No records in the last 30 days.
309
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1917–2025
record span
3.77
mean magnitude
196
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 12.11.2017 18:18 | 20.1 km | 275 km |
| 7.3 | 20.06.1990 21:00 | 15.3 km | 120 km |
| 7.0 | 01.09.1962 19:20 | 15 km | 161 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 201 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.2002 02:58 | 16.3 km | 111 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1978 15:22 | 31.1 km | 154 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1997 12:57 | 22.6 km | 188 km |
| 6.0 | 07.11.2019 22:47 | 13.4 km | 166 km |
| 5.9 | 07.11.2019 22:46 | 6.1 km | 58 km |
| 5.8 | 08.11.1924 09:05 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 5.7 | 21.06.1990 09:02 | 11.2 km | 140 km |
| 5.6 | 28.11.1991 17:20 | 38.7 km | 129 km |
| 5.6 | 22.07.1983 02:41 | 19.2 km | 102 km |
| 5.5 | 02.06.1917 00:28 | 15 km | 125 km |
| 5.3 | 24.05.1932 23:29 | 15 km | 127 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 11.03.2025 05:49 | 8 km | 100 km |
| 3.1 | 04.03.2025 07:33 | 1 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 19.10.2024 05:16 | 7 km | 122 km |
| 3.4 | 08.09.2023 18:14 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2023 10:24 | 6 km | 104 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2022 00:46 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2022 00:46 | 15 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 30.05.2022 16:42 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2022 09:33 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 3.9 | 20.04.2022 23:30 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.5 | 30.11.2021 15:06 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 30.11.2021 15:04 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 3.8 | 17.05.2021 01:34 | 2 km | 106 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2021 11:02 | 2 km | 100 km |
| 5.0 | 24.10.2020 11:34 | 7.3 km | 100 km |
| 3.9 | 24.10.2020 11:32 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 29.04.2020 19:19 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2020 10:53 | 24 km | 129 km |
| 3.6 | 10.01.2020 02:25 | 2 km | 99 km |
| 6.0 | 07.11.2019 22:47 | 13.4 km | 166 km |
| 5.9 | 07.11.2019 22:46 | 6.1 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 27.08.2019 10:13 | 16 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 14.06.2019 04:21 | 2 km | 105 km |
| 3.6 | 26.05.2019 04:34 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 14.04.2019 13:29 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.9 | 11.03.2019 19:39 | 20 km | 108 km |
| 3.9 | 10.06.2018 06:41 | 6 km | 97 km |
| 7.4 | 12.11.2017 18:18 | 20.1 km | 275 km |
| 5.0 | 27.08.2017 23:14 | 14.6 km | 118 km |
| 4.1 | 08.06.2017 08:15 | 19 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 19.03.2017 23:46 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.3 | 02.11.2016 11:11 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 14.10.2016 19:58 | 20 km | 63 km |
| 3.8 | 24.03.2016 19:51 | 13 km | 118 km |
| 3.8 | 13.03.2016 23:27 | 2 km | 117 km |
| 3.9 | 06.03.2016 23:13 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2015 14:26 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2015 06:08 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.6 | 11.07.2014 03:10 | 2 km | 116 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2014 15:42 | 2 km | 136 km |
| 3.7 | 04.02.2014 01:42 | 8 km | 99 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2012 10:59 | 2 km | 113 km |
| 3.6 | 18.03.2012 04:38 | 4 km | 146 km |
| 3.1 | 18.03.2012 02:38 | 6.2 km | 93 km |
| 4.4 | 18.03.2012 02:38 | 14 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 13.01.2012 12:35 | 8 km | 98 km |
| 2.7 | 21.12.2011 22:51 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 2.8 | 29.11.2011 07:00 | 5 km | 109 km |
| 2.6 | 25.11.2011 21:39 | 2 km | 96 km |
| 2.8 | 22.11.2011 01:54 | 2 km | 90 km |
| 2.9 | 17.11.2011 13:42 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 2.8 | 07.10.2011 07:11 | 2 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 22.09.2011 18:27 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 03.09.2011 00:30 | 2 km | 127 km |
| 2.6 | 01.09.2011 22:25 | 16.2 km | 92 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2011 10:29 | 2 km | 61 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2011 04:41 | 2 km | 114 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2011 02:27 | 6 km | 101 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2011 14:37 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.3 | 22.07.2011 10:47 | 10 km | 93 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.