No records in the last 30 days.
711
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.43
mean magnitude
258
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 20.12.1946 19:19 | 15 km | 156 km |
| 8.1 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 88 km |
| 7.4 | 21.01.1906 13:49 | 300 km | 154 km |
| 7.4 | 05.09.2004 14:57 | 16.7 km | 155 km |
| 7.2 | 17.04.1948 16:11 | 15 km | 159 km |
| 7.2 | 05.09.2004 10:07 | 17 km | 157 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1984 09:03 | 377.9 km | 88 km |
| 7.1 | 07.03.1927 09:27 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 7.1 | 09.08.2009 10:55 | 302.8 km | 210 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 121 km |
| 7.0 | 08.10.1915 15:36 | 170 km | 183 km |
| 7.0 | 28.06.1948 07:13 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 7.0 | 19.08.1961 05:33 | 15 km | 184 km |
| 6.9 | 02.06.1929 21:38 | 350.4 km | 87 km |
| 6.9 | 16.01.1995 20:46 | 18.4 km | 122 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 10.06.2026 09:01 | 50 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2026 01:20 | 40 km | 96 km |
| 3.0 | 04.06.2026 20:54 | 20 km | 71 km |
| 3.8 | 02.06.2026 19:05 | 30 km | 35 km |
| 3.2 | 21.05.2026 16:33 | 40 km | 57 km |
| 5.7 | 02.05.2026 09:28 | 61.3 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 08.03.2026 20:06 | 50 km | 89 km |
| 3.2 | 23.02.2026 05:35 | 40 km | 25 km |
| 3.3 | 27.01.2026 19:48 | 20 km | 71 km |
| 3.9 | 25.01.2026 12:31 | 328.7 km | 35 km |
| 4.3 | 26.12.2025 21:09 | 354.7 km | 129 km |
| 3.5 | 26.10.2025 06:54 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 5.3 | 20.10.2025 19:04 | 360.1 km | 139 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2025 21:51 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2025 10:58 | 20 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 16.09.2025 13:40 | 378.6 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 13.09.2025 20:00 | 333.7 km | 82 km |
| 4.7 | 31.07.2025 23:24 | 337.2 km | 44 km |
| 3.0 | 29.07.2025 08:25 | 20 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 08.04.2025 10:26 | 30.2 km | 80 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 03:58 | 35 km | 96 km |
| 5.8 | 26.02.2025 05:53 | 388 km | 95 km |
| 4.1 | 09.02.2025 14:42 | 333.9 km | 43 km |
| 3.6 | 20.01.2025 13:00 | 40 km | 40 km |
| 4.4 | 25.11.2024 06:49 | 344.8 km | 99 km |
| 3.6 | 23.11.2024 13:01 | 40 km | 100 km |
| 3.5 | 15.11.2024 23:29 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.8 | 21.10.2024 06:19 | 20 km | 98 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2024 07:56 | 370.8 km | 94 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2024 21:17 | 357.4 km | 100 km |
| 3.5 | 15.09.2024 13:18 | 40 km | 68 km |
| 3.8 | 19.06.2024 19:24 | 60 km | 61 km |
| 4.1 | 05.06.2024 01:54 | 361.9 km | 59 km |
| 4.3 | 21.04.2024 12:28 | 329.8 km | 61 km |
| 4.2 | 17.04.2024 10:16 | 299.8 km | 106 km |
| 4.2 | 27.03.2024 14:13 | 348.4 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 22.02.2024 22:48 | 379 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 14.02.2024 06:29 | 9.3 km | 97 km |
| 3.5 | 28.01.2024 14:49 | 60 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 22.01.2024 23:45 | 66.2 km | 64 km |
| 4.5 | 07.12.2023 03:12 | 385.3 km | 72 km |
| 3.8 | 23.10.2023 04:49 | 40 km | 87 km |
| 4.0 | 14.10.2023 07:22 | 353.9 km | 28 km |
| 4.7 | 25.09.2023 03:37 | 363.4 km | 91 km |
| 3.5 | 23.08.2023 15:50 | 40 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 04.08.2023 22:35 | 352.5 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 70 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 69 km | 80 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2023 14:40 | 343.3 km | 82 km |
| 5.1 | 20.06.2023 23:33 | 411.9 km | 87 km |
| 4.2 | 04.04.2023 21:24 | 42.1 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2023 00:46 | 339.7 km | 53 km |
| 4.2 | 28.02.2023 16:51 | 303 km | 107 km |
| 4.1 | 19.01.2023 03:25 | 10.4 km | 114 km |
| 3.7 | 01.12.2022 23:44 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 6.1 | 14.11.2022 08:08 | 355.3 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2022 04:09 | 14.4 km | 61 km |
| 4.1 | 21.08.2022 02:51 | 364.8 km | 105 km |
| 5.2 | 06.08.2022 14:52 | 363.8 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 13.07.2022 21:17 | 331.8 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.