No records in the last 30 days.
164
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1906–2025
record span
4.02
mean magnitude
14
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 | 50 km |
| 7.4 | 03.10.1914 17:22 | 100 km | 86 km |
| 7.4 | 29.11.2007 19:00 | 148.6 km | 36 km |
| 6.5 | 21.05.1946 09:16 | 30 km | 99 km |
| 6.4 | 05.07.1961 05:02 | 52 km | 106 km |
| 6.4 | 08.01.1959 01:33 | 138.8 km | 26 km |
| 6.3 | 21.11.2004 11:41 | 16.2 km | 56 km |
| 5.8 | 28.05.1962 07:45 | 175 km | 39 km |
| 5.7 | 21.11.2004 11:56 | 35 km | 51 km |
| 5.6 | 24.09.1996 11:42 | 148.3 km | 14 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.2016 22:08 | 155.8 km | 19 km |
| 5.4 | 25.11.2004 20:22 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 5.4 | 15.06.1962 17:36 | 170 km | 16 km |
| 5.3 | 21.11.2004 18:53 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 5.3 | 21.11.2004 13:36 | 19.3 km | 56 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 14.09.2025 11:49 | — | 29 km |
| 4.4 | 26.03.2025 15:41 | 159.7 km | 17 km |
| 4.0 | 01.03.2024 08:43 | 176 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 18.07.2022 08:09 | 140.6 km | 21 km |
| 4.3 | 12.02.2021 01:01 | 148.3 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2020 04:24 | 109.5 km | 34 km |
| 4.3 | 02.09.2020 01:15 | 135.1 km | 14 km |
| 4.0 | 19.07.2020 23:28 | 204.2 km | 1 km |
| 4.7 | 15.01.2020 00:17 | 145.1 km | 32 km |
| 4.8 | 08.01.2020 14:01 | 145.7 km | 14 km |
| 2.7 | 09.12.2019 05:56 | 10 km | 4 km |
| 5.1 | 13.09.2019 16:27 | 164.4 km | 49 km |
| 2.8 | 15.06.2019 07:39 | 30.6 km | 12 km |
| 2.9 | 15.06.2019 07:36 | 30.8 km | 11 km |
| 2.7 | 15.06.2019 02:07 | 33.8 km | 4 km |
| 2.8 | 28.02.2019 17:37 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.4 | 12.12.2018 01:17 | 25.7 km | 11 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.2016 22:08 | 155.8 km | 19 km |
| 4.1 | 08.09.2016 21:39 | 180 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 29.06.2016 15:54 | 125.6 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 13.06.2016 18:31 | 135.3 km | 11 km |
| 4.8 | 03.11.2015 17:32 | 151.8 km | 1 km |
| 4.1 | 07.10.2015 22:54 | 155.2 km | 19 km |
| 4.3 | 07.03.2015 23:24 | 128.9 km | 33 km |
| 4.6 | 28.02.2015 12:28 | 140.7 km | 8 km |
| 4.2 | 13.10.2014 11:40 | 118.5 km | 35 km |
| 4.4 | 23.11.2012 19:54 | 133.1 km | 31 km |
| 4.7 | 03.03.2012 08:40 | 149 km | 29 km |
| 4.2 | 10.09.2011 09:28 | 146.6 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 11.02.2011 13:30 | 180.8 km | 26 km |
| 4.9 | 31.12.2010 18:18 | 144.7 km | 17 km |
| 4.2 | 27.11.2010 05:10 | 148.1 km | 36 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2010 13:50 | 151.3 km | 12 km |
| 2.7 | 30.08.2010 01:49 | 8 km | 10 km |
| 4.6 | 16.08.2010 04:30 | 129.1 km | 21 km |
| 4.3 | 29.06.2010 18:48 | 145.8 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 21.04.2010 05:10 | 133 km | 35 km |
| 4.2 | 16.04.2010 00:04 | 144.2 km | 11 km |
| 4.0 | 25.01.2010 05:40 | 149.8 km | 4 km |
| 4.7 | 21.01.2010 17:11 | 129 km | 15 km |
| 4.3 | 25.12.2009 15:26 | 148.6 km | 14 km |
| 4.2 | 08.07.2009 21:40 | 178.2 km | 28 km |
| 3.9 | 15.11.2008 16:04 | 143.4 km | 20 km |
| 4.2 | 09.02.2008 04:23 | 149.3 km | 26 km |
| 4.3 | 24.12.2007 02:32 | 169.9 km | 35 km |
| 5.2 | 05.12.2007 12:11 | 152.8 km | 27 km |
| 4.9 | 30.11.2007 04:00 | 152.8 km | 26 km |
| 4.2 | 29.11.2007 20:17 | 154.1 km | 27 km |
| 4.5 | 29.11.2007 20:11 | 153.1 km | 31 km |
| 5.0 | 29.11.2007 19:34 | 155.1 km | 18 km |
| 7.4 | 29.11.2007 19:00 | 148.6 km | 36 km |
| 2.9 | 15.09.2006 01:38 | 131 km | 2 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2006 10:29 | 144 km | 8 km |
| 3.4 | 10.02.2006 22:50 | 134 km | 11 km |
| 2.6 | 06.02.2006 06:06 | 121 km | 16 km |
| 3.5 | 23.10.2005 10:38 | 147 km | 17 km |
| 4.8 | 14.06.2005 15:45 | 143 km | 4 km |
| 4.2 | 30.03.2005 16:17 | 168.3 km | 29 km |
| 5.0 | 26.11.2004 05:05 | 18.6 km | 48 km |
| 5.4 | 25.11.2004 20:22 | 0 km | 58 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.