No records in the last 30 days.
237
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1909–2026
record span
4.49
mean magnitude
157
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 318 km |
| 7.1 | 23.01.1997 02:15 | 267 km | 196 km |
| 7.1 | 17.05.1909 08:02 | 250 km | 211 km |
| 7.0 | 24.05.1993 23:51 | 221 km | 325 km |
| 6.9 | 01.04.1987 01:48 | 245.7 km | 267 km |
| 6.8 | 02.04.2018 13:40 | 558.4 km | 159 km |
| 6.6 | 25.10.1973 14:08 | 528.3 km | 22 km |
| 6.5 | 23.09.1940 07:15 | 550 km | 126 km |
| 6.5 | 03.04.1941 14:55 | 260 km | 237 km |
| 6.5 | 28.02.1989 13:01 | 571.4 km | 287 km |
| 6.4 | 21.07.2007 15:34 | 277.5 km | 221 km |
| 6.4 | 12.05.1959 09:46 | 25 km | 175 km |
| 6.3 | 23.08.1968 22:36 | 531.8 km | 25 km |
| 6.2 | 12.10.2008 20:55 | 353.3 km | 228 km |
| 6.1 | 04.08.2016 14:15 | 263.3 km | 229 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 11.06.2026 11:08 | 553.8 km | 11 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2026 10:04 | 0 km | 78 km |
| 4.4 | 05.04.2026 17:44 | 524.3 km | 38 km |
| 3.2 | 12.03.2026 20:00 | 371 km | 181 km |
| 3.5 | 20.02.2026 15:02 | 8 km | 47 km |
| 5.3 | 30.12.2025 20:26 | 551 km | 155 km |
| 3.9 | 02.11.2025 14:22 | 557.3 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2025 00:37 | 3.8 km | 131 km |
| 4.4 | 16.06.2025 08:19 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 4.7 | 28.05.2025 23:11 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 4.4 | 09.05.2025 13:31 | 314.6 km | 176 km |
| 4.3 | 26.04.2025 06:22 | 529.4 km | 103 km |
| 4.7 | 11.03.2025 02:28 | 530.6 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 20.02.2025 02:16 | 225 km | 158 km |
| 3.0 | 11.02.2025 22:45 | 13 km | 119 km |
| 4.3 | 14.01.2025 20:40 | 352 km | 201 km |
| 4.4 | 20.12.2024 20:20 | 530.2 km | 9 km |
| 3.9 | 20.12.2024 20:19 | 523.3 km | 7 km |
| 3.0 | 02.12.2024 04:56 | 7 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 31.08.2024 09:57 | 538 km | 104 km |
| 5.6 | 21.08.2024 06:55 | 258.2 km | 217 km |
| 4.1 | 15.08.2024 22:50 | 533.2 km | 108 km |
| 3.7 | 05.05.2024 21:59 | 550 km | 37 km |
| 3.9 | 02.02.2024 23:12 | 550 km | 21 km |
| 4.5 | 14.01.2024 09:54 | 537.3 km | 17 km |
| 4.0 | 17.12.2023 02:14 | 550 km | 94 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2023 21:40 | 330.1 km | 193 km |
| 4.2 | 01.08.2023 06:23 | 577.8 km | 56 km |
| 4.4 | 27.06.2023 20:18 | 529.3 km | 18 km |
| 3.6 | 04.06.2023 13:45 | 9 km | 105 km |
| 3.9 | 24.04.2023 15:39 | 515 km | 122 km |
| 4.1 | 12.02.2023 19:44 | 528 km | 35 km |
| 4.2 | 23.11.2022 09:21 | 522 km | 6 km |
| 6.0 | 22.02.2022 06:12 | 247.5 km | 265 km |
| 4.1 | 01.12.2021 02:21 | 537 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 28.09.2021 01:58 | 30 km | 159 km |
| 4.4 | 28.04.2021 18:58 | 528 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 28.02.2021 19:21 | 550 km | 28 km |
| 3.8 | 06.01.2021 22:35 | 386 km | 55 km |
| 3.9 | 06.01.2021 19:09 | 576 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 22.12.2020 03:38 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 5.7 | 29.11.2020 16:40 | 6.7 km | 200 km |
| 3.7 | 14.11.2020 12:07 | 606 km | 131 km |
| 4.1 | 18.10.2020 11:36 | 537.1 km | 23 km |
| 4.2 | 18.06.2020 23:42 | 552.3 km | 88 km |
| 4.7 | 16.04.2020 18:17 | 88 km | 131 km |
| 5.3 | 26.01.2020 18:44 | 273.1 km | 215 km |
| 4.5 | 22.01.2020 17:50 | 535 km | 112 km |
| 4.4 | 22.01.2020 17:43 | 535 km | 114 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2019 05:21 | 535 km | 105 km |
| 3.9 | 09.07.2019 06:05 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 4.6 | 23.03.2019 08:11 | 535 km | 99 km |
| 4.2 | 23.02.2019 16:48 | 35 km | 79 km |
| 5.0 | 23.02.2019 16:34 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 29.12.2018 19:38 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.5 | 02.09.2018 12:38 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 3.5 | 26.08.2018 08:07 | 26 km | 110 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2018 19:19 | 6.6 km | 79 km |
| 4.2 | 03.05.2018 17:34 | 570.4 km | 146 km |
| 4.1 | 02.04.2018 22:50 | 580 km | 121 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.