No records in the last 30 days.
324
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
65
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 31.01.1906 15:36 | 20 km | 144 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 93 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 153 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 112 km |
| 7.1 | 06.03.1987 04:10 | 18.5 km | 155 km |
| 7.1 | 04.08.1998 18:59 | 24.4 km | 129 km |
| 7.0 | 16.01.1956 23:37 | 20 km | 124 km |
| 6.9 | 18.05.2016 16:46 | 30.3 km | 106 km |
| 6.8 | 30.06.1916 03:00 | 15 km | 150 km |
| 6.8 | 23.10.1944 23:40 | 20 km | 105 km |
| 6.8 | 22.11.1983 14:21 | 40.9 km | 108 km |
| 6.7 | 18.05.2016 07:57 | 29.9 km | 115 km |
| 6.7 | 14.04.1958 21:32 | 25 km | 128 km |
| 6.6 | 09.04.1976 07:08 | 20.7 km | 131 km |
| 6.6 | 12.07.1942 05:05 | 15 km | 81 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 09.04.2026 01:51 | 18 km | 42 km |
| 3.1 | 15.01.2026 08:49 | 27 km | 23 km |
| 4.7 | 14.12.2025 20:23 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.0 | 14.08.2025 19:37 | 5 km | 10 km |
| 4.4 | 03.07.2025 11:02 | 5 km | 10 km |
| 4.5 | 14.06.2025 03:31 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 2.9 | 21.05.2025 02:44 | 7 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2025 07:11 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 26.02.2025 16:18 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 2.6 | 12.11.2024 08:35 | 78.9 km | 12 km |
| 3.6 | 17.10.2024 13:14 | 58.7 km | 70 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2024 06:27 | 105.6 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 22.08.2024 20:02 | 18.5 km | 75 km |
| 3.9 | 17.02.2024 12:14 | 26 km | 69 km |
| 3.5 | 01.01.2024 00:05 | 54 km | 55 km |
| 5.1 | 07.11.2023 03:33 | 18 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2023 14:29 | 108.7 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2023 01:24 | 107.9 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2023 16:18 | 5 km | 14 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2023 10:19 | 75 km | 69 km |
| 3.7 | 17.03.2023 16:04 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 17.03.2023 06:11 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 2.6 | 03.03.2023 04:01 | 1 km | 59 km |
| 2.7 | 02.03.2023 13:41 | 6 km | 58 km |
| 3.1 | 02.03.2023 13:06 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 01.08.2022 01:38 | 14.7 km | 54 km |
| 3.6 | 05.05.2022 21:50 | 11 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 02.10.2021 03:36 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 18.01.2021 01:18 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 3.8 | 27.10.2020 20:19 | 72 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 25.06.2020 02:43 | 15 km | 73 km |
| 3.6 | 15.06.2020 00:46 | 2 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 26.05.2020 02:18 | 6 km | 21 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2020 14:58 | 29 km | 76 km |
| 4.5 | 16.10.2018 22:24 | 5 km | 18 km |
| 4.3 | 20.09.2018 17:54 | 83.9 km | 54 km |
| 4.1 | 15.07.2018 17:48 | 7 km | 86 km |
| 3.8 | 05.07.2018 09:15 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 16.06.2018 00:39 | 5 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 07.06.2018 09:56 | 51 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 03.04.2018 01:15 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.6 | 31.03.2018 10:00 | 6 km | 12 km |
| 3.7 | 14.03.2018 13:14 | 58 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2018 19:18 | 7 km | 73 km |
| 6.2 | 03.12.2017 11:19 | 22.6 km | 134 km |
| 4.1 | 19.11.2017 12:38 | 69.1 km | 73 km |
| 3.5 | 23.10.2017 09:40 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2017 07:21 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 6.3 | 11.07.2016 02:11 | 23.7 km | 113 km |
| 5.9 | 11.07.2016 02:01 | 22.6 km | 111 km |
| 6.9 | 18.05.2016 16:46 | 30.3 km | 106 km |
| 6.7 | 18.05.2016 07:57 | 29.9 km | 115 km |
| 6.1 | 20.04.2016 08:35 | 13 km | 151 km |
| 6.0 | 20.04.2016 08:33 | 9.9 km | 162 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 112 km |
| 5.1 | 01.01.2016 17:15 | 16 km | 89 km |
| 5.1 | 12.08.2014 19:58 | 13.4 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 27.10.2013 11:04 | 9.6 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 17.02.2011 00:04 | 12 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2011 12:44 | 9.6 km | 77 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.