No records in the last 30 days.
852
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.18
mean magnitude
389
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 21.05.2003 18:44 | 16.5 km | 18 km |
| 6.4 | 24.06.1910 13:27 | 35 km | 91 km |
| 5.9 | 21.05.2003 18:51 | 24.6 km | 35 km |
| 5.7 | 21.05.2003 18:56 | 2 km | 42 km |
| 5.7 | 27.05.2003 17:11 | 10.7 km | 18 km |
| 5.6 | 31.10.1988 10:12 | 10.8 km | 89 km |
| 5.6 | 01.08.2014 04:11 | 15 km | 38 km |
| 5.5 | 04.09.1996 04:14 | 16.5 km | 70 km |
| 5.4 | 30.10.1975 21:18 | 15 km | 80 km |
| 5.3 | 28.05.2016 23:54 | 7.3 km | 33 km |
| 5.2 | 24.11.1973 14:05 | 16.7 km | 95 km |
| 5.2 | 22.05.2003 13:57 | 11.8 km | 44 km |
| 5.1 | 29.05.2003 02:15 | 16.4 km | 41 km |
| 5.1 | 21.05.2003 19:02 | 12 km | 38 km |
| 5.1 | 22.05.2003 03:14 | 15.4 km | 32 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 06.06.2026 01:48 | 0 km | 6 km |
| 2.9 | 27.05.2026 10:44 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 22.04.2026 16:45 | 62.3 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 03.03.2026 17:16 | 4.3 km | 72 km |
| 4.0 | 02.03.2026 20:22 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 30.12.2025 10:51 | 28 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 25.10.2025 23:16 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2025 06:56 | 27.5 km | 64 km |
| 4.5 | 14.09.2025 06:11 | 28.9 km | 44 km |
| 3.2 | 24.08.2025 02:17 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2025 05:34 | 15.6 km | 43 km |
| 3.1 | 22.07.2025 14:13 | 19.1 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 30.06.2025 23:44 | 0 km | 12 km |
| 3.9 | 23.06.2025 04:13 | 4.4 km | 31 km |
| 2.9 | 06.06.2025 03:55 | 0 km | 21 km |
| 3.3 | 05.06.2025 20:45 | 0.9 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2025 02:52 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 3.1 | 27.05.2025 02:49 | 11.8 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 07.05.2025 13:57 | 21.2 km | 45 km |
| 3.2 | 18.04.2025 13:45 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2025 23:34 | 1 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 02.04.2025 05:18 | 0 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2025 21:51 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2025 02:36 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 4.9 | 18.03.2025 09:50 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.3 | 16.03.2025 18:31 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 03.01.2025 12:40 | 30.3 km | 33 km |
| 4.0 | 21.09.2024 22:55 | 19.9 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 20.09.2024 04:14 | 6.9 km | 43 km |
| 3.4 | 03.07.2024 22:12 | 24.8 km | 16 km |
| 3.3 | 08.06.2024 14:47 | 3.4 km | 17 km |
| 3.3 | 23.03.2024 08:18 | 10.8 km | 14 km |
| 3.1 | 17.03.2024 01:31 | 16.4 km | 32 km |
| 2.9 | 03.02.2024 02:12 | 1.5 km | 53 km |
| 3.3 | 19.01.2024 03:53 | 11.5 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 07.01.2024 18:33 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 3.5 | 06.11.2023 14:00 | 28 km | 37 km |
| 3.5 | 31.10.2023 06:08 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 18.05.2023 02:28 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 03.05.2023 18:06 | 30 km | 15 km |
| 3.3 | 20.04.2023 00:12 | 7 km | 44 km |
| 3.7 | 25.03.2023 17:39 | 3 km | 36 km |
| 4.1 | 07.12.2022 08:18 | 18 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 20.11.2022 11:48 | 8.3 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 15.10.2022 08:44 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2022 19:11 | 4 km | 29 km |
| 2.7 | 17.07.2022 02:35 | 27 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2022 01:53 | 1 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 10.03.2022 01:42 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2022 18:08 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 3.9 | 08.03.2022 18:05 | 6 km | 26 km |
| 3.4 | 31.05.2021 06:01 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.7 | 12.05.2021 21:49 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.5 | 11.05.2021 16:28 | 12 km | 10 km |
| 3.5 | 13.04.2021 14:35 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 24.01.2021 11:51 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 24.01.2021 11:50 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 4.2 | 28.10.2020 06:05 | 25 km | 26 km |
| 3.2 | 14.09.2020 19:51 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2020 15:01 | 10 km | 56 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.