No records in the last 30 days.
256
recorded earthquakes
M6.9
largest
1925–2026
record span
4.02
mean magnitude
19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | 08.10.1974 09:50 | 40.3 km | 42 km |
| 6.5 | 29.09.1925 17:33 | 35 km | 98 km |
| 6.4 | 09.01.1961 11:07 | 42 km | 56 km |
| 6.4 | 24.12.1967 20:03 | 24.8 km | 70 km |
| 6.3 | 16.03.1985 14:54 | 18 km | 99 km |
| 6.1 | 31.05.1960 11:02 | 30 km | 5 km |
| 6.0 | 30.01.1982 02:35 | 54.8 km | 112 km |
| 6.0 | 24.12.1967 21:32 | 17.1 km | 52 km |
| 6.0 | 15.05.1969 20:43 | 47.3 km | 109 km |
| 5.9 | 16.05.2026 14:50 | 62.2 km | 62 km |
| 5.8 | 30.10.2000 03:07 | 31.7 km | 57 km |
| 5.8 | 23.01.1943 13:30 | 110 km | 52 km |
| 5.7 | 16.10.1961 08:10 | 170 km | 51 km |
| 5.6 | 27.10.2000 19:02 | 33.1 km | 62 km |
| 5.6 | 25.06.1998 21:03 | 29.8 km | 19 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 16.05.2026 14:50 | 62.2 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 16.05.2026 01:10 | 14.4 km | 11 km |
| 3.7 | 31.01.2026 08:46 | 12.5 km | 10 km |
| 3.9 | 29.10.2025 02:04 | 22 km | 10 km |
| 4.3 | 25.07.2025 09:51 | 35 km | 30 km |
| 3.9 | 25.05.2025 13:00 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.7 | 16.05.2025 07:56 | 16.6 km | 21 km |
| 4.4 | 18.04.2025 17:31 | 57.8 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 14.01.2025 22:42 | 10 km | 9 km |
| 3.7 | 04.01.2025 20:55 | 14.9 km | 12 km |
| 4.9 | 16.11.2024 09:50 | 24.5 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 16.11.2024 04:26 | 14 km | 38 km |
| 5.0 | 15.11.2024 21:11 | 28 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 13.10.2024 05:36 | 36.2 km | 26 km |
| 3.6 | 04.08.2024 15:52 | 15.3 km | 20 km |
| 3.5 | 02.07.2024 13:49 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2024 09:03 | 63.5 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 16.04.2023 09:52 | 30 km | 23 km |
| 5.1 | 16.04.2023 09:49 | 23.8 km | 27 km |
| 3.1 | 09.03.2023 07:20 | 32 km | 15 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2022 05:38 | 21.2 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2022 05:27 | 33.2 km | 25 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2022 02:45 | 24 km | 20 km |
| 4.4 | 28.09.2022 23:40 | 18.6 km | 18 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2022 21:34 | 32.3 km | 28 km |
| 3.5 | 28.09.2022 19:58 | 23 km | 24 km |
| 5.3 | 28.09.2022 19:48 | 31.5 km | 18 km |
| 4.2 | 22.12.2021 23:01 | 65.9 km | 37 km |
| 4.3 | 21.04.2021 19:43 | 18.3 km | 36 km |
| 4.1 | 01.08.2020 02:13 | 26.3 km | 19 km |
| 4.4 | 13.04.2020 14:00 | 26.6 km | 21 km |
| 4.0 | 13.08.2019 20:44 | 8.3 km | 15 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2019 08:15 | 30.3 km | 38 km |
| 4.2 | 26.09.2018 14:18 | 7.6 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 02.06.2018 05:07 | 20.7 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 05.03.2018 03:41 | 38.2 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 21.01.2018 00:31 | 20.2 km | 28 km |
| 4.1 | 19.09.2017 11:57 | 50 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 12.08.2017 17:42 | 39.4 km | 33 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2017 09:30 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 4.0 | 28.02.2017 02:40 | 30 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 21.02.2017 20:10 | 30.4 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 11.02.2017 03:46 | 25.6 km | 11 km |
| 3.8 | 26.11.2016 08:07 | 10 km | 10 km |
| 4.2 | 08.08.2016 10:15 | 61.9 km | 27 km |
| 5.0 | 08.05.2016 13:48 | 33.4 km | 16 km |
| 4.7 | 22.03.2016 14:09 | 37.6 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 21.06.2015 21:52 | 36.3 km | 12 km |
| 4.2 | 14.12.2014 23:02 | 9.2 km | 15 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2014 11:14 | 7 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 12.08.2014 23:21 | 69.2 km | 23 km |
| 4.2 | 25.08.2013 00:24 | 29.6 km | 22 km |
| 3.9 | 24.08.2013 11:52 | 32.9 km | 23 km |
| 5.1 | 08.07.2013 09:14 | 33.6 km | 21 km |
| 5.3 | 30.04.2013 06:56 | 50.2 km | 34 km |
| 4.4 | 14.01.2012 16:45 | 26.9 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 26.11.2011 21:49 | 17.8 km | 26 km |
| 3.4 | 18.10.2011 23:49 | 26.8 km | 26 km |
| 4.4 | 17.10.2010 18:18 | 25.5 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 17.10.2010 17:39 | 20.6 km | 13 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.