No records in the last 30 days.
252
recorded earthquakes
M6.9
largest
1929–2026
record span
4.16
mean magnitude
205
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | 31.07.1937 20:35 | 25 km | 364 km |
| 6.8 | 22.03.1966 08:19 | 14.8 km | 235 km |
| 6.7 | 01.08.1937 10:41 | 25 km | 363 km |
| 6.6 | 07.03.1966 21:29 | 18.7 km | 223 km |
| 6.2 | 22.03.1966 08:11 | 13.8 km | 232 km |
| 6.0 | 13.01.1929 18:44 | 15 km | 352 km |
| 6.0 | 26.03.1966 15:19 | 11.2 km | 250 km |
| 6.0 | 03.05.1996 03:32 | 16.4 km | 417 km |
| 5.9 | 05.04.1976 16:54 | 9.5 km | 280 km |
| 5.8 | 29.03.1966 06:11 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 5.7 | 10.01.1998 03:50 | 14.1 km | 427 km |
| 5.7 | 26.03.1966 18:14 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 5.6 | 08.11.1981 18:01 | 10.1 km | 231 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.1989 17:01 | 6.3 km | 295 km |
| 5.6 | 23.10.1989 13:19 | 6 km | 282 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 14.06.2026 17:13 | 10 km | 312 km |
| 3.2 | 14.06.2026 17:13 | 0 km | 323 km |
| 4.5 | 23.05.2026 03:27 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.9 | 29.04.2026 17:58 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.0 | 18.02.2026 12:58 | 0 km | 415 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2026 01:53 | 0 km | 254 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2025 12:31 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 3.5 | 18.10.2025 06:07 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 16.08.2025 08:47 | 0 km | 283 km |
| 4.5 | 16.08.2025 08:46 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 4.3 | 04.08.2025 01:33 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2025 22:12 | 0 km | 280 km |
| 4.6 | 25.07.2025 02:12 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 3.1 | 03.04.2025 01:53 | 0 km | 234 km |
| 4.2 | 29.01.2025 14:00 | 0 km | 285 km |
| 4.5 | 10.01.2025 12:31 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.3 | 10.01.2025 12:31 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.3 | 02.01.2025 07:39 | 0 km | 253 km |
| 3.5 | 18.05.2024 19:35 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 4.4 | 22.01.2024 19:59 | 0 km | 244 km |
| 3.7 | 11.12.2022 17:51 | 10 km | 351 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2022 17:49 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 4.0 | 12.09.2022 16:38 | 10 km | 331 km |
| 4.2 | 11.08.2021 22:29 | 0 km | 254 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2021 02:10 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.1 | 10.03.2021 18:18 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 4.3 | 14.12.2020 23:55 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.4 | 30.03.2020 08:20 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 4.2 | 06.01.2020 14:21 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 27.01.2018 02:23 | 0 km | 199 km |
| 3.5 | 18.12.2016 03:08 | 23 km | 6 km |
| 4.3 | 27.05.2016 21:29 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 4.0 | 06.04.2016 20:49 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 3.9 | 26.03.2016 19:58 | 15 km | 329 km |
| 3.7 | 12.03.2016 03:14 | 3.6 km | 323 km |
| 4.2 | 21.08.2015 15:34 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 4.1 | 04.01.2015 01:47 | 35 km | 218 km |
| 4.1 | 15.09.2014 09:24 | 10 km | 226 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2014 09:23 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 4.0 | 19.06.2014 02:30 | 10 km | 210 km |
| 4.4 | 22.07.2013 09:40 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2012 14:24 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2012 04:31 | 35 km | 228 km |
| 4.3 | 09.05.2012 04:00 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 4.0 | 09.03.2012 07:11 | 0 km | 227 km |
| 4.0 | 25.01.2012 18:37 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 4.1 | 07.12.2011 08:16 | 35 km | 221 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2011 05:11 | 0 km | 249 km |
| 3.8 | 06.03.2011 17:51 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2011 04:02 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.2010 15:18 | 35 km | 206 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2010 12:58 | 14.2 km | 69 km |
| 3.8 | 04.04.2010 13:46 | 5.2 km | 299 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2010 22:26 | 35 km | 253 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2010 02:36 | 27.5 km | 281 km |
| 4.5 | 20.12.2009 14:21 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 4.5 | 19.12.2009 20:27 | 35 km | 220 km |
| 4.0 | 16.10.2009 15:41 | 0 km | 207 km |
| 4.0 | 14.10.2009 01:33 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2009 16:54 | 35 km | 228 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.