No records in the last 30 days.
150
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1945–2026
record span
4.39
mean magnitude
61
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 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 230 km |
| 7.3 | 28.05.2009 08:24 | 12.7 km | 154 km |
| 6.7 | 11.07.1999 14:14 | 16.8 km | 146 km |
| 6.5 | 09.08.1980 05:45 | 27.3 km | 150 km |
| 6.3 | 20.08.1977 03:51 | 27.3 km | 120 km |
| 6.1 | 20.08.1977 02:46 | 4.8 km | 115 km |
| 6.0 | 10.08.1945 11:20 | 25 km | 176 km |
| 5.8 | 23.09.2005 13:48 | 29.1 km | 91 km |
| 5.8 | 06.07.1997 20:13 | 22.6 km | 113 km |
| 5.5 | 15.04.1997 07:51 | 29.4 km | 84 km |
| 5.4 | 10.04.2013 19:14 | 8.6 km | 16 km |
| 5.4 | 25.02.1969 07:39 | 21.2 km | 71 km |
| 5.4 | 27.07.1990 00:54 | 11.8 km | 99 km |
| 5.4 | 08.06.2009 05:13 | 16.4 km | 25 km |
| 5.3 | 02.08.2022 15:17 | 10.2 km | 58 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 01.06.2026 20:42 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 5.2 | 16.01.2026 06:08 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.1 | 10.02.2025 07:01 | 1 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2024 22:18 | 5 km | 9 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2023 23:59 | 222.9 km | 94 km |
| 3.8 | 21.08.2023 16:56 | 7 km | 82 km |
| 4.4 | 15.01.2023 02:37 | 12.7 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 21.12.2022 12:57 | 1 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2022 20:25 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2022 16:12 | 1 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2022 15:46 | 19.4 km | 83 km |
| 4.5 | 02.08.2022 15:33 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 5.3 | 02.08.2022 15:17 | 10.2 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 14.07.2022 02:19 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 20.10.2021 17:34 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2021 18:59 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 5.2 | 25.08.2021 21:04 | 10.2 km | 138 km |
| 4.5 | 23.04.2021 12:46 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 5.3 | 06.04.2021 22:40 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 22.03.2020 11:22 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2020 07:35 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 16.06.2019 06:35 | 29.7 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2019 08:07 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.8 | 17.02.2019 09:02 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2018 23:25 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 18.02.2018 13:42 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2015 20:36 | 15 km | 31 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2014 19:45 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.3 | 13.05.2014 20:34 | 31.2 km | 71 km |
| 4.3 | 12.01.2014 07:15 | 30.2 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 13.11.2013 20:04 | 7.7 km | 90 km |
| 4.3 | 13.11.2013 10:13 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 4.1 | 19.09.2013 08:29 | 1.4 km | 3 km |
| 3.2 | 20.06.2013 16:16 | 3.8 km | 19 km |
| 5.0 | 05.05.2013 00:42 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 29.04.2013 22:05 | 11.7 km | 14 km |
| 4.5 | 24.04.2013 02:15 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 4.1 | 24.04.2013 02:09 | 9.5 km | 22 km |
| 4.7 | 24.04.2013 02:05 | 35 km | 5 km |
| 5.3 | 24.04.2013 02:04 | 15.1 km | 16 km |
| 4.9 | 21.04.2013 07:46 | 16.5 km | 12 km |
| 3.1 | 21.04.2013 06:51 | 2.3 km | 19 km |
| 4.3 | 19.04.2013 00:41 | 38 km | 11 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.2013 17:59 | 5.9 km | 12 km |
| 3.4 | 18.04.2013 17:25 | 3.3 km | 25 km |
| 4.0 | 17.04.2013 00:16 | 35.9 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2013 03:24 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 5.4 | 10.04.2013 19:14 | 8.6 km | 16 km |
| 4.2 | 29.11.2011 13:40 | 8.3 km | 7 km |
| 4.1 | 20.11.2011 21:45 | 35 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2011 15:28 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 4.5 | 30.03.2011 22:26 | 37 km | 77 km |
| 3.0 | 30.03.2011 22:26 | 4.6 km | 73 km |
| 4.5 | 31.12.2009 10:12 | 35 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 19.07.2009 13:04 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.3 | 06.07.2009 10:34 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 4.4 | 05.07.2009 07:26 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 4.8 | 30.06.2009 17:09 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 5.0 | 30.06.2009 16:22 | 35 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 28.06.2009 13:23 | 35 km | 85 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.