No records in the last 30 days.
160
recorded earthquakes
M4.2
largest
1982–2026
record span
2.44
mean magnitude
60
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 02.05.2016 10:36 | 2 km | 97 km |
| 3.8 | 03.10.1999 20:03 | 2 km | 64 km |
| 3.8 | 30.09.1985 11:16 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.8 | 25.01.1993 07:42 | 17.5 km | 67 km |
| 3.6 | 06.08.2002 17:25 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2011 06:14 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 3.4 | 17.12.2007 06:49 | 4 km | 29 km |
| 3.4 | 30.08.2007 06:55 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2010 12:12 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.3 | 06.03.1999 15:30 | 4 km | 53 km |
| 3.2 | 14.03.2011 04:37 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 17.11.2004 21:27 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2016 13:11 | 2 km | 76 km |
| 3.1 | 01.04.1994 18:45 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2013 01:06 | 2 km | 45 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 15.02.2026 16:05 | 11 km | 83 km |
| 2.0 | 13.02.2026 11:36 | 0 km | 14 km |
| 2.5 | 12.02.2026 21:19 | 8.5 km | 67 km |
| 2.4 | 31.08.2025 14:47 | 5 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 21.07.2024 03:05 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 2.8 | 28.03.2024 22:38 | 4 km | 70 km |
| 2.5 | 09.03.2024 21:36 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 2.0 | 14.12.2023 11:52 | 4.3 km | 33 km |
| 2.1 | 02.07.2023 21:05 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 2.3 | 02.07.2023 00:40 | 5 km | 93 km |
| 2.5 | 12.12.2021 01:00 | 2 km | 67 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2021 08:50 | 20 km | 70 km |
| 2.6 | 20.05.2020 04:59 | 2 km | 86 km |
| 2.1 | 19.03.2020 09:49 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 2.7 | 10.01.2020 10:42 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 2.8 | 31.05.2019 01:06 | 8 km | 86 km |
| 2.9 | 29.01.2019 23:14 | 2 km | 38 km |
| 2.4 | 10.04.2018 05:24 | 2 km | 61 km |
| 2.3 | 22.12.2016 12:04 | 2 km | 87 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2016 13:11 | 2 km | 76 km |
| 2.1 | 30.08.2016 00:35 | 2 km | 61 km |
| 2.3 | 26.05.2016 11:41 | 11 km | 34 km |
| 2.2 | 06.05.2016 03:01 | 2 km | 94 km |
| 2.6 | 03.05.2016 21:07 | 2 km | 88 km |
| 4.2 | 02.05.2016 10:36 | 2 km | 97 km |
| 2.2 | 10.04.2015 04:41 | 8 km | 80 km |
| 2.6 | 09.11.2014 09:43 | 2 km | 85 km |
| 2.5 | 19.08.2014 00:36 | 2 km | 40 km |
| 3.1 | 21.06.2014 14:14 | 2 km | 34 km |
| 2.9 | 04.04.2014 17:12 | 2 km | 68 km |
| 2.3 | 04.03.2014 23:07 | 2 km | 85 km |
| 2.5 | 02.03.2014 08:01 | 2 km | 78 km |
| 2.6 | 17.02.2014 02:24 | 2 km | 4 km |
| 2.4 | 07.10.2013 06:48 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2013 01:06 | 2 km | 45 km |
| 2.4 | 27.08.2012 19:53 | 2 km | 86 km |
| 2.3 | 01.08.2012 23:56 | 2 km | 72 km |
| 2.3 | 28.06.2012 03:35 | 2 km | 67 km |
| 2.7 | 09.01.2012 06:42 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 03.01.2012 18:22 | 2 km | 65 km |
| 2.1 | 28.12.2011 03:41 | 3 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 28.12.2011 03:28 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 2.5 | 22.09.2011 00:01 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 2.0 | 02.09.2011 17:39 | 4 km | 57 km |
| 2.8 | 29.08.2011 10:09 | 0 km | 22 km |
| 1.8 | 29.07.2011 23:23 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 1.7 | 28.06.2011 00:27 | 4 km | 8 km |
| 1.8 | 28.05.2011 23:23 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 2.0 | 07.05.2011 04:51 | 2 km | 57 km |
| 2.2 | 06.05.2011 17:02 | 2 km | 58 km |
| 2.8 | 04.05.2011 11:56 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 2.2 | 24.04.2011 06:32 | 3 km | 11 km |
| 2.2 | 04.04.2011 01:41 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 2.0 | 24.03.2011 06:52 | 2 km | 59 km |
| 2.5 | 19.03.2011 18:01 | 2 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 14.03.2011 04:37 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 2.0 | 13.03.2011 02:11 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 1.7 | 13.03.2011 00:18 | 2 km | 59 km |
| 1.6 | 05.03.2011 03:05 | 2 km | 65 km |
| 1.8 | 25.02.2011 19:00 | 3 km | 60 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.