No records in the last 30 days.
156
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.75
mean magnitude
13
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 07.09.1915 01:20 | 80 km | 100 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.2001 17:33 | 57.6 km | 106 km |
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 131 km |
| 7.3 | 19.06.1982 06:21 | 76.3 km | 149 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 7.1 | 21.05.1932 10:10 | 15 km | 66 km |
| 7.1 | 08.10.1901 02:14 | 0 km | 147 km |
| 7.1 | 08.02.1926 15:18 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 6.5 | 13.02.2001 14:22 | 9.4 km | 85 km |
| 6.5 | 19.07.2023 00:22 | 67.8 km | 113 km |
| 6.3 | 09.11.1997 22:56 | 190 km | 89 km |
| 6.3 | 26.09.1942 04:00 | 35 km | 122 km |
| 6.3 | 05.10.1925 04:08 | 35 km | 87 km |
| 6.2 | 07.03.1934 22:41 | 35 km | 69 km |
| 6.2 | 06.05.1951 23:08 | 10 km | 42 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 02.04.2026 23:02 | 35 km | 20 km |
| 3.0 | 22.02.2026 03:59 | 5.5 km | 23 km |
| 4.2 | 27.01.2026 21:06 | 189.7 km | 8 km |
| 4.1 | 02.01.2026 06:28 | 83 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 28.12.2025 09:55 | 210.1 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 26.10.2025 02:36 | 230.6 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2025 01:46 | 19.8 km | 26 km |
| 5.0 | 20.03.2025 08:15 | 53.7 km | 88 km |
| 4.0 | 08.02.2025 23:32 | 8 km | 52 km |
| 4.4 | 07.02.2025 05:36 | 207.2 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 13.12.2024 11:26 | 8 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2024 05:42 | 3 km | 54 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2024 03:57 | 11 km | 54 km |
| 5.6 | 09.12.2024 03:50 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.4 | 26.07.2024 23:15 | 178.3 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 03.03.2024 00:23 | 186.2 km | 50 km |
| 3.7 | 14.11.2023 20:41 | 5 km | 31 km |
| 3.9 | 13.09.2023 03:54 | 8.9 km | 38 km |
| 6.5 | 19.07.2023 00:22 | 67.8 km | 113 km |
| 4.3 | 27.03.2023 12:04 | 177 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 18.02.2023 11:11 | 5 km | 24 km |
| 4.5 | 16.10.2022 12:51 | 50.5 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 29.07.2022 13:41 | 181.2 km | 53 km |
| 4.3 | 28.07.2022 10:58 | 193.2 km | 41 km |
| 4.6 | 13.02.2022 13:37 | 48.5 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 20.02.2021 06:53 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 4.5 | 26.12.2020 15:15 | 6 km | 51 km |
| 4.3 | 22.10.2020 07:55 | 239.5 km | 26 km |
| 3.8 | 19.07.2020 04:44 | 11 km | 46 km |
| 4.6 | 05.05.2020 11:03 | 205.1 km | 32 km |
| 5.1 | 31.01.2019 04:40 | 191.4 km | 42 km |
| 4.4 | 13.11.2018 10:26 | 190 km | 41 km |
| 4.7 | 09.07.2018 07:11 | 195.9 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 08.05.2018 14:09 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 4.3 | 06.05.2018 19:44 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 5.5 | 06.05.2018 19:02 | 13.8 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 06.05.2018 16:26 | 5 km | 53 km |
| 5.2 | 06.05.2018 14:52 | 11.8 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 06.05.2018 14:36 | 25 km | 55 km |
| 5.2 | 06.05.2018 12:44 | 8.9 km | 59 km |
| 5.2 | 06.05.2018 12:37 | 10.3 km | 60 km |
| 5.0 | 06.05.2018 04:58 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 14.01.2017 04:20 | 6 km | 27 km |
| 5.0 | 27.10.2015 22:49 | 150.9 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2015 23:45 | 5.3 km | 60 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2015 17:31 | 8.6 km | 60 km |
| 4.5 | 09.08.2015 07:05 | 10.7 km | 44 km |
| 3.4 | 06.12.2014 17:06 | 193.9 km | 37 km |
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 131 km |
| 4.1 | 09.03.2014 19:32 | 217.7 km | 38 km |
| 4.7 | 16.12.2013 04:59 | 190.1 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 27.08.2012 18:44 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 5.0 | 24.11.2011 21:13 | 6.8 km | 53 km |
| 4.4 | 01.03.2011 21:46 | 207.4 km | 40 km |
| 4.4 | 26.09.2010 08:03 | 150 km | 52 km |
| 4.4 | 10.04.2010 13:40 | 28.1 km | 30 km |
| 3.2 | 10.04.2010 13:40 | 14.9 km | 35 km |
| 4.8 | 30.01.2010 22:50 | 197.5 km | 35 km |
| 4.5 | 21.02.2009 10:33 | 196 km | 46 km |
| 3.8 | 22.11.2008 00:20 | 195.7 km | 19 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.