No records in the last 30 days.
169
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
64
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 | 180 km |
| 7.5 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 117 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 221 km |
| 6.7 | 12.06.1912 12:43 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 6.7 | 11.07.1999 14:14 | 16.8 km | 52 km |
| 6.5 | 09.08.1980 05:45 | 27.3 km | 73 km |
| 6.2 | 03.12.1934 02:38 | 35 km | 81 km |
| 6.0 | 10.08.1945 11:20 | 25 km | 63 km |
| 6.0 | 24.06.1946 15:48 | 260 km | 119 km |
| 5.9 | 13.06.1918 08:58 | 15 km | 44 km |
| 5.8 | 23.09.2005 13:48 | 29.1 km | 107 km |
| 5.8 | 06.07.1997 20:13 | 22.6 km | 85 km |
| 5.7 | 08.02.1976 08:13 | 10.2 km | 59 km |
| 5.4 | 10.04.2013 19:14 | 8.6 km | 99 km |
| 5.4 | 25.02.1969 07:39 | 21.2 km | 62 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 21.06.2026 21:08 | 3 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 01.06.2026 20:42 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.4 | 13.05.2026 07:15 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 5.0 | 18.03.2026 17:35 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 2.8 | 28.02.2026 07:26 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 3.0 | 24.01.2026 15:19 | 3 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 20.01.2026 22:33 | 1 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 16.01.2026 13:38 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 3.0 | 16.01.2026 12:42 | 1 km | 45 km |
| 3.5 | 16.01.2026 07:54 | 1 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 16.01.2026 07:44 | 1 km | 47 km |
| 3.0 | 16.01.2026 07:10 | 2 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 16.01.2026 06:52 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 16.01.2026 06:28 | 1 km | 49 km |
| 5.2 | 16.01.2026 06:08 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2025 06:07 | 1 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 05.09.2025 12:34 | 2 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 22.08.2025 16:41 | 1 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2025 00:23 | 3 km | 29 km |
| 3.1 | 10.02.2025 07:01 | 1 km | 59 km |
| 3.6 | 21.09.2024 16:53 | 3.4 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 22.01.2024 05:45 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 4.8 | 14.10.2023 22:11 | 9.4 km | 78 km |
| 4.5 | 12.10.2023 20:00 | 3.4 km | 76 km |
| 2.8 | 07.10.2023 04:17 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2023 23:59 | 222.9 km | 35 km |
| 3.8 | 21.08.2023 16:56 | 7 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2022 12:56 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2022 12:05 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 5.1 | 25.09.2022 21:30 | 7.6 km | 55 km |
| 4.5 | 25.09.2022 21:28 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2022 16:12 | 1 km | 92 km |
| 4.5 | 02.08.2022 15:33 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 5.3 | 02.08.2022 15:17 | 10.2 km | 123 km |
| 5.2 | 25.08.2021 21:04 | 10.2 km | 29 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2021 17:58 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 4.0 | 22.03.2020 11:22 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2020 07:35 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 14.03.2019 01:08 | 3.7 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 18.02.2018 13:42 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 4.2 | 19.05.2017 20:42 | 35.2 km | 90 km |
| 3.8 | 28.11.2016 06:37 | 4.6 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 10.05.2016 07:33 | 14.3 km | 84 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2016 14:00 | 18.9 km | 90 km |
| 4.3 | 22.04.2016 08:54 | 4.5 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2014 08:09 | 121.8 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 24.08.2013 18:59 | 0.5 km | 73 km |
| 5.3 | 24.04.2013 02:04 | 15.1 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 17.04.2013 00:16 | 35.9 km | 92 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2013 03:24 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 5.4 | 10.04.2013 19:14 | 8.6 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2012 00:23 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 3.7 | 07.02.2012 16:16 | 10.3 km | 70 km |
| 4.4 | 06.02.2012 10:30 | 4.6 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2011 15:28 | 0 km | 75 km |
| 4.5 | 30.03.2011 22:26 | 37 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 30.03.2011 22:26 | 4.6 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 27.03.2010 00:34 | 9.9 km | 50 km |
| 5.1 | 11.01.2010 23:30 | 16.3 km | 65 km |
| 3.9 | 18.10.2009 16:19 | 8.4 km | 72 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.