No records in the last 30 days.
221
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1902–2025
record span
4.83
mean magnitude
158
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 | 29.09.1973 00:44 | 577.7 km | 408 km |
| 7.4 | 31.07.1917 03:23 | 460 km | 337 km |
| 7.3 | 28.06.2002 17:19 | 575 km | 343 km |
| 7.3 | 21.07.1994 18:36 | 481.2 km | 540 km |
| 7.1 | 08.04.1999 13:10 | 576.5 km | 326 km |
| 7.0 | 04.02.1975 11:36 | 15.6 km | 446 km |
| 6.9 | 03.01.1957 12:48 | 581 km | 325 km |
| 6.9 | 09.03.1977 14:27 | 572.6 km | 430 km |
| 6.9 | 18.02.2010 01:13 | 573.9 km | 357 km |
| 6.8 | 08.10.1960 05:53 | 607.5 km | 476 km |
| 6.8 | 11.01.1946 01:33 | 581.2 km | 320 km |
| 6.7 | 03.07.1902 15:36 | 20 km | 256 km |
| 6.7 | 10.09.1973 07:43 | 565.5 km | 384 km |
| 6.6 | 16.08.1979 21:31 | 588 km | 413 km |
| 6.6 | 25.08.1905 09:46 | 470 km | 214 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 16.12.2025 14:38 | 566.2 km | 357 km |
| 4.1 | 25.10.2025 11:48 | 0 km | 253 km |
| 5.2 | 25.10.2025 11:45 | 561.3 km | 369 km |
| 4.0 | 29.08.2025 03:18 | 541.2 km | 397 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2025 07:58 | 557.8 km | 477 km |
| 3.8 | 22.03.2025 06:05 | 0 km | 153 km |
| 3.5 | 16.04.2024 22:47 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.1 | 25.10.2023 04:48 | 6.4 km | 121 km |
| 4.7 | 06.09.2023 15:52 | 639.9 km | 381 km |
| 4.4 | 16.11.2022 03:28 | 584.1 km | 310 km |
| 4.2 | 15.03.2022 18:44 | 10 km | 237 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2022 05:05 | 10 km | 313 km |
| 4.2 | 06.01.2022 21:52 | 545.5 km | 468 km |
| 4.5 | 16.08.2021 12:32 | 563.2 km | 459 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2021 16:34 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 4.1 | 14.07.2020 08:45 | 563 km | 419 km |
| 4.1 | 04.11.2019 13:21 | 10 km | 439 km |
| 4.0 | 18.07.2019 21:51 | 10 km | 205 km |
| 4.1 | 15.07.2019 22:05 | 576 km | 423 km |
| 5.0 | 17.05.2019 22:24 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 4.7 | 22.04.2019 00:47 | 33 km | 346 km |
| 3.4 | 30.11.2018 07:57 | 10 km | 237 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2018 13:22 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 4.2 | 15.09.2018 01:13 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 5.3 | 27.05.2018 17:50 | 5.2 km | 221 km |
| 3.6 | 04.03.2018 22:49 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.6 | 04.01.2018 12:21 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2017 16:41 | 5 km | 322 km |
| 3.6 | 23.09.2017 08:29 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2017 15:53 | 0 km | 214 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2017 03:38 | 0 km | 323 km |
| 5.2 | 03.09.2017 03:30 | 0 km | 326 km |
| 4.2 | 15.08.2017 03:58 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2017 23:04 | 548.6 km | 394 km |
| 5.0 | 22.07.2017 23:13 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 5.2 | 22.07.2017 23:09 | 15.8 km | 225 km |
| 5.9 | 12.07.2017 19:48 | 548.7 km | 518 km |
| 4.4 | 07.12.2016 10:36 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 4.6 | 09.09.2016 00:30 | 0 km | 329 km |
| 4.1 | 06.01.2016 01:30 | 0 km | 327 km |
| 5.8 | 02.01.2016 04:22 | 591.3 km | 314 km |
| 3.3 | 22.11.2015 19:57 | 10 km | 445 km |
| 4.3 | 30.10.2015 07:03 | 550 km | 373 km |
| 4.4 | 21.10.2015 05:58 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 4.4 | 16.02.2015 22:28 | 14.8 km | 223 km |
| 3.4 | 08.02.2015 17:32 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 3.4 | 27.05.2014 07:52 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 3.4 | 08.12.2013 05:01 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 4.3 | 07.12.2013 16:05 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 4.2 | 25.11.2013 14:09 | 8 km | 228 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2013 22:32 | 8.1 km | 213 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2013 22:04 | 10.2 km | 219 km |
| 5.0 | 22.11.2013 08:18 | 1.5 km | 221 km |
| 4.0 | 19.11.2013 18:57 | 9.7 km | 425 km |
| 4.1 | 19.11.2013 05:32 | 7 km | 225 km |
| 4.5 | 08.11.2013 11:38 | 12 km | 225 km |
| 4.0 | 08.11.2013 11:37 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 4.0 | 03.11.2013 19:17 | 19.2 km | 217 km |
| 4.1 | 03.11.2013 04:26 | 7.6 km | 225 km |
| 4.1 | 31.10.2013 06:13 | 10 km | 224 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.