No records in the last 30 days.
673
recorded earthquakes
M5.2
largest
1972–2024
record span
3.02
mean magnitude
646
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 28.08.1973 02:59 | 0 km | 308 km |
| 5.2 | 24.11.1972 09:59 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2022 14:57 | 10 km | 410 km |
| 4.4 | 19.11.2006 10:17 | 1 km | 294 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.1994 04:15 | 34.7 km | 438 km |
| 4.2 | 17.04.2004 19:22 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2007 06:11 | 0 km | 423 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2012 10:11 | 0 km | 333 km |
| 4.0 | 24.01.2020 22:14 | 7 km | 453 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2018 11:22 | 0 km | 198 km |
| 4.0 | 06.09.2006 05:05 | 1 km | 408 km |
| 4.0 | 23.06.2005 18:00 | 2.7 km | 443 km |
| 3.9 | 29.01.2009 03:04 | 1 km | 309 km |
| 3.9 | 27.07.2024 04:54 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 3.9 | 06.10.2005 02:50 | 1 km | 412 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 03.09.2024 08:16 | 2 km | 377 km |
| 3.9 | 27.07.2024 04:54 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2022 14:57 | 10 km | 410 km |
| 4.0 | 24.01.2020 22:14 | 7 km | 453 km |
| 2.0 | 18.08.2019 09:04 | 1 km | 218 km |
| 2.9 | 14.12.2018 10:41 | 1 km | 224 km |
| 3.4 | 13.12.2018 09:22 | 1 km | 196 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2018 11:45 | 1 km | 243 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2018 11:22 | 0 km | 198 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2012 10:11 | 0 km | 333 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2011 10:02 | 0 km | 161 km |
| 3.1 | 29.12.2011 09:53 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 3.0 | 27.12.2011 12:09 | 0.8 km | 157 km |
| 2.6 | 09.12.2011 10:20 | 0 km | 183 km |
| 2.7 | 01.12.2011 09:31 | 3.3 km | 159 km |
| 3.2 | 25.11.2011 11:31 | 0 km | 230 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2011 10:08 | 0 km | 137 km |
| 3.2 | 25.11.2011 07:42 | 0.2 km | 223 km |
| 3.2 | 18.11.2011 10:06 | 0 km | 229 km |
| 2.7 | 16.11.2011 08:06 | 12.4 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2011 10:21 | 0 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 09.11.2011 09:42 | 0 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 04.11.2011 10:17 | 0 km | 223 km |
| 2.9 | 04.11.2011 07:35 | 0 km | 140 km |
| 3.2 | 28.10.2011 12:22 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 3.0 | 26.10.2011 12:32 | 0 km | 118 km |
| 3.2 | 21.10.2011 10:37 | 0 km | 303 km |
| 3.1 | 20.10.2011 10:28 | 0 km | 268 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2011 08:47 | 0 km | 166 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2011 09:33 | 0 km | 155 km |
| 3.2 | 07.10.2011 10:49 | 25.2 km | 59 km |
| 2.9 | 14.09.2011 08:40 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 2.9 | 09.09.2011 10:21 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 2.9 | 31.08.2011 09:52 | 1.3 km | 162 km |
| 3.1 | 26.08.2011 10:06 | 0 km | 203 km |
| 3.1 | 25.08.2011 12:07 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 3.1 | 19.08.2011 11:17 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 2.8 | 19.08.2011 09:27 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2011 09:32 | 4.7 km | 160 km |
| 3.0 | 11.08.2011 11:41 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2011 10:57 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 3.0 | 05.08.2011 09:51 | 0 km | 204 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2011 10:13 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2011 09:21 | 2.2 km | 98 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2011 08:54 | 0 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2011 10:15 | 0 km | 236 km |
| 2.9 | 05.07.2011 09:15 | 0 km | 138 km |
| 3.2 | 01.07.2011 10:32 | 0 km | 315 km |
| 3.2 | 30.06.2011 10:15 | 0 km | 186 km |
| 3.2 | 29.06.2011 10:06 | 0 km | 161 km |
| 3.0 | 24.06.2011 10:24 | 0 km | 146 km |
| 3.1 | 24.06.2011 10:19 | 10.2 km | 193 km |
| 3.1 | 21.06.2011 10:45 | 0 km | 137 km |
| 3.2 | 17.06.2011 09:59 | 0 km | 226 km |
| 3.5 | 16.06.2011 11:05 | 0 km | 193 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2011 10:41 | 0 km | 272 km |
| 3.1 | 02.06.2011 09:59 | 0 km | 205 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2011 09:25 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 2.9 | 31.05.2011 10:15 | 0 km | 146 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2011 10:59 | 0 km | 310 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.