No records in the last 30 days.
166
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1938–2024
record span
1.95
mean magnitude
158
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 11.06.1938 10:57 | 35 km | 48 km |
| 5.5 | 24.10.1976 20:33 | 33 km | 16 km |
| 4.3 | 20.06.1995 01:54 | 20 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 29.08.1992 09:22 | 17.9 km | 36 km |
| 3.9 | 26.08.1992 23:41 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.8 | 13.07.2008 13:45 | 4 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 04.08.1983 07:08 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 14.09.1982 19:24 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 03.03.2009 03:23 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 3.4 | 09.08.1983 01:32 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.3 | 13.09.2008 01:14 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.3 | 22.03.1987 21:05 | 10 km | 0 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2008 01:33 | 4 km | 7 km |
| 3.2 | 26.12.2009 06:50 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 01.04.1987 06:43 | 10 km | 3 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | 20.10.2024 21:34 | 5.9 km | 51 km |
| 2.1 | 17.04.2024 10:04 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 2.2 | 05.04.2024 10:00 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 2.1 | 27.10.2023 20:49 | 21 km | 74 km |
| 2.6 | 20.06.2021 00:10 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 2.3 | 30.05.2021 19:50 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2012 01:06 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 1.9 | 20.12.2011 18:55 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 2.3 | 25.03.2011 14:04 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 2.0 | 20.12.2010 12:04 | 3.6 km | 39 km |
| 1.7 | 16.11.2010 12:09 | 1.8 km | 33 km |
| 1.7 | 21.10.2010 13:14 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 1.3 | 07.07.2010 09:44 | 1 km | 42 km |
| 1.0 | 03.07.2010 01:35 | 30 km | 52 km |
| 0.9 | 18.01.2010 11:59 | 5.3 km | 66 km |
| 0.3 | 12.01.2010 20:15 | 5.2 km | 67 km |
| 0.7 | 06.01.2010 22:04 | 5.4 km | 66 km |
| 2.0 | 31.12.2009 03:16 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 26.12.2009 06:50 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 0.5 | 19.10.2009 04:05 | 5.8 km | 50 km |
| 0.3 | 06.09.2009 20:44 | 7 km | 65 km |
| 1.9 | 05.09.2009 22:50 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 0.2 | 20.08.2009 00:43 | 3.9 km | 65 km |
| 1.0 | 16.08.2009 22:43 | 7.6 km | 67 km |
| 0.7 | 16.08.2009 16:23 | 7.5 km | 67 km |
| 1.2 | 16.08.2009 07:22 | 2 km | 65 km |
| 2.8 | 16.07.2009 12:12 | 5 km | 32 km |
| 2.3 | 12.07.2009 05:29 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 1.2 | 26.06.2009 01:50 | 5.9 km | 67 km |
| 1.4 | 05.06.2009 06:56 | 8.1 km | 48 km |
| 1.8 | 16.05.2009 21:52 | 3 km | 65 km |
| 1.0 | 14.04.2009 13:28 | 6.9 km | 66 km |
| 0.5 | 13.04.2009 12:50 | 6.5 km | 65 km |
| 0.5 | 13.04.2009 03:38 | 6.5 km | 65 km |
| 1.1 | 09.04.2009 10:57 | 6.3 km | 66 km |
| 0.7 | 05.04.2009 12:02 | 7.5 km | 65 km |
| 0.7 | 01.04.2009 18:58 | 7.3 km | 66 km |
| 1.3 | 27.03.2009 17:46 | 6.2 km | 66 km |
| 2.9 | 26.03.2009 19:42 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 1.3 | 26.03.2009 14:30 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 1.3 | 21.03.2009 15:06 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 0.6 | 20.03.2009 22:29 | 6.7 km | 66 km |
| 0.6 | 20.03.2009 22:22 | 6.5 km | 66 km |
| 0.5 | 20.03.2009 01:39 | 6.8 km | 66 km |
| 0.7 | 19.03.2009 03:54 | 7.3 km | 66 km |
| 0.9 | 16.03.2009 22:40 | 7.2 km | 65 km |
| 1.3 | 12.03.2009 15:12 | 6.5 km | 66 km |
| 1.2 | 12.03.2009 15:11 | 6.6 km | 66 km |
| 1.8 | 12.03.2009 10:42 | 6.3 km | 67 km |
| 1.4 | 12.03.2009 07:31 | 6.4 km | 67 km |
| 1.0 | 11.03.2009 05:19 | 6.5 km | 66 km |
| 1.3 | 07.03.2009 19:40 | 12 km | 65 km |
| 2.2 | 05.03.2009 04:21 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 0.8 | 03.03.2009 19:25 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 1.0 | 03.03.2009 04:29 | 6.1 km | 66 km |
| 3.4 | 03.03.2009 03:23 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 0.9 | 02.03.2009 14:34 | 1 km | 64 km |
| 0.8 | 02.03.2009 08:47 | 5.4 km | 66 km |
| 1.1 | 27.02.2009 15:21 | 5.7 km | 66 km |
| 2.0 | 25.02.2009 07:26 | 2 km | 66 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.