No records in the last 30 days.
187
recorded earthquakes
M6.6
largest
1923–2026
record span
4.79
mean magnitude
97
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6 | 10.12.1996 08:36 | 10.2 km | 617 km |
| 6.6 | 17.12.2024 05:05 | 10 km | 696 km |
| 6.6 | 28.03.2025 17:17 | 12.3 km | 631 km |
| 6.5 | 30.08.2020 21:20 | 11 km | 607 km |
| 6.5 | 22.05.1934 11:01 | 35 km | 632 km |
| 6.5 | 28.12.1937 06:19 | 35 km | 713 km |
| 6.4 | 06.06.1985 02:40 | 11.7 km | 760 km |
| 6.4 | 12.10.1985 22:20 | 11.6 km | 619 km |
| 6.3 | 12.10.1924 19:34 | 10 km | 584 km |
| 6.3 | 03.07.2007 08:26 | 11.3 km | 592 km |
| 6.3 | 08.03.1942 04:46 | 15 km | 605 km |
| 6.2 | 06.10.1937 21:48 | 35 km | 750 km |
| 6.2 | 08.08.1923 12:17 | 35 km | 592 km |
| 6.2 | 20.03.1978 18:09 | 14.5 km | 626 km |
| 6.1 | 09.03.1954 02:21 | 15 km | 591 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 15.06.2026 15:58 | 10 km | 702 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2026 21:21 | 0 km | 703 km |
| 3.9 | 13.02.2026 04:45 | 0 km | 675 km |
| 4.6 | 20.01.2026 07:39 | 0 km | 651 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.2025 15:15 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 4.5 | 16.12.2025 03:42 | 10 km | 651 km |
| 2.5 | 24.04.2025 22:28 | 0 km | 398 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2025 09:15 | 24.7 km | 124 km |
| 3.7 | 15.04.2025 11:44 | 0 km | 665 km |
| 4.8 | 12.04.2025 23:21 | 0 km | 656 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2025 10:49 | 0 km | 653 km |
| 5.3 | 08.04.2025 03:55 | 10 km | 639 km |
| 4.5 | 03.04.2025 13:51 | 0 km | 657 km |
| 5.2 | 02.04.2025 13:24 | 10 km | 633 km |
| 5.1 | 31.03.2025 13:36 | 10 km | 641 km |
| 6.6 | 28.03.2025 17:17 | 12.3 km | 631 km |
| 3.5 | 28.03.2025 15:19 | 0 km | 681 km |
| 4.4 | 28.03.2025 03:27 | 0 km | 644 km |
| 4.4 | 28.03.2025 02:09 | 10 km | 648 km |
| 6.1 | 28.03.2025 00:34 | 10 km | 636 km |
| 5.1 | 17.12.2024 05:05 | 10 km | 693 km |
| 6.6 | 17.12.2024 05:05 | 10 km | 696 km |
| 4.0 | 11.08.2024 19:42 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 5.4 | 21.11.2023 05:10 | 16 km | 705 km |
| 5.3 | 19.11.2023 17:00 | 16 km | 702 km |
| 3.8 | 15.08.2023 23:40 | 12 km | 642 km |
| 2.7 | 27.07.2023 00:47 | 3.5 km | 520 km |
| 4.9 | 15.03.2023 03:39 | 10 km | 681 km |
| 5.6 | 03.01.2023 18:19 | 12 km | 676 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2022 15:48 | 2 km | 606 km |
| 4.3 | 06.09.2022 12:28 | 10 km | 695 km |
| 2.9 | 22.01.2022 20:55 | 10 km | 502 km |
| 4.8 | 20.08.2021 00:34 | 10 km | 688 km |
| 4.8 | 26.02.2021 02:43 | 10 km | 598 km |
| 4.0 | 05.12.2020 11:03 | 0 km | 665 km |
| 3.6 | 14.09.2020 13:23 | 14 km | 606 km |
| 4.9 | 31.08.2020 09:56 | 10 km | 616 km |
| 6.5 | 30.08.2020 21:20 | 11 km | 607 km |
| 4.8 | 09.11.2019 05:38 | 10 km | 683 km |
| 5.0 | 13.04.2019 15:23 | 10 km | 600 km |
| 4.8 | 08.04.2019 18:31 | 33 km | 376 km |
| 3.8 | 20.03.2019 20:23 | 12 km | 670 km |
| 5.3 | 10.11.2018 07:17 | 10 km | 627 km |
| 5.6 | 24.05.2018 23:11 | 12 km | 648 km |
| 4.9 | 27.08.2017 23:49 | 12 km | 670 km |
| 4.6 | 23.08.2017 17:04 | 10 km | 669 km |
| 3.3 | 23.08.2017 17:04 | 12 km | 662 km |
| 5.0 | 24.08.2016 04:27 | 10 km | 615 km |
| 5.8 | 24.07.2016 14:10 | 16 km | 709 km |
| 3.8 | 04.06.2016 05:00 | 10 km | 673 km |
| 4.6 | 20.09.2015 05:10 | 10 km | 680 km |
| 3.4 | 20.09.2015 05:10 | 12 km | 675 km |
| 3.7 | 26.04.2015 23:08 | 19 km | 625 km |
| 3.5 | 06.04.2015 06:06 | 10 km | 656 km |
| 5.2 | 26.01.2015 07:32 | 10 km | 599 km |
| 3.7 | 25.01.2015 04:45 | 10 km | 625 km |
| 5.0 | 28.12.2014 17:24 | 10 km | 587 km |
| 4.3 | 15.08.2014 16:43 | 10 km | 640 km |
| 3.6 | 17.01.2014 00:16 | 19 km | 637 km |
| 3.9 | 08.12.2013 16:53 | 10 km | 371 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.