No records in the last 30 days.
1,022
recorded earthquakes
M4.9
largest
1954–2025
record span
1.65
mean magnitude
838
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 07.07.1954 00:48 | — | 80 km |
| 4.8 | 29.01.1989 16:38 | 11 km | 44 km |
| 4.8 | 08.03.1983 18:43 | 33 km | 81 km |
| 4.4 | 14.10.1977 14:23 | — | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 11.05.1987 19:50 | 13.5 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2000 14:27 | 22.7 km | 75 km |
| 3.8 | 20.10.1988 21:43 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.7 | 06.08.1992 07:32 | 33 km | 83 km |
| 3.7 | 14.04.1992 13:10 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 29.10.1983 17:51 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.6 | 14.03.2012 19:22 | 6.2 km | 63 km |
| 3.5 | 29.04.2015 22:46 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.5 | 17.03.2007 00:06 | 2 km | 83 km |
| 3.3 | 26.12.1987 16:57 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.3 | 20.12.2010 12:30 | 10 km | 107 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 21.10.2025 13:26 | 7.5 km | 77 km |
| 2.3 | 26.07.2025 17:58 | 17.9 km | 63 km |
| 2.6 | 14.07.2025 23:15 | 21.7 km | 11 km |
| 2.0 | 02.07.2025 13:20 | 7.5 km | 87 km |
| 2.1 | 27.02.2025 14:16 | 7.5 km | 75 km |
| 2.6 | 19.01.2025 11:05 | 20.4 km | 61 km |
| 2.9 | 23.11.2024 18:30 | 16.3 km | 88 km |
| 1.5 | 05.01.2024 14:16 | 7.5 km | 62 km |
| 2.8 | 21.12.2023 03:09 | 15 km | 86 km |
| 2.6 | 18.06.2020 15:43 | 3 km | 55 km |
| 2.0 | 03.12.2018 06:34 | 4 km | 74 km |
| 2.7 | 25.06.2017 11:55 | 12 km | 61 km |
| 3.1 | 29.04.2017 22:58 | 16 km | 103 km |
| 2.7 | 16.08.2016 23:53 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2015 10:31 | 17 km | 72 km |
| 3.5 | 29.04.2015 22:46 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 2.5 | 20.11.2014 10:55 | 12 km | 67 km |
| 2.4 | 06.09.2014 16:56 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 2.5 | 03.06.2013 16:37 | 12 km | 41 km |
| 1.7 | 08.03.2013 14:22 | 1 km | 90 km |
| 1.7 | 13.02.2013 14:20 | 1 km | 102 km |
| 3.6 | 14.03.2012 19:22 | 6.2 km | 63 km |
| 1.0 | 30.12.2011 12:15 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 1.1 | 27.12.2011 14:46 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 1.3 | 22.12.2011 11:03 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 1.2 | 16.12.2011 12:17 | 0 km | 36 km |
| 0.7 | 13.12.2011 14:46 | 0 km | 31 km |
| 1.0 | 12.12.2011 14:46 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 1.4 | 01.12.2011 14:20 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 1.1 | 30.11.2011 14:45 | 0 km | 36 km |
| 1.2 | 25.11.2011 13:40 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 1.1 | 23.11.2011 14:14 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 1.3 | 21.11.2011 17:02 | 8 km | 64 km |
| 1.3 | 18.11.2011 12:38 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 1.3 | 17.11.2011 14:44 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 1.2 | 15.11.2011 09:37 | 0 km | 64 km |
| 1.0 | 11.11.2011 20:49 | 1 km | 88 km |
| 1.3 | 07.11.2011 14:05 | 0 km | 38 km |
| 1.1 | 01.11.2011 14:43 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 1.1 | 27.10.2011 11:57 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 1.1 | 20.10.2011 13:46 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 0.9 | 14.10.2011 11:15 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 1.3 | 12.10.2011 17:21 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 1.4 | 07.10.2011 13:15 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 1.6 | 05.10.2011 13:16 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 1.4 | 26.09.2011 13:08 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 1.2 | 25.09.2011 01:58 | 4.4 km | 89 km |
| 1.2 | 23.09.2011 10:45 | 0.6 km | 56 km |
| 1.6 | 22.09.2011 13:15 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2011 14:02 | 0 km | 25 km |
| 1.1 | 21.09.2011 09:00 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 1.0 | 16.09.2011 12:06 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 1.3 | 15.09.2011 13:14 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 0.9 | 15.09.2011 09:02 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 0.9 | 08.09.2011 15:16 | 0 km | 82 km |
| 1.0 | 08.09.2011 12:30 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 0.8 | 05.09.2011 12:28 | 0 km | 16 km |
| 1.6 | 02.09.2011 13:16 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 0.8 | 02.09.2011 12:47 | 0.1 km | 82 km |
| 1.5 | 01.09.2011 13:17 | 0 km | 85 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.