No records in the last 30 days.
331
recorded earthquakes
M5.8
largest
1908–2026
record span
2.94
mean magnitude
149
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 27.10.1985 19:35 | 24.6 km | 70 km |
| 5.6 | 04.08.1908 02:10 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 5.6 | 10.02.1937 08:14 | 15 km | 88 km |
| 5.6 | 06.08.1947 09:46 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 5.6 | 16.03.1924 10:17 | 35 km | 129 km |
| 5.5 | 07.08.1947 12:29 | 15 km | 88 km |
| 5.3 | 22.09.1995 11:20 | 23.8 km | 110 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2020 03:53 | 9.9 km | 88 km |
| 5.2 | 01.04.1952 04:21 | 15 km | 55 km |
| 5.2 | 26.03.2020 07:09 | 7.7 km | 115 km |
| 5.0 | 07.08.2020 06:15 | 9 km | 108 km |
| 5.0 | 09.03.2005 18:23 | 14 km | 131 km |
| 5.0 | 21.03.2015 22:55 | 14.4 km | 120 km |
| 5.0 | 05.04.2002 15:27 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 5.0 | 05.10.1984 06:37 | 10 km | 37 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 03.06.2026 23:16 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 3.4 | 27.05.2026 19:47 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.5 | 19.10.2025 14:53 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 08.09.2025 14:46 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 4.0 | 16.02.2022 20:12 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2021 21:18 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 4.1 | 28.04.2021 11:32 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2021 08:10 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.8 | 01.04.2021 14:33 | 15.9 km | 74 km |
| 4.5 | 15.03.2021 18:33 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2020 03:53 | 9.9 km | 88 km |
| 3.0 | 08.09.2020 16:08 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 5.0 | 07.08.2020 06:15 | 9 km | 108 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2020 12:47 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 3.4 | 04.07.2020 07:59 | 12 km | 73 km |
| 3.2 | 21.05.2020 22:04 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 5.2 | 26.03.2020 07:09 | 7.7 km | 115 km |
| 3.0 | 26.02.2020 09:21 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.3 | 05.08.2018 21:17 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.1 | 14.09.2017 09:35 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.1 | 21.05.2017 19:52 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 02.11.2016 13:25 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.2 | 13.10.2016 14:54 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.1 | 01.10.2016 04:38 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 4.5 | 10.04.2016 17:49 | 21.9 km | 74 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2015 16:36 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 5.0 | 21.03.2015 22:55 | 14.4 km | 120 km |
| 3.3 | 13.02.2013 15:46 | 1 km | 80 km |
| 3.3 | 10.02.2013 00:49 | 1 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 23.01.2012 19:11 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 2.5 | 24.12.2011 14:01 | 0 km | 12 km |
| 2.7 | 13.12.2011 17:31 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 2.1 | 14.11.2011 14:38 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 2.4 | 08.11.2011 17:21 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 2.3 | 18.10.2011 14:40 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 17.10.2011 07:48 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 2.6 | 15.10.2011 13:13 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 1.8 | 12.10.2011 06:34 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 2.3 | 12.10.2011 02:44 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2011 02:27 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2011 21:29 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 2.0 | 24.09.2011 10:06 | 0 km | 59 km |
| 2.4 | 22.09.2011 03:46 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 2.2 | 21.09.2011 15:21 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 2.5 | 18.09.2011 16:59 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 2.4 | 25.08.2011 13:53 | 0 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 22.08.2011 04:25 | 15 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2011 13:07 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2011 13:03 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 2.2 | 30.07.2011 20:29 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 2.3 | 17.07.2011 13:34 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 2.7 | 09.07.2011 22:12 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 2.4 | 05.07.2011 18:32 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 1.7 | 02.07.2011 13:51 | 2 km | 39 km |
| 2.6 | 27.06.2011 20:53 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 04.06.2011 22:42 | 8 km | 93 km |
| 2.7 | 30.05.2011 16:15 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 2.0 | 29.05.2011 08:32 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 25.05.2011 22:42 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 2.6 | 21.05.2011 12:37 | 0 km | 43 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.