No records in the last 30 days.
261
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1909–2026
record span
4.25
mean magnitude
197
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 17.05.1909 08:02 | 250 km | 455 km |
| 6.8 | 02.04.2018 13:40 | 558.4 km | 456 km |
| 6.6 | 22.11.2011 18:48 | 560.3 km | 467 km |
| 6.5 | 22.05.1998 04:48 | 13.7 km | 494 km |
| 6.5 | 21.02.2017 14:09 | 602.4 km | 399 km |
| 6.3 | 26.08.1957 11:28 | 15 km | 351 km |
| 6.2 | 12.10.2008 20:55 | 353.3 km | 562 km |
| 6.1 | 14.01.2016 03:25 | 582 km | 383 km |
| 6.1 | 04.07.2001 12:09 | 29.6 km | 455 km |
| 6.1 | 13.08.1920 02:02 | 15 km | 359 km |
| 6.0 | 27.07.2003 11:41 | 344.2 km | 551 km |
| 5.9 | 28.12.1957 14:36 | 15 km | 375 km |
| 5.9 | 27.02.1990 09:28 | 613.4 km | 318 km |
| 5.8 | 13.11.2009 07:27 | 611.6 km | 347 km |
| 5.8 | 19.03.1985 10:28 | 17.2 km | 329 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 30.06.2026 22:32 | 0 km | 389 km |
| 3.2 | 06.06.2026 05:11 | 22.1 km | 364 km |
| 3.0 | 20.05.2026 09:50 | 29.9 km | 442 km |
| 3.1 | 14.02.2026 06:44 | 26.3 km | 353 km |
| 3.8 | 16.01.2026 18:17 | 7.8 km | 229 km |
| 5.3 | 30.12.2025 20:26 | 551 km | 460 km |
| 3.7 | 25.12.2025 09:38 | 23.1 km | 356 km |
| 3.6 | 07.12.2025 21:02 | 0 km | 216 km |
| 3.3 | 04.12.2025 03:23 | 19.5 km | 354 km |
| 3.9 | 01.12.2025 02:22 | 10 km | 409 km |
| 3.8 | 10.11.2025 05:39 | 16.3 km | 483 km |
| 3.6 | 10.11.2025 05:11 | 17.1 km | 484 km |
| 3.2 | 20.10.2025 12:04 | 38.6 km | 297 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2025 07:16 | 27.6 km | 320 km |
| 3.5 | 03.09.2025 22:35 | 34.9 km | 266 km |
| 3.3 | 03.09.2025 22:32 | 36.9 km | 268 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2025 07:12 | 26.9 km | 259 km |
| 3.2 | 24.08.2025 08:55 | 7.7 km | 247 km |
| 3.1 | 19.08.2025 02:44 | 21.4 km | 256 km |
| 3.2 | 18.08.2025 17:29 | 12 km | 263 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2025 04:02 | 27.6 km | 252 km |
| 4.1 | 12.08.2025 16:39 | 425 km | 221 km |
| 3.1 | 26.06.2025 14:38 | 9.1 km | 388 km |
| 3.3 | 20.06.2025 15:53 | 12.6 km | 351 km |
| 3.4 | 20.06.2025 14:31 | 5.9 km | 254 km |
| 3.2 | 04.04.2025 03:15 | 15 km | 302 km |
| 3.7 | 12.03.2025 10:43 | 5.1 km | 286 km |
| 4.5 | 05.02.2025 10:49 | 0 km | 322 km |
| 4.5 | 19.12.2024 01:32 | 579.1 km | 357 km |
| 3.0 | 22.11.2024 20:30 | 10 km | 231 km |
| 3.2 | 07.11.2024 21:28 | 15 km | 251 km |
| 3.2 | 07.11.2024 15:57 | 15 km | 225 km |
| 3.4 | 06.11.2024 13:57 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 3.1 | 06.11.2024 03:06 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 3.1 | 01.11.2024 20:09 | 15 km | 373 km |
| 4.0 | 30.10.2024 10:17 | 350 km | 101 km |
| 3.3 | 22.10.2024 02:40 | 15 km | 311 km |
| 3.8 | 20.08.2024 09:35 | 6.5 km | 401 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2024 16:08 | 15 km | 276 km |
| 3.7 | 30.07.2024 06:58 | 15 km | 274 km |
| 4.5 | 06.05.2024 15:03 | 10 km | 414 km |
| 3.3 | 19.03.2024 10:01 | 15 km | 294 km |
| 3.4 | 12.03.2024 19:52 | 11.1 km | 248 km |
| 4.2 | 07.02.2024 12:07 | 555.2 km | 447 km |
| 3.0 | 17.11.2023 07:27 | 10.3 km | 254 km |
| 3.9 | 23.10.2023 21:26 | 25.5 km | 278 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2023 21:57 | 20 km | 306 km |
| 3.8 | 04.06.2023 18:13 | 2 km | 132 km |
| 4.8 | 22.05.2023 07:51 | 600 km | 319 km |
| 4.2 | 26.12.2022 00:34 | 10 km | 378 km |
| 4.0 | 15.12.2022 15:53 | 35 km | 375 km |
| 4.0 | 15.12.2022 06:50 | 35 km | 388 km |
| 3.0 | 28.11.2022 00:43 | 40.7 km | 379 km |
| 3.5 | 14.09.2022 01:44 | 2 km | 225 km |
| 4.6 | 11.09.2022 23:57 | 10 km | 504 km |
| 4.1 | 07.03.2022 03:05 | 35 km | 267 km |
| 4.2 | 27.02.2022 20:55 | 600 km | 349 km |
| 3.8 | 06.10.2021 03:39 | 18 km | 297 km |
| 1.9 | 30.09.2021 11:31 | 60.1 km | 335 km |
| 1.5 | 15.07.2021 08:55 | 60.1 km | 269 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.