No records in the last 30 days.
580
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.57
mean magnitude
435
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 31.08.1917 11:36 | 35 km | 85 km |
| 7.2 | 23.11.1979 23:40 | 110 km | 234 km |
| 7.0 | 09.02.1967 15:24 | 36.6 km | 225 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1997 12:13 | 204.3 km | 210 km |
| 6.5 | 19.08.1995 21:43 | 123.6 km | 183 km |
| 6.5 | 19.01.1995 15:05 | 44 km | 115 km |
| 6.4 | 30.08.1917 03:24 | 15 km | 116 km |
| 6.4 | 22.12.1923 09:56 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 6.4 | 08.06.2025 13:08 | 24.8 km | 89 km |
| 6.3 | 11.12.1997 07:56 | 188.4 km | 215 km |
| 6.3 | 25.06.1980 12:04 | 164.9 km | 204 km |
| 6.2 | 03.04.1973 13:54 | 150.6 km | 183 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 59 km |
| 6.1 | 25.01.1999 18:19 | 22.9 km | 195 km |
| 6.0 | 24.12.2019 19:03 | 7.7 km | 150 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 29.04.2026 16:40 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 4.2 | 27.09.2025 18:44 | 156 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 09.09.2025 01:39 | 102.3 km | 69 km |
| 4.2 | 10.07.2025 09:27 | 146.8 km | 61 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2025 23:08 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 4.5 | 23.06.2025 09:18 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.5 | 09.06.2025 12:03 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2025 01:10 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 4.7 | 08.06.2025 22:43 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2025 19:14 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.5 | 08.06.2025 17:45 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 17:26 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 4.5 | 08.06.2025 16:30 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2025 16:24 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 14:00 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 13:44 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.7 | 08.06.2025 13:37 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2025 13:19 | 0 km | 109 km |
| 6.4 | 08.06.2025 13:08 | 24.8 km | 89 km |
| 5.1 | 18.05.2025 03:11 | 161.1 km | 60 km |
| 4.6 | 04.12.2024 18:02 | 158 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 31.10.2024 16:08 | 16 km | 52 km |
| 4.3 | 22.09.2024 00:58 | 163.5 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 26.06.2024 23:41 | 11.9 km | 127 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2024 11:52 | 4.8 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2024 14:30 | 17.7 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 10.11.2023 07:48 | 11 km | 70 km |
| 4.9 | 18.08.2023 01:15 | 12.3 km | 63 km |
| 5.0 | 17.08.2023 17:40 | 12.6 km | 69 km |
| 5.6 | 17.08.2023 17:17 | 17.4 km | 67 km |
| 4.0 | 17.08.2023 17:14 | 17 km | 61 km |
| 4.6 | 17.08.2023 17:07 | 16 km | 53 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 21.05.2023 19:19 | 134.9 km | 138 km |
| 3.8 | 14.05.2023 06:04 | 14.9 km | 81 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2023 00:44 | 8.5 km | 58 km |
| 2.6 | 25.10.2022 20:04 | 142 km | 64 km |
| 2.3 | 04.09.2022 04:22 | 142 km | 65 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2022 08:00 | 103 km | 113 km |
| 2.7 | 14.07.2022 10:36 | 144 km | 64 km |
| 2.1 | 29.06.2022 14:48 | 131 km | 78 km |
| 4.3 | 12.06.2022 09:00 | 35.5 km | 64 km |
| 2.8 | 08.05.2022 16:34 | 30 km | 143 km |
| 4.8 | 09.12.2021 00:07 | 14.4 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 29.11.2021 07:53 | 8.9 km | 128 km |
| 4.2 | 11.10.2021 08:30 | 174.4 km | 147 km |
| 4.3 | 12.08.2021 12:08 | 121.2 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 05.04.2021 00:46 | 12.8 km | 79 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2021 03:00 | 12.8 km | 122 km |
| 4.7 | 28.03.2021 15:01 | 23.6 km | 118 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2021 23:05 | 104.7 km | 149 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2021 23:05 | 158.3 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 09.01.2021 18:34 | 158.6 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 14.08.2020 02:34 | 12.7 km | 80 km |
| 2.8 | 05.06.2020 07:59 | 139 km | 94 km |
| 3.9 | 26.05.2020 18:02 | 151 km | 61 km |
| 3.5 | 02.05.2020 05:36 | 148 km | 62 km |
| 2.6 | 26.03.2020 15:46 | 146 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 17.03.2020 12:52 | 125.4 km | 149 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.