No records in the last 30 days.
281
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1912–2026
record span
3.48
mean magnitude
271
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 03.04.2017 17:40 | 20.5 km | 690 km |
| 6.0 | 20.02.1912 13:03 | 35 km | 988 km |
| 5.7 | 11.09.1952 08:23 | 15 km | 613 km |
| 5.6 | 11.10.1952 01:24 | 15 km | 615 km |
| 5.4 | 04.04.2021 01:41 | 8.2 km | 543 km |
| 5.0 | 17.02.1987 11:00 | 10 km | 939 km |
| 5.0 | 10.05.1991 01:12 | 10 km | 914 km |
| 5.0 | 24.05.2018 07:08 | 10 km | 529 km |
| 5.0 | 14.03.2018 08:32 | 10 km | 521 km |
| 5.0 | 23.12.1992 10:54 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 5.0 | 24.03.2012 04:43 | 9.5 km | 517 km |
| 4.9 | 03.04.2017 17:50 | 10 km | 669 km |
| 4.9 | 25.05.2018 14:58 | 10 km | 531 km |
| 4.8 | 12.04.2022 20:36 | 3.8 km | 474 km |
| 4.8 | 07.06.2009 01:49 | 10 km | 409 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 30.03.2026 09:01 | 10 km | 702 km |
| 3.0 | 19.01.2026 16:21 | 10 km | 762 km |
| 3.4 | 12.12.2025 03:01 | 10 km | 495 km |
| 3.0 | 10.12.2025 16:08 | 10 km | 512 km |
| 3.4 | 09.12.2025 16:34 | 10 km | 692 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2025 12:00 | 10 km | 621 km |
| 3.4 | 25.09.2025 04:03 | 10 km | 381 km |
| 3.2 | 07.09.2025 06:00 | 10 km | 891 km |
| 3.4 | 15.08.2025 12:54 | 10 km | 647 km |
| 3.1 | 10.08.2025 22:39 | 10 km | 665 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2025 21:52 | 10 km | 663 km |
| 3.3 | 10.08.2025 21:15 | 10 km | 359 km |
| 3.5 | 09.08.2025 14:21 | 10 km | 628 km |
| 3.7 | 29.07.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 877 km |
| 3.5 | 20.07.2025 22:45 | 10 km | 587 km |
| 4.1 | 16.07.2025 20:55 | 10 km | 454 km |
| 3.0 | 06.06.2025 19:45 | 10 km | 857 km |
| 3.0 | 31.05.2025 13:29 | 10 km | 676 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2025 14:58 | 10 km | 681 km |
| 3.6 | 02.05.2025 14:27 | 10 km | 444 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2025 20:45 | 10 km | 553 km |
| 3.3 | 19.11.2024 02:36 | 10 km | 645 km |
| 3.9 | 13.11.2024 16:03 | 0 km | 686 km |
| 4.2 | 09.11.2024 22:14 | 0 km | 725 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2024 17:00 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 3.1 | 07.11.2024 12:36 | 10 km | 658 km |
| 4.3 | 30.10.2024 15:39 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2024 13:50 | 10 km | 582 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2024 19:29 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 3.3 | 01.10.2024 10:46 | 10 km | 708 km |
| 3.1 | 15.09.2024 22:40 | 10 km | 555 km |
| 3.3 | 14.09.2024 07:02 | 10 km | 689 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2024 15:35 | 10 km | 710 km |
| 3.6 | 26.07.2024 16:00 | 10 km | 585 km |
| 3.0 | 28.06.2024 14:34 | 10 km | 645 km |
| 3.0 | 20.06.2024 15:21 | 10 km | 403 km |
| 3.4 | 14.06.2024 11:48 | 10 km | 646 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2024 16:30 | 10 km | 697 km |
| 3.9 | 06.05.2024 15:10 | 10 km | 580 km |
| 3.1 | 27.04.2024 08:52 | 10 km | 601 km |
| 3.1 | 15.03.2024 21:10 | 10 km | 730 km |
| 3.0 | 02.03.2024 00:42 | 10 km | 738 km |
| 3.3 | 17.02.2024 11:25 | 10 km | 585 km |
| 3.2 | 27.01.2024 06:09 | 10 km | 617 km |
| 3.1 | 11.12.2023 06:50 | 10 km | 719 km |
| 3.1 | 22.09.2023 13:11 | 10 km | 465 km |
| 3.2 | 30.08.2023 04:16 | 10 km | 345 km |
| 3.1 | 26.08.2023 14:31 | 10 km | 676 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2023 15:02 | 10 km | 608 km |
| 3.5 | 16.06.2023 07:35 | 10 km | 767 km |
| 3.3 | 15.06.2023 18:23 | 10 km | 673 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2023 07:59 | 10 km | 667 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2023 11:40 | 10 km | 675 km |
| 4.1 | 24.05.2023 14:52 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 3.1 | 17.05.2023 16:19 | 10 km | 678 km |
| 3.1 | 17.05.2023 12:22 | 10 km | 646 km |
| 4.0 | 30.03.2023 08:48 | 0.1 km | 221 km |
| 3.0 | 08.01.2023 12:49 | 10 km | 877 km |
| 3.4 | 08.01.2023 11:38 | 10 km | 511 km |
| 3.1 | 28.12.2022 16:11 | 10 km | 592 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.