No records in the last 30 days.
151
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.45
mean magnitude
49
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 59 km |
| 5.9 | 07.05.2012 04:40 | 17.4 km | 98 km |
| 5.6 | 30.10.1954 23:43 | 15 km | 60 km |
| 5.5 | 20.10.1906 16:08 | 15 km | 51 km |
| 5.5 | 04.06.2018 18:40 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 5.3 | 07.05.2012 14:15 | 16.1 km | 96 km |
| 5.3 | 05.06.2018 18:40 | 15.9 km | 96 km |
| 5.2 | 07.05.2012 05:38 | 14.1 km | 92 km |
| 5.2 | 07.05.2012 14:15 | 12.4 km | 64 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2021 15:36 | 10.4 km | 71 km |
| 5.1 | 18.05.2012 14:46 | 19.4 km | 94 km |
| 5.1 | 18.05.2012 14:47 | 19 km | 93 km |
| 5.1 | 08.05.1931 09:05 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 5.0 | 29.06.2014 17:26 | 17.5 km | 94 km |
| 4.9 | 22.02.1929 19:38 | 16 km | 51 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 19.06.2026 15:17 | 7 km | 53 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 07:17 | 15 km | 40 km |
| 3.0 | 10.02.2026 21:02 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 18.01.2026 20:56 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2025 04:31 | 24 km | 23 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2025 01:27 | 15.2 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2025 17:30 | 15.5 km | 18 km |
| 3.2 | 15.07.2025 04:25 | 14.7 km | 29 km |
| 3.2 | 08.09.2024 06:25 | 14.5 km | 34 km |
| 3.0 | 25.05.2024 10:30 | 7.3 km | 42 km |
| 3.0 | 04.05.2024 09:46 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 2.9 | 27.01.2024 20:44 | 18.3 km | 5 km |
| 2.3 | 27.01.2024 10:36 | 11.4 km | 53 km |
| 2.6 | 13.07.2023 14:55 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 25.04.2023 19:29 | 1 km | 36 km |
| 3.3 | 24.03.2023 08:27 | 7 km | 17 km |
| 1.7 | 20.03.2023 17:17 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 3.3 | 23.01.2023 01:58 | 8 km | 29 km |
| 2.5 | 22.10.2022 09:34 | 8 km | 49 km |
| 2.0 | 04.10.2022 08:09 | 19 km | 42 km |
| 2.4 | 01.10.2022 12:38 | 9 km | 7 km |
| 2.6 | 20.08.2022 08:53 | 17 km | 32 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2022 23:48 | 32.1 km | 46 km |
| 2.5 | 07.07.2022 03:28 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2022 21:41 | 6.6 km | 26 km |
| 2.5 | 29.03.2022 19:14 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 2.2 | 21.01.2022 10:03 | 18 km | 27 km |
| 3.4 | 18.10.2021 10:49 | 5 km | 50 km |
| 2.3 | 11.09.2021 07:48 | 2 km | 32 km |
| 2.2 | 30.08.2021 14:58 | 12 km | 22 km |
| 2.2 | 31.05.2021 14:03 | 9 km | 26 km |
| 2.2 | 22.05.2021 13:15 | 3 km | 24 km |
| 3.2 | 23.03.2021 03:08 | 2 km | 47 km |
| 2.6 | 16.03.2021 06:31 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 5.2 | 05.02.2021 15:36 | 10.4 km | 71 km |
| 3.1 | 29.12.2020 00:33 | 1 km | 14 km |
| 3.3 | 26.11.2020 22:49 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 25.10.2020 15:38 | 12 km | 51 km |
| 3.2 | 15.06.2020 08:47 | 15 km | 39 km |
| 3.3 | 03.05.2020 22:00 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.3 | 03.05.2020 20:04 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 2.6 | 03.02.2020 23:40 | 7.2 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 02.10.2019 11:14 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 28.06.2019 20:01 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 07.04.2019 08:27 | 33.5 km | 69 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2018 14:34 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 5.3 | 05.06.2018 18:40 | 15.9 km | 96 km |
| 5.5 | 04.06.2018 18:40 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 01.05.2018 13:14 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2017 23:15 | 12 km | 39 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2017 18:25 | 28.9 km | 62 km |
| 2.9 | 17.07.2016 21:57 | 6.4 km | 29 km |
| 2.8 | 24.06.2016 00:29 | 7.6 km | 42 km |
| 1.8 | 30.10.2015 11:54 | 7 km | 34 km |
| 2.6 | 26.10.2015 03:08 | 7.3 km | 40 km |
| 2.8 | 17.09.2015 16:55 | 1.3 km | 47 km |
| 1.3 | 27.05.2015 20:37 | 7 km | 53 km |
| 2.3 | 09.03.2015 22:12 | 8.5 km | 16 km |
| 3.8 | 23.02.2015 08:04 | 4.8 km | 8 km |
| 2.9 | 19.02.2015 20:25 | 40.5 km | 52 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.