No records in the last 30 days.
332
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.49
mean magnitude
108
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 | 40 km |
| 7.4 | 03.10.1914 17:22 | 100 km | 151 km |
| 7.4 | 29.11.2007 19:00 | 148.6 km | 46 km |
| 7.3 | 19.03.1953 08:27 | 128.8 km | 95 km |
| 6.5 | 21.05.1946 09:16 | 30 km | 52 km |
| 6.4 | 05.07.1961 05:02 | 52 km | 84 km |
| 6.4 | 08.01.1959 01:33 | 138.8 km | 55 km |
| 5.8 | 28.05.1962 07:45 | 175 km | 62 km |
| 5.8 | 08.06.1999 12:04 | 47.8 km | 75 km |
| 5.8 | 12.07.1990 23:08 | 28.4 km | 52 km |
| 5.8 | 03.02.2017 19:54 | 56.3 km | 67 km |
| 5.7 | 28.12.2015 06:55 | 156.8 km | 40 km |
| 5.6 | 24.09.1996 11:42 | 148.3 km | 71 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.2016 22:08 | 155.8 km | 84 km |
| 5.5 | 28.09.2018 12:32 | 40.3 km | 77 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 02.01.2026 21:48 | 57.6 km | 55 km |
| 3.1 | 20.12.2025 14:05 | 114.1 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 16.10.2025 14:59 | 29.6 km | 43 km |
| 4.4 | 25.08.2025 00:51 | 14.6 km | 38 km |
| 4.5 | 06.06.2025 09:06 | 150.4 km | 52 km |
| 3.8 | 08.05.2025 04:41 | 123.2 km | 27 km |
| 4.9 | 25.03.2025 04:53 | 116.1 km | 34 km |
| 4.3 | 03.03.2025 00:01 | 65.3 km | 56 km |
| 4.4 | 22.09.2024 03:06 | 92.4 km | 34 km |
| 3.5 | 13.08.2024 11:58 | 21.1 km | 41 km |
| 4.3 | 04.07.2024 05:10 | 169.2 km | 49 km |
| 3.4 | 20.05.2024 22:08 | 70.8 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 01.03.2024 08:43 | 176 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 11.11.2023 03:47 | 19 km | 42 km |
| 4.4 | 01.09.2023 23:01 | 57.7 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 19.04.2023 09:25 | 9 km | 9 km |
| 4.5 | 17.07.2022 00:11 | 56.7 km | 62 km |
| 4.6 | 21.04.2022 19:30 | 149.7 km | 39 km |
| 3.3 | 23.02.2022 18:04 | 174 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 19.09.2021 00:39 | 21.1 km | 50 km |
| 4.3 | 12.02.2021 01:01 | 148.3 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 02.12.2020 20:50 | 74.3 km | 56 km |
| 4.6 | 26.08.2020 05:03 | 129.7 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 17.01.2020 18:34 | 50.7 km | 54 km |
| 4.7 | 15.01.2020 00:17 | 145.1 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2019 08:25 | 119.7 km | 41 km |
| 4.1 | 07.10.2019 10:23 | 29.8 km | 53 km |
| 5.1 | 13.09.2019 16:27 | 164.4 km | 61 km |
| 4.3 | 25.04.2019 23:07 | 17.7 km | 43 km |
| 4.3 | 22.11.2018 22:02 | 117.7 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 18.11.2018 16:54 | 122 km | 7 km |
| 5.5 | 28.09.2018 12:32 | 40.3 km | 77 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2018 01:02 | 157.7 km | 19 km |
| 4.2 | 25.11.2017 14:20 | 73.1 km | 46 km |
| 4.6 | 15.09.2017 10:58 | 57.2 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 25.08.2017 09:29 | 199 km | 59 km |
| 5.8 | 03.02.2017 19:54 | 56.3 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 16.12.2016 19:51 | 169.5 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 17.11.2016 09:53 | 161.8 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 08.11.2016 17:04 | 109.5 km | 53 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.2016 22:08 | 155.8 km | 84 km |
| 4.3 | 19.09.2016 14:33 | 177.1 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 08.09.2016 21:39 | 180 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 23.08.2016 01:09 | 152.5 km | 41 km |
| 5.7 | 28.12.2015 06:55 | 156.8 km | 40 km |
| 4.1 | 07.10.2015 22:54 | 155.2 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2015 18:29 | 71.6 km | 61 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2015 21:11 | 148.2 km | 41 km |
| 4.3 | 07.03.2015 23:24 | 128.9 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 01.03.2015 10:34 | 69.2 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 01.12.2014 04:58 | 145.3 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2014 12:06 | 151.5 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 09.04.2014 20:50 | 83.1 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 22.10.2013 07:53 | 52.4 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 26.09.2012 18:15 | 169.6 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 04.03.2012 01:25 | 119.5 km | 46 km |
| 4.7 | 03.03.2012 08:40 | 149 km | 54 km |
| 4.3 | 08.02.2012 01:15 | 62.6 km | 56 km |
| 4.9 | 09.09.2011 10:11 | 149.9 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 02.09.2011 16:20 | 179.4 km | 56 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.