4.5
229
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1921–2026
record span
4.40
mean magnitude
140
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 7.5 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 289 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 6.6 | 30.07.1967 00:00 | 24.1 km | 272 km |
| 6.6 | 24.09.2025 22:33 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 6.5 | 21.12.1943 13:46 | 35 km | 237 km |
| 6.5 | 22.12.1943 12:53 | 35 km | 159 km |
| 6.5 | 23.12.1943 15:56 | 35 km | 237 km |
| 6.4 | 12.09.2009 20:06 | 19.9 km | 210 km |
| 6.3 | 03.08.1950 22:18 | 15 km | 172 km |
| 6.3 | 25.09.2025 03:51 | 14 km | 179 km |
| 6.3 | 13.11.1921 08:40 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 6.2 | 24.12.1943 01:00 | 35 km | 237 km |
| 6.2 | 05.01.1944 10:59 | 35 km | 237 km |
| 6.2 | 24.09.2025 22:21 | 0 km | 191 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 02.08.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 4.5 | 08.07.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 3.3 | 28.06.2026 09:33 | 0 km | 152 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2026 08:46 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 04:19 | 0 km | 151 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 10:29 | 0 km | 168 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 7.5 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 289 km |
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 3.3 | 05.01.2026 11:32 | 0 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 08.12.2025 02:27 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 4.4 | 08.10.2025 18:27 | 76.1 km | 119 km |
| 4.1 | 29.09.2025 16:44 | 8.8 km | 154 km |
| 4.1 | 27.09.2025 22:22 | 32.2 km | 145 km |
| 5.2 | 25.09.2025 06:55 | 12.2 km | 189 km |
| 6.3 | 25.09.2025 03:51 | 14 km | 179 km |
| 4.0 | 25.09.2025 02:29 | 29.7 km | 97 km |
| 6.6 | 24.09.2025 22:33 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 6.2 | 24.09.2025 22:21 | 0 km | 191 km |
| 3.8 | 20.08.2025 06:05 | 0 km | 80 km |
| 5.1 | 30.07.2025 02:42 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2025 05:35 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 09.04.2025 19:26 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 4.2 | 24.12.2024 09:11 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.0 | 31.10.2024 23:39 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 4.2 | 09.08.2024 11:22 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 4.4 | 25.05.2024 18:01 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.4 | 28.12.2023 06:51 | 12.6 km | 92 km |
| 4.5 | 26.12.2023 16:11 | 26 km | 90 km |
| 3.2 | 26.12.2023 16:11 | 8.6 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 09.11.2023 02:01 | 21.8 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 10.10.2022 17:08 | 46.6 km | 149 km |
| 4.3 | 07.07.2022 02:34 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2021 16:39 | 15.4 km | 126 km |
| 4.1 | 03.06.2021 17:17 | 16.5 km | 137 km |
| 4.8 | 20.11.2020 23:58 | 10.3 km | 116 km |
| 4.5 | 26.06.2020 10:33 | 109.9 km | 109 km |
| 3.6 | 22.11.2019 15:05 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 4.3 | 28.08.2019 01:35 | 12.4 km | 223 km |
| 4.1 | 24.08.2019 15:49 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 4.9 | 13.07.2019 11:11 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 2.8 | 28.05.2019 05:28 | 126 km | 167 km |
| 2.9 | 09.03.2019 16:28 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 4.8 | 27.12.2018 09:24 | 11.4 km | 219 km |
| 4.0 | 27.12.2018 09:20 | 7.5 km | 208 km |
| 3.8 | 27.12.2018 09:12 | 7.9 km | 209 km |
| 5.4 | 27.12.2018 08:59 | 12.6 km | 215 km |
| 3.9 | 14.12.2018 12:41 | 8.4 km | 83 km |
| 4.6 | 05.12.2018 09:33 | 15.4 km | 153 km |
| 4.3 | 20.11.2018 12:37 | 15.7 km | 94 km |
| 4.3 | 20.11.2018 12:37 | 1 km | 116 km |
| 3.8 | 09.11.2018 18:57 | 81 km | 110 km |
| 4.4 | 28.10.2018 22:58 | 20.3 km | 134 km |
| 3.0 | 16.09.2018 09:07 | 478 km | 114 km |
| 3.5 | 03.06.2018 16:22 | 8.3 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2018 11:25 | 6.1 km | 214 km |
| 2.8 | 13.05.2018 22:41 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 4.8 | 27.04.2018 08:44 | 12.3 km | 216 km |
| 3.9 | 04.03.2018 16:09 | 91 km | 111 km |
| 3.5 | 20.10.2017 02:19 | 74 km | 133 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.