No records in the last 30 days.
220
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1940–2026
record span
4.52
mean magnitude
146
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 | 389 km |
| 7.2 | 18.07.1969 05:24 | 3.2 km | 385 km |
| 7.0 | 04.02.1975 11:36 | 15.6 km | 58 km |
| 7.0 | 28.07.1976 10:45 | 16.7 km | 359 km |
| 6.6 | 19.12.1944 14:09 | 35 km | 205 km |
| 6.4 | 15.11.1976 13:53 | 24.7 km | 418 km |
| 6.4 | 27.07.1976 23:17 | 15.6 km | 421 km |
| 6.3 | 19.03.1952 09:04 | 35 km | 386 km |
| 6.3 | 02.10.1945 00:37 | 15 km | 222 km |
| 6.2 | 23.09.1945 15:34 | 35 km | 330 km |
| 6.2 | 31.08.1976 03:25 | 25.8 km | 310 km |
| 6.0 | 08.07.1942 21:22 | 15 km | 241 km |
| 6.0 | 19.01.1940 05:23 | 35 km | 213 km |
| 5.9 | 08.08.1976 22:41 | 23.7 km | 309 km |
| 5.6 | 05.08.1940 09:55 | 35 km | 140 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 27.05.2026 17:42 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 2.2 | 07.01.2026 08:00 | 10 km | 381 km |
| 2.1 | 21.05.2025 01:17 | 18 km | 395 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2025 08:19 | 0 km | 325 km |
| 3.8 | 22.03.2025 06:05 | 0 km | 330 km |
| 2.2 | 17.03.2025 02:39 | 12 km | 388 km |
| 4.8 | 23.08.2023 10:19 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 4.3 | 03.12.2022 21:20 | 10 km | 308 km |
| 3.1 | 03.12.2022 21:20 | 10 km | 306 km |
| 4.2 | 29.10.2022 22:49 | 3 km | 295 km |
| 3.6 | 10.05.2022 20:16 | 12.2 km | 230 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2022 05:05 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.2 | 16.08.2021 13:33 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 4.0 | 06.11.2020 06:12 | 16 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 04.11.2019 13:21 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.6 | 27.06.2019 06:19 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 3.4 | 22.06.2019 20:26 | 10 km | 382 km |
| 3.4 | 21.06.2019 20:49 | 10 km | 382 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2018 13:22 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 3.7 | 18.12.2017 18:39 | 13 km | 86 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2017 15:53 | 0 km | 245 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2017 03:03 | 10 km | 349 km |
| 4.4 | 07.12.2016 10:36 | 0 km | 217 km |
| 4.0 | 28.10.2016 18:58 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 4.0 | 22.05.2016 09:08 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 4.2 | 22.05.2016 09:08 | 15.4 km | 188 km |
| 3.3 | 22.11.2015 19:57 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.8 | 14.09.2015 10:10 | 9 km | 332 km |
| 4.0 | 04.08.2015 04:25 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.3 | 28.06.2015 23:03 | 14.9 km | 285 km |
| 4.1 | 10.05.2013 08:40 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 5.0 | 22.04.2013 09:11 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 4.9 | 23.01.2013 04:18 | 10.8 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 21.01.2013 08:10 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 4.1 | 12.07.2012 12:21 | 16.3 km | 71 km |
| 4.7 | 28.05.2012 02:22 | 15 km | 345 km |
| 4.3 | 01.02.2012 21:43 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.5 | 01.02.2012 21:16 | 6.9 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 31.08.2011 19:14 | 10 km | 317 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2009 06:22 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 4.2 | 20.03.2009 06:48 | 10 km | 361 km |
| 4.2 | 22.01.2009 20:27 | 10 km | 226 km |
| 4.1 | 01.01.2009 05:46 | 13 km | 85 km |
| 3.6 | 13.11.2008 22:53 | 13 km | 81 km |
| 3.9 | 08.11.2008 16:46 | 64.7 km | 48 km |
| 3.1 | 02.11.2008 18:55 | 13 km | 77 km |
| 4.7 | 02.11.2008 18:55 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.7 | 10.03.2008 20:24 | 25 km | 312 km |
| 4.1 | 25.12.2007 05:52 | 15 km | 282 km |
| 4.3 | 24.08.2007 07:45 | 16 km | 85 km |
| 3.5 | 03.11.2006 06:21 | 10 km | 356 km |
| 4.7 | 03.11.2006 06:21 | 10 km | 351 km |
| 4.5 | 12.06.2006 23:16 | 15 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2005 01:46 | 14 km | 304 km |
| 4.6 | 20.01.2004 08:34 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 4.3 | 17.10.2003 01:38 | 33 km | 311 km |
| 5.4 | 16.08.2003 10:58 | 15.8 km | 374 km |
| 4.3 | 30.03.2003 11:00 | 28 km | 153 km |
| 3.5 | 29.12.2002 04:05 | 33 km | 322 km |
| 4.0 | 16.06.2002 21:58 | 13 km | 87 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.