No records in the last 30 days.
152
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1920–2026
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
112
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 10.08.1931 21:18 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 7.2 | 18.08.1931 14:21 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 7.2 | 19.10.1938 04:13 | 10 km | 316 km |
| 6.6 | 17.12.1938 16:35 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 6.4 | 04.07.1974 19:30 | 11.6 km | 235 km |
| 6.3 | 13.02.1933 02:49 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 6.3 | 05.11.1931 12:19 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 6.0 | 20.09.1920 23:35 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 5.9 | 01.11.1949 13:04 | 25 km | 96 km |
| 5.9 | 23.07.1988 07:38 | 15.2 km | 236 km |
| 5.8 | 17.01.1933 22:16 | 15 km | 197 km |
| 5.7 | 01.01.1936 03:47 | 15 km | 166 km |
| 5.7 | 29.06.1939 21:05 | 15 km | 202 km |
| 5.6 | 24.08.1931 02:58 | 15 km | 185 km |
| 5.6 | 27.01.1936 19:30 | 35 km | 233 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 17.05.2026 13:45 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 08.05.2026 11:38 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 26.04.2026 04:30 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 26.04.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 5.5 | 26.04.2026 04:23 | 13 km | 52 km |
| 3.9 | 22.04.2026 11:11 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 07.04.2026 16:07 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 4.3 | 22.02.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.5 | 03.02.2026 16:07 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 4.3 | 24.11.2025 01:27 | 0 km | 277 km |
| 4.4 | 19.11.2025 08:33 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.7 | 11.09.2025 00:20 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 4.1 | 27.08.2025 09:57 | 0 km | 159 km |
| 3.5 | 16.04.2025 09:24 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.8 | 05.01.2025 07:26 | 0 km | 223 km |
| 3.9 | 29.10.2024 19:21 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 25.07.2024 01:45 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 3.8 | 27.04.2024 17:48 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 05.02.2024 03:07 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 4.3 | 01.06.2023 06:06 | 9 km | 125 km |
| 4.2 | 26.12.2022 09:03 | 10 km | 164 km |
| 4.1 | 15.12.2022 19:07 | 30 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 05.06.2022 10:01 | 9 km | 91 km |
| 3.9 | 24.12.2021 00:48 | 12.3 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 23.03.2020 22:47 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.1 | 20.03.2020 03:55 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 5.5 | 20.03.2020 03:03 | 15 km | 162 km |
| 4.8 | 25.11.2019 02:22 | 35 km | 171 km |
| 4.4 | 05.08.2019 05:01 | 1 km | 140 km |
| 4.3 | 18.01.2019 18:11 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 3.6 | 25.12.2018 21:54 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.2018 04:59 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 3.4 | 08.05.2018 20:17 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2017 14:56 | 9 km | 136 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2016 09:32 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 4.4 | 06.01.2016 21:29 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.9 | 13.09.2015 07:51 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 4.2 | 03.08.2015 15:09 | 10 km | 219 km |
| 4.1 | 20.10.2014 23:52 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 21.08.2014 03:09 | 9 km | 249 km |
| 4.2 | 16.01.2013 07:20 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 5.0 | 09.02.2012 18:57 | 13.2 km | 253 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2011 08:55 | 40 km | 150 km |
| 4.2 | 23.08.2011 22:31 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 3.3 | 04.06.2011 10:04 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 4.8 | 04.06.2011 10:04 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 5.0 | 23.02.2011 17:10 | 15.4 km | 160 km |
| 4.3 | 15.06.2010 03:15 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.8 | 29.03.2010 22:12 | 21 km | 75 km |
| 3.2 | 29.03.2010 22:12 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.8 | 06.03.2010 00:33 | 12.7 km | 228 km |
| 5.1 | 06.03.2010 00:33 | 10 km | 225 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2009 11:09 | 1 km | 181 km |
| 5.0 | 24.09.2009 23:02 | 16.8 km | 176 km |
| 3.7 | 17.12.2008 07:29 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 3.0 | 14.12.2008 06:08 | 1 km | 127 km |
| 3.7 | 05.08.2008 17:06 | 35 km | 225 km |
| 3.4 | 13.05.2008 08:33 | 1 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 06.11.2007 15:24 | 1 km | 228 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2007 17:57 | 1 km | 46 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.