No records in the last 30 days.
390
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.82
mean magnitude
230
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 186 km |
| 6.1 | 11.01.1967 11:20 | 22.9 km | 146 km |
| 6.1 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 34.7 km | 108 km |
| 5.7 | 26.01.1938 03:40 | 15 km | 58 km |
| 5.6 | 28.08.1941 00:18 | 15 km | 159 km |
| 5.6 | 05.08.1998 14:27 | 50.6 km | 81 km |
| 5.6 | 12.11.1927 14:45 | 35 km | 91 km |
| 5.6 | 22.01.1932 00:48 | 35 km | 138 km |
| 5.6 | 06.07.1940 17:45 | 35 km | 123 km |
| 5.5 | 26.01.1988 09:34 | 32.6 km | 138 km |
| 5.5 | 11.01.2018 06:59 | 19.4 km | 115 km |
| 5.4 | 03.02.1956 13:16 | 15 km | 102 km |
| 5.4 | 11.01.2018 07:14 | 16.3 km | 116 km |
| 5.4 | 28.08.1936 00:19 | 15 km | 168 km |
| 5.4 | 23.03.2001 05:24 | 29.6 km | 92 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 08.06.2026 09:37 | 0 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 01.06.2026 11:24 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2025 04:08 | 0 km | 95 km |
| 3.0 | 10.05.2025 22:59 | 14 km | 111 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2025 01:38 | 11 km | 82 km |
| 3.0 | 27.02.2025 10:58 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.3 | 21.02.2025 14:46 | 13 km | 63 km |
| 3.6 | 21.02.2025 06:28 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.2 | 16.08.2024 22:39 | 8 km | 118 km |
| 4.2 | 14.05.2024 00:00 | 26.8 km | 104 km |
| 3.1 | 10.04.2024 17:02 | 11 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 24.02.2024 00:47 | 15.4 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2023 09:03 | 17.3 km | 101 km |
| 3.5 | 06.09.2023 18:33 | 8 km | 85 km |
| 3.6 | 04.09.2023 08:24 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 01.05.2022 12:36 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 08.04.2022 06:20 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 11.03.2022 08:17 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 20.02.2022 12:45 | 17.3 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2022 06:18 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2021 20:12 | 8 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2021 16:40 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2021 06:59 | 15 km | 88 km |
| 4.9 | 06.06.2021 04:54 | 14.1 km | 95 km |
| 3.6 | 13.02.2021 10:52 | 12 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 22.10.2020 23:11 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2020 18:25 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2020 03:44 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 4.2 | 04.06.2020 01:27 | 15.8 km | 95 km |
| 3.7 | 03.06.2020 22:27 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 03.06.2020 08:39 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.9 | 03.06.2020 08:16 | 14 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 02.02.2020 08:26 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.2 | 29.01.2020 05:02 | 13 km | 102 km |
| 4.8 | 28.01.2020 20:37 | 13 km | 103 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2020 06:35 | 19 km | 121 km |
| 3.8 | 28.12.2019 10:23 | 5 km | 104 km |
| 4.6 | 28.12.2019 10:20 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.2 | 28.12.2019 10:20 | 14.6 km | 105 km |
| 3.5 | 20.08.2019 05:26 | 19 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 19.08.2019 22:57 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.8 | 19.08.2019 11:09 | 16 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 14.05.2019 08:08 | 11 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 23.04.2019 10:24 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2019 07:13 | 13 km | 97 km |
| 4.6 | 17.04.2019 20:02 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.3 | 17.04.2019 20:02 | 13.8 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 15.04.2019 07:28 | 13 km | 80 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2019 15:33 | 13 km | 112 km |
| 3.8 | 01.04.2019 11:13 | 19 km | 99 km |
| 4.4 | 01.04.2019 10:53 | 13 km | 101 km |
| 3.8 | 01.04.2019 10:40 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 01.04.2019 10:35 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 4.3 | 01.04.2019 10:16 | 13 km | 77 km |
| 4.8 | 01.04.2019 10:16 | 15.6 km | 99 km |
| 5.2 | 01.04.2019 10:07 | 15.2 km | 104 km |
| 4.1 | 26.12.2018 06:57 | 22 km | 112 km |
| 3.8 | 12.12.2018 23:44 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 04.12.2018 09:32 | 15.4 km | 86 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 186 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.