No records in the last 30 days.
425
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1922–2026
record span
3.43
mean magnitude
230
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 10.10.1980 12:25 | 12.9 km | 71 km |
| 6.7 | 09.09.1954 01:04 | 15 km | 86 km |
| 6.2 | 10.10.1980 15:39 | 10.3 km | 88 km |
| 6.1 | 10.09.1954 05:44 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 6.0 | 25.08.1922 11:47 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 5.8 | 18.08.1994 01:13 | 10.7 km | 89 km |
| 5.6 | 24.08.1928 09:44 | 35 km | 77 km |
| 5.6 | 07.09.1934 03:39 | 35 km | 108 km |
| 5.6 | 10.10.1980 12:37 | 8.8 km | 96 km |
| 5.6 | 07.12.1980 17:37 | 23.9 km | 50 km |
| 5.5 | 01.02.1981 13:20 | 16.5 km | 103 km |
| 5.5 | 13.10.1980 06:37 | 6.8 km | 89 km |
| 5.5 | 10.10.1980 17:33 | 13.3 km | 61 km |
| 5.3 | 28.06.1957 21:23 | 25 km | 53 km |
| 5.3 | 05.06.1955 14:56 | 15 km | 73 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 12.03.2026 05:22 | 34.1 km | 53 km |
| 2.7 | 14.09.2025 01:21 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 2.4 | 25.07.2025 12:56 | 0 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2025 04:32 | 17.9 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2025 02:12 | 30.1 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 24.03.2025 20:57 | 7.8 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2025 01:34 | 26.6 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 16.03.2025 18:55 | 15.3 km | 55 km |
| 3.1 | 16.12.2024 08:29 | 24.6 km | 78 km |
| 4.7 | 16.12.2024 00:09 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 2.6 | 30.11.2024 15:32 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 3.0 | 29.11.2024 13:53 | 20.7 km | 22 km |
| 2.8 | 10.09.2024 03:24 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2024 01:11 | 21.8 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2024 19:16 | 19.7 km | 57 km |
| 2.9 | 11.05.2024 07:35 | 1 km | 51 km |
| 2.7 | 11.04.2024 00:43 | 16.9 km | 53 km |
| 2.8 | 14.02.2024 23:00 | 9.9 km | 62 km |
| 4.6 | 14.02.2024 13:33 | 16.2 km | 66 km |
| 3.0 | 19.01.2024 09:03 | 27 km | 31 km |
| 3.8 | 13.01.2024 17:28 | 6.7 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 06.01.2024 09:38 | 21.8 km | 94 km |
| 1.8 | 04.01.2024 01:29 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 2.4 | 01.01.2024 19:10 | 26.9 km | 27 km |
| 3.0 | 31.12.2023 00:25 | 10.1 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 29.12.2023 16:47 | 4 km | 44 km |
| 2.6 | 24.12.2023 01:21 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 2.8 | 17.12.2023 13:36 | 30 km | 49 km |
| 3.5 | 15.12.2023 21:57 | 26.7 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2023 10:53 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 3.9 | 13.12.2023 10:24 | 1 km | 49 km |
| 2.7 | 13.11.2023 03:28 | 2.7 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 01.11.2023 07:10 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 2.8 | 31.08.2023 10:51 | 9.8 km | 37 km |
| 2.9 | 09.07.2023 05:35 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2022 04:29 | 4 km | 30 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2021 01:53 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.0 | 16.07.2021 21:38 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 12.07.2021 12:40 | 11 km | 30 km |
| 3.8 | 06.09.2020 23:06 | 15 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 06.02.2020 08:00 | 30 km | 51 km |
| 3.3 | 03.01.2020 07:08 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 08.08.2018 20:39 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.9 | 03.08.2018 07:17 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.4 | 23.04.2018 15:48 | 11.6 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 16.10.2017 02:09 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.2 | 23.04.2017 01:08 | 20 km | 57 km |
| 3.1 | 08.07.2016 23:54 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 07.07.2016 19:55 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.2 | 20.03.2016 22:40 | 1 km | 12 km |
| 3.5 | 10.03.2016 07:36 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.1 | 22.02.2016 23:58 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 4.2 | 06.01.2016 13:20 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 04.11.2015 17:39 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2015 17:04 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 4.0 | 21.03.2015 12:43 | 30 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 17.03.2015 15:57 | 13.7 km | 44 km |
| 4.2 | 01.02.2015 01:28 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 07.01.2015 02:16 | 30 km | 42 km |
| 3.7 | 03.01.2015 21:19 | 16 km | 46 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.