No records in the last 30 days.
688
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
350
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 | 12.12.1953 17:31 | 25 km | 107 km |
| 7.3 | 14.05.1928 22:14 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1970 04:34 | 17.4 km | 92 km |
| 7.1 | 18.07.1928 19:05 | 35 km | 209 km |
| 7.0 | 24.07.1912 11:59 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 6.7 | 18.03.2023 17:12 | 70.1 km | 137 km |
| 6.5 | 15.01.1952 07:00 | 35 km | 149 km |
| 6.3 | 21.05.2005 05:11 | 40.7 km | 147 km |
| 6.3 | 15.05.1928 02:36 | 35 km | 187 km |
| 6.2 | 25.09.1914 10:30 | 35 km | 93 km |
| 6.2 | 30.07.2021 17:10 | 34.3 km | 145 km |
| 6.0 | 26.08.1982 05:22 | 50.3 km | 147 km |
| 6.0 | 08.03.1935 11:59 | 100 km | 22 km |
| 5.9 | 26.09.2007 04:43 | 100.3 km | 57 km |
| 5.9 | 05.10.2022 08:26 | 40.5 km | 131 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 21.06.2026 00:44 | 69 km | 70 km |
| 3.7 | 17.06.2026 11:51 | 67 km | 67 km |
| 5.0 | 13.06.2026 06:35 | 74 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 02.06.2026 11:54 | 46 km | 115 km |
| 3.4 | 01.06.2026 22:51 | 83 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 15.05.2026 14:19 | 70 km | 85 km |
| 4.0 | 13.05.2026 14:10 | 92 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 05.05.2026 15:58 | 32 km | 109 km |
| 4.3 | 14.04.2026 22:21 | 60.3 km | 100 km |
| 4.1 | 11.04.2026 13:44 | 77.4 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 02.04.2026 08:30 | 48 km | 64 km |
| 4.3 | 23.03.2026 17:46 | 59 km | 109 km |
| 4.0 | 19.02.2026 17:46 | 68 km | 73 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2026 10:46 | 32 km | 82 km |
| 3.9 | 16.12.2025 16:05 | 55 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2025 17:28 | 47 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 18.11.2025 16:02 | 50 km | 86 km |
| 4.2 | 17.11.2025 03:47 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.6 | 04.11.2025 08:49 | 42 km | 91 km |
| 3.6 | 26.10.2025 14:45 | 27 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2025 04:18 | 79 km | 50 km |
| 5.6 | 22.10.2025 00:05 | 77.1 km | 49 km |
| 3.5 | 01.10.2025 06:57 | 46 km | 71 km |
| 4.4 | 29.09.2025 05:59 | 94 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2025 18:59 | 81 km | 58 km |
| 3.8 | 17.09.2025 16:36 | 68 km | 89 km |
| 4.3 | 16.09.2025 16:34 | 39 km | 113 km |
| 4.8 | 16.09.2025 03:42 | 5 km | 74 km |
| 4.0 | 06.09.2025 13:04 | 56 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 27.08.2025 15:24 | 34 km | 69 km |
| 4.2 | 27.08.2025 04:26 | 52.1 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 04.08.2025 03:06 | 51 km | 75 km |
| 4.4 | 28.07.2025 12:34 | 59.2 km | 53 km |
| 3.7 | 28.07.2025 01:27 | 75 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 18.07.2025 06:04 | 34 km | 61 km |
| 3.9 | 06.07.2025 03:40 | 103 km | 57 km |
| 5.1 | 11.05.2025 05:16 | 26.1 km | 129 km |
| 5.1 | 11.05.2025 01:29 | 41 km | 111 km |
| 5.3 | 08.05.2025 11:22 | 45 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2025 17:09 | 18 km | 111 km |
| 3.9 | 02.04.2025 17:59 | 20 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 02.04.2025 05:55 | 28 km | 92 km |
| 3.7 | 27.02.2025 08:05 | 37 km | 80 km |
| 4.4 | 22.02.2025 01:06 | 41.5 km | 107 km |
| 4.2 | 21.02.2025 22:52 | 30 km | 111 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2025 00:51 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 4.6 | 04.02.2025 07:45 | 70.9 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 29.01.2025 20:34 | 0 km | 91 km |
| 4.5 | 29.01.2025 20:34 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 3.7 | 05.01.2025 08:19 | 66 km | 53 km |
| 3.4 | 14.12.2024 13:35 | 152.4 km | 37 km |
| 3.5 | 13.12.2024 05:16 | 71.1 km | 66 km |
| 4.7 | 15.10.2024 14:13 | 70 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 29.09.2024 08:04 | 75.4 km | 53 km |
| 4.2 | 20.09.2024 02:10 | 71.1 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 18.09.2024 17:09 | 84.9 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 05.09.2024 14:58 | 83.6 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 28.08.2024 16:43 | 69 km | 77 km |
| 4.1 | 28.07.2024 06:04 | 32.7 km | 100 km |
| 3.8 | 19.07.2024 06:08 | 47 km | 35 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.