2.1
1,084
recorded earthquakes
M5.0
largest
1971–2026
record span
1.74
mean magnitude
719
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 23.01.1989 14:06 | 30 km | 111 km |
| 4.5 | 12.01.2025 20:05 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.5 | 20.08.1971 19:06 | 13 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 17.05.1987 15:32 | 3.8 km | 123 km |
| 4.0 | 07.09.2023 19:49 | 5.2 km | 134 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2017 08:46 | 4.9 km | 137 km |
| 3.6 | 04.04.2001 01:00 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.6 | 10.02.2000 06:17 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 3.6 | 22.03.2013 10:32 | 2 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 10.01.2007 23:12 | 16.7 km | 101 km |
| 3.5 | 22.03.2013 13:52 | 40 km | 103 km |
| 3.5 | 29.05.1999 00:31 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.4 | 19.01.1990 23:41 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.3 | 29.04.2024 02:21 | 1.2 km | 91 km |
| 3.2 | 24.03.2012 06:05 | 30.4 km | 138 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 16.07.2026 17:12 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 2.2 | 24.02.2026 05:46 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.0 | 05.12.2025 12:43 | 12.1 km | 128 km |
| 0.5 | 23.09.2025 11:30 | 10.1 km | 102 km |
| 0.9 | 15.09.2025 13:47 | 10.1 km | 99 km |
| 4.5 | 12.01.2025 20:05 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 29.04.2024 02:21 | 1.2 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 07.09.2023 19:49 | 5.2 km | 134 km |
| 2.0 | 12.09.2022 18:13 | 13 km | 107 km |
| 2.1 | 27.02.2022 19:14 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2021 13:59 | 12 km | 53 km |
| 2.0 | 26.09.2020 01:49 | 15 km | 102 km |
| 2.0 | 03.08.2020 20:27 | 12 km | 67 km |
| 2.0 | 05.02.2020 19:49 | 15 km | 107 km |
| 2.5 | 11.01.2020 01:24 | 12 km | 118 km |
| 2.6 | 07.03.2019 21:20 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 2.5 | 10.12.2018 17:05 | 3 km | 92 km |
| 2.7 | 20.08.2018 07:25 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 2.6 | 18.05.2018 03:52 | 15 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2017 08:46 | 4.9 km | 137 km |
| 2.0 | 15.05.2017 03:49 | 2 km | 111 km |
| 2.1 | 06.11.2016 04:20 | 17 km | 101 km |
| 2.0 | 10.10.2016 22:07 | 15 km | 103 km |
| 2.4 | 22.09.2016 17:55 | 15 km | 93 km |
| 2.8 | 10.06.2016 04:06 | 13 km | 103 km |
| 2.0 | 10.05.2016 15:57 | 15 km | 86 km |
| 2.2 | 10.04.2016 04:31 | 2 km | 92 km |
| 2.0 | 05.06.2015 05:57 | 12 km | 102 km |
| 2.1 | 25.05.2015 20:23 | 6 km | 113 km |
| 2.3 | 23.03.2015 05:30 | 6 km | 96 km |
| 2.5 | 21.01.2014 06:39 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 3.0 | 19.11.2013 23:41 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 2.3 | 26.08.2013 10:44 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 22.03.2013 13:52 | 40 km | 103 km |
| 3.6 | 22.03.2013 10:32 | 2 km | 102 km |
| 3.0 | 30.10.2012 07:24 | 20 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 24.03.2012 11:06 | 20 km | 91 km |
| 3.2 | 24.03.2012 06:05 | 30.4 km | 138 km |
| 2.2 | 14.03.2012 09:15 | 13 km | 104 km |
| 2.1 | 31.12.2011 00:16 | 12 km | 90 km |
| 1.5 | 24.12.2011 10:41 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 1.4 | 23.12.2011 14:18 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 1.0 | 11.12.2011 14:43 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 1.1 | 24.11.2011 15:27 | 0 km | 78 km |
| 1.2 | 16.11.2011 14:43 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 1.2 | 16.11.2011 14:12 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 1.0 | 14.11.2011 16:02 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 0.9 | 14.11.2011 12:05 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 1.1 | 10.11.2011 08:02 | 15 km | 103 km |
| 1.2 | 02.11.2011 23:41 | 0 km | 70 km |
| 1.1 | 01.11.2011 15:49 | 0 km | 90 km |
| 1.4 | 28.10.2011 04:22 | 13.8 km | 86 km |
| 1.3 | 26.10.2011 14:03 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 1.3 | 21.10.2011 11:51 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 1.5 | 19.10.2011 13:34 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 1.1 | 16.10.2011 02:07 | 1.2 km | 112 km |
| 1.3 | 15.10.2011 11:41 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 1.1 | 14.10.2011 12:33 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 1.2 | 12.10.2011 14:01 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 1.2 | 29.09.2011 14:34 | 0 km | 104 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.