No records in the last 30 days.
161
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1935–2026
record span
3.78
mean magnitude
134
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 19.04.1935 15:23 | 15 km | 579 km |
| 6.5 | 20.04.1935 05:10 | 35 km | 539 km |
| 6.3 | 17.08.1982 22:22 | 30.6 km | 1008 km |
| 6.0 | 19.04.1935 20:31 | 35 km | 547 km |
| 5.7 | 20.01.1939 01:24 | 15 km | 574 km |
| 5.6 | 02.01.1940 00:07 | 15 km | 665 km |
| 5.6 | 13.06.1936 00:32 | 35 km | 886 km |
| 5.6 | 23.01.1939 02:22 | 35 km | 587 km |
| 5.6 | 04.03.1941 23:45 | 35 km | 513 km |
| 5.6 | 04.09.1974 06:29 | 10 km | 843 km |
| 5.6 | 19.04.1935 17:57 | 15 km | 583 km |
| 5.5 | 20.01.1939 14:22 | 15 km | 559 km |
| 5.5 | 02.09.1972 14:53 | 13.4 km | 579 km |
| 5.4 | 21.02.1963 17:14 | 25 km | 798 km |
| 5.3 | 28.06.1987 00:50 | 17.3 km | 1010 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 01.07.2026 13:40 | 0 km | 1033 km |
| 3.4 | 03.06.2026 00:59 | 0 km | 725 km |
| 4.5 | 18.10.2025 21:36 | 10 km | 1024 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2025 16:54 | 10 km | 808 km |
| 3.6 | 11.06.2025 22:54 | 69.9 km | 794 km |
| 3.2 | 10.05.2025 17:35 | 10 km | 847 km |
| 4.5 | 07.05.2025 21:06 | 10.7 km | 637 km |
| 4.3 | 29.03.2025 13:16 | 10 km | 706 km |
| 3.7 | 10.01.2025 01:59 | 9.7 km | 774 km |
| 3.2 | 04.11.2024 16:25 | 7.1 km | 1065 km |
| 4.8 | 19.10.2024 12:05 | 16.5 km | 693 km |
| 3.2 | 15.09.2024 07:22 | 0 km | 803 km |
| 4.3 | 27.07.2024 08:13 | 10 km | 734 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2024 07:31 | 10.4 km | 791 km |
| 4.3 | 20.09.2023 01:33 | 10 km | 1005 km |
| 4.1 | 02.04.2023 23:40 | 10 km | 866 km |
| 4.1 | 20.01.2023 00:29 | 10 km | 985 km |
| 4.0 | 08.12.2022 09:46 | 10 km | 893 km |
| 5.2 | 12.08.2022 21:31 | 19 km | 832 km |
| 4.0 | 17.04.2021 11:59 | 10 km | 698 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2021 20:53 | 10 km | 981 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2021 16:39 | 10 km | 902 km |
| 5.1 | 03.06.2020 09:03 | 8.3 km | 1093 km |
| 4.3 | 19.02.2020 08:19 | 10 km | 919 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2020 20:25 | 0 km | 945 km |
| 4.4 | 21.02.2019 02:19 | 10 km | 832 km |
| 3.8 | 25.11.2018 03:18 | 7 km | 1002 km |
| 4.3 | 11.11.2017 19:00 | 10 km | 797 km |
| 4.0 | 30.05.2017 16:25 | 0 km | 741 km |
| 4.3 | 02.05.2017 09:43 | 10 km | 972 km |
| 3.8 | 18.01.2017 21:48 | 10 km | 1001 km |
| 4.0 | 11.01.2017 07:27 | 19.7 km | 964 km |
| 4.1 | 22.12.2016 23:39 | 0 km | 1113 km |
| 4.0 | 17.03.2016 18:35 | 11.2 km | 566 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2015 22:47 | 10 km | 753 km |
| 4.1 | 15.01.2015 13:14 | 15.2 km | 1095 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2013 17:22 | 10 km | 792 km |
| 4.8 | 11.05.2013 04:42 | 10 km | 872 km |
| 4.8 | 09.02.2012 15:33 | 10 km | 830 km |
| 3.1 | 09.02.2012 15:33 | 10 km | 814 km |
| 2.6 | 19.07.2011 00:23 | 594.3 km | 371 km |
| 2.7 | 03.06.2011 09:03 | 0.1 km | 579 km |
| 2.6 | 02.06.2011 14:41 | 0 km | 582 km |
| 2.6 | 28.05.2011 22:06 | 0.2 km | 576 km |
| 2.7 | 28.05.2011 16:57 | 32 km | 579 km |
| 2.7 | 13.05.2011 12:12 | 0 km | 587 km |
| 2.7 | 15.04.2011 11:30 | 31.6 km | 469 km |
| 3.0 | 07.04.2011 07:27 | 5 km | 830 km |
| 2.7 | 06.12.2010 13:44 | 30.9 km | 757 km |
| 2.6 | 07.09.2010 11:18 | 15.8 km | 828 km |
| 3.7 | 29.08.2010 14:54 | 11.8 km | 728 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2010 16:55 | 24 km | 610 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2010 10:33 | 4.1 km | 696 km |
| 2.5 | 18.07.2010 11:40 | 4.1 km | 726 km |
| 2.3 | 09.06.2010 02:07 | 8.9 km | 725 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2010 12:25 | 10.2 km | 728 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2010 19:38 | 2.7 km | 582 km |
| 2.6 | 11.03.2010 10:09 | 5 km | 725 km |
| 2.9 | 29.01.2010 10:11 | 0 km | 508 km |
| 5.0 | 29.12.2009 11:08 | 10 km | 734 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.