No records in the last 30 days.
409
recorded earthquakes
M6.6
largest
1946–2026
record span
4.26
mean magnitude
274
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6 | 20.03.1966 01:42 | 27.4 km | 200 km |
| 6.4 | 30.06.1952 21:04 | 15 km | 148 km |
| 6.2 | 24.10.2002 06:08 | 14.2 km | 159 km |
| 6.2 | 05.02.1994 23:34 | 12.5 km | 208 km |
| 5.9 | 03.02.2008 07:34 | 12.1 km | 201 km |
| 5.8 | 07.08.2015 01:25 | 8.8 km | 181 km |
| 5.8 | 11.09.1946 09:55 | — | 90 km |
| 5.5 | 07.08.2015 01:28 | 3.1 km | 178 km |
| 5.5 | 24.10.2002 07:12 | 9.4 km | 158 km |
| 5.5 | 13.06.1954 15:41 | — | 67 km |
| 5.5 | 12.11.1961 02:15 | 30 km | 139 km |
| 5.5 | 30.11.2013 19:20 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 5.4 | 17.05.1966 07:03 | 14.7 km | 212 km |
| 5.4 | 19.06.1959 11:58 | — | 97 km |
| 5.4 | 21.03.1966 01:30 | 21 km | 195 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 07.05.2026 23:45 | 0 km | 154 km |
| 4.3 | 12.03.2026 23:39 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 3.5 | 02.02.2026 03:08 | 0 km | 68 km |
| 3.7 | 04.05.2025 18:11 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2025 15:13 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 3.9 | 13.02.2025 11:16 | 0 km | 130 km |
| 3.7 | 30.11.2024 10:59 | 0 km | 75 km |
| 4.3 | 19.01.2024 05:24 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 4.8 | 24.08.2023 22:01 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2023 22:00 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 3.5 | 15.06.2023 09:04 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2023 18:59 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 4.9 | 27.03.2023 18:20 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2023 11:32 | 14 km | 200 km |
| 4.4 | 04.03.2023 08:54 | 14 km | 193 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2023 05:34 | 14 km | 202 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2023 09:30 | 14 km | 204 km |
| 4.5 | 19.02.2023 04:03 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 31.12.2022 23:13 | 30.2 km | 151 km |
| 4.7 | 27.12.2022 08:18 | 6.2 km | 207 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.2022 17:49 | 10.1 km | 193 km |
| 4.4 | 13.12.2022 14:04 | 15 km | 197 km |
| 4.1 | 11.12.2022 20:33 | 4.6 km | 154 km |
| 4.5 | 11.12.2022 18:18 | 8.9 km | 253 km |
| 4.4 | 09.12.2022 18:41 | 13 km | 195 km |
| 4.1 | 02.12.2022 23:03 | 20.5 km | 146 km |
| 4.0 | 27.11.2022 02:11 | 30 km | 151 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2022 02:05 | 8.7 km | 175 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2022 23:02 | 0 km | 168 km |
| 4.2 | 21.11.2022 22:03 | 0 km | 196 km |
| 4.1 | 19.11.2022 19:41 | 25.1 km | 215 km |
| 4.6 | 11.11.2022 04:19 | 31.3 km | 188 km |
| 4.1 | 10.11.2022 13:54 | 12.3 km | 208 km |
| 4.6 | 10.11.2022 11:28 | 19.5 km | 65 km |
| 4.6 | 10.11.2022 11:20 | 0 km | 210 km |
| 4.5 | 10.11.2022 07:36 | 12.6 km | 209 km |
| 4.7 | 10.11.2022 05:34 | 12.6 km | 209 km |
| 4.5 | 10.11.2022 05:29 | 12.6 km | 208 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2022 03:36 | 15.2 km | 209 km |
| 4.3 | 04.11.2022 14:55 | 10.2 km | 209 km |
| 4.0 | 02.11.2022 08:12 | 9.1 km | 215 km |
| 4.5 | 23.10.2022 16:30 | 13 km | 163 km |
| 4.1 | 19.10.2022 20:29 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2022 22:26 | 29.9 km | 145 km |
| 4.2 | 16.10.2022 06:51 | 0.4 km | 218 km |
| 4.7 | 10.10.2022 23:18 | 2 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 06.10.2022 07:07 | 2 km | 143 km |
| 4.9 | 03.10.2022 22:26 | 28.5 km | 169 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2022 21:15 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 27.09.2022 03:50 | 0 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2022 22:46 | 9.9 km | 192 km |
| 4.8 | 23.09.2022 04:06 | 11.6 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2022 19:48 | 20.4 km | 156 km |
| 4.6 | 20.09.2022 00:33 | 24 km | 201 km |
| 4.2 | 17.09.2022 13:27 | 13.5 km | 83 km |
| 4.5 | 09.09.2022 23:44 | 22.3 km | 112 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2022 22:47 | 18.1 km | 179 km |
| 4.2 | 08.09.2022 18:38 | 0 km | 204 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2022 00:13 | 25.5 km | 209 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.