No records in the last 30 days.
178
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1934–2026
record span
4.06
mean magnitude
25
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 | 85 km |
| 6.5 | 25.11.2000 18:10 | 28.8 km | 94 km |
| 6.0 | 20.04.1966 16:42 | 27.2 km | 136 km |
| 5.6 | 29.10.1934 16:15 | 35 km | 13 km |
| 5.6 | 18.09.1961 11:01 | 53.3 km | 82 km |
| 5.5 | 20.12.1971 01:41 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 5.5 | 27.01.1963 19:35 | 45.5 km | 57 km |
| 5.5 | 10.02.2014 12:06 | 62.9 km | 62 km |
| 5.4 | 20.12.1971 01:29 | 1 km | 87 km |
| 5.4 | 07.12.2023 04:15 | 45.7 km | 54 km |
| 5.4 | 21.03.1956 04:54 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 5.3 | 29.11.1981 23:37 | 24.7 km | 89 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 13.5 km | 56 km |
| 5.2 | 21.11.1970 08:35 | 52.1 km | 98 km |
| 5.2 | 03.02.1972 02:29 | 13.4 km | 66 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 07.06.2026 12:45 | 11 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 11.03.2026 01:22 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 28.02.2026 02:34 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 27.02.2026 22:01 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 27.02.2026 12:04 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 4.9 | 27.02.2026 11:52 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.9 | 22.02.2026 01:07 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 21.01.2026 01:07 | 0 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 18.01.2026 03:56 | 6.2 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 21.08.2025 13:17 | 65.5 km | 35 km |
| 3.7 | 06.06.2025 06:18 | 4.6 km | 37 km |
| 3.4 | 06.06.2025 02:40 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 3.6 | 05.06.2025 12:05 | 4.7 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 05.06.2025 12:03 | 7.4 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 12.04.2025 11:31 | 12 km | 49 km |
| 3.8 | 04.12.2024 20:41 | 39.2 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 20.11.2024 01:50 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.1 | 12.11.2024 23:34 | 35 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2024 08:34 | 0 km | 18 km |
| 3.1 | 25.08.2024 03:29 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 5.4 | 07.12.2023 04:15 | 45.7 km | 54 km |
| 3.3 | 16.10.2023 22:37 | 2.3 km | 43 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2023 06:22 | 19.8 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 11.06.2023 23:37 | 49 km | 38 km |
| 3.1 | 16.01.2023 12:09 | 8 km | 32 km |
| 3.2 | 15.12.2022 19:09 | 24 km | 49 km |
| 3.1 | 30.10.2022 04:08 | 4 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 29.10.2022 13:50 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.9 | 01.09.2022 04:02 | 5 km | 35 km |
| 5.0 | 20.11.2021 12:46 | 31.8 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2021 11:01 | 2 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2021 09:46 | 5 km | 37 km |
| 3.0 | 20.06.2021 20:12 | 5 km | 49 km |
| 3.9 | 24.03.2021 12:40 | 5 km | 54 km |
| 3.3 | 24.03.2021 11:27 | 8 km | 48 km |
| 3.9 | 23.03.2021 04:31 | 60 km | 50 km |
| 3.8 | 01.03.2021 13:45 | 45 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 13.01.2021 08:12 | 9 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 26.10.2020 13:50 | 42 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 13.08.2020 05:21 | 14 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2020 19:54 | 7 km | 46 km |
| 3.6 | 11.04.2020 02:30 | 60 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 22.02.2020 03:05 | 33.2 km | 59 km |
| 3.4 | 20.01.2020 16:53 | 30 km | 30 km |
| 3.3 | 19.12.2019 23:57 | 44 km | 27 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2019 15:29 | 17.1 km | 57 km |
| 3.5 | 06.02.2019 02:25 | 15.3 km | 45 km |
| 4.6 | 05.02.2019 19:34 | 9.7 km | 55 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 13.5 km | 56 km |
| 5.1 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 17.2 km | 93 km |
| 4.6 | 05.02.2019 19:19 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 25.01.2019 04:10 | 71 km | 49 km |
| 3.4 | 16.10.2018 04:27 | 4 km | 53 km |
| 3.3 | 19.09.2018 23:09 | 6 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 19.09.2018 22:57 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2018 15:33 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 11.08.2018 19:03 | 18.3 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 01.01.2018 09:11 | 13.1 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 19.10.2017 09:21 | 9 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 26.09.2017 20:32 | 8 km | 48 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.