No records in the last 30 days.
294
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.48
mean magnitude
75
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 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 172 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1984 09:03 | 377.9 km | 177 km |
| 7.1 | 07.03.1927 09:27 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 32 km |
| 7.0 | 28.06.1948 07:13 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 7.0 | 19.08.1961 05:33 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 6.9 | 16.01.1995 20:46 | 18.4 km | 118 km |
| 6.7 | 12.01.1945 18:38 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 6.6 | 23.05.1925 02:09 | 15 km | 101 km |
| 6.6 | 26.03.1963 21:34 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 6.5 | 03.02.1903 12:14 | 100 km | 159 km |
| 6.5 | 29.06.1931 16:43 | 380 km | 141 km |
| 6.5 | 05.05.1932 04:11 | 380 km | 97 km |
| 6.5 | 20.04.1942 08:40 | 350 km | 115 km |
| 6.5 | 07.03.1952 07:32 | 10 km | 138 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 02.06.2026 23:50 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.4 | 12.03.2026 17:41 | 367.5 km | 62 km |
| 4.3 | 26.12.2025 21:09 | 354.7 km | 48 km |
| 5.3 | 20.10.2025 19:04 | 360.1 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 28.08.2025 14:35 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 4.1 | 24.08.2025 16:44 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.4 | 21.08.2025 16:30 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.0 | 29.07.2025 08:25 | 20 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2025 14:46 | 352.5 km | 88 km |
| 3.8 | 16.03.2025 21:23 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 3.5 | 15.11.2024 23:29 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2024 07:56 | 370.8 km | 59 km |
| 4.3 | 22.03.2024 23:31 | 17.1 km | 72 km |
| 3.6 | 21.03.2024 16:08 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.5 | 28.02.2024 08:29 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.7 | 15.02.2024 01:08 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 14.02.2024 06:29 | 9.3 km | 55 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2023 14:40 | 343.3 km | 12 km |
| 3.7 | 01.12.2022 23:44 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2022 04:09 | 14.4 km | 47 km |
| 5.2 | 06.08.2022 14:52 | 363.8 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 21.06.2022 10:44 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 3.7 | 20.06.2022 01:04 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 3.7 | 21.05.2022 12:35 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 5.5 | 09.05.2022 08:33 | 330 km | 105 km |
| 4.2 | 02.05.2022 13:21 | 11.6 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2022 09:06 | 9.8 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 25.04.2022 04:10 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.5 | 11.04.2022 07:29 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 07.04.2022 05:48 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 03.04.2022 09:58 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 31.03.2022 14:34 | 9.9 km | 48 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2022 06:35 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.8 | 15.01.2022 00:21 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.5 | 29.12.2021 00:22 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 20.10.2021 02:48 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.9 | 16.10.2021 12:48 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.6 | 15.10.2021 07:53 | 60 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 24.08.2021 10:20 | 359.7 km | 81 km |
| 4.4 | 15.08.2021 23:17 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.3 | 15.08.2021 20:03 | 13.5 km | 33 km |
| 3.6 | 29.07.2021 18:26 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 11.05.2021 06:08 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 11.04.2021 16:14 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 18.10.2020 18:28 | 40 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2020 14:28 | 351.2 km | 80 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2020 02:35 | 374.5 km | 80 km |
| 4.2 | 17.06.2020 06:03 | 12.4 km | 34 km |
| 4.2 | 17.04.2020 12:11 | 305.3 km | 61 km |
| 3.4 | 12.11.2019 16:07 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 10.06.2019 19:30 | 366.2 km | 47 km |
| 4.4 | 08.03.2019 16:08 | 40.8 km | 53 km |
| 3.9 | 23.06.2018 14:08 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.7 | 18.06.2018 22:52 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.9 | 18.06.2018 15:31 | 16.2 km | 61 km |
| 5.6 | 17.06.2018 22:58 | 13.7 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2016 05:54 | 361.1 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 05.12.2015 00:55 | 359.2 km | 84 km |
| 3.4 | 24.11.2015 04:07 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 4.5 | 26.10.2015 12:34 | 344.5 km | 42 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.