No records in the last 30 days.
403
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1907–2025
record span
4.41
mean magnitude
379
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 | 27.07.1976 19:42 | 12.2 km | 129 km |
| 7.2 | 18.07.1969 05:24 | 3.2 km | 270 km |
| 7.0 | 28.07.1976 10:45 | 16.7 km | 160 km |
| 6.9 | 31.07.1937 20:35 | 25 km | 471 km |
| 6.8 | 22.03.1966 08:19 | 14.8 km | 246 km |
| 6.7 | 01.08.1937 10:41 | 25 km | 470 km |
| 6.6 | 07.03.1966 21:29 | 18.7 km | 287 km |
| 6.4 | 15.11.1976 13:53 | 24.7 km | 103 km |
| 6.4 | 27.07.1976 23:17 | 15.6 km | 104 km |
| 6.2 | 23.09.1945 15:34 | 35 km | 204 km |
| 6.2 | 31.08.1976 03:25 | 25.8 km | 210 km |
| 6.2 | 22.03.1966 08:11 | 13.8 km | 248 km |
| 6.2 | 10.01.1907 05:41 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 6.1 | 27.03.1967 08:58 | 33.1 km | 97 km |
| 6.0 | 26.03.1966 15:19 | 11.2 km | 221 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 22.12.2025 12:31 | 0 km | 194 km |
| 3.4 | 10.12.2025 20:06 | 0 km | 322 km |
| 4.0 | 16.08.2025 08:47 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 4.5 | 16.08.2025 08:46 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 4.3 | 04.08.2025 01:33 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2025 22:12 | 0 km | 275 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2025 11:13 | 10 km | 256 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2025 08:19 | 0 km | 193 km |
| 3.1 | 03.04.2025 01:53 | 0 km | 284 km |
| 3.1 | 25.03.2025 17:21 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.5 | 25.03.2025 17:21 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.5 | 18.05.2024 19:35 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2024 05:07 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 5.6 | 05.08.2023 18:33 | 13.6 km | 245 km |
| 4.0 | 19.03.2023 22:03 | 10 km | 373 km |
| 4.3 | 03.12.2022 21:20 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 3.1 | 03.12.2022 21:20 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2022 17:49 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 4.2 | 01.05.2022 23:53 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 4.2 | 16.08.2021 13:33 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 4.4 | 22.06.2021 03:14 | 30.1 km | 280 km |
| 3.1 | 22.06.2021 03:14 | 13 km | 293 km |
| 3.8 | 16.04.2021 08:06 | 15 km | 166 km |
| 5.0 | 11.07.2020 22:38 | 12 km | 168 km |
| 3.5 | 18.02.2020 09:07 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 3.9 | 05.12.2019 00:02 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.7 | 12.02.2018 10:31 | 10 km | 5 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2017 03:03 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 4.0 | 28.10.2016 18:58 | 10 km | 339 km |
| 5.0 | 10.09.2016 10:09 | 15 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 23.06.2016 00:37 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 4.2 | 22.05.2016 09:08 | 15.4 km | 399 km |
| 4.2 | 27.11.2015 18:10 | 29.2 km | 108 km |
| 3.8 | 14.09.2015 10:10 | 9 km | 191 km |
| 3.5 | 06.09.2014 10:37 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.4 | 23.01.2013 18:01 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 4.0 | 25.08.2012 23:13 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 4.3 | 08.08.2012 09:48 | 10 km | 383 km |
| 4.1 | 13.07.2012 01:46 | 10 km | 402 km |
| 4.7 | 28.05.2012 02:22 | 15 km | 176 km |
| 3.5 | 09.04.2010 10:52 | 20 km | 129 km |
| 3.8 | 04.04.2010 13:46 | 5.2 km | 243 km |
| 3.8 | 06.03.2010 03:00 | 13 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2009 23:51 | 0 km | 304 km |
| 3.7 | 10.03.2008 20:24 | 25 km | 207 km |
| 3.9 | 15.12.2007 15:29 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 4.5 | 08.04.2007 12:46 | 13 km | 375 km |
| 0.0 | 12.11.2006 10:15 | 5 km | 154 km |
| 4.9 | 04.07.2006 03:56 | 14.9 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 03.05.2006 14:02 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 3.9 | 03.05.2006 13:53 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.4 | 31.08.2005 15:48 | 14 km | 178 km |
| 4.3 | 13.03.2005 17:53 | 22 km | 144 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2005 01:46 | 14 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2004 06:40 | 27 km | 456 km |
| 4.7 | 11.10.2004 01:55 | 14 km | 168 km |
| 3.9 | 11.07.2004 00:37 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 4.6 | 20.01.2004 08:34 | 10 km | 203 km |
| 4.0 | 11.12.2003 14:49 | 12 km | 122 km |
| 4.0 | 14.11.2003 21:43 | 12 km | 181 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.