No records in the last 30 days.
1,065
recorded earthquakes
M5.3
largest
1956–2026
record span
2.60
mean magnitude
847
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | 16.03.1956 19:32 | 15 km | 55 km |
| 5.3 | 24.08.1984 06:02 | 23.4 km | 84 km |
| 5.1 | 15.02.2008 10:36 | 10.4 km | 20 km |
| 5.1 | 16.03.1956 19:43 | 15 km | 51 km |
| 5.1 | 26.03.1997 04:22 | 15.6 km | 20 km |
| 4.8 | 04.07.2018 19:45 | 7.4 km | 49 km |
| 4.6 | 16.04.1971 21:27 | 12 km | 33 km |
| 4.5 | 26.03.1997 13:20 | 9.1 km | 47 km |
| 4.4 | 09.08.2020 09:18 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.3 | 24.11.1981 09:37 | 8 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 02.12.2016 04:35 | 7.1 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 12.11.1993 20:34 | 1.1 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2008 15:41 | 0 km | 11 km |
| 4.1 | 05.07.2014 21:41 | 1.7 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 03.12.1996 19:43 | 5 km | 53 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 28.06.2026 19:48 | 6.2 km | 24 km |
| 3.2 | 29.03.2025 14:47 | 7.2 km | 29 km |
| 3.5 | 26.10.2024 04:02 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 3.4 | 13.07.2022 08:43 | 0 km | 24 km |
| 3.4 | 20.05.2022 18:51 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 3.2 | 11.06.2021 19:22 | 4 km | 18 km |
| 3.2 | 21.02.2021 14:54 | 12 km | 19 km |
| 3.6 | 11.08.2020 08:40 | 6.5 km | 19 km |
| 4.4 | 09.08.2020 09:18 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 2.6 | 05.06.2020 05:57 | 4 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2020 05:22 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.2 | 26.05.2020 23:32 | 8 km | 9 km |
| 3.0 | 26.08.2019 09:13 | 4 km | 39 km |
| 2.7 | 09.08.2019 02:24 | 4 km | 13 km |
| 3.1 | 22.04.2019 17:25 | 1 km | 25 km |
| 3.2 | 25.09.2018 17:06 | 0 km | 25 km |
| 4.8 | 04.07.2018 19:45 | 7.4 km | 49 km |
| 3.7 | 04.07.2018 03:52 | 9.7 km | 10 km |
| 2.6 | 10.06.2017 21:20 | 5 km | 15 km |
| 2.8 | 17.05.2017 00:17 | 2 km | 11 km |
| 3.4 | 29.03.2017 18:43 | 2 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 16.12.2016 17:12 | 0 km | 10 km |
| 4.3 | 02.12.2016 04:35 | 7.1 km | 28 km |
| 3.2 | 01.12.2016 14:53 | 2 km | 14 km |
| 3.4 | 19.11.2016 23:37 | 8 km | 15 km |
| 3.1 | 29.05.2016 12:45 | 17 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 05.04.2016 03:18 | 3 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 13.03.2016 14:34 | 5 km | 21 km |
| 2.4 | 13.02.2016 22:06 | 3 km | 13 km |
| 3.0 | 20.12.2015 13:24 | 15 km | 35 km |
| 3.2 | 04.11.2015 04:40 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 04.11.2015 01:56 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 05.07.2014 21:41 | 1.7 km | 35 km |
| 2.9 | 27.05.2014 08:23 | 5 km | 21 km |
| 2.7 | 24.02.2014 00:52 | 1.5 km | 20 km |
| 3.7 | 13.01.2014 13:01 | 2.6 km | 24 km |
| 2.9 | 26.12.2013 04:37 | 2 km | 30 km |
| 3.0 | 11.08.2013 11:15 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2013 13:46 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 3.2 | 18.07.2013 09:04 | 8 km | 10 km |
| 3.1 | 04.05.2013 13:16 | 14 km | 39 km |
| 3.4 | 18.11.2012 03:54 | 5 km | 20 km |
| 3.1 | 28.08.2012 16:30 | 1 km | 25 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2012 18:56 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 3.1 | 21.07.2012 17:03 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2012 17:35 | 13.2 km | 24 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2012 17:35 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.2 | 08.03.2012 01:15 | 2 km | 46 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2012 19:03 | 1 km | 26 km |
| 3.2 | 07.03.2012 14:06 | 1 km | 17 km |
| 3.6 | 07.03.2012 08:47 | 2 km | 26 km |
| 2.6 | 21.12.2011 14:48 | 9 km | 13 km |
| 2.5 | 18.12.2011 14:25 | 13 km | 15 km |
| 2.7 | 16.12.2011 14:56 | 1 km | 18 km |
| 2.7 | 13.12.2011 13:57 | 3 km | 30 km |
| 2.4 | 12.12.2011 14:12 | 13 km | 20 km |
| 2.7 | 12.12.2011 05:48 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 2.6 | 11.12.2011 14:53 | 4 km | 36 km |
| 2.5 | 11.12.2011 14:49 | 3 km | 39 km |
| 2.5 | 10.12.2011 14:26 | 0 km | 14 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.