No records in the last 30 days.
314
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1940–2025
record span
4.13
mean magnitude
199
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 | 22.02.2006 22:19 | 12.4 km | 206 km |
| 6.2 | 19.05.1940 18:16 | 35 km | 193 km |
| 6.0 | 10.05.1951 09:18 | 25 km | 309 km |
| 6.0 | 05.09.1957 07:22 | — | 278 km |
| 5.8 | 19.03.1951 09:29 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 5.8 | 05.09.1957 07:17 | — | 278 km |
| 5.7 | 23.02.2006 01:23 | 16.3 km | 195 km |
| 5.6 | 22.12.2018 05:37 | 13.5 km | 301 km |
| 5.6 | 20.07.1957 09:55 | 15 km | 168 km |
| 5.6 | 15.03.2006 14:19 | 15.9 km | 210 km |
| 5.6 | 22.09.2016 20:06 | 13 km | 181 km |
| 5.3 | 22.02.2006 22:26 | 15 km | 227 km |
| 5.2 | 29.11.2007 02:59 | 16.4 km | 221 km |
| 5.2 | 22.03.2006 11:35 | 15 km | 223 km |
| 5.2 | 14.04.2006 18:41 | 26.9 km | 199 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 07.03.2025 22:50 | 0 km | 210 km |
| 3.3 | 08.06.2024 10:57 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 3.0 | 17.06.2023 11:39 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 3.1 | 15.06.2023 20:40 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 4.4 | 15.10.2022 14:52 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2021 01:06 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.3 | 01.02.2021 23:51 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 4.3 | 26.07.2020 20:31 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 3.4 | 26.07.2020 19:31 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 4.7 | 26.07.2020 03:40 | 15 km | 189 km |
| 4.4 | 10.04.2020 00:20 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 5.6 | 22.12.2018 05:37 | 13.5 km | 301 km |
| 3.7 | 15.08.2018 05:39 | 13 km | 174 km |
| 4.3 | 10.08.2018 04:09 | 13 km | 191 km |
| 4.3 | 08.08.2018 20:17 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 4.2 | 22.03.2018 17:00 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 3.7 | 28.08.2017 04:51 | 10 km | 210 km |
| 4.6 | 18.06.2017 13:31 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 3.2 | 18.06.2017 13:31 | 13 km | 203 km |
| 3.1 | 07.12.2016 22:05 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2016 03:15 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2016 17:11 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 2.4 | 28.09.2016 00:27 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2016 14:27 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 2.8 | 23.09.2016 02:49 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 5.6 | 22.09.2016 20:06 | 13 km | 181 km |
| 4.5 | 21.09.2016 03:09 | 13 km | 192 km |
| 2.5 | 21.09.2016 00:07 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 4.4 | 20.09.2016 17:56 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 2.8 | 13.08.2016 15:46 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 2.3 | 22.04.2016 03:08 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 2.7 | 09.04.2016 14:33 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 2.7 | 23.03.2016 11:48 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 3.5 | 25.02.2016 21:23 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 4.2 | 25.01.2016 16:54 | 8 km | 219 km |
| 4.5 | 21.01.2016 17:16 | 0.1 km | 203 km |
| 4.1 | 04.01.2016 02:45 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 4.1 | 03.01.2016 16:40 | 7.1 km | 225 km |
| 4.4 | 01.01.2016 01:02 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 4.8 | 25.12.2015 19:37 | 0 km | 210 km |
| 4.1 | 16.12.2015 11:12 | 13 km | 119 km |
| 4.4 | 09.12.2015 06:32 | 8.5 km | 231 km |
| 4.0 | 21.10.2015 12:43 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2015 20:52 | 5 km | 178 km |
| 4.4 | 11.06.2015 23:55 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 4.6 | 25.12.2013 15:45 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 4.0 | 17.11.2013 06:17 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 4.0 | 22.10.2013 16:55 | 14 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 08.07.2013 08:04 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 4.1 | 08.07.2013 07:47 | 15 km | 248 km |
| 4.0 | 10.01.2012 11:01 | 15 km | 213 km |
| 4.2 | 30.10.2011 01:12 | 13 km | 180 km |
| 3.7 | 06.07.2011 10:37 | 15 km | 227 km |
| 3.2 | 18.09.2010 21:24 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 3.6 | 07.09.2010 14:10 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 3.1 | 16.06.2010 19:58 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.3 | 24.05.2010 21:26 | 11.7 km | 223 km |
| 4.4 | 08.05.2010 05:31 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 3.4 | 22.04.2010 05:55 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2010 18:34 | 5 km | 141 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.