4.0
1,302
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1923–2026
record span
3.90
mean magnitude
753
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 120.2 km | 47 km |
| 6.9 | 09.07.1997 19:24 | 16.5 km | 41 km |
| 6.9 | 17.01.1929 11:45 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 6.5 | 01.02.1926 01:17 | 100 km | 36 km |
| 6.5 | 10.04.1935 22:32 | 100 km | 131 km |
| 6.5 | 23.12.1945 08:10 | 100 km | 138 km |
| 6.5 | 03.09.1961 12:38 | — | 101 km |
| 6.4 | 04.10.1957 05:26 | 23.3 km | 71 km |
| 6.4 | 21.11.1961 08:03 | — | 141 km |
| 6.3 | 08.08.1923 12:01 | 20 km | 43 km |
| 6.2 | 20.09.1968 06:00 | 100.8 km | 62 km |
| 6.2 | 11.06.1986 13:48 | 22.2 km | 32 km |
| 6.2 | 21.11.1961 06:38 | — | 57 km |
| 6.2 | 04.10.2000 14:37 | 119.3 km | 112 km |
| 6.1 | 04.12.1954 18:31 | 49 km | 205 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 18:38 | 44 km | 109 km |
| 4.9 | 20.07.2026 10:55 | 81.8 km | 109 km |
| 3.9 | 13.07.2026 19:59 | 97.1 km | 58 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 08:41 | 133.6 km | 58 km |
| 3.9 | 17.04.2026 18:49 | 94 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2026 11:14 | 23 km | 145 km |
| 3.8 | 30.03.2026 09:34 | 1 km | 101 km |
| 3.8 | 25.02.2026 06:33 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 3.6 | 31.01.2026 22:56 | 99.7 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 01.01.2026 16:11 | 29.9 km | 61 km |
| 4.2 | 27.12.2025 20:21 | 24.6 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 17.12.2025 04:39 | 123 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 15:51 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 5.1 | 19.11.2025 01:38 | 93.6 km | 77 km |
| 3.7 | 17.11.2025 16:46 | 40.9 km | 105 km |
| 4.9 | 24.10.2025 23:50 | 82 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 17.10.2025 01:46 | 85 km | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 15.10.2025 21:53 | 69.5 km | 74 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2025 12:44 | 38.4 km | 137 km |
| 3.9 | 31.08.2025 16:32 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.6 | 12.08.2025 07:25 | 1 km | 136 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2025 23:52 | 109.3 km | 53 km |
| 4.2 | 12.07.2025 14:14 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2025 12:45 | 46.8 km | 111 km |
| 4.1 | 25.05.2025 21:29 | 41.7 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 15.05.2025 03:04 | 77.6 km | 101 km |
| 4.5 | 12.05.2025 06:49 | 93.3 km | 110 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.2025 00:41 | 89.2 km | 102 km |
| 3.9 | 09.05.2025 15:48 | 99.6 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2025 16:07 | 21.3 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 05.04.2025 13:36 | 58.5 km | 146 km |
| 3.5 | 26.03.2025 02:12 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.6 | 05.03.2025 11:29 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.9 | 28.02.2025 03:07 | 77.5 km | 102 km |
| 4.2 | 18.02.2025 00:42 | 99.5 km | 120 km |
| 3.7 | 17.02.2025 05:27 | 105.2 km | 119 km |
| 4.3 | 03.01.2025 04:34 | 90 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 11.12.2024 18:26 | 74.8 km | 102 km |
| 3.6 | 18.11.2024 00:08 | 84.2 km | 131 km |
| 3.6 | 07.11.2024 04:01 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 03.11.2024 18:12 | 28.2 km | 107 km |
| 4.0 | 15.10.2024 08:57 | 69 km | 103 km |
| 3.8 | 09.10.2024 16:14 | 110.9 km | 81 km |
| 4.7 | 07.10.2024 12:21 | 116.9 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2024 11:17 | 127.2 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 19.08.2024 13:41 | 95.7 km | 116 km |
| 4.4 | 25.07.2024 03:09 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 3.8 | 07.07.2024 07:07 | 90.6 km | 75 km |
| 3.8 | 01.07.2024 03:58 | 52.9 km | 98 km |
| 6.0 | 23.06.2024 03:57 | 86.3 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2024 04:54 | 40.3 km | 125 km |
| 4.1 | 28.05.2024 05:20 | 43.9 km | 92 km |
| 3.9 | 01.05.2024 17:33 | 97.3 km | 54 km |
| 3.8 | 15.04.2024 15:10 | 35.1 km | 128 km |
| 4.8 | 06.02.2024 02:18 | 89.7 km | 99 km |
| 5.0 | 03.02.2024 18:33 | 90.1 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 06.11.2023 19:00 | 69.9 km | 98 km |
| 3.8 | 15.10.2023 06:49 | 87.2 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 10.09.2023 11:34 | 70.8 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 15.08.2023 06:14 | 100.6 km | 111 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.