No records in the last 30 days.
223
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1954–2026
record span
2.14
mean magnitude
62
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 13.02.1963 12:45 | — | 123 km |
| 5.6 | 06.08.1954 19:21 | 15 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 07.01.1994 18:30 | 23.3 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2014 20:15 | 16 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 23.03.2018 23:31 | 30.4 km | 52 km |
| 3.6 | 09.11.2018 12:45 | 38 km | 67 km |
| 3.4 | 18.04.1991 19:24 | 20 km | 45 km |
| 3.3 | 13.02.2019 21:56 | 11 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 17.03.2009 08:45 | 15 km | 12 km |
| 3.2 | 13.05.2011 06:21 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 08.08.2004 18:25 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.1 | 28.03.2002 09:59 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2010 05:31 | 20 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 06.09.2010 18:22 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 2.9 | 11.03.2003 00:22 | 16.1 km | 68 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 27.06.2026 21:45 | 7.7 km | 53 km |
| 2.2 | 22.07.2025 11:04 | 6.4 km | 35 km |
| 2.3 | 03.03.2025 16:06 | 9 km | 32 km |
| 2.1 | 27.10.2024 23:29 | 17.6 km | 25 km |
| 2.2 | 04.05.2024 22:13 | 32.7 km | 66 km |
| 2.0 | 26.07.2023 05:01 | 19.8 km | 49 km |
| 2.1 | 29.05.2022 08:28 | 8 km | 57 km |
| 2.0 | 20.04.2022 14:53 | 38 km | 59 km |
| 2.4 | 09.04.2022 13:45 | 28 km | 58 km |
| 2.3 | 31.05.2021 23:11 | 20 km | 40 km |
| 2.6 | 11.02.2021 19:36 | 30 km | 18 km |
| 2.3 | 09.02.2021 15:53 | 35 km | 42 km |
| 2.7 | 22.07.2020 00:14 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 2.6 | 29.03.2020 01:47 | 7 km | 46 km |
| 2.2 | 16.01.2020 05:00 | 20 km | 27 km |
| 2.0 | 21.09.2019 13:02 | 26 km | 55 km |
| 2.0 | 15.08.2019 00:58 | 6 km | 45 km |
| 2.4 | 27.06.2019 14:43 | 9 km | 62 km |
| 2.4 | 20.05.2019 00:57 | 2 km | 43 km |
| 3.3 | 13.02.2019 21:56 | 11 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 09.11.2018 12:45 | 38 km | 67 km |
| 2.0 | 28.08.2018 07:28 | 6 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 23.03.2018 23:31 | 30.4 km | 52 km |
| 2.8 | 28.10.2015 18:53 | 5 km | 25 km |
| 2.3 | 13.04.2015 03:13 | 39 km | 66 km |
| 2.4 | 18.01.2015 12:15 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 2.1 | 14.01.2015 23:55 | 11 km | 59 km |
| 2.2 | 12.01.2015 00:21 | 9 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2014 20:15 | 16 km | 71 km |
| 2.4 | 27.04.2014 09:14 | 9 km | 28 km |
| 2.2 | 18.03.2014 03:07 | 38 km | 58 km |
| 2.3 | 03.12.2013 16:24 | 37 km | 66 km |
| 2.1 | 01.09.2013 12:26 | 41 km | 55 km |
| 1.9 | 21.08.2013 07:12 | 8 km | 61 km |
| 2.5 | 30.04.2013 12:12 | 34 km | 66 km |
| 2.2 | 30.12.2012 03:14 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 2.2 | 07.11.2012 00:36 | 21 km | 46 km |
| 2.8 | 05.05.2012 12:44 | 6 km | 27 km |
| 1.9 | 15.12.2011 09:59 | 6 km | 52 km |
| 2.0 | 04.11.2011 10:17 | 4.9 km | 50 km |
| 2.1 | 28.10.2011 09:28 | 5.1 km | 51 km |
| 2.1 | 14.09.2011 08:56 | 7.1 km | 50 km |
| 1.8 | 07.09.2011 09:05 | 6.8 km | 48 km |
| 1.9 | 01.09.2011 08:06 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 2.1 | 22.08.2011 08:38 | 4.9 km | 51 km |
| 2.3 | 17.08.2011 10:50 | 40 km | 44 km |
| 1.7 | 12.08.2011 09:02 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 1.9 | 09.08.2011 08:36 | 4.9 km | 51 km |
| 1.8 | 06.08.2011 03:56 | 9.8 km | 63 km |
| 2.0 | 04.08.2011 08:17 | 2 km | 54 km |
| 2.0 | 22.07.2011 08:54 | 8.3 km | 9 km |
| 2.2 | 18.07.2011 08:24 | 5 km | 4 km |
| 2.0 | 12.07.2011 09:58 | 9 km | 9 km |
| 2.1 | 08.07.2011 09:09 | 4.7 km | 54 km |
| 2.5 | 08.07.2011 09:07 | 15 km | 3 km |
| 2.1 | 07.07.2011 10:32 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 2.3 | 07.07.2011 08:49 | 5 km | 3 km |
| 2.1 | 29.06.2011 08:45 | 2 km | 51 km |
| 2.1 | 24.06.2011 10:58 | 6.5 km | 2 km |
| 1.7 | 22.06.2011 02:39 | 37.1 km | 67 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.