No records in the last 30 days.
196
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.26
mean magnitude
86
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 135 km |
| 7.1 | 24.10.1906 14:43 | 35 km | 149 km |
| 6.8 | 24.10.1906 15:39 | 32 km | 184 km |
| 6.7 | 01.01.1911 10:18 | 35 km | 113 km |
| 6.6 | 22.05.2025 23:06 | 23.3 km | 180 km |
| 6.5 | 27.10.1907 05:16 | 15 km | 124 km |
| 6.4 | 11.01.1943 19:50 | 35 km | 51 km |
| 6.4 | 01.01.1911 14:59 | 35 km | 157 km |
| 6.3 | 28.12.1923 22:24 | 20 km | 228 km |
| 6.3 | 02.11.2025 20:29 | 28.2 km | 185 km |
| 6.3 | 05.07.1935 17:53 | 15 km | 5 km |
| 6.1 | 01.05.1994 12:00 | 20.7 km | 136 km |
| 5.7 | 01.09.1940 18:46 | 15 km | 168 km |
| 5.7 | 19.03.1976 13:03 | 14.1 km | 164 km |
| 5.6 | 06.09.1939 11:27 | 15 km | 137 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 26.02.2026 05:14 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 4.4 | 21.01.2026 12:34 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 6.3 | 02.11.2025 20:29 | 28.2 km | 185 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2025 17:51 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 6.6 | 22.05.2025 23:06 | 23.3 km | 180 km |
| 4.1 | 26.04.2025 23:58 | 67.4 km | 111 km |
| 4.3 | 08.11.2024 11:53 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 3.6 | 11.06.2024 04:13 | 16.7 km | 71 km |
| 3.9 | 10.06.2024 03:14 | 3.7 km | 67 km |
| 4.0 | 16.06.2023 23:02 | 23.7 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 17.11.2022 14:40 | 51.2 km | 121 km |
| 5.3 | 12.05.2022 10:27 | 23.7 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 27.01.2022 11:22 | 45 km | 158 km |
| 5.3 | 05.10.2021 07:59 | 23.8 km | 152 km |
| 4.1 | 02.06.2021 17:56 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 3.4 | 06.12.2020 00:27 | 16.4 km | 93 km |
| 4.8 | 06.12.2020 00:27 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 27.07.2020 16:56 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 24.04.2020 22:46 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 4.2 | 24.04.2020 21:22 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 4.1 | 17.05.2019 00:39 | 16.4 km | 8 km |
| 3.8 | 24.01.2018 22:21 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 22.01.2018 04:26 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 4.5 | 30.07.2017 20:56 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.2 | 15.04.2017 18:25 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 28.06.2016 15:55 | 13.7 km | 75 km |
| 4.9 | 05.04.2016 12:12 | 16.9 km | 118 km |
| 4.3 | 13.01.2016 15:53 | 9.8 km | 137 km |
| 4.1 | 02.09.2015 21:09 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.3 | 05.09.2014 23:35 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2014 16:22 | 35 km | 78 km |
| 3.9 | 12.11.2013 16:30 | 22 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 05.11.2013 16:25 | 1 km | 119 km |
| 4.8 | 21.04.2012 17:58 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 4.3 | 20.02.2012 03:13 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 17.02.2012 04:01 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 25.12.2010 00:38 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 08.11.2010 03:16 | 35 km | 75 km |
| 3.9 | 07.10.2010 10:11 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 4.3 | 25.01.2010 10:27 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 5.0 | 10.05.2009 17:34 | 19.4 km | 25 km |
| 3.3 | 16.04.2009 19:08 | 30 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 20.02.2009 23:48 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 3.0 | 06.02.2009 11:40 | 1 km | 115 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2009 11:39 | 35 km | 15 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2008 18:06 | 1 km | 55 km |
| 4.4 | 05.10.2008 08:28 | 1 km | 118 km |
| 3.1 | 01.10.2008 23:58 | 1 km | 107 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2008 12:34 | 1 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 08.07.2008 14:59 | 1 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 11.06.2008 01:20 | 1 km | 113 km |
| 3.9 | 15.05.2008 21:40 | 46.1 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 15.05.2008 21:31 | 1 km | 53 km |
| 3.0 | 10.04.2008 07:55 | 1 km | 83 km |
| 3.3 | 17.02.2008 18:08 | 1 km | 61 km |
| 4.3 | 21.12.2007 23:49 | 35 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 30.11.2007 12:31 | 1 km | 52 km |
| 3.2 | 24.11.2007 00:12 | 1 km | 113 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2007 10:47 | 1 km | 54 km |
| 3.3 | 15.09.2007 13:39 | 1 km | 139 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.