No records in the last 30 days.
291
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1906–2023
record span
3.79
mean magnitude
17
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 03.12.1906 22:59 | 100 km | 71 km |
| 7.4 | 03.10.1914 17:22 | 100 km | 64 km |
| 7.4 | 29.11.2007 19:00 | 148.6 km | 62 km |
| 6.5 | 08.09.1962 13:03 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 6.4 | 08.01.1959 01:33 | 138.8 km | 52 km |
| 6.3 | 21.11.2004 11:41 | 16.2 km | 39 km |
| 6.2 | 20.01.2023 11:23 | 168.4 km | 109 km |
| 5.8 | 14.02.2005 18:05 | 7.6 km | 46 km |
| 5.8 | 28.05.1962 07:45 | 175 km | 54 km |
| 5.7 | 21.11.2004 11:56 | 35 km | 32 km |
| 5.7 | 05.01.2001 08:06 | 41.7 km | 61 km |
| 5.6 | 24.09.1996 11:42 | 148.3 km | 40 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.2016 22:08 | 155.8 km | 38 km |
| 5.4 | 15.06.1962 17:36 | 170 km | 32 km |
| 5.4 | 25.11.2004 20:22 | 0 km | 36 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 16.04.2023 11:22 | 101.9 km | 33 km |
| 6.2 | 20.01.2023 11:23 | 168.4 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 12.09.2022 08:19 | 120 km | 14 km |
| 4.1 | 18.07.2022 08:09 | 140.6 km | 21 km |
| 3.3 | 11.06.2022 15:55 | 141 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2021 05:12 | 112.7 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 27.03.2021 02:17 | 122.8 km | 37 km |
| 4.3 | 02.09.2020 01:15 | 135.1 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 19.07.2020 23:28 | 204.2 km | 27 km |
| 4.8 | 08.01.2020 14:01 | 145.7 km | 40 km |
| 2.8 | 15.06.2019 07:39 | 30.6 km | 25 km |
| 2.9 | 15.06.2019 07:36 | 30.8 km | 26 km |
| 2.7 | 15.06.2019 02:07 | 33.8 km | 25 km |
| 2.8 | 28.02.2019 17:37 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 31.12.2018 13:39 | 102 km | 34 km |
| 3.4 | 12.12.2018 01:17 | 25.7 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 20.05.2018 09:57 | 142.6 km | 16 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.2016 22:08 | 155.8 km | 38 km |
| 4.4 | 11.07.2016 06:58 | 33 km | 35 km |
| 4.3 | 29.06.2016 15:54 | 125.6 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 13.06.2016 18:31 | 135.3 km | 34 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2016 12:36 | 14.8 km | 22 km |
| 4.8 | 03.11.2015 17:32 | 151.8 km | 26 km |
| 4.6 | 28.02.2015 12:28 | 140.7 km | 21 km |
| 4.2 | 13.10.2014 11:40 | 118.5 km | 29 km |
| 4.5 | 25.11.2013 20:22 | 126 km | 19 km |
| 4.4 | 23.11.2012 19:54 | 133.1 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 10.09.2011 09:28 | 146.6 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 09.08.2011 05:16 | 30.3 km | 33 km |
| 4.2 | 27.11.2010 05:10 | 148.1 km | 11 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2010 13:50 | 151.3 km | 27 km |
| 2.7 | 30.08.2010 01:49 | 8 km | 25 km |
| 4.6 | 16.08.2010 04:30 | 129.1 km | 33 km |
| 4.2 | 16.04.2010 00:04 | 144.2 km | 20 km |
| 4.7 | 21.01.2010 17:11 | 129 km | 14 km |
| 4.3 | 25.12.2009 15:26 | 148.6 km | 40 km |
| 3.6 | 28.11.2009 00:52 | 12 km | 13 km |
| 3.6 | 18.11.2009 12:49 | 11 km | 13 km |
| 4.1 | 13.04.2009 18:02 | 19.5 km | 21 km |
| 3.0 | 20.08.2008 04:35 | 33 km | 16 km |
| 2.7 | 16.07.2008 18:02 | 32 km | 17 km |
| 3.2 | 26.04.2008 15:10 | 29 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 23.04.2008 09:14 | 35 km | 23 km |
| 3.1 | 19.04.2008 09:14 | 35 km | 18 km |
| 3.0 | 16.04.2008 16:44 | 49 km | 9 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2008 21:21 | 12.6 km | 41 km |
| 3.1 | 15.04.2008 01:22 | 33 km | 24 km |
| 2.8 | 14.04.2008 23:11 | 25 km | 19 km |
| 3.2 | 14.04.2008 14:38 | 35 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 14.04.2008 14:27 | 13.7 km | 42 km |
| 2.8 | 14.04.2008 07:55 | 49 km | 24 km |
| 3.0 | 14.04.2008 07:47 | 51 km | 19 km |
| 0.0 | 31.03.2008 23:05 | 126.7 km | 21 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2008 04:16 | 55 km | 18 km |
| 5.2 | 05.12.2007 12:11 | 152.8 km | 52 km |
| 5.0 | 29.11.2007 19:34 | 155.1 km | 44 km |
| 7.4 | 29.11.2007 19:00 | 148.6 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 20.09.2007 07:02 | 3 km | 14 km |
| 0.0 | 06.09.2007 18:40 | 22 km | 23 km |
| 3.5 | 06.09.2007 14:01 | 31 km | 13 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.