No records in the last 30 days.
347
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.46
mean magnitude
114
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 | 132 km |
| 8.1 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 75 km |
| 7.4 | 05.09.2004 14:57 | 16.7 km | 169 km |
| 7.2 | 17.04.1948 16:11 | 15 km | 129 km |
| 7.2 | 05.09.2004 10:07 | 17 km | 158 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1984 09:03 | 377.9 km | 101 km |
| 7.1 | 07.03.1927 09:27 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 6.9 | 02.06.1929 21:38 | 350.4 km | 119 km |
| 6.9 | 16.01.1995 20:46 | 18.4 km | 81 km |
| 6.7 | 12.01.1945 18:38 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 6.7 | 05.11.1950 17:37 | 25 km | 136 km |
| 6.7 | 15.06.1948 11:44 | 24.4 km | 82 km |
| 6.6 | 23.05.1925 02:09 | 15 km | 148 km |
| 6.5 | 20.04.1942 08:40 | 350 km | 106 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 10.06.2026 09:01 | 50 km | 13 km |
| 3.2 | 19.05.2026 22:08 | 50 km | 42 km |
| 5.7 | 02.05.2026 09:28 | 61.3 km | 39 km |
| 3.2 | 21.04.2026 17:05 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.4 | 09.03.2026 02:36 | 60 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 08.03.2026 20:06 | 50 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 23.02.2026 05:35 | 40 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 01.11.2025 22:30 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 26.10.2025 06:54 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.5 | 02.06.2025 09:26 | 60 km | 51 km |
| 3.9 | 01.06.2025 23:50 | 50.7 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2025 11:49 | 70 km | 28 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 03:58 | 35 km | 56 km |
| 5.8 | 26.02.2025 05:53 | 388 km | 89 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2024 07:56 | 370.8 km | 77 km |
| 3.8 | 19.06.2024 19:24 | 60 km | 13 km |
| 4.3 | 14.02.2024 06:29 | 9.3 km | 84 km |
| 3.5 | 28.01.2024 14:49 | 60 km | 16 km |
| 4.1 | 22.01.2024 23:45 | 66.2 km | 14 km |
| 4.5 | 07.12.2023 03:12 | 385.3 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2023 23:18 | 70 km | 41 km |
| 3.5 | 23.08.2023 15:50 | 40 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 70 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2023 05:22 | 69 km | 32 km |
| 5.1 | 20.06.2023 23:33 | 411.9 km | 66 km |
| 3.7 | 01.12.2022 23:44 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.8 | 20.11.2022 08:34 | 52.9 km | 57 km |
| 6.1 | 14.11.2022 08:08 | 355.3 km | 141 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2022 18:34 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 5.2 | 06.08.2022 14:52 | 363.8 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2022 09:06 | 9.8 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 25.04.2022 04:10 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2022 02:13 | 50 km | 62 km |
| 4.0 | 03.04.2022 09:58 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2022 06:35 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.6 | 29.01.2022 23:26 | 50 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 27.01.2022 15:25 | 53.8 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2022 16:59 | 52.5 km | 66 km |
| 3.5 | 09.12.2021 06:25 | 70 km | 45 km |
| 5.3 | 03.12.2021 00:28 | 16.1 km | 86 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2021 07:53 | 60 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 25.05.2021 23:57 | 52.2 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 11.05.2021 06:08 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.5 | 30.04.2021 17:45 | 389 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 13.04.2021 07:54 | 10.4 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 10.04.2021 10:17 | 60 km | 62 km |
| 4.4 | 14.03.2021 15:25 | 13 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 29.01.2021 07:19 | 383.4 km | 5 km |
| 3.9 | 08.01.2021 06:04 | 365.2 km | 42 km |
| 3.7 | 23.12.2020 17:55 | 30 km | 21 km |
| 3.9 | 25.10.2020 21:34 | 57.4 km | 27 km |
| 5.2 | 06.08.2020 15:34 | 377.3 km | 105 km |
| 4.2 | 01.08.2020 03:15 | 46.5 km | 74 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2020 02:35 | 374.5 km | 33 km |
| 3.6 | 31.05.2020 02:20 | 50 km | 37 km |
| 3.6 | 19.01.2020 23:46 | 50 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 19.01.2020 23:46 | 50.9 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 12.11.2019 16:07 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 29.09.2019 00:54 | 405 km | 10 km |
| 4.2 | 10.06.2019 19:30 | 366.2 km | 80 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.