No records in the last 30 days.
167
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1922–2025
record span
3.76
mean magnitude
62
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 | 66 km |
| 6.7 | 09.09.1954 01:04 | 15 km | 58 km |
| 6.2 | 10.10.1980 15:39 | 10.3 km | 63 km |
| 6.1 | 10.09.1954 05:44 | 15 km | 91 km |
| 6.0 | 25.08.1922 11:47 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 5.6 | 10.10.1980 12:37 | 8.8 km | 85 km |
| 5.6 | 31.10.1988 10:12 | 10.8 km | 109 km |
| 5.6 | 07.09.1934 03:39 | 35 km | 32 km |
| 5.6 | 07.12.1980 17:37 | 23.9 km | 56 km |
| 5.5 | 01.02.1981 13:20 | 16.5 km | 83 km |
| 5.5 | 13.10.1980 06:37 | 6.8 km | 68 km |
| 5.5 | 10.10.1980 17:33 | 13.3 km | 60 km |
| 5.3 | 28.06.1957 21:23 | 25 km | 40 km |
| 5.3 | 05.06.1955 14:56 | 15 km | 64 km |
| 5.3 | 10.10.1980 14:44 | 14.5 km | 75 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 26.05.2025 06:07 | 19.1 km | 9 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2025 01:34 | 26.6 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 08.09.2024 23:01 | 0 km | 79 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2024 08:51 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2024 19:16 | 19.7 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 02.06.2024 07:27 | 5.4 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 31.12.2023 00:25 | 10.1 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 29.12.2023 16:47 | 4 km | 52 km |
| 2.8 | 17.12.2023 13:36 | 30 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 15.12.2023 21:57 | 26.7 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2023 10:53 | 1 km | 62 km |
| 3.9 | 13.12.2023 10:24 | 1 km | 64 km |
| 3.0 | 01.11.2023 07:10 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 3.2 | 13.05.2023 10:56 | 13 km | 35 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2023 07:45 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.6 | 26.11.2021 13:03 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 29.06.2021 23:19 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2021 10:23 | 3 km | 44 km |
| 3.2 | 24.05.2021 18:54 | 21 km | 62 km |
| 3.8 | 06.09.2020 23:06 | 15 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 10.04.2020 10:24 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.3 | 06.02.2020 08:00 | 30 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 08.01.2019 06:16 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 08.08.2018 20:39 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.9 | 03.08.2018 07:17 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 4.0 | 16.10.2017 02:09 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 03.04.2017 02:11 | 6 km | 34 km |
| 3.7 | 23.08.2016 13:33 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2016 07:41 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.5 | 10.03.2016 07:36 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.8 | 06.02.2015 23:02 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.8 | 03.07.2014 02:59 | 1 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 17.12.2013 16:46 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 12.10.2011 21:43 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 2.9 | 07.07.2011 13:59 | 0 km | 25 km |
| 2.8 | 13.02.2011 18:48 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 05.02.2011 16:14 | 15 km | 20 km |
| 2.4 | 02.02.2011 02:57 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 17.01.2011 22:48 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 2.3 | 25.11.2010 15:49 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 14.11.2010 19:03 | 2 km | 41 km |
| 2.7 | 03.11.2010 13:42 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 3.8 | 28.10.2010 20:41 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.7 | 19.10.2010 19:12 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 14.10.2010 19:41 | 2 km | 36 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2010 17:33 | 15 km | 54 km |
| 2.9 | 27.05.2010 22:03 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2010 19:05 | 2 km | 53 km |
| 2.7 | 17.05.2010 11:12 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2010 10:15 | — | 53 km |
| 2.9 | 08.12.2009 16:50 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 2.6 | 15.11.2009 15:06 | 0 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2009 14:25 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2009 15:30 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 2.8 | 07.07.2009 15:27 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 07.07.2009 04:41 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 2.7 | 27.05.2009 17:06 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 2.6 | 09.05.2009 14:47 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 2.6 | 24.11.2008 19:13 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 2.9 | 25.10.2008 15:14 | 1 km | 26 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.