No records in the last 30 days.
958
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1927–2026
record span
2.55
mean magnitude
666
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 22.11.1995 04:15 | 14 km | 217 km |
| 6.2 | 11.07.1927 13:04 | 15 km | 157 km |
| 6.1 | 03.08.1993 12:43 | 10.1 km | 209 km |
| 5.7 | 23.11.1995 18:07 | 24.5 km | 149 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 192 km |
| 5.4 | 18.12.1956 17:53 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 5.3 | 11.02.2004 08:15 | 22.4 km | 129 km |
| 5.1 | 23.04.1979 13:01 | 16 km | 74 km |
| 5.0 | 03.02.1983 13:46 | 22.1 km | 155 km |
| 4.9 | 03.02.1983 23:30 | 16 km | 152 km |
| 4.8 | 03.10.2000 03:11 | 20 km | 77 km |
| 4.7 | 28.12.2012 19:42 | 12.9 km | 87 km |
| 4.7 | 25.11.1995 11:41 | 29.7 km | 159 km |
| 4.7 | 18.10.1987 01:05 | — | 67 km |
| 4.6 | 03.08.1993 13:29 | 10 km | 131 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 15.01.2026 07:00 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 2.1 | 21.08.2025 07:33 | 9.1 km | 85 km |
| 2.4 | 14.05.2025 14:37 | 17.7 km | 86 km |
| 3.8 | 21.07.2024 20:15 | 9.2 km | 100 km |
| 3.0 | 28.08.2023 00:09 | 37.8 km | 94 km |
| 4.1 | 15.06.2021 23:08 | 26 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 15.12.2020 02:30 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.2 | 06.05.2020 00:56 | 5 km | 27 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2020 16:31 | 5.8 km | 21 km |
| 3.8 | 25.11.2019 11:48 | 12 km | 96 km |
| 3.7 | 25.11.2019 11:39 | 12 km | 98 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2019 08:07 | 12 km | 98 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2019 18:46 | 6 km | 79 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2019 10:35 | 12 km | 93 km |
| 2.7 | 26.06.2019 12:18 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2019 08:53 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.9 | 15.01.2019 15:59 | 20 km | 143 km |
| 3.8 | 26.12.2018 03:38 | 12 km | 100 km |
| 2.5 | 28.08.2018 05:47 | 16 km | 142 km |
| 2.7 | 05.08.2018 05:52 | 15 km | 108 km |
| 2.9 | 02.07.2018 02:11 | 9 km | 45 km |
| 2.8 | 28.04.2018 07:14 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.6 | 28.04.2018 06:50 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 3.5 | 28.04.2018 04:45 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 2.5 | 07.02.2018 11:01 | 16 km | 124 km |
| 3.2 | 24.02.2017 15:58 | 21 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 18.04.2016 02:41 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 3.4 | 15.04.2016 04:15 | 20 km | 84 km |
| 3.9 | 07.02.2016 12:35 | 17 km | 76 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2015 07:39 | 11 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2015 02:39 | 18.2 km | 97 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 192 km |
| 3.3 | 06.01.2015 17:02 | 1 km | 94 km |
| 2.6 | 22.07.2014 06:46 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 4.1 | 24.05.2014 07:27 | 20 km | 49 km |
| 3.8 | 24.01.2014 12:30 | 16 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 12.12.2013 21:02 | 6 km | 83 km |
| 3.5 | 07.12.2013 11:22 | 3 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 23.10.2013 12:33 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.4 | 12.09.2013 01:20 | 20 km | 136 km |
| 3.3 | 11.06.2013 21:22 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.3 | 10.04.2013 02:06 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 4.7 | 28.12.2012 19:42 | 12.9 km | 87 km |
| 3.7 | 22.03.2012 04:17 | 24 km | 89 km |
| 2.1 | 13.12.2011 03:04 | 9 km | 92 km |
| 2.2 | 03.12.2011 07:48 | 14 km | 96 km |
| 1.8 | 11.11.2011 16:14 | 1 km | 137 km |
| 2.1 | 01.10.2011 22:04 | 17 km | 116 km |
| 2.3 | 15.09.2011 02:18 | 2 km | 158 km |
| 2.5 | 15.09.2011 01:35 | 2 km | 159 km |
| 2.1 | 01.09.2011 07:06 | 13 km | 88 km |
| 2.1 | 26.08.2011 02:22 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 2.6 | 08.06.2011 18:51 | 21.8 km | 46 km |
| 2.0 | 06.04.2011 12:21 | 2 km | 126 km |
| 2.0 | 04.04.2011 08:28 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 2.7 | 28.03.2011 09:17 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 2.2 | 19.03.2011 18:34 | 11 km | 97 km |
| 2.2 | 18.03.2011 09:06 | 2 km | 26 km |
| 2.4 | 17.03.2011 09:55 | 68.3 km | 50 km |
| 2.0 | 25.02.2011 01:34 | 10 km | 88 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.