No records in the last 30 days.
388
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1909–2025
record span
3.66
mean magnitude
279
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 20.06.1990 21:00 | 15.3 km | 103 km |
| 7.3 | 23.01.1909 02:48 | 15 km | 218 km |
| 7.0 | 01.09.1962 19:20 | 15 km | 54 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.2002 02:58 | 16.3 km | 94 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1978 15:22 | 31.1 km | 185 km |
| 6.3 | 28.05.2004 12:38 | 18.9 km | 173 km |
| 5.9 | 07.11.2019 22:46 | 6.1 km | 153 km |
| 5.7 | 21.06.1990 09:02 | 11.2 km | 61 km |
| 5.6 | 28.11.1991 17:20 | 38.7 km | 80 km |
| 5.6 | 22.07.1983 02:41 | 19.2 km | 97 km |
| 5.5 | 02.06.1917 00:28 | 15 km | 84 km |
| 5.4 | 26.04.1968 02:58 | 18.4 km | 125 km |
| 5.3 | 24.06.1990 09:46 | 14.6 km | 83 km |
| 5.3 | 03.12.1980 04:26 | 17.6 km | 139 km |
| 5.2 | 06.07.1990 19:34 | 23.3 km | 87 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 26.06.2025 18:39 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.3 | 25.06.2025 01:34 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.7 | 22.06.2025 06:15 | 8 km | 69 km |
| 3.3 | 14.05.2025 03:48 | 6 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 03.05.2025 17:30 | 8 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 11.03.2025 05:49 | 8 km | 78 km |
| 3.1 | 04.03.2025 07:33 | 1 km | 82 km |
| 3.1 | 02.02.2025 16:37 | 8 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 19.10.2024 05:16 | 7 km | 72 km |
| 3.4 | 08.09.2023 18:14 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2022 00:46 | 15 km | 132 km |
| 4.6 | 14.06.2022 15:30 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.4 | 14.06.2022 15:30 | 12 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 30.05.2022 16:42 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2022 09:33 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 30.11.2021 15:06 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 30.11.2021 15:04 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2021 11:02 | 2 km | 91 km |
| 5.0 | 24.10.2020 11:34 | 7.3 km | 80 km |
| 3.9 | 24.10.2020 11:32 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2020 10:53 | 24 km | 106 km |
| 3.8 | 26.11.2019 15:23 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 5.9 | 07.11.2019 22:46 | 6.1 km | 153 km |
| 3.6 | 16.09.2019 16:58 | 9.7 km | 50 km |
| 3.6 | 14.06.2019 04:21 | 2 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 26.05.2019 04:34 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 4.0 | 14.04.2019 13:29 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 3.9 | 11.03.2019 19:39 | 20 km | 79 km |
| 3.8 | 23.12.2018 05:38 | 9 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 05.07.2018 03:06 | 9 km | 75 km |
| 3.9 | 10.06.2018 06:41 | 6 km | 72 km |
| 3.5 | 15.05.2018 11:38 | 12 km | 99 km |
| 3.5 | 15.04.2018 09:49 | 8 km | 76 km |
| 3.5 | 18.02.2018 22:04 | 15 km | 126 km |
| 4.9 | 20.12.2017 19:57 | 12.3 km | 126 km |
| 4.1 | 08.06.2017 08:15 | 19 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 19.03.2017 23:46 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 3.3 | 02.11.2016 11:11 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 4.2 | 14.10.2016 19:58 | 20 km | 80 km |
| 3.8 | 13.03.2016 23:27 | 2 km | 68 km |
| 3.3 | 28.08.2015 22:20 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 4.1 | 30.06.2015 07:55 | 8 km | 61 km |
| 4.4 | 10.05.2015 22:08 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2015 06:08 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.8 | 22.02.2015 08:18 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 3.6 | 11.07.2014 03:10 | 2 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 04.02.2014 01:42 | 8 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 07.04.2013 23:06 | 8 km | 58 km |
| 3.4 | 18.12.2012 22:30 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 3.8 | 15.12.2012 07:46 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.9 | 25.11.2012 17:47 | 17 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 18.03.2012 04:38 | 4 km | 76 km |
| 3.1 | 18.03.2012 02:38 | 6.2 km | 78 km |
| 4.4 | 18.03.2012 02:38 | 14 km | 89 km |
| 3.4 | 13.01.2012 12:35 | 8 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 28.12.2011 11:58 | 2 km | 63 km |
| 3.2 | 28.12.2011 11:57 | 2 km | 66 km |
| 2.7 | 21.12.2011 22:51 | 5 km | 93 km |
| 2.9 | 20.12.2011 01:09 | 3 km | 61 km |
| 2.8 | 15.12.2011 07:45 | 5 km | 61 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.