4.5
280
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1950–2026
record span
4.35
mean magnitude
191
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 | 164 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 6.6 | 24.09.2025 22:33 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 6.3 | 03.08.1950 22:18 | 15 km | 42 km |
| 6.3 | 25.09.2025 03:51 | 14 km | 93 km |
| 6.2 | 24.09.2025 22:21 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 5.9 | 05.04.1975 09:34 | 26.9 km | 19 km |
| 5.7 | 30.03.1999 09:59 | 9.4 km | 105 km |
| 5.7 | 29.12.1995 13:01 | 25.7 km | 33 km |
| 5.5 | 02.12.1999 01:33 | 18.1 km | 117 km |
| 5.5 | 11.12.1977 16:22 | 2.2 km | 70 km |
| 5.4 | 18.07.1986 17:22 | 6 km | 94 km |
| 5.4 | 27.11.2009 08:15 | 15.9 km | 41 km |
| 5.4 | 31.12.1993 04:41 | 35.3 km | 103 km |
| 5.4 | 31.12.1995 15:12 | 32.2 km | 25 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 02.08.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 164 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2026 01:23 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.7 | 18.06.2026 01:23 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.9 | 14.06.2026 00:39 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.7 | 09.06.2026 08:24 | 0 km | 114 km |
| 4.3 | 04.06.2026 23:41 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 08.02.2026 17:20 | 38.1 km | 117 km |
| 3.3 | 05.01.2026 11:32 | 0 km | 91 km |
| 4.2 | 02.12.2025 04:48 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 31.10.2025 05:13 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.5 | 15.10.2025 10:12 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.4 | 15.10.2025 09:30 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.2025 11:06 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 29.09.2025 16:44 | 8.8 km | 70 km |
| 4.1 | 27.09.2025 22:22 | 32.2 km | 61 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2025 11:28 | 20.3 km | 99 km |
| 5.2 | 25.09.2025 06:55 | 12.2 km | 100 km |
| 4.1 | 25.09.2025 06:42 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.9 | 25.09.2025 04:24 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.4 | 25.09.2025 04:11 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2025 04:07 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 6.3 | 25.09.2025 03:51 | 14 km | 93 km |
| 4.9 | 25.09.2025 02:42 | 0 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 25.09.2025 02:29 | 29.7 km | 35 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2025 01:18 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.4 | 25.09.2025 00:30 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 3.8 | 25.09.2025 00:01 | 0 km | 119 km |
| 4.4 | 24.09.2025 23:32 | 26.4 km | 79 km |
| 3.7 | 24.09.2025 22:52 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 4.8 | 24.09.2025 22:39 | 0 km | 116 km |
| 6.6 | 24.09.2025 22:33 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.9 | 24.09.2025 22:33 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.9 | 24.09.2025 22:29 | 0 km | 124 km |
| 6.2 | 24.09.2025 22:21 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 3.9 | 24.09.2025 21:50 | 0 km | 112 km |
| 3.8 | 20.08.2025 06:05 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 4.2 | 24.12.2024 09:11 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 4.5 | 01.09.2024 07:47 | 10.6 km | 76 km |
| 4.1 | 29.08.2024 14:19 | 18.3 km | 110 km |
| 4.2 | 09.08.2024 11:22 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 4.7 | 25.07.2024 14:11 | 11.3 km | 103 km |
| 3.8 | 29.03.2024 03:02 | 6.5 km | 55 km |
| 4.7 | 28.03.2024 23:23 | 10.2 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 21.02.2024 03:40 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.4 | 25.01.2024 09:41 | 8 km | 93 km |
| 4.4 | 28.12.2023 06:51 | 12.6 km | 114 km |
| 4.5 | 26.12.2023 16:11 | 26 km | 117 km |
| 3.2 | 26.12.2023 16:11 | 8.6 km | 105 km |
| 4.4 | 30.04.2023 04:59 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.1 | 02.01.2023 18:07 | 6 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2022 02:11 | 1.3 km | 100 km |
| 4.3 | 07.07.2022 02:34 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.3 | 29.04.2022 10:11 | 11.9 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2021 16:39 | 15.4 km | 26 km |
| 4.8 | 26.08.2021 01:40 | 12.5 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 03.06.2021 17:17 | 16.5 km | 23 km |
| 3.9 | 11.04.2021 13:17 | 9.5 km | 83 km |
| 4.8 | 20.11.2020 23:58 | 10.3 km | 93 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.