No records in the last 30 days.
255
recorded earthquakes
M4.9
largest
1978–2026
record span
2.79
mean magnitude
62
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 20.11.1989 06:05 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 4.5 | 29.03.1990 19:56 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.4 | 22.02.1989 12:32 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.3 | 03.07.1986 08:52 | 5 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 21.09.1985 03:39 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.1987 23:30 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 05.05.1988 20:46 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 07.05.1987 13:05 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 04.03.1990 05:19 | 5 km | 76 km |
| 4.0 | 07.05.1984 03:19 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 26.05.1988 18:55 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.9 | 25.11.1981 10:14 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.8 | 29.03.1988 06:25 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.8 | 10.04.1990 12:50 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.8 | 23.08.1990 20:30 | 10 km | 67 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 03.02.2026 15:13 | 0 km | 25 km |
| 1.7 | 30.11.2025 01:51 | 1 km | 15 km |
| 1.9 | 30.09.2025 08:23 | 1 km | 34 km |
| 3.0 | 08.12.2022 05:19 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 2.5 | 21.07.2020 07:45 | 1 km | 50 km |
| 3.5 | 21.03.2017 17:17 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 2.0 | 24.05.2014 15:50 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 2.1 | 30.04.2014 09:34 | 30 km | 34 km |
| 2.2 | 29.04.2014 08:10 | 2 km | 21 km |
| 2.6 | 06.03.2014 10:59 | 2 km | 43 km |
| 2.3 | 17.12.2013 09:09 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 2.2 | 18.11.2013 10:50 | 2 km | 57 km |
| 2.3 | 15.10.2013 07:56 | 2 km | 26 km |
| 2.8 | 14.09.2013 03:58 | 20 km | 64 km |
| 2.3 | 02.08.2013 09:05 | 16 km | 43 km |
| 1.9 | 31.07.2013 11:56 | 2 km | 56 km |
| 2.2 | 04.07.2013 13:10 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 2.8 | 14.06.2013 00:57 | 8 km | 59 km |
| 2.5 | 11.06.2013 14:03 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 2.4 | 06.06.2013 09:35 | 2 km | 66 km |
| 2.1 | 29.05.2013 13:17 | 2 km | 42 km |
| 2.4 | 22.05.2013 08:41 | 30 km | 24 km |
| 2.7 | 24.04.2013 15:55 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.0 | 28.03.2013 16:49 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 2.9 | 02.03.2013 00:20 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 2.8 | 24.01.2013 06:53 | 8 km | 69 km |
| 2.1 | 18.01.2013 12:33 | 8 km | 68 km |
| 2.0 | 12.12.2012 09:00 | 8 km | 21 km |
| 2.4 | 01.11.2012 12:35 | 2 km | 51 km |
| 2.2 | 24.10.2012 12:00 | 2 km | 58 km |
| 2.5 | 24.10.2012 10:59 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 2.4 | 03.10.2012 07:29 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 1.9 | 25.07.2012 10:02 | 2 km | 55 km |
| 2.1 | 05.04.2012 13:48 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2011 11:53 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 2.4 | 25.08.2011 06:38 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 2.5 | 18.08.2011 06:56 | 22 km | 9 km |
| 2.2 | 02.05.2011 08:34 | 2 km | 55 km |
| 2.4 | 18.03.2011 08:18 | 2 km | 12 km |
| 2.2 | 25.10.2010 02:35 | 15 km | 22 km |
| 2.7 | 14.07.2010 06:34 | 2 km | 25 km |
| 2.2 | 09.06.2010 14:34 | 30 km | 50 km |
| 2.1 | 26.06.2009 11:25 | 1 km | 35 km |
| 2.0 | 24.10.2008 08:24 | 1 km | 31 km |
| 2.2 | 10.04.2008 07:10 | 1 km | 22 km |
| 1.7 | 01.10.2007 09:51 | 3.6 km | 37 km |
| 2.3 | 26.09.2007 12:54 | 1 km | 37 km |
| 2.1 | 12.06.2007 09:23 | 4 km | 19 km |
| 2.0 | 29.05.2007 09:26 | 1 km | 24 km |
| 2.2 | 24.10.2006 07:21 | 4 km | 22 km |
| 2.2 | 20.09.2006 08:01 | 1 km | 22 km |
| 2.0 | 27.07.2006 11:51 | 1 km | 59 km |
| 2.2 | 27.06.2006 07:01 | 1 km | 25 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2005 11:59 | 1 km | 54 km |
| 2.1 | 13.09.2005 08:45 | 1 km | 20 km |
| 2.3 | 01.09.2005 07:42 | 12 km | 24 km |
| 2.2 | 24.08.2005 07:47 | 1 km | 18 km |
| 2.2 | 17.08.2005 07:46 | 8 km | 20 km |
| 2.7 | 13.08.2004 15:31 | 5 km | 53 km |
| 0.0 | 25.06.2004 06:47 | 5 km | 15 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.