No records in the last 30 days.
177
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1915–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
158
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 04.12.1957 03:37 | 30 km | 408 km |
| 6.9 | 07.04.1958 19:13 | 30 km | 469 km |
| 6.8 | 03.12.1960 04:24 | 20 km | 69 km |
| 6.5 | 30.04.1915 01:44 | 35 km | 234 km |
| 6.3 | 20.01.1934 17:56 | 15 km | 466 km |
| 6.1 | 25.02.1950 05:47 | 15 km | 462 km |
| 6.1 | 24.02.1958 12:27 | 15 km | 381 km |
| 5.9 | 04.12.1957 13:20 | 15 km | 264 km |
| 5.7 | 30.04.2006 00:43 | 12.8 km | 167 km |
| 5.7 | 24.08.1979 16:59 | 13.2 km | 434 km |
| 5.6 | 10.04.1936 20:00 | 35 km | 238 km |
| 5.6 | 17.06.1930 20:07 | 35 km | 103 km |
| 5.5 | 16.04.1970 02:52 | 0 km | 249 km |
| 5.5 | 08.12.1957 16:26 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 5.4 | 05.12.1960 08:38 | 20 km | 54 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 28.02.2026 17:00 | 10 km | 334 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2026 13:18 | 5 km | 138 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2026 17:13 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 4.1 | 23.12.2025 08:42 | 10 km | 322 km |
| 3.9 | 03.12.2025 00:10 | 0 km | 171 km |
| 4.0 | 15.11.2025 02:39 | 0 km | 220 km |
| 3.6 | 18.10.2025 01:34 | 0 km | 369 km |
| 3.5 | 08.07.2025 00:22 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 3.7 | 15.05.2025 11:00 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 3.6 | 15.04.2025 14:44 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 5.0 | 21.03.2025 09:33 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.7 | 21.03.2025 09:33 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 21.03.2025 07:19 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 3.6 | 18.03.2025 12:17 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 3.5 | 16.03.2025 21:14 | 10 km | 329 km |
| 3.6 | 02.03.2025 01:07 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 4.3 | 12.02.2025 09:00 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.6 | 08.01.2025 12:13 | 10 km | 341 km |
| 3.8 | 05.12.2024 21:58 | 0 km | 180 km |
| 5.0 | 09.11.2024 20:37 | 10 km | 444 km |
| 3.8 | 18.06.2024 05:04 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 13.06.2024 00:58 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 3.8 | 10.06.2024 05:32 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 3.6 | 01.06.2024 19:47 | 10 km | 344 km |
| 4.4 | 19.05.2024 14:52 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 4.3 | 05.05.2024 20:49 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.4 | 24.03.2024 09:45 | 10 km | 353 km |
| 4.5 | 11.06.2023 11:36 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.2 | 26.03.2023 04:28 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.5 | 26.03.2023 04:28 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 3.5 | 28.10.2022 03:08 | 10 km | 303 km |
| 4.0 | 08.12.2021 16:46 | 11.3 km | 154 km |
| 4.7 | 23.09.2021 00:03 | 13.1 km | 312 km |
| 3.5 | 25.08.2021 12:51 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 4.4 | 23.02.2021 01:42 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 23.02.2021 01:41 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 4.4 | 22.02.2021 23:47 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 3.4 | 20.11.2020 17:52 | 35 km | 239 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2020 01:59 | 10 km | 317 km |
| 3.8 | 02.01.2019 03:12 | 9.2 km | 116 km |
| 4.1 | 28.03.2018 10:17 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.4 | 06.02.2018 15:57 | 15 km | 134 km |
| 4.0 | 02.12.2017 03:04 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2017 03:34 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2017 14:15 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 4.1 | 08.02.2017 14:18 | 0 km | 222 km |
| 3.6 | 02.12.2016 22:09 | 10 km | 337 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2016 04:47 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2016 06:09 | 0 km | 374 km |
| 4.0 | 10.12.2015 14:48 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 4.1 | 05.08.2015 12:06 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 4.3 | 19.11.2014 03:14 | 14.6 km | 239 km |
| 3.9 | 19.11.2014 03:05 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 4.0 | 19.11.2014 01:56 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 3.5 | 04.08.2014 19:55 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 4.0 | 15.06.2014 04:16 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2013 14:48 | 15.5 km | 139 km |
| 5.0 | 04.02.2012 04:09 | 14.1 km | 190 km |
| 3.2 | 05.12.2011 15:32 | 10 km | 225 km |
| 4.6 | 19.10.2011 03:08 | 10 km | 373 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.