No records in the last 30 days.
523
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.60
mean magnitude
106
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 26.05.1983 03:00 | 16.5 km | 233 km |
| 7.6 | 12.06.1978 08:14 | 48.5 km | 170 km |
| 7.6 | 16.06.1964 04:01 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 7.3 | 16.03.2022 14:36 | 49.6 km | 159 km |
| 7.3 | 15.01.1908 12:56 | 35 km | 195 km |
| 7.2 | 11.03.1945 21:37 | 50 km | 230 km |
| 7.2 | 16.08.2005 02:46 | 39.1 km | 171 km |
| 7.1 | 07.04.2011 14:32 | 53.2 km | 145 km |
| 7.1 | 02.11.1936 20:45 | 35 km | 192 km |
| 7.1 | 13.02.2021 14:07 | 52.8 km | 166 km |
| 7.1 | 01.05.1939 05:58 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 7.1 | 20.03.2021 09:09 | 53.5 km | 126 km |
| 7.0 | 14.03.1914 20:00 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 7.0 | 05.08.1927 21:12 | 35 km | 206 km |
| 7.0 | 07.05.1964 07:58 | 23.5 km | 234 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 05.05.2026 19:35 | 89.7 km | 119 km |
| 4.0 | 29.11.2025 12:23 | 113.5 km | 108 km |
| 5.2 | 07.10.2025 00:30 | 52.8 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 10.06.2025 18:14 | 130.9 km | 109 km |
| 4.2 | 07.04.2025 03:08 | 16.5 km | 96 km |
| 3.9 | 14.03.2025 15:04 | 153.3 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2024 22:35 | 93.7 km | 106 km |
| 4.3 | 11.06.2024 00:58 | 10.6 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 22.11.2023 17:23 | 0 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2023 09:18 | 117.1 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 17.10.2022 19:50 | 154.8 km | 88 km |
| 3.7 | 18.07.2022 11:15 | 140 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 24.03.2022 02:48 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 7.3 | 16.03.2022 14:36 | 49.6 km | 159 km |
| 6.0 | 16.03.2022 14:34 | 60.9 km | 155 km |
| 4.4 | 24.02.2022 23:46 | 132 km | 55 km |
| 3.8 | 30.11.2021 20:50 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.8 | 30.11.2021 20:50 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 13.11.2021 01:06 | 121.3 km | 87 km |
| 3.9 | 06.11.2021 00:08 | 102.8 km | 66 km |
| 6.0 | 13.05.2021 23:58 | 33.5 km | 164 km |
| 6.8 | 01.05.2021 01:27 | 46.9 km | 141 km |
| 7.1 | 20.03.2021 09:09 | 53.5 km | 126 km |
| 7.1 | 13.02.2021 14:07 | 52.8 km | 166 km |
| 4.1 | 16.01.2021 09:43 | 139.6 km | 105 km |
| 4.3 | 28.07.2020 04:22 | 148.1 km | 108 km |
| 3.9 | 25.07.2020 10:39 | 4.5 km | 78 km |
| 4.5 | 14.05.2020 21:40 | 55 km | 85 km |
| 3.9 | 08.04.2020 12:32 | 94.5 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 03.03.2020 03:33 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 11.02.2020 19:14 | 110.6 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2019 12:33 | 12.7 km | 93 km |
| 4.1 | 07.10.2019 17:02 | 135.6 km | 74 km |
| 4.1 | 18.08.2019 10:06 | 11.9 km | 60 km |
| 6.4 | 04.08.2019 10:23 | 40.3 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2019 03:56 | 106.1 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 11.07.2019 07:04 | 11.3 km | 61 km |
| 3.8 | 20.06.2019 20:33 | 16.4 km | 59 km |
| 4.4 | 18.06.2019 15:57 | 13 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 18.06.2019 13:41 | 17.2 km | 62 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2019 13:27 | 13.2 km | 56 km |
| 6.5 | 18.06.2019 13:22 | 17.8 km | 58 km |
| 4.3 | 21.04.2019 04:02 | 144.2 km | 92 km |
| 4.1 | 15.04.2019 14:30 | 110.6 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 28.12.2018 11:18 | 103.5 km | 70 km |
| 4.4 | 06.11.2018 07:29 | 147.1 km | 105 km |
| 4.6 | 28.07.2017 22:25 | 20 km | 82 km |
| 6.9 | 21.11.2016 20:59 | 4.5 km | 170 km |
| 6.2 | 11.11.2016 21:43 | 59.5 km | 131 km |
| 4.1 | 06.11.2016 15:18 | 118.9 km | 60 km |
| 3.8 | 01.11.2016 09:31 | 121.9 km | 99 km |
| 4.2 | 16.10.2016 06:14 | 130.2 km | 66 km |
| 4.2 | 15.08.2016 21:12 | 137.8 km | 98 km |
| 4.4 | 20.03.2016 23:03 | 90.4 km | 106 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2015 20:06 | 123.9 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 14.08.2015 23:41 | 139.1 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 30.12.2014 10:23 | 11.7 km | 105 km |
| 4.2 | 16.12.2014 09:49 | 35 km | 92 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2014 14:34 | 102.9 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2014 23:16 | 140.1 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.