No records in the last 30 days.
170
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1934–2026
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
32
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 | 128 km |
| 6.0 | 20.04.1966 16:42 | 27.2 km | 90 km |
| 5.6 | 29.10.1934 16:15 | 35 km | 41 km |
| 5.6 | 03.07.2023 20:01 | 57.6 km | 65 km |
| 5.5 | 20.12.1971 01:41 | 15 km | 47 km |
| 5.5 | 27.01.1963 19:35 | 45.5 km | 70 km |
| 5.5 | 10.05.1963 10:57 | 70 km | 60 km |
| 5.4 | 20.12.1971 01:29 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 5.4 | 07.12.2023 04:15 | 45.7 km | 63 km |
| 5.4 | 04.10.2014 04:59 | 17.1 km | 79 km |
| 5.4 | 21.03.1956 04:54 | 15 km | 48 km |
| 5.3 | 29.11.1981 23:37 | 24.7 km | 68 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 13.5 km | 51 km |
| 5.2 | 03.02.1972 02:29 | 13.4 km | 48 km |
| 5.1 | 19.11.1981 14:10 | 35 km | 42 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 05.07.2026 01:58 | 47 km | 32 km |
| 4.0 | 28.02.2026 02:34 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 27.02.2026 22:01 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.9 | 27.02.2026 11:52 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 4.1 | 21.01.2026 01:07 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 18.01.2026 03:56 | 6.2 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 08.11.2025 09:30 | 9 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 21.08.2025 13:17 | 65.5 km | 15 km |
| 3.7 | 06.06.2025 06:18 | 4.6 km | 31 km |
| 3.4 | 06.06.2025 02:40 | 5 km | 35 km |
| 3.6 | 05.06.2025 12:05 | 4.7 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 05.06.2025 12:03 | 7.4 km | 41 km |
| 3.7 | 05.06.2025 12:02 | 4.6 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 14.05.2025 23:14 | 5 km | 36 km |
| 3.7 | 09.03.2025 00:01 | 43.1 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 20.11.2024 01:50 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2024 08:34 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 03.07.2024 05:58 | 2.3 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 20.01.2024 15:45 | 4.8 km | 34 km |
| 5.4 | 07.12.2023 04:15 | 45.7 km | 63 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2023 06:22 | 19.8 km | 9 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2023 23:32 | 40 km | 63 km |
| 5.6 | 03.07.2023 20:01 | 57.6 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 28.04.2023 06:56 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2023 15:21 | 12 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2023 21:38 | 12 km | 58 km |
| 3.9 | 01.09.2022 04:02 | 5 km | 13 km |
| 3.4 | 12.04.2022 19:42 | 3 km | 27 km |
| 5.0 | 20.11.2021 12:46 | 31.8 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2021 11:01 | 2 km | 3 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2021 09:46 | 5 km | 9 km |
| 2.7 | 01.02.2021 16:13 | 7 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 13.01.2021 08:12 | 9 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 26.10.2020 13:50 | 42 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 13.08.2020 05:21 | 14 km | 59 km |
| 2.5 | 10.05.2020 05:43 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 20.01.2020 16:53 | 30 km | 18 km |
| 3.3 | 19.12.2019 23:57 | 44 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2019 15:29 | 17.1 km | 54 km |
| 4.6 | 05.02.2019 19:34 | 9.7 km | 53 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2019 19:31 | 13.5 km | 51 km |
| 4.6 | 05.02.2019 19:19 | 15 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 19.09.2018 22:57 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2018 15:33 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 11.08.2018 19:03 | 18.3 km | 46 km |
| 3.7 | 02.07.2018 21:43 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.0 | 29.06.2018 05:23 | 9 km | 30 km |
| 3.7 | 19.04.2018 18:17 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 4.3 | 27.02.2018 19:03 | 42.7 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 01.01.2018 09:11 | 13.1 km | 48 km |
| 3.0 | 19.10.2017 09:21 | 9 km | 27 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2017 02:36 | 14 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 26.09.2017 20:32 | 8 km | 34 km |
| 3.6 | 28.02.2017 03:45 | 45 km | 38 km |
| 4.5 | 13.12.2016 00:33 | 44.9 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2016 22:52 | 44 km | 33 km |
| 3.2 | 19.07.2016 18:02 | 9 km | 46 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2016 11:41 | 9 km | 44 km |
| 4.3 | 19.04.2016 20:22 | 51.8 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 05.08.2015 13:35 | 6 km | 41 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.