EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Eastern Highlands

1,052 earthquakes catalogued in and around Eastern Highlands between 1906 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
1,052
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.51
mean magnitude
395
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0911821906: 1 (M5+)19061913: 1 (M5+)1916: 1 (M5+)19161918: 1 (M5+)1926: 2 (M5+)19261928: 1 (M5+)1931: 2 (M5+)1933: 1 (M5+)1935: 3 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)19361937: 1 (M5+)1939: 1 (M5+)1942: 1 (M5+)19461948: 1 (M5+)1952: 1 (M5+)1954: 1 (M5+)19561959: 1 (M4–5)1963: 2 (M5+)1965: 1 (M5+)1966: 2 (M4–5)1966: 1 (M5+)19661967: 6 (M5+)1968: 1 (M4–5)1968: 3 (M5+)1969: 1 (M4–5)1969: 3 (M5+)1970: 1 (M5+)1971: 2 (M4–5)1971: 6 (M5+)1972: 5 (M5+)1973: 6 (M5+)1974: 3 (M4–5)1974: 3 (M5+)1975: 7 (M5+)1976: 3 (M4–5)1976: 6 (M5+)19761977: 3 (M4–5)1977: 7 (M5+)1978: 2 (M4–5)1978: 3 (M5+)1979: 2 (M3–4)1979: 4 (M4–5)1979: 5 (M5+)1980: 1 (M3–4)1980: 2 (M4–5)1980: 6 (M5+)1981: 1 (M3–4)1981: 9 (M4–5)1981: 7 (M5+)1982: 1 (M<3)1982: 3 (M3–4)1982: 5 (M5+)1983: 2 (M3–4)1983: 5 (M4–5)1983: 5 (M5+)1984: 2 (M3–4)1984: 8 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M3–4)1985: 7 (M4–5)1985: 3 (M5+)1986: 6 (M3–4)1986: 6 (M4–5)1986: 1 (M5+)19861987: 4 (M3–4)1987: 3 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M5+)1988: 7 (M3–4)1988: 9 (M4–5)1988: 4 (M5+)1989: 6 (M4–5)1989: 5 (M5+)1990: 3 (M3–4)1990: 7 (M4–5)1990: 5 (M5+)1991: 12 (M4–5)1991: 6 (M5+)1992: 4 (M3–4)1992: 9 (M4–5)1992: 5 (M5+)1993: 1 (M<3)1993: 63 (M3–4)1993: 92 (M4–5)1993: 26 (M5+)1994: 5 (M3–4)1994: 12 (M4–5)1994: 6 (M5+)1995: 9 (M3–4)1995: 8 (M4–5)1995: 4 (M5+)1996: 6 (M3–4)1996: 25 (M4–5)1996: 5 (M5+)19961997: 5 (M3–4)1997: 7 (M4–5)1997: 2 (M5+)1998: 3 (M3–4)1998: 11 (M4–5)1998: 2 (M5+)1999: 2 (M3–4)1999: 6 (M4–5)1999: 3 (M5+)2000: 1 (M3–4)2000: 13 (M4–5)2000: 2 (M5+)2001: 3 (M3–4)2001: 14 (M4–5)2001: 5 (M5+)2002: 7 (M4–5)2002: 5 (M5+)2003: 6 (M<3)2003: 12 (M4–5)2004: 2 (M<3)2004: 4 (M3–4)2004: 15 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)2005: 1 (M<3)2005: 5 (M3–4)2005: 10 (M4–5)2005: 6 (M5+)2006: 1 (M<3)2006: 2 (M3–4)2006: 16 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M5+)20062007: 4 (M3–4)2007: 18 (M4–5)2007: 2 (M5+)2008: 1 (M<3)2008: 2 (M3–4)2008: 13 (M4–5)2008: 2 (M5+)2009: 1 (M3–4)2009: 15 (M4–5)2009: 3 (M5+)2010: 1 (M3–4)2010: 8 (M4–5)2010: 5 (M5+)2011: 3 (M3–4)2011: 8 (M4–5)2011: 2 (M5+)2012: 5 (M4–5)2012: 1 (M5+)2013: 2 (M3–4)2013: 9 (M4–5)2013: 4 (M5+)2014: 1 (M3–4)2014: 12 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M5+)2015: 1 (M3–4)2015: 12 (M4–5)2015: 4 (M5+)2016: 3 (M3–4)2016: 12 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M5+)20162017: 6 (M4–5)2017: 1 (M5+)2018: 2 (M3–4)2018: 15 (M4–5)2018: 1 (M5+)2019: 9 (M4–5)2019: 3 (M5+)2020: 2 (M3–4)2020: 14 (M4–5)2020: 1 (M5+)2021: 13 (M4–5)2021: 2 (M5+)2022: 1 (M3–4)2022: 15 (M4–5)2022: 5 (M5+)2023: 4 (M3–4)2023: 27 (M4–5)2023: 13 (M5+)2024: 1 (M3–4)2024: 13 (M4–5)2024: 3 (M5+)2025: 1 (M3–4)2025: 19 (M4–5)2025: 5 (M5+)2026: 2 (M3–4)2026: 1 (M4–5)2026
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.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
8.014.09.1906 16:0435 km194 km
7.610.09.2022 23:47112.9 km111 km
7.526.02.1963 20:14186.6 km137 km
7.106.05.2019 21:19140.4 km110 km
7.106.11.1952 19:4752.1 km226 km
7.114.12.2011 05:04128.5 km177 km
7.011.10.1913 04:0615 km86 km
7.003.08.1916 01:3035 km146 km
6.907.10.2023 08:4055.8 km135 km
6.913.10.1993 02:0622 km91 km
6.807.10.2023 08:3458.7 km127 km
6.707.10.2025 11:0598 km143 km
6.725.10.1993 10:2724.4 km84 km
6.621.03.2012 22:15117.7 km62 km
6.607.09.1926 12:2335 km123 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.112.06.2026 02:2481.2 km93 km
3.611.05.2026 20:01103.9 km88 km
3.615.01.2026 13:36112.8 km80 km
6.522.12.2025 10:31101.8 km89 km
4.016.11.2025 10:170 km49 km
4.912.11.2025 03:23109.6 km73 km
4.410.10.2025 23:39133.7 km34 km
6.707.10.2025 11:0598 km143 km
5.921.07.2025 16:4194 km139 km
4.217.07.2025 02:2542.1 km124 km
4.612.07.2025 18:09115.4 km118 km
4.112.07.2025 11:470 km70 km
4.330.06.2025 09:3181.1 km113 km
4.223.06.2025 09:18139.4 km65 km
4.114.06.2025 07:40115.9 km109 km
4.813.06.2025 03:30112.4 km103 km
4.420.04.2025 02:19108.9 km84 km
3.518.04.2025 16:480 km72 km
5.104.04.2025 10:51107.7 km79 km
5.117.03.2025 21:1865.4 km79 km
4.717.03.2025 20:13118.1 km90 km
4.112.03.2025 15:49138 km56 km
4.202.03.2025 01:2881.7 km96 km
4.326.02.2025 02:2699.2 km81 km
4.316.02.2025 15:4887.5 km66 km
4.814.02.2025 09:27111.6 km78 km
4.123.01.2025 07:2692.8 km101 km
4.615.01.2025 00:480 km109 km
4.316.09.2024 16:40117.8 km108 km
4.511.09.2024 04:37111.8 km94 km
4.117.08.2024 11:52114.8 km64 km
4.017.07.2024 22:28109 km36 km
5.317.06.2024 20:49113.2 km94 km
4.513.06.2024 02:2969 km108 km
4.331.05.2024 23:45100 km72 km
4.121.05.2024 14:55100 km108 km
4.407.05.2024 16:0169 km121 km
3.407.05.2024 01:1132 km89 km
4.504.05.2024 02:4110 km59 km
4.201.05.2024 02:3583.5 km107 km
5.226.03.2024 17:4972.3 km138 km
4.524.02.2024 18:53150 km88 km
4.108.02.2024 20:4686 km99 km
4.712.01.2024 00:3059.1 km125 km
5.303.01.2024 01:4353.6 km126 km
4.524.12.2023 10:4395 km38 km
4.321.12.2023 00:4469 km114 km
4.014.12.2023 20:2632 km107 km
4.604.12.2023 11:00170 km80 km
5.030.11.2023 03:1852.8 km82 km
5.030.11.2023 03:0832 km96 km
3.330.11.2023 01:2932 km93 km
4.223.11.2023 06:09100 km73 km
5.509.11.2023 20:5356.8 km124 km
5.231.10.2023 17:4159.1 km131 km
4.129.10.2023 00:3548.4 km106 km
4.523.10.2023 16:4669 km124 km
4.323.10.2023 01:4665 km122 km
4.413.10.2023 23:5069 km122 km
4.009.10.2023 22:3169 km115 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.