No records in the last 30 days.
493
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1954–2025
record span
2.84
mean magnitude
177
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 22.11.1995 04:15 | 14 km | 150 km |
| 6.1 | 03.08.1993 12:43 | 10.1 km | 152 km |
| 5.7 | 03.08.1993 16:33 | 12.4 km | 151 km |
| 5.7 | 23.11.1995 18:07 | 24.5 km | 90 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 128 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.1996 04:59 | 17.5 km | 137 km |
| 5.1 | 23.04.1979 13:01 | 16 km | 129 km |
| 5.0 | 03.02.1983 13:46 | 22.1 km | 94 km |
| 4.9 | 03.02.1983 23:38 | 1 km | 102 km |
| 4.9 | 03.02.1983 23:30 | 16 km | 92 km |
| 4.8 | 31.12.1985 19:42 | 15 km | 103 km |
| 4.7 | 28.12.2012 19:42 | 12.9 km | 25 km |
| 4.7 | 25.11.1995 11:41 | 29.7 km | 93 km |
| 4.7 | 18.10.1987 01:05 | — | 50 km |
| 4.6 | 26.12.1995 06:19 | 12.2 km | 91 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 21.08.2025 07:33 | 9.1 km | 14 km |
| 4.1 | 15.06.2021 23:08 | 26 km | 32 km |
| 3.9 | 15.12.2020 02:30 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.2 | 06.05.2020 00:56 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2020 16:31 | 5.8 km | 99 km |
| 3.9 | 15.01.2019 15:59 | 20 km | 70 km |
| 2.9 | 02.07.2018 02:11 | 9 km | 66 km |
| 2.5 | 07.02.2018 11:01 | 16 km | 55 km |
| 3.9 | 07.02.2016 12:35 | 17 km | 23 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 128 km |
| 4.1 | 24.05.2014 07:27 | 20 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 23.10.2013 12:33 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.3 | 11.06.2013 21:22 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.7 | 28.12.2012 19:42 | 12.9 km | 25 km |
| 3.9 | 08.10.2012 19:14 | 8 km | 84 km |
| 2.1 | 26.08.2011 02:22 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 2.6 | 08.06.2011 18:51 | 21.8 km | 51 km |
| 2.0 | 06.04.2011 12:21 | 2 km | 67 km |
| 2.7 | 28.03.2011 09:17 | 2 km | 93 km |
| 2.2 | 18.03.2011 09:06 | 2 km | 102 km |
| 2.0 | 25.02.2011 01:34 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 2.0 | 18.01.2011 14:44 | 19 km | 57 km |
| 2.0 | 02.01.2011 20:09 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 3.5 | 19.10.2010 16:47 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 2.0 | 06.10.2010 05:59 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 2.7 | 31.05.2010 20:24 | 23.6 km | 77 km |
| 2.2 | 31.05.2010 06:45 | 17 km | 29 km |
| 2.9 | 30.05.2010 03:06 | 12 km | 23 km |
| 2.0 | 14.05.2010 18:01 | 12 km | 53 km |
| 2.6 | 21.04.2010 16:00 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 2.4 | 13.03.2010 20:25 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 2.1 | 05.03.2010 04:45 | 15 km | 18 km |
| 2.5 | 25.02.2010 05:01 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.5 | 26.12.2009 01:54 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 2.4 | 23.12.2009 13:39 | 2 km | 59 km |
| 2.5 | 14.12.2009 07:54 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 2.1 | 04.12.2009 23:27 | 5.1 km | 22 km |
| 2.8 | 04.12.2009 19:55 | 8 km | 23 km |
| 2.7 | 23.10.2009 08:37 | 2 km | 87 km |
| 2.4 | 23.10.2009 07:23 | 17.2 km | 73 km |
| 1.9 | 23.10.2009 06:53 | 16.9 km | 75 km |
| 2.4 | 23.10.2009 06:08 | 17.3 km | 71 km |
| 2.1 | 23.10.2009 04:21 | 1.3 km | 67 km |
| 2.3 | 23.10.2009 02:26 | 1.4 km | 74 km |
| 2.6 | 23.08.2009 02:23 | 18.9 km | 53 km |
| 2.7 | 20.08.2009 03:13 | 15 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 08.08.2009 22:54 | 45.6 km | 82 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2009 19:29 | 45.3 km | 81 km |
| 1.9 | 06.07.2009 17:25 | 17.4 km | 41 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2009 06:33 | 0 km | 79 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2009 00:21 | 8.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.3 | 30.06.2009 12:07 | 3.5 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 30.06.2009 01:45 | 13.5 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 16.05.2009 15:33 | 0 km | 81 km |
| 1.8 | 14.05.2009 19:33 | 21.1 km | 37 km |
| 2.3 | 13.05.2009 03:16 | 2.4 km | 27 km |
| 1.8 | 04.04.2009 23:34 | 1 km | 32 km |
| 2.4 | 26.03.2009 23:17 | 15 km | 61 km |
| 2.7 | 26.02.2009 02:56 | 20 km | 82 km |
| 2.7 | 29.01.2009 00:40 | 3 km | 57 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.