No records in the last 30 days.
1,493
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.88
mean magnitude
1,381
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 | 16.09.1978 15:35 | 17.5 km | 261 km |
| 7.2 | 05.10.1948 20:12 | 15 km | 304 km |
| 7.2 | 10.05.1997 07:57 | 15 km | 199 km |
| 7.1 | 01.05.1929 15:37 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 7.1 | 31.08.1968 10:47 | 14.1 km | 125 km |
| 7.0 | 27.11.1979 17:10 | 7.9 km | 174 km |
| 6.9 | 23.09.1947 12:28 | 15 km | 190 km |
| 6.7 | 30.07.1970 00:52 | 12.4 km | 378 km |
| 6.5 | 14.11.1979 02:21 | 9.2 km | 180 km |
| 6.5 | 16.01.1979 09:50 | 9.2 km | 170 km |
| 6.5 | 04.02.1997 10:37 | 20.4 km | 295 km |
| 6.4 | 17.09.1923 07:09 | 15 km | 211 km |
| 6.3 | 15.10.2023 03:36 | 8.6 km | 316 km |
| 6.3 | 16.02.1941 16:39 | 15 km | 205 km |
| 6.3 | 04.05.1940 21:01 | 15 km | 76 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 06:28 | 0 km | 300 km |
| 4.4 | 07.12.2025 11:02 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.9 | 06.12.2025 16:46 | 0 km | 210 km |
| 4.1 | 03.12.2025 21:51 | 10 km | 315 km |
| 4.1 | 20.11.2025 20:56 | 10 km | 314 km |
| 4.2 | 07.08.2025 17:15 | 12 km | 183 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2025 08:52 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 5.4 | 19.07.2025 21:36 | 0 km | 254 km |
| 3.3 | 20.06.2025 00:55 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.1 | 19.06.2025 23:39 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 19.06.2025 19:33 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.9 | 14.06.2025 20:21 | 9 km | 145 km |
| 3.6 | 14.06.2025 18:47 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.8 | 10.06.2025 03:12 | 8 km | 139 km |
| 3.5 | 07.06.2025 03:02 | 6 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 02.06.2025 02:25 | 12 km | 140 km |
| 3.1 | 30.05.2025 20:11 | 12 km | 184 km |
| 3.3 | 28.05.2025 10:06 | 8 km | 78 km |
| 3.2 | 19.05.2025 17:07 | 8 km | 142 km |
| 3.0 | 17.05.2025 14:10 | 9 km | 239 km |
| 3.1 | 08.05.2025 12:22 | 16 km | 154 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2025 09:15 | 12 km | 146 km |
| 3.2 | 08.05.2025 08:05 | 12 km | 146 km |
| 3.3 | 08.05.2025 08:02 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2025 07:53 | 0 km | 144 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2025 05:45 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 3.0 | 08.05.2025 05:42 | 28 km | 160 km |
| 4.9 | 08.05.2025 05:23 | 0 km | 138 km |
| 3.1 | 03.05.2025 07:35 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 4.8 | 01.05.2025 01:40 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.1 | 26.04.2025 15:33 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 3.1 | 25.04.2025 20:08 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.3 | 22.04.2025 04:47 | 9 km | 290 km |
| 3.4 | 06.04.2025 07:29 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 3.2 | 26.03.2025 09:30 | 12 km | 228 km |
| 3.0 | 25.03.2025 03:07 | 5 km | 188 km |
| 3.8 | 21.03.2025 06:56 | 8 km | 291 km |
| 3.0 | 17.03.2025 06:43 | 8 km | 240 km |
| 3.2 | 14.03.2025 04:58 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 3.3 | 08.03.2025 11:53 | 7 km | 167 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2025 15:52 | 8 km | 238 km |
| 3.1 | 05.03.2025 21:04 | 7 km | 325 km |
| 3.7 | 05.03.2025 19:33 | 8 km | 327 km |
| 3.3 | 01.03.2025 00:17 | 13 km | 168 km |
| 3.3 | 21.02.2025 09:09 | 8 km | 272 km |
| 3.0 | 19.02.2025 18:03 | 9 km | 66 km |
| 3.1 | 06.02.2025 01:38 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 3.1 | 03.02.2025 18:45 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.4 | 25.01.2025 01:28 | 12 km | 203 km |
| 3.4 | 24.01.2025 17:42 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 3.3 | 19.01.2025 18:07 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 3.2 | 21.12.2024 02:59 | 10 km | 303 km |
| 4.3 | 20.12.2024 23:31 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.3 | 20.12.2024 23:31 | 12 km | 305 km |
| 3.3 | 03.12.2024 08:27 | 13 km | 213 km |
| 3.1 | 30.11.2024 08:53 | 6 km | 188 km |
| 4.2 | 15.11.2024 05:31 | 9 km | 12 km |
| 3.3 | 14.11.2024 01:55 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 09.11.2024 07:36 | 15 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 08.11.2024 04:19 | 12 km | 17 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.