No records in the last 30 days.
184
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1924–2026
record span
3.98
mean magnitude
102
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 25.11.2000 18:09 | 39.2 km | 15 km |
| 6.5 | 25.11.2000 18:10 | 28.8 km | 4 km |
| 6.5 | 06.03.1986 00:05 | 39.2 km | 143 km |
| 6.4 | 16.09.1989 02:05 | 41.7 km | 142 km |
| 6.2 | 17.09.1989 00:53 | 46 km | 154 km |
| 6.0 | 19.02.1924 06:59 | 35 km | 146 km |
| 5.6 | 29.10.1934 16:15 | 35 km | 107 km |
| 5.6 | 18.09.1961 11:01 | 53.3 km | 93 km |
| 5.5 | 27.01.1963 19:35 | 45.5 km | 101 km |
| 5.5 | 10.02.2014 12:06 | 62.9 km | 103 km |
| 5.4 | 06.09.1938 13:28 | 35 km | 98 km |
| 5.4 | 07.12.2023 04:15 | 45.7 km | 106 km |
| 5.2 | 07.01.2001 06:49 | 49 km | 14 km |
| 5.1 | 19.11.1981 14:10 | 35 km | 99 km |
| 5.1 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 17.2 km | 97 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 11.03.2026 01:22 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.0 | 29.10.2025 12:22 | 21.6 km | 51 km |
| 4.3 | 07.03.2025 04:21 | 35 km | 41 km |
| 4.5 | 30.12.2024 00:02 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2024 08:34 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 16.10.2024 04:47 | 35 km | 53 km |
| 3.3 | 22.06.2024 07:11 | 67 km | 62 km |
| 5.4 | 07.12.2023 04:15 | 45.7 km | 106 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2023 05:51 | 33.9 km | 72 km |
| 4.5 | 07.04.2023 16:03 | 80 km | 79 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2022 23:52 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2022 17:50 | 19 km | 75 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2022 02:23 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2022 11:26 | 73.2 km | 67 km |
| 4.1 | 26.05.2022 07:45 | 47 km | 4 km |
| 4.0 | 30.11.2021 09:21 | 58.1 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 09.08.2021 00:48 | 58.2 km | 7 km |
| 3.0 | 02.06.2021 23:49 | 62 km | 18 km |
| 3.1 | 01.05.2021 06:32 | 62 km | 70 km |
| 3.3 | 29.04.2021 13:21 | 55 km | 11 km |
| 4.0 | 05.01.2021 04:12 | 80 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 18.12.2020 01:26 | 68 km | 54 km |
| 3.8 | 11.04.2020 03:36 | 150 km | 86 km |
| 3.6 | 11.04.2020 02:30 | 60 km | 72 km |
| 4.3 | 15.02.2020 13:49 | 21.3 km | 46 km |
| 3.6 | 06.04.2019 19:09 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 5.1 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 17.2 km | 97 km |
| 4.0 | 19.09.2018 22:57 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 3.1 | 06.04.2018 14:41 | 59 km | 52 km |
| 2.6 | 05.01.2018 14:54 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 02.05.2017 06:23 | 60 km | 5 km |
| 3.6 | 25.03.2017 08:39 | 60 km | 66 km |
| 3.5 | 22.02.2017 09:03 | 44 km | 82 km |
| 4.4 | 06.02.2017 13:46 | 66.6 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 27.10.2016 10:12 | 58.4 km | 98 km |
| 3.1 | 10.06.2016 21:32 | 22 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2016 07:09 | 16 km | 68 km |
| 3.0 | 04.05.2016 03:41 | 8 km | 37 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2015 22:54 | 18 km | 73 km |
| 3.1 | 17.09.2014 18:13 | 18 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 09.09.2014 05:47 | 56 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 23.07.2014 19:38 | 50 km | 71 km |
| 3.0 | 19.05.2014 07:43 | 2 km | 65 km |
| 4.5 | 30.04.2014 16:23 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 3.1 | 04.04.2014 03:51 | 50 km | 55 km |
| 5.5 | 10.02.2014 12:06 | 62.9 km | 103 km |
| 4.7 | 09.09.2013 04:35 | 24.3 km | 70 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2012 23:39 | 57 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 04.11.2012 18:24 | 52 km | 52 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2012 06:29 | 6 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2012 05:21 | 55 km | 81 km |
| 3.5 | 31.03.2012 16:39 | 60 km | 37 km |
| 3.5 | 15.11.2011 19:33 | 56.5 km | 19 km |
| 4.2 | 14.03.2011 20:57 | 32.1 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 14.03.2011 08:26 | 30 km | 59 km |
| 4.1 | 14.03.2011 08:14 | 16 km | 73 km |
| 4.4 | 14.03.2011 07:52 | 18.2 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2011 20:06 | 30 km | 69 km |
| 3.6 | 12.01.2011 00:04 | 50 km | 42 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2010 22:22 | 40 km | 49 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.