No records in the last 30 days.
158
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
48
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 222 km |
| 6.7 | 12.06.1912 12:43 | 15 km | 235 km |
| 6.7 | 11.07.1999 14:14 | 16.8 km | 167 km |
| 6.6 | 12.06.1912 12:43 | 35 km | 56 km |
| 6.5 | 09.08.1980 05:45 | 27.3 km | 141 km |
| 6.2 | 03.12.1934 02:38 | 35 km | 245 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1977 02:46 | 4.8 km | 184 km |
| 6.0 | 10.08.1945 11:20 | 25 km | 204 km |
| 5.8 | 23.09.2005 13:48 | 29.1 km | 136 km |
| 5.8 | 06.07.1997 20:13 | 22.6 km | 129 km |
| 5.7 | 08.02.1976 08:13 | 10.2 km | 167 km |
| 5.3 | 02.08.2022 15:17 | 10.2 km | 172 km |
| 5.3 | 02.09.1980 10:28 | 28 km | 145 km |
| 5.2 | 25.08.2021 21:04 | 10.2 km | 193 km |
| 5.2 | 16.02.1999 14:56 | 44.5 km | 206 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 21.06.2026 21:08 | 3 km | 158 km |
| 4.0 | 01.06.2026 20:42 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 5.0 | 18.03.2026 17:35 | 0 km | 205 km |
| 4.3 | 17.02.2026 10:27 | 1 km | 111 km |
| 3.0 | 24.01.2026 15:19 | 3 km | 164 km |
| 4.2 | 20.01.2026 22:33 | 1 km | 161 km |
| 3.0 | 16.01.2026 13:38 | 1 km | 162 km |
| 3.0 | 16.01.2026 12:42 | 1 km | 164 km |
| 3.5 | 16.01.2026 07:54 | 1 km | 160 km |
| 3.2 | 16.01.2026 07:44 | 1 km | 163 km |
| 3.0 | 16.01.2026 07:10 | 2 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 16.01.2026 06:52 | 1 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 16.01.2026 06:28 | 1 km | 159 km |
| 5.2 | 16.01.2026 06:08 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 3.3 | 09.01.2026 21:28 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 4.2 | 22.08.2025 16:41 | 1 km | 157 km |
| 4.1 | 10.08.2025 06:14 | 20 km | 86 km |
| 4.2 | 19.11.2024 14:56 | 20 km | 136 km |
| 4.0 | 22.01.2024 05:45 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 3.3 | 11.11.2023 21:07 | 7.4 km | 166 km |
| 4.9 | 10.04.2023 17:16 | 287.6 km | 167 km |
| 4.4 | 15.01.2023 02:37 | 12.7 km | 158 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2022 12:56 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2022 12:05 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 5.1 | 25.09.2022 21:30 | 7.6 km | 161 km |
| 4.5 | 25.09.2022 21:28 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2022 20:25 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2022 15:46 | 19.4 km | 144 km |
| 4.5 | 02.08.2022 15:33 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 5.3 | 02.08.2022 15:17 | 10.2 km | 172 km |
| 5.2 | 25.08.2021 21:04 | 10.2 km | 193 km |
| 4.2 | 28.05.2021 22:52 | 13.5 km | 134 km |
| 4.1 | 07.03.2021 20:33 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2021 17:58 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 4.2 | 23.01.2021 00:49 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 4.0 | 14.03.2019 01:08 | 3.7 km | 164 km |
| 4.2 | 15.02.2018 07:54 | 0 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 19.05.2017 20:42 | 35.2 km | 126 km |
| 4.3 | 30.12.2016 11:23 | 35 km | 138 km |
| 4.0 | 13.11.2013 20:04 | 7.7 km | 139 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2013 08:33 | 30.1 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 17.04.2013 00:16 | 35.9 km | 172 km |
| 3.5 | 11.05.2012 06:15 | 10.4 km | 160 km |
| 5.0 | 23.04.2012 00:20 | 25.3 km | 162 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2011 15:28 | 0 km | 140 km |
| 4.2 | 29.03.2011 11:30 | 7.1 km | 175 km |
| 4.0 | 27.03.2010 00:34 | 9.9 km | 167 km |
| 5.1 | 11.01.2010 23:30 | 16.3 km | 184 km |
| 4.5 | 31.12.2009 10:12 | 35 km | 145 km |
| 3.4 | 26.10.2009 11:32 | 1.7 km | 121 km |
| 3.9 | 18.10.2009 16:19 | 8.4 km | 136 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2009 14:41 | 17.5 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 12.06.2009 05:37 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 4.1 | 08.06.2009 12:35 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2009 21:00 | 117.4 km | 106 km |
| 5.0 | 06.06.2009 04:37 | 29.8 km | 137 km |
| 4.1 | 31.05.2009 12:10 | 0 km | 70 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2009 04:38 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 29.05.2009 02:45 | 35 km | 145 km |
| 4.1 | 28.05.2009 12:32 | 0 km | 177 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.