No records in the last 30 days.
166
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1907–2025
record span
4.47
mean magnitude
142
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 | 365 km |
| 7.2 | 18.07.1969 05:24 | 3.2 km | 228 km |
| 6.9 | 31.07.1937 20:35 | 25 km | 345 km |
| 6.8 | 22.03.1966 08:19 | 14.8 km | 355 km |
| 6.7 | 01.08.1937 10:41 | 25 km | 344 km |
| 6.6 | 07.03.1966 21:29 | 18.7 km | 362 km |
| 6.5 | 08.01.1910 14:49 | 20 km | 389 km |
| 6.3 | 22.08.1932 11:12 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 6.3 | 02.10.1945 00:37 | 15 km | 427 km |
| 6.2 | 22.03.1966 08:11 | 13.8 km | 358 km |
| 6.2 | 10.01.1907 05:41 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 6.2 | 23.05.1948 09:13 | 35 km | 328 km |
| 6.1 | 27.03.1967 08:58 | 33.1 km | 299 km |
| 6.0 | 26.03.1966 15:19 | 11.2 km | 348 km |
| 6.0 | 29.05.1948 14:02 | 35 km | 332 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 10.12.2025 20:06 | 0 km | 273 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2025 11:13 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.4 | 21.02.2025 18:41 | 10 km | 322 km |
| 4.5 | 19.03.2024 03:02 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 4.9 | 07.12.2023 15:01 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 5.6 | 05.08.2023 18:33 | 13.6 km | 219 km |
| 4.6 | 25.04.2023 15:34 | 10 km | 412 km |
| 4.2 | 01.05.2022 23:53 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 06.01.2021 08:46 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 3.5 | 18.02.2020 09:07 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 4.2 | 27.03.2017 14:06 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.4 | 02.03.2017 18:48 | 13.1 km | 271 km |
| 3.1 | 02.03.2017 18:48 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2016 01:04 | 6 km | 306 km |
| 4.0 | 24.12.2015 23:56 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 3.6 | 22.07.2015 00:51 | 10 km | 231 km |
| 3.9 | 21.05.2015 16:05 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 3.4 | 18.01.2015 03:01 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 3.6 | 03.04.2014 16:12 | 10 km | 265 km |
| 3.4 | 07.01.2014 14:24 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.8 | 23.11.2013 05:44 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2013 04:07 | 7 km | 267 km |
| 4.4 | 23.01.2013 18:01 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.3 | 08.08.2012 09:48 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 4.1 | 13.07.2012 01:46 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.0 | 13.10.2011 04:27 | 10 km | 288 km |
| 4.1 | 17.05.2010 12:02 | 11 km | 271 km |
| 3.5 | 15.01.2010 09:16 | 35 km | 301 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2008 07:38 | 14 km | 311 km |
| 3.9 | 01.04.2008 20:35 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 3.5 | 09.03.2008 21:45 | 10 km | 374 km |
| 4.2 | 25.07.2007 01:06 | 34.5 km | 261 km |
| 4.1 | 10.07.2007 15:20 | 20 km | 244 km |
| 4.5 | 08.04.2007 12:46 | 13 km | 281 km |
| 4.0 | 26.04.2006 22:27 | 21 km | 111 km |
| 3.9 | 09.04.2006 09:23 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 4.0 | 08.01.2006 05:43 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.9 | 22.07.2005 13:05 | 15 km | 376 km |
| 4.0 | 09.06.2005 23:03 | 35 km | 150 km |
| 4.0 | 09.05.2005 11:02 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 3.9 | 01.05.2005 07:27 | 10 km | 409 km |
| 4.2 | 27.04.2005 02:26 | 10 km | 308 km |
| 4.2 | 18.01.2005 04:09 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2004 06:40 | 27 km | 127 km |
| 4.7 | 11.10.2004 01:55 | 14 km | 232 km |
| 4.1 | 27.05.2004 00:06 | 35 km | 200 km |
| 0.0 | 05.09.2003 16:24 | 33 km | 341 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2003 09:33 | 15 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 05.06.2003 10:35 | 28 km | 163 km |
| 0.0 | 27.04.2003 06:52 | 33 km | 266 km |
| 4.1 | 25.12.2002 10:29 | 10 km | 330 km |
| 4.4 | 23.07.2002 12:48 | 35 km | 321 km |
| 4.1 | 21.04.2002 19:34 | 24.1 km | 385 km |
| 4.0 | 19.09.2001 08:07 | 35 km | 191 km |
| 3.9 | 16.07.2001 04:21 | 33 km | 293 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2000 16:59 | 35 km | 243 km |
| 3.6 | 08.11.1999 19:34 | 33 km | 326 km |
| 4.0 | 26.12.1998 03:55 | 17 km | 306 km |
| 4.2 | 09.12.1998 01:37 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.9 | 15.08.1998 10:11 | 33 km | 230 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.