No records in the last 30 days.
152
recorded earthquakes
M6.0
largest
1948–2026
record span
3.97
mean magnitude
45
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 29.06.1948 16:06 | 35 km | 137 km |
| 6.0 | 20.04.1966 16:42 | 27.2 km | 96 km |
| 5.5 | 20.12.1971 01:41 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 5.5 | 04.09.2015 04:49 | 17.1 km | 29 km |
| 5.4 | 20.12.1971 01:29 | 1 km | 63 km |
| 5.4 | 04.06.1999 09:12 | 31.3 km | 33 km |
| 5.4 | 04.10.2014 04:59 | 17.1 km | 33 km |
| 5.4 | 21.03.1956 04:54 | 15 km | 51 km |
| 5.3 | 29.11.1981 23:37 | 24.7 km | 30 km |
| 5.2 | 02.09.1953 00:35 | — | 57 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 13.5 km | 63 km |
| 5.2 | 15.11.2017 19:48 | 26.5 km | 95 km |
| 5.2 | 03.02.1972 02:29 | 13.4 km | 53 km |
| 5.1 | 07.10.2012 11:42 | 40.6 km | 58 km |
| 5.1 | 29.09.2014 01:38 | 15 km | 28 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 12.06.2026 11:13 | 41 km | 17 km |
| 4.8 | 12.06.2026 11:12 | 7 km | 50 km |
| 3.5 | 09.05.2026 10:35 | 36.1 km | 29 km |
| 3.2 | 12.02.2026 13:54 | 18.4 km | 29 km |
| 3.1 | 09.11.2025 22:50 | 19.9 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2025 22:50 | 1 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2025 14:03 | 3.9 km | 31 km |
| 4.4 | 09.08.2025 07:03 | 0 km | 26 km |
| 3.9 | 21.04.2025 04:31 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 3.3 | 27.02.2025 05:16 | 44.5 km | 18 km |
| 3.2 | 16.07.2024 22:20 | 43.2 km | 31 km |
| 3.1 | 19.12.2023 16:24 | 25.1 km | 40 km |
| 3.6 | 17.11.2023 00:56 | 6.9 km | 37 km |
| 3.0 | 12.11.2023 22:50 | 7.1 km | 37 km |
| 2.9 | 11.11.2023 18:46 | 7 km | 35 km |
| 3.3 | 11.11.2023 04:00 | 6.9 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2023 09:04 | 17.6 km | 43 km |
| 3.3 | 21.07.2023 17:17 | 7.2 km | 17 km |
| 3.6 | 29.04.2023 05:09 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 28.04.2023 06:56 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.6 | 22.04.2023 14:43 | 34 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2023 15:21 | 12 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2023 21:38 | 12 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 31.01.2023 02:54 | 13 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2022 00:35 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 3.7 | 20.04.2022 18:05 | 50 km | 30 km |
| 3.0 | 09.02.2022 15:47 | 7 km | 20 km |
| 3.5 | 25.12.2020 13:14 | 31 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 22.10.2020 12:52 | 12 km | 23 km |
| 3.3 | 07.08.2020 21:31 | 44 km | 25 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2019 09:56 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2019 19:17 | 38 km | 52 km |
| 3.7 | 02.09.2019 20:25 | 2 km | 23 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 13.5 km | 63 km |
| 3.5 | 26.10.2018 21:57 | 13 km | 24 km |
| 3.7 | 23.10.2018 02:32 | 9 km | 25 km |
| 3.8 | 22.06.2018 19:44 | 6 km | 37 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2018 23:14 | 26 km | 33 km |
| 3.6 | 25.03.2018 18:04 | 12 km | 33 km |
| 5.2 | 15.11.2017 19:48 | 26.5 km | 95 km |
| 4.3 | 23.09.2017 11:40 | 19.5 km | 41 km |
| 3.8 | 06.09.2017 03:56 | 2 km | 18 km |
| 3.3 | 06.09.2017 01:45 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 12.08.2017 22:40 | 24 km | 44 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2017 04:28 | 9 km | 45 km |
| 3.1 | 16.06.2017 13:41 | 38.2 km | 40 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2017 06:15 | 8.7 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 14.01.2017 15:28 | 9 km | 26 km |
| 3.7 | 23.12.2016 13:55 | 5 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 30.06.2016 07:53 | 11 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 19.06.2016 18:47 | 22 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 05.06.2016 15:46 | 12 km | 46 km |
| 3.3 | 29.09.2015 03:06 | 23 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 04.09.2015 09:38 | 17 km | 31 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.2015 04:55 | 22 km | 33 km |
| 5.5 | 04.09.2015 04:49 | 17.1 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 25.04.2015 03:02 | 12 km | 25 km |
| 3.6 | 12.04.2015 09:57 | 41 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 23.03.2015 15:49 | 12 km | 23 km |
| 3.3 | 23.02.2015 07:57 | 14 km | 25 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.