No records in the last 30 days.
1,002
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.19
mean magnitude
828
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 | 27.09.2003 11:33 | 10.3 km | 451 km |
| 7.2 | 22.12.1906 18:21 | 15 km | 550 km |
| 6.6 | 01.10.2003 01:03 | 14.3 km | 459 km |
| 6.6 | 14.06.1990 12:47 | 47.4 km | 244 km |
| 6.4 | 27.09.2003 18:52 | 15.6 km | 458 km |
| 6.3 | 14.09.1980 02:42 | 0 km | 269 km |
| 6.2 | 23.06.1979 02:56 | 0 km | 269 km |
| 6.2 | 14.07.1984 01:09 | 0 km | 263 km |
| 6.2 | 27.12.1981 03:43 | 0 km | 270 km |
| 6.2 | 27.10.1984 01:50 | 0 km | 275 km |
| 6.2 | 03.04.1987 01:17 | 0 km | 274 km |
| 6.2 | 02.11.1972 01:26 | 0 km | 273 km |
| 6.2 | 23.12.1979 04:56 | 0 km | 276 km |
| 6.2 | 23.07.1973 01:22 | 0 km | 267 km |
| 6.1 | 04.07.1982 01:17 | 0 km | 274 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 01.05.2026 19:45 | 0 km | 194 km |
| 3.9 | 26.02.2026 12:49 | 3.7 km | 283 km |
| 4.2 | 24.01.2026 08:09 | 0 km | 284 km |
| 4.5 | 10.12.2025 12:41 | 10 km | 471 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 10:36 | 0 km | 463 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2025 02:54 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 4.0 | 24.08.2025 08:17 | 0 km | 279 km |
| 5.2 | 05.08.2025 07:02 | 0 km | 378 km |
| 3.8 | 24.07.2025 03:47 | 1 km | 293 km |
| 4.9 | 23.07.2025 10:37 | 13.2 km | 81 km |
| 3.6 | 22.06.2025 20:23 | 0 km | 164 km |
| 4.2 | 28.05.2025 21:14 | 0 km | 319 km |
| 5.0 | 25.05.2025 02:35 | 10 km | 487 km |
| 4.3 | 22.04.2025 01:30 | 10 km | 347 km |
| 4.2 | 28.03.2025 15:20 | 1 km | 380 km |
| 3.1 | 08.03.2025 03:29 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.5 | 08.03.2025 03:29 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.1 | 17.12.2024 22:01 | 13.3 km | 304 km |
| 3.3 | 31.08.2024 16:43 | 16.7 km | 456 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2024 18:15 | 48.3 km | 228 km |
| 4.1 | 14.07.2024 22:41 | 13.5 km | 296 km |
| 3.7 | 11.07.2024 18:24 | 1 km | 301 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2024 06:12 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 4.1 | 01.03.2024 19:03 | 1 km | 80 km |
| 4.8 | 10.02.2024 08:25 | 45 km | 303 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2024 08:24 | 21.7 km | 301 km |
| 4.2 | 10.12.2023 05:15 | 10 km | 439 km |
| 4.0 | 17.11.2023 21:24 | 10 km | 363 km |
| 4.1 | 14.08.2023 12:35 | 7.3 km | 336 km |
| 4.3 | 04.08.2023 12:06 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 4.0 | 28.06.2023 08:06 | 4.2 km | 457 km |
| 4.1 | 24.06.2023 20:51 | 11.9 km | 213 km |
| 4.0 | 24.03.2023 07:24 | 0 km | 285 km |
| 4.2 | 10.02.2023 12:35 | 21 km | 242 km |
| 4.0 | 01.12.2022 17:52 | 9 km | 119 km |
| 4.2 | 19.11.2022 12:35 | 1 km | 444 km |
| 4.2 | 02.11.2022 15:23 | 14 km | 282 km |
| 4.0 | 17.10.2022 20:48 | 51.4 km | 362 km |
| 4.2 | 04.10.2022 06:31 | 1 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 29.09.2022 04:26 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 3.9 | 12.09.2022 11:29 | 11 km | 319 km |
| 4.7 | 16.07.2022 11:30 | 9.5 km | 287 km |
| 4.0 | 05.07.2022 02:20 | 10 km | 282 km |
| 4.3 | 15.03.2022 06:36 | 10 km | 404 km |
| 4.5 | 07.08.2021 03:02 | 16.8 km | 81 km |
| 3.1 | 07.08.2021 03:02 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2021 07:06 | 0 km | 362 km |
| 4.5 | 11.07.2021 17:32 | 11 km | 139 km |
| 4.4 | 26.06.2021 11:19 | 15.7 km | 366 km |
| 3.2 | 26.06.2021 11:19 | 8.3 km | 369 km |
| 4.0 | 14.06.2021 10:53 | 1 km | 367 km |
| 4.3 | 10.05.2021 16:51 | 2 km | 192 km |
| 4.1 | 05.05.2021 06:57 | 10 km | 388 km |
| 4.2 | 18.03.2021 01:10 | 10 km | 432 km |
| 4.0 | 25.10.2020 13:10 | 3.9 km | 449 km |
| 4.6 | 20.08.2020 00:32 | 8 km | 284 km |
| 4.0 | 07.07.2020 03:32 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2020 12:25 | 4 km | 231 km |
| 4.8 | 10.05.2020 01:14 | 6 km | 231 km |
| 4.3 | 17.02.2020 01:52 | 6 km | 326 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.