 | 08.09.2023 07:56 | 0.1 km | 338 km |
| 2.4 | 02.08.2023 11:14 | 24.3 km | 349 km |
| 2.6 | 08.07.2023 13:09 | 3.9 km | 180 km |
| 2.7 | 06.07.2023 09:50 | 0.1 km | 181 km |
| 2.4 | 29.06.2023 20:57 | 20.8 km | 356 km |
| 2.3 | 20.06.2023 05:32 | 14.2 km | 84 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.