No records in the last 30 days.
265
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1922–2026
record span
4.32
mean magnitude
174
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 22.09.1960 09:05 | 13.7 km | 288 km |
| 6.5 | 16.04.1922 13:07 | 15 km | 317 km |
| 6.3 | 22.09.1960 09:14 | 15 km | 291 km |
| 6.2 | 24.10.2002 06:08 | 14.2 km | 262 km |
| 5.9 | 03.02.2008 07:34 | 12.1 km | 251 km |
| 5.8 | 03.07.1954 00:32 | 15 km | 292 km |
| 5.8 | 07.08.2015 01:25 | 8.8 km | 259 km |
| 5.8 | 11.09.1946 09:55 | — | 243 km |
| 5.7 | 22.09.1960 05:38 | 15 km | 306 km |
| 5.6 | 26.07.1929 17:18 | 35 km | 238 km |
| 5.6 | 22.01.1957 11:18 | 15 km | 343 km |
| 5.6 | 26.07.1929 17:19 | 15 km | 305 km |
| 5.5 | 07.08.2015 01:28 | 3.1 km | 260 km |
| 5.5 | 08.03.1962 21:38 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 5.5 | 13.06.1954 15:41 | — | 314 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 12.03.2026 23:39 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 3.7 | 08.12.2025 12:19 | 10 km | 231 km |
| 3.6 | 24.11.2025 12:22 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 4.4 | 01.11.2025 17:30 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 5.2 | 28.07.2025 13:38 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 4.3 | 16.09.2024 01:07 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2024 22:12 | 0 km | 207 km |
| 3.7 | 09.09.2023 18:21 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2023 22:00 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 4.0 | 30.05.2023 13:44 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2023 18:59 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.5 | 19.02.2023 04:03 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 4.6 | 10.11.2022 11:28 | 19.5 km | 369 km |
| 3.7 | 15.09.2022 00:45 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 3.2 | 24.06.2022 20:14 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2022 06:17 | 0 km | 359 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2021 01:48 | 12 km | 249 km |
| 5.0 | 10.06.2021 08:54 | 6.6 km | 192 km |
| 4.0 | 09.06.2021 13:36 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 5.0 | 24.05.2021 00:23 | 14 km | 304 km |
| 5.1 | 22.05.2021 16:52 | 31.6 km | 291 km |
| 4.6 | 24.03.2021 11:33 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.7 | 25.02.2021 14:29 | 12 km | 244 km |
| 3.5 | 09.02.2021 23:25 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 3.6 | 20.08.2020 11:23 | 10 km | 316 km |
| 4.1 | 11.07.2020 23:17 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2020 13:56 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2020 19:56 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.0 | 24.03.2020 07:11 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 4.0 | 21.03.2020 10:28 | 0.1 km | 213 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2020 04:44 | 0 km | 268 km |
| 4.1 | 11.01.2020 17:04 | 12 km | 256 km |
| 4.4 | 30.10.2019 20:57 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 5.2 | 30.10.2019 20:55 | 12.9 km | 214 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2019 18:20 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 4.5 | 05.09.2019 23:04 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 4.8 | 05.09.2019 18:50 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 03.09.2019 19:21 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 4.1 | 04.07.2019 22:02 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2019 08:56 | 10 km | 265 km |
| 4.5 | 18.04.2019 08:18 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 4.2 | 07.04.2019 03:17 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 4.1 | 22.02.2019 21:21 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 4.0 | 19.05.2018 04:59 | 0 km | 170 km |
| 4.3 | 09.03.2018 17:13 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 3.1 | 20.01.2018 16:58 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 3.6 | 09.01.2018 09:00 | 10 km | 219 km |
| 3.1 | 02.01.2018 19:49 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 4.5 | 02.01.2018 19:49 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2017 00:22 | 12 km | 245 km |
| 4.9 | 02.12.2017 17:20 | 16.1 km | 228 km |
| 5.0 | 30.11.2017 21:48 | 12 km | 244 km |
| 3.3 | 16.09.2017 04:44 | 12 km | 246 km |
| 5.0 | 15.09.2017 17:45 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2017 19:22 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.2 | 21.05.2017 18:34 | 0 km | 171 km |
| 4.6 | 10.04.2017 13:20 | 0 km | 219 km |
| 4.3 | 02.04.2017 14:41 | 0 km | 179 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2017 22:45 | 0 km | 218 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.