No records in the last 30 days.
186
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1909–2025
record span
3.55
mean magnitude
118
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 | 23.01.1909 02:48 | 15 km | 69 km |
| 7.1 | 02.07.1957 00:42 | 15 km | 244 km |
| 7.0 | 01.09.1962 19:20 | 15 km | 152 km |
| 6.2 | 19.12.1980 01:16 | 13.6 km | 43 km |
| 5.7 | 22.12.1980 12:51 | 24 km | 52 km |
| 5.7 | 07.04.1937 18:31 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 5.5 | 18.06.2007 14:29 | 14.9 km | 24 km |
| 5.5 | 07.10.1930 20:53 | 15 km | 141 km |
| 5.4 | 25.05.1977 11:01 | 23 km | 98 km |
| 5.4 | 26.04.1968 02:58 | 18.4 km | 88 km |
| 5.2 | 22.08.1988 21:23 | 17.8 km | 148 km |
| 5.2 | 03.11.1964 17:36 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 5.2 | 16.07.1929 19:43 | 15 km | 39 km |
| 5.2 | 13.10.1962 10:23 | 20 km | 141 km |
| 5.1 | 23.08.1988 05:30 | 27.7 km | 136 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 17.05.2025 22:48 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2025 09:05 | 8 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 13.03.2025 23:54 | 9 km | 78 km |
| 3.3 | 13.03.2025 23:05 | 8 km | 76 km |
| 3.3 | 06.02.2025 09:15 | 9 km | 100 km |
| 3.7 | 03.02.2024 17:23 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 10.11.2023 13:47 | 15 km | 32 km |
| 3.6 | 02.09.2022 03:59 | 8 km | 87 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2022 12:03 | 2 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 23.02.2022 02:48 | 8 km | 84 km |
| 3.7 | 22.01.2022 18:39 | 8 km | 77 km |
| 4.8 | 20.01.2022 01:37 | 3.6 km | 88 km |
| 3.6 | 30.12.2021 19:21 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.9 | 01.11.2021 21:25 | 2 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 22.07.2021 16:01 | 13 km | 109 km |
| 3.5 | 20.04.2020 20:48 | 12 km | 33 km |
| 3.5 | 17.04.2020 10:17 | 11 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 14.03.2020 20:41 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 3.8 | 18.02.2020 17:04 | 8 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2018 16:49 | 21 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2018 16:32 | 8.8 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 23.09.2017 05:01 | 11 km | 97 km |
| 3.6 | 15.03.2017 16:05 | 8 km | 19 km |
| 4.0 | 06.02.2016 16:35 | 9.4 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 28.09.2015 05:29 | 8 km | 116 km |
| 3.8 | 15.05.2015 21:03 | 9 km | 89 km |
| 3.8 | 12.05.2015 15:28 | 8 km | 91 km |
| 3.7 | 24.12.2014 19:26 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2014 05:43 | 9 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 13.02.2014 00:50 | 20 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 18.05.2013 14:48 | 16 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 31.01.2012 02:20 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2012 10:41 | 9 km | 95 km |
| 3.6 | 27.01.2012 14:04 | 8 km | 99 km |
| 3.6 | 27.01.2012 13:11 | 11 km | 99 km |
| 4.3 | 27.01.2012 12:52 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 3.6 | 23.01.2012 12:05 | 6 km | 97 km |
| 4.0 | 22.01.2012 09:46 | 6.4 km | 94 km |
| 3.9 | 22.01.2012 09:44 | 2 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 17.01.2012 23:45 | 8 km | 96 km |
| 3.8 | 16.01.2012 15:24 | 5 km | 97 km |
| 2.7 | 18.12.2011 04:50 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.8 | 01.12.2011 07:48 | 2 km | 115 km |
| 3.7 | 20.11.2011 13:19 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 2.5 | 10.11.2011 22:49 | 6 km | 59 km |
| 3.2 | 09.11.2011 06:48 | 2 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 28.10.2011 17:19 | 2 km | 33 km |
| 2.7 | 22.10.2011 17:47 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 2.6 | 17.10.2011 09:50 | 16.9 km | 66 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2011 05:15 | 5 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2011 00:39 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 3.1 | 06.10.2011 17:22 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2011 19:00 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2011 13:03 | 14.5 km | 109 km |
| 2.7 | 04.09.2011 19:46 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 2.5 | 17.08.2011 14:36 | 12 km | 104 km |
| 3.0 | 05.08.2011 08:12 | 15 km | 76 km |
| 3.2 | 30.05.2011 08:50 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.1 | 30.05.2011 07:43 | 2 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 11.04.2011 00:08 | 2 km | 20 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.