No records in the last 30 days.
173
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1921–2026
record span
4.30
mean magnitude
93
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 | 226 km |
| 7.3 | 28.05.2009 08:24 | 12.7 km | 190 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 186 km |
| 6.7 | 11.07.1999 14:14 | 16.8 km | 152 km |
| 6.5 | 09.08.1980 05:45 | 27.3 km | 162 km |
| 6.2 | 03.12.1934 02:38 | 35 km | 182 km |
| 6.0 | 10.08.1945 11:20 | 25 km | 172 km |
| 5.8 | 23.09.2005 13:48 | 29.1 km | 123 km |
| 5.8 | 06.07.1997 20:13 | 22.6 km | 135 km |
| 5.4 | 10.04.2013 19:14 | 8.6 km | 35 km |
| 5.4 | 25.02.1969 07:39 | 21.2 km | 50 km |
| 5.4 | 08.06.2009 05:13 | 16.4 km | 65 km |
| 5.4 | 27.07.1990 00:54 | 11.8 km | 123 km |
| 5.3 | 02.08.2022 15:17 | 10.2 km | 97 km |
| 5.3 | 27.04.1982 00:14 | 17.9 km | 104 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 01.06.2026 20:42 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.6 | 06.05.2026 10:42 | 0 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 20.01.2026 22:33 | 1 km | 121 km |
| 5.2 | 16.01.2026 06:08 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.1 | 10.02.2025 07:01 | 1 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 06.06.2024 15:58 | 5 km | 111 km |
| 3.2 | 06.06.2024 15:57 | 3 km | 107 km |
| 3.3 | 06.06.2024 15:42 | 3 km | 108 km |
| 3.1 | 06.06.2024 04:44 | 2 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 03.06.2024 10:36 | 17 km | 114 km |
| 3.1 | 31.05.2024 03:31 | 2 km | 110 km |
| 2.8 | 05.05.2024 05:06 | 1 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 09.04.2024 22:18 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 21.10.2023 04:27 | 8.8 km | 68 km |
| 4.8 | 14.10.2023 22:11 | 9.4 km | 68 km |
| 4.5 | 12.10.2023 20:00 | 3.4 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2023 23:59 | 222.9 km | 78 km |
| 3.8 | 21.08.2023 16:56 | 7 km | 95 km |
| 3.1 | 04.07.2023 06:38 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2023 10:30 | 12.7 km | 64 km |
| 5.1 | 25.09.2022 21:30 | 7.6 km | 153 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2022 16:12 | 1 km | 82 km |
| 5.3 | 02.08.2022 15:17 | 10.2 km | 97 km |
| 4.0 | 14.07.2022 02:19 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 20.10.2021 17:34 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2021 18:59 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 4.0 | 04.09.2021 10:07 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 5.2 | 25.08.2021 21:04 | 10.2 km | 137 km |
| 5.3 | 06.04.2021 22:40 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 4.0 | 22.03.2020 11:22 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2020 07:35 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 4.3 | 10.02.2020 02:54 | 6.4 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2019 08:07 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2018 23:25 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 18.02.2018 13:42 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 4.4 | 01.01.2018 09:41 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 10.05.2016 07:33 | 14.3 km | 84 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2016 14:00 | 18.9 km | 89 km |
| 4.3 | 22.04.2016 08:54 | 4.5 km | 72 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2015 20:36 | 15 km | 70 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2014 19:45 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.3 | 13.05.2014 20:34 | 31.2 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 12.01.2014 07:15 | 30.2 km | 114 km |
| 4.3 | 13.11.2013 10:13 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 19.09.2013 08:29 | 1.4 km | 42 km |
| 4.6 | 24.08.2013 18:59 | 0.5 km | 48 km |
| 3.2 | 20.06.2013 16:16 | 3.8 km | 34 km |
| 5.0 | 05.05.2013 00:42 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 29.04.2013 22:05 | 11.7 km | 48 km |
| 4.5 | 24.04.2013 02:15 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.1 | 24.04.2013 02:09 | 9.5 km | 32 km |
| 4.7 | 24.04.2013 02:05 | 35 km | 36 km |
| 5.3 | 24.04.2013 02:04 | 15.1 km | 33 km |
| 4.9 | 21.04.2013 07:46 | 16.5 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 21.04.2013 06:51 | 2.3 km | 31 km |
| 4.3 | 19.04.2013 00:41 | 38 km | 45 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.2013 17:59 | 5.9 km | 37 km |
| 3.4 | 18.04.2013 17:25 | 3.3 km | 27 km |
| 4.0 | 17.04.2013 00:16 | 35.9 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2013 03:24 | 10 km | 63 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.