No records in the last 30 days.
176
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1952–2026
record span
4.10
mean magnitude
84
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 29.07.1967 10:24 | 158.9 km | 240 km |
| 6.6 | 21.04.1957 21:12 | 25 km | 137 km |
| 6.5 | 19.04.1952 09:58 | 28.2 km | 126 km |
| 6.3 | 30.08.1973 18:25 | 178.6 km | 215 km |
| 6.2 | 10.03.2015 20:55 | 162 km | 239 km |
| 6.0 | 22.07.1993 04:57 | 16.5 km | 32 km |
| 6.0 | 31.05.1994 17:41 | 13.5 km | 161 km |
| 5.7 | 27.01.1970 09:29 | 17.5 km | 164 km |
| 5.5 | 17.01.2000 12:20 | 16.9 km | 117 km |
| 5.4 | 31.05.1994 20:45 | 29.8 km | 146 km |
| 5.4 | 21.02.1980 03:44 | 51 km | 134 km |
| 5.4 | 21.01.1978 08:19 | 32.8 km | 157 km |
| 5.4 | 09.11.1994 03:57 | 23.5 km | 150 km |
| 5.3 | 02.05.1980 01:47 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 5.3 | 21.12.1967 11:37 | 16 km | 140 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 01:39 | 13.8 km | 178 km |
| 4.4 | 13.04.2026 01:38 | 22.3 km | 141 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2026 21:00 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 4.1 | 12.09.2025 15:03 | 180.2 km | 144 km |
| 3.2 | 02.03.2025 10:45 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 4.4 | 29.10.2024 21:49 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 01.04.2024 01:09 | 16.3 km | 136 km |
| 3.9 | 18.09.2023 10:02 | 7.7 km | 146 km |
| 3.8 | 13.09.2023 11:03 | 11.9 km | 109 km |
| 4.0 | 17.06.2023 04:36 | 47 km | 147 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2023 15:10 | 42.8 km | 142 km |
| 2.4 | 16.11.2022 00:56 | 25 km | 150 km |
| 4.5 | 13.11.2022 12:13 | 2.4 km | 140 km |
| 4.1 | 15.11.2021 07:23 | 28.2 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 27.07.2021 17:51 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 4.4 | 29.01.2021 19:23 | 19.5 km | 143 km |
| 4.5 | 22.02.2020 10:14 | 0.9 km | 142 km |
| 2.6 | 22.11.2019 22:18 | 64 km | 129 km |
| 3.6 | 20.05.2019 17:32 | 106 km | 101 km |
| 4.4 | 06.05.2019 14:32 | 6.5 km | 151 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2019 14:32 | 5 km | 163 km |
| 3.7 | 06.03.2019 02:54 | 3 km | 183 km |
| 2.4 | 23.01.2019 21:00 | 3 km | 154 km |
| 4.4 | 02.10.2018 10:37 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 3.5 | 02.10.2018 10:37 | 5 km | 148 km |
| 4.2 | 25.05.2018 17:36 | 4.7 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2018 03:13 | 0 km | 159 km |
| 2.6 | 26.01.2018 01:53 | 16 km | 152 km |
| 2.7 | 07.01.2018 02:41 | 4 km | 177 km |
| 5.1 | 14.10.2017 08:35 | 27 km | 145 km |
| 2.9 | 25.08.2017 05:36 | 0 km | 162 km |
| 2.4 | 12.08.2017 16:10 | 1 km | 146 km |
| 2.3 | 09.08.2017 12:13 | 4 km | 148 km |
| 4.8 | 08.08.2017 20:43 | 25.2 km | 141 km |
| 3.6 | 25.07.2017 00:31 | 0 km | 181 km |
| 3.5 | 25.07.2017 00:17 | 0 km | 183 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2017 18:56 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.7 | 29.06.2017 11:21 | 77 km | 108 km |
| 2.5 | 14.03.2017 06:45 | 0 km | 144 km |
| 4.3 | 07.03.2017 17:11 | 39.2 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 03.02.2017 01:36 | 16 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 12.01.2017 14:44 | 6 km | 122 km |
| 3.7 | 24.12.2016 10:53 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 2.5 | 02.12.2016 06:01 | 4 km | 159 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2016 19:26 | 4 km | 155 km |
| 3.8 | 24.08.2016 02:59 | 6 km | 156 km |
| 2.1 | 16.05.2016 00:43 | 0 km | 133 km |
| 3.4 | 23.03.2016 11:28 | 0 km | 176 km |
| 3.6 | 02.03.2016 02:58 | 4 km | 168 km |
| 3.3 | 12.02.2016 05:07 | 6 km | 144 km |
| 3.5 | 24.01.2016 22:15 | 4 km | 162 km |
| 2.4 | 04.01.2016 20:35 | 2 km | 178 km |
| 2.8 | 24.12.2015 13:46 | 2 km | 136 km |
| 2.2 | 14.12.2015 07:04 | 4 km | 141 km |
| 2.7 | 29.11.2015 12:03 | 0 km | 121 km |
| 2.9 | 21.11.2015 01:46 | 14 km | 163 km |
| 4.0 | 13.11.2015 06:03 | 3 km | 141 km |
| 2.4 | 29.09.2015 05:52 | 4 km | 180 km |
| 3.3 | 18.09.2015 06:33 | 4 km | 128 km |
| 3.2 | 09.09.2015 01:06 | 4 km | 179 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.