No records in the last 30 days.
164
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1914–2026
record span
4.02
mean magnitude
8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 03.10.1914 17:22 | 100 km | 152 km |
| 6.9 | 08.10.1974 09:50 | 40.3 km | 29 km |
| 6.4 | 09.01.1961 11:07 | 42 km | 85 km |
| 6.4 | 24.12.1967 20:03 | 24.8 km | 69 km |
| 6.3 | 16.03.1985 14:54 | 18 km | 67 km |
| 6.2 | 10.11.1935 18:27 | 100 km | 98 km |
| 6.2 | 10.03.1976 09:05 | 49.4 km | 90 km |
| 6.1 | 31.05.1960 11:02 | 30 km | 60 km |
| 6.0 | 30.01.1982 02:35 | 54.8 km | 64 km |
| 6.0 | 24.12.1967 21:32 | 17.1 km | 75 km |
| 6.0 | 15.05.1969 20:43 | 47.3 km | 67 km |
| 5.9 | 16.05.2026 14:50 | 62.2 km | 58 km |
| 5.9 | 10.01.1961 11:09 | — | 35 km |
| 5.8 | 21.02.1990 18:20 | 118.3 km | 55 km |
| 5.6 | 16.03.1985 14:57 | 18 km | 63 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 16.05.2026 14:50 | 62.2 km | 58 km |
| 3.9 | 08.02.2026 18:02 | 0.1 km | 19 km |
| 5.1 | 15.09.2025 09:16 | 59.3 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 17.06.2025 01:19 | 63.7 km | 17 km |
| 3.2 | 04.06.2025 02:12 | 65 km | 19 km |
| 3.1 | 25.03.2025 09:44 | 9.3 km | 21 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2024 09:03 | 63.5 km | 37 km |
| 4.8 | 08.05.2024 14:43 | 15.5 km | 39 km |
| 5.0 | 15.02.2022 08:03 | 50.7 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 22.12.2021 23:01 | 65.9 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 31.03.2020 06:42 | 109.5 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 09.05.2019 08:26 | 103 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2019 08:15 | 30.3 km | 36 km |
| 3.7 | 17.04.2018 20:26 | 31 km | 6 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2018 06:40 | 134.2 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 05.03.2018 03:41 | 38.2 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2017 03:14 | 107 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 08.08.2016 10:15 | 61.9 km | 36 km |
| 4.7 | 22.03.2016 14:09 | 37.6 km | 34 km |
| 4.4 | 09.07.2015 06:45 | 128.3 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 14.03.2015 23:53 | 56.3 km | 21 km |
| 4.1 | 17.08.2013 15:06 | 20.7 km | 17 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2013 05:11 | 32 km | 16 km |
| 5.3 | 30.04.2013 06:56 | 50.2 km | 62 km |
| 4.1 | 26.11.2011 21:49 | 17.8 km | 34 km |
| 3.5 | 17.09.2011 07:13 | 65.1 km | 13 km |
| 4.0 | 13.05.2011 02:10 | 23.2 km | 24 km |
| 4.5 | 10.12.2008 21:33 | 88 km | 31 km |
| 3.7 | 02.11.2008 12:29 | 8.3 km | 11 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2008 20:46 | 6.6 km | 11 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2008 18:41 | 12.5 km | 7 km |
| 4.5 | 01.11.2008 17:25 | 78.9 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 27.08.2008 12:03 | 72.9 km | 25 km |
| 5.0 | 27.02.2007 09:42 | 59.4 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 31.01.2007 01:59 | 29 km | 19 km |
| 4.3 | 20.07.2006 02:07 | 77.6 km | 16 km |
| 4.0 | 16.04.2005 23:12 | 105 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 17.08.2004 18:21 | 62 km | 8 km |
| 4.1 | 27.06.2004 23:40 | 36.9 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 14.12.2003 22:51 | 88.6 km | 20 km |
| 3.1 | 22.09.2003 21:58 | 2 km | 1 km |
| 2.8 | 19.07.2003 00:53 | 23 km | 13 km |
| 2.9 | 11.09.2002 17:46 | 34 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 01.09.2002 11:53 | 25.5 km | 1 km |
| 2.8 | 25.08.2002 03:47 | 82.2 km | 19 km |
| 3.5 | 19.07.2002 21:23 | 16.8 km | 20 km |
| 3.0 | 22.06.2002 06:49 | 54.2 km | 15 km |
| 5.4 | 25.09.2001 23:16 | 40.7 km | 50 km |
| 2.7 | 19.05.2001 23:20 | 39 km | 12 km |
| 2.4 | 18.05.2001 15:37 | 38 km | 14 km |
| 2.5 | 09.05.2001 00:03 | 22 km | 21 km |
| 2.2 | 05.05.2001 22:14 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 2.4 | 27.04.2001 05:02 | 31 km | 21 km |
| 2.3 | 23.04.2001 04:43 | 29 km | 20 km |
| 2.3 | 19.04.2001 13:13 | 28 km | 14 km |
| 2.3 | 18.04.2001 11:36 | 27 km | 15 km |
| 2.2 | 18.04.2001 08:17 | 65 km | 9 km |
| 2.5 | 15.04.2001 08:00 | 24 km | 18 km |
| 2.0 | 03.04.2001 11:08 | 11 km | 15 km |
| 2.2 | 05.03.2001 07:51 | 17 km | 16 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.