No records in the last 30 days.
232
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.14
mean magnitude
202
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 06.01.1928 19:31 | 15 km | 67 km |
| 6.5 | 30.06.1919 07:26 | 15 km | 526 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1964 05:45 | 31 km | 562 km |
| 6.3 | 30.11.1937 12:57 | 10 km | 453 km |
| 6.2 | 25.10.1987 16:46 | 15.1 km | 503 km |
| 6.2 | 10.01.1928 02:25 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 5.9 | 09.07.1912 08:18 | 10 km | 383 km |
| 5.9 | 17.07.2007 14:10 | 8.6 km | 421 km |
| 5.5 | 18.05.2002 15:15 | 12.8 km | 517 km |
| 5.5 | 15.05.1990 16:24 | 7.4 km | 470 km |
| 5.4 | 01.07.2022 00:14 | 1.5 km | 152 km |
| 5.4 | 20.08.2007 02:56 | 11 km | 412 km |
| 5.4 | 15.05.1990 15:21 | 10 km | 474 km |
| 5.4 | 20.08.1985 05:46 | 9.4 km | 502 km |
| 5.4 | 15.07.2007 20:42 | 12.3 km | 427 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 14.05.2026 00:14 | 10 km | 466 km |
| 4.4 | 07.05.2025 07:35 | 10 km | 391 km |
| 3.8 | 16.12.2024 14:02 | 0 km | 470 km |
| 4.7 | 06.11.2024 13:01 | 70 km | 446 km |
| 3.2 | 06.11.2024 13:01 | 0 km | 453 km |
| 3.7 | 16.07.2024 17:32 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.2024 21:36 | 10 km | 494 km |
| 5.0 | 11.11.2023 06:26 | 10 km | 487 km |
| 4.0 | 28.04.2023 19:26 | 10 km | 386 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2022 08:44 | 10 km | 412 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2022 23:04 | 10 km | 403 km |
| 4.6 | 12.09.2022 23:04 | 10 km | 421 km |
| 3.3 | 04.09.2022 01:15 | 10 km | 359 km |
| 4.2 | 23.07.2022 01:44 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 5.4 | 01.07.2022 00:14 | 1.5 km | 152 km |
| 4.5 | 12.05.2022 19:08 | 0.1 km | 146 km |
| 4.5 | 13.04.2022 06:31 | 21.4 km | 408 km |
| 3.8 | 29.01.2022 12:47 | 10 km | 435 km |
| 3.3 | 27.01.2022 10:37 | 0 km | 450 km |
| 4.1 | 20.06.2021 04:59 | 0 km | 335 km |
| 3.9 | 11.03.2021 01:47 | 10 km | 343 km |
| 4.0 | 13.08.2020 21:04 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 05.08.2020 16:07 | 0.1 km | 100 km |
| 4.2 | 29.07.2020 00:28 | 0 km | 336 km |
| 4.0 | 08.07.2020 15:52 | 16.1 km | 482 km |
| 4.9 | 03.05.2020 19:36 | 12.7 km | 226 km |
| 4.0 | 29.03.2020 20:25 | 0 km | 208 km |
| 4.8 | 24.03.2019 16:21 | 10 km | 503 km |
| 3.7 | 07.02.2019 08:52 | 10 km | 493 km |
| 3.4 | 08.08.2018 16:51 | 10 km | 378 km |
| 3.8 | 05.08.2018 10:58 | 10 km | 427 km |
| 4.3 | 06.08.2017 03:10 | 10 km | 461 km |
| 4.1 | 18.07.2017 11:49 | 4.2 km | 387 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2017 12:42 | 12 km | 453 km |
| 4.1 | 16.05.2017 23:36 | 5.4 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 30.08.2016 18:58 | 15 km | 496 km |
| 3.4 | 17.03.2015 00:54 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 4.0 | 24.02.2015 11:44 | 0 km | 403 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2014 08:33 | 10 km | 458 km |
| 4.2 | 21.08.2013 08:30 | 10 km | 470 km |
| 3.7 | 03.06.2013 09:53 | 10 km | 402 km |
| 3.6 | 03.06.2013 03:24 | 9.1 km | 431 km |
| 4.6 | 17.04.2012 02:01 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.9 | 17.04.2012 02:01 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 5.1 | 22.01.2012 21:03 | 19.4 km | 314 km |
| 5.1 | 03.12.2011 02:14 | 10 km | 420 km |
| 5.0 | 23.10.2010 11:08 | 10.1 km | 430 km |
| 3.5 | 16.06.2010 21:51 | 10 km | 329 km |
| 5.0 | 13.06.2010 12:13 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 03.03.2010 13:38 | 0 km | 416 km |
| 4.4 | 18.10.2009 06:17 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 3.6 | 10.07.2008 23:55 | 10 km | 413 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2008 20:09 | 0 km | 460 km |
| 0.0 | 16.03.2008 20:09 | 10 km | 461 km |
| 0.0 | 14.02.2008 11:05 | 10 km | 369 km |
| 4.2 | 14.02.2008 06:16 | 10 km | 417 km |
| 0.0 | 14.02.2008 06:16 | 10 km | 410 km |
| 4.3 | 24.12.2007 09:30 | 12 km | 415 km |
| 5.2 | 23.12.2007 13:45 | 12.7 km | 420 km |
| 4.6 | 23.12.2007 05:18 | 10 km | 428 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.