2.6
414
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1940–2026
record span
4.20
mean magnitude
241
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 22.02.2006 22:19 | 12.4 km | 516 km |
| 6.5 | 03.04.2017 17:40 | 20.5 km | 577 km |
| 6.5 | 24.09.1963 09:13 | — | 288 km |
| 6.2 | 19.05.1940 18:16 | 35 km | 547 km |
| 6.2 | 23.09.1963 15:02 | — | 288 km |
| 6.0 | 10.05.1951 09:18 | 25 km | 498 km |
| 6.0 | 05.09.1957 07:22 | — | 464 km |
| 6.0 | 16.07.1958 21:58 | — | 239 km |
| 5.8 | 05.09.1957 07:17 | — | 464 km |
| 5.8 | 23.09.1963 09:01 | 15 km | 276 km |
| 5.7 | 23.02.2006 01:23 | 16.3 km | 518 km |
| 5.6 | 25.09.1963 07:03 | 15 km | 260 km |
| 5.6 | 22.12.2018 05:37 | 13.5 km | 426 km |
| 5.6 | 15.05.1968 07:51 | 19.1 km | 473 km |
| 5.6 | 18.12.1972 01:18 | 7 km | 277 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 2.2 | 24.05.2026 10:12 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 2.8 | 07.05.2026 15:06 | 10 km | 391 km |
| 3.2 | 10.04.2026 14:14 | 10 km | 440 km |
| 3.1 | 14.02.2026 18:21 | 10 km | 463 km |
| 3.1 | 21.01.2026 15:54 | 10 km | 469 km |
| 3.0 | 20.12.2025 16:02 | 10 km | 517 km |
| 4.0 | 30.11.2025 10:02 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2025 15:18 | 0 km | 259 km |
| 3.4 | 26.08.2025 15:35 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 3.3 | 18.07.2025 23:50 | 10 km | 378 km |
| 3.1 | 16.03.2025 18:03 | 10 km | 412 km |
| 3.1 | 10.03.2025 04:35 | 10 km | 384 km |
| 4.9 | 07.03.2025 22:50 | 0 km | 503 km |
| 3.1 | 23.02.2025 17:30 | 10 km | 414 km |
| 3.1 | 23.02.2025 10:24 | 10 km | 507 km |
| 3.2 | 05.01.2025 02:21 | 0 km | 255 km |
| 4.8 | 23.12.2024 03:39 | 0 km | 265 km |
| 4.6 | 21.12.2024 17:04 | 10 km | 356 km |
| 4.7 | 20.12.2024 07:11 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 3.4 | 20.12.2024 00:15 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 4.7 | 18.12.2024 23:46 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2024 13:04 | 10 km | 362 km |
| 4.1 | 11.12.2024 10:03 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 3.2 | 08.12.2024 07:20 | 0 km | 260 km |
| 3.5 | 07.12.2024 08:56 | 0 km | 253 km |
| 4.3 | 05.12.2024 16:02 | 5 km | 241 km |
| 3.9 | 05.12.2024 07:36 | 5 km | 210 km |
| 4.0 | 05.12.2024 04:53 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 4.0 | 27.11.2024 12:57 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 4.6 | 20.11.2024 01:05 | 10 km | 389 km |
| 4.2 | 18.11.2024 04:21 | 10 km | 442 km |
| 3.2 | 02.11.2024 22:23 | 10 km | 385 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2024 05:58 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 4.1 | 22.10.2024 17:12 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2024 15:31 | 10 km | 270 km |
| 4.3 | 20.09.2024 23:06 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2024 15:35 | 10 km | 482 km |
| 5.0 | 26.08.2024 01:48 | 50.5 km | 84 km |
| 5.2 | 10.08.2024 20:50 | 5 km | 464 km |
| 3.2 | 10.08.2024 02:54 | 10 km | 290 km |
| 3.9 | 19.07.2024 13:40 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 3.0 | 29.06.2024 18:25 | 10 km | 379 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2024 13:23 | 10 km | 445 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2024 16:30 | 10 km | 538 km |
| 4.1 | 20.03.2024 15:27 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 3.1 | 15.06.2023 20:40 | 10 km | 512 km |
| 3.1 | 15.10.2022 14:52 | 10 km | 526 km |
| 4.1 | 02.08.2022 20:02 | 14 km | 249 km |
| 3.3 | 13.07.2022 15:02 | 10 km | 392 km |
| 4.8 | 24.05.2022 09:14 | 23.2 km | 226 km |
| 3.3 | 17.04.2022 21:31 | 10 km | 406 km |
| 3.3 | 16.04.2022 17:27 | 10 km | 418 km |
| 3.9 | 27.03.2022 17:33 | 10 km | 346 km |
| 4.2 | 02.02.2022 03:15 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 25.01.2022 19:37 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.2 | 14.01.2022 01:12 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 3.1 | 01.12.2021 05:44 | 10 km | 390 km |
| 3.2 | 22.10.2021 14:57 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 4.1 | 09.08.2021 01:39 | 10 km | 234 km |
Regions
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.