No records in the last 30 days.
509
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1919–2026
record span
4.02
mean magnitude
351
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 25.12.2016 14:22 | 33.6 km | 333 km |
| 7.2 | 06.06.1960 05:55 | 15 km | 79 km |
| 7.1 | 02.03.1919 11:45 | 15 km | 389 km |
| 7.1 | 21.11.1927 23:12 | 15 km | 179 km |
| 6.9 | 26.05.1960 19:58 | — | 323 km |
| 6.7 | 09.12.1961 11:18 | 25 km | 344 km |
| 6.7 | 25.05.1960 08:34 | 20 km | 264 km |
| 6.4 | 19.05.1963 01:03 | 15 km | 141 km |
| 6.3 | 08.11.2024 11:38 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 6.3 | 29.12.1960 10:36 | 25 km | 270 km |
| 6.2 | 21.04.2007 17:53 | 21.4 km | 140 km |
| 6.2 | 28.11.1965 03:56 | 25 km | 74 km |
| 6.1 | 02.04.2007 02:49 | 17.4 km | 115 km |
| 6.1 | 23.05.1960 02:56 | 20 km | 393 km |
| 6.1 | 07.03.1963 12:16 | 19.2 km | 320 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 16.04.2026 16:51 | 0 km | 224 km |
| 3.4 | 16.04.2026 07:53 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 3.5 | 11.04.2026 00:33 | 0 km | 125 km |
| 4.2 | 05.03.2026 15:08 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 2.7 | 25.02.2026 00:57 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.5 | 23.01.2026 09:30 | 21.1 km | 234 km |
| 3.7 | 22.01.2026 17:38 | 15 km | 233 km |
| 3.7 | 08.01.2026 22:05 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2025 10:28 | 32.3 km | 155 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2025 21:10 | 6.2 km | 223 km |
| 2.6 | 04.10.2025 08:22 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2025 04:37 | 42.7 km | 108 km |
| 2.5 | 03.10.2025 00:44 | 4.6 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 24.09.2025 01:58 | 56.6 km | 118 km |
| 2.8 | 01.09.2025 05:32 | 33.1 km | 167 km |
| 2.6 | 19.08.2025 17:59 | 5.3 km | 68 km |
| 2.6 | 16.08.2025 01:41 | 8.2 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 10.08.2025 09:56 | 26.8 km | 125 km |
| 4.5 | 20.07.2025 02:43 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 2.5 | 17.07.2025 12:52 | 11.1 km | 63 km |
| 2.7 | 16.07.2025 18:34 | 28.3 km | 149 km |
| 3.0 | 15.06.2025 05:35 | 16.7 km | 241 km |
| 3.2 | 13.06.2025 01:57 | 17.1 km | 238 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2025 01:49 | 27.4 km | 263 km |
| 2.9 | 02.06.2025 15:21 | 20 km | 275 km |
| 2.7 | 29.05.2025 09:34 | 36.8 km | 63 km |
| 2.8 | 22.05.2025 07:47 | 10.8 km | 188 km |
| 3.6 | 26.04.2025 05:24 | 12.2 km | 228 km |
| 3.2 | 10.04.2025 13:18 | 16.8 km | 156 km |
| 2.8 | 09.04.2025 07:22 | 32.9 km | 155 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2025 10:12 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 2.8 | 02.03.2025 16:07 | 6.7 km | 145 km |
| 2.9 | 19.02.2025 12:51 | 11.2 km | 228 km |
| 3.3 | 12.02.2025 10:38 | 7.5 km | 228 km |
| 3.3 | 31.01.2025 04:08 | 56.3 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 17.01.2025 02:32 | 35 km | 179 km |
| 3.7 | 25.12.2024 05:33 | 20 km | 176 km |
| 2.5 | 21.12.2024 04:42 | 9.8 km | 228 km |
| 2.7 | 12.12.2024 06:14 | 12.3 km | 48 km |
| 2.5 | 03.12.2024 07:21 | 11.9 km | 169 km |
| 3.0 | 02.12.2024 18:51 | 12.9 km | 173 km |
| 2.6 | 02.12.2024 17:40 | 8.2 km | 228 km |
| 2.8 | 01.12.2024 19:07 | 18.6 km | 188 km |
| 3.2 | 01.12.2024 04:37 | 179.3 km | 108 km |
| 2.3 | 30.11.2024 15:57 | 1.7 km | 63 km |
| 2.7 | 30.11.2024 10:36 | 15.9 km | 142 km |
| 2.9 | 29.11.2024 01:13 | 26.8 km | 167 km |
| 3.1 | 28.11.2024 21:36 | 5.5 km | 171 km |
| 3.0 | 28.11.2024 21:31 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 2.5 | 28.11.2024 20:48 | 5.6 km | 150 km |
| 4.3 | 28.11.2024 18:14 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 2.5 | 25.11.2024 16:36 | 11.1 km | 121 km |
| 1.9 | 25.11.2024 13:58 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 18.11.2024 11:32 | 8.3 km | 187 km |
| 2.8 | 18.11.2024 03:12 | 9.6 km | 132 km |
| 3.0 | 16.11.2024 06:51 | 15.3 km | 194 km |
| 2.6 | 10.11.2024 12:33 | 8.4 km | 137 km |
| 3.4 | 10.11.2024 07:56 | 6 km | 185 km |
| 3.0 | 08.11.2024 21:43 | 7 km | 161 km |
| 2.8 | 08.11.2024 13:51 | 8 km | 168 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.