No records in the last 30 days.
276
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.51
mean magnitude
101
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 20.11.1960 22:01 | 15 km | 122 km |
| 7.3 | 14.05.1928 22:14 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 7.1 | 21.06.1937 15:13 | 30 km | 221 km |
| 7.1 | 18.07.1928 19:05 | 35 km | 123 km |
| 7.0 | 24.07.1912 11:59 | 0 km | 151 km |
| 6.7 | 29.08.1963 15:30 | 25 km | 188 km |
| 6.3 | 24.02.2007 02:36 | 27.9 km | 103 km |
| 6.3 | 30.07.1968 20:38 | 32.8 km | 93 km |
| 6.3 | 27.12.1925 17:38 | 15 km | 153 km |
| 6.3 | 15.03.2014 23:51 | 26.5 km | 138 km |
| 6.3 | 15.05.1928 02:36 | 35 km | 171 km |
| 6.2 | 30.07.2021 17:10 | 34.3 km | 174 km |
| 6.0 | 15.02.2009 10:04 | 30.3 km | 133 km |
| 6.0 | 28.02.1981 21:56 | 35 km | 179 km |
| 6.0 | 05.05.1940 02:03 | 35 km | 73 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 01.06.2026 10:58 | 50 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 15.05.2026 14:43 | 41 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2026 06:12 | 18 km | 119 km |
| 4.0 | 22.04.2026 04:15 | 45 km | 109 km |
| 4.0 | 08.04.2026 07:55 | 41 km | 108 km |
| 4.2 | 28.03.2026 07:30 | 22 km | 139 km |
| 4.1 | 07.03.2026 20:31 | 15 km | 140 km |
| 4.1 | 01.03.2026 20:05 | 35 km | 130 km |
| 3.8 | 05.02.2026 21:32 | 47 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2025 02:46 | 24 km | 108 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 00:13 | 76 km | 38 km |
| 3.8 | 02.12.2025 01:46 | 71 km | 45 km |
| 3.6 | 09.09.2025 13:10 | 46 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 25.07.2025 04:31 | 52 km | 114 km |
| 4.8 | 12.06.2025 03:36 | 67.7 km | 5 km |
| 4.4 | 03.06.2025 02:30 | 144.2 km | 104 km |
| 4.0 | 31.05.2025 15:01 | 31 km | 93 km |
| 3.9 | 16.05.2025 07:43 | 72 km | 97 km |
| 5.3 | 14.05.2025 20:13 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 4.2 | 26.04.2025 02:40 | 112.2 km | 149 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2025 16:25 | 53 km | 79 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2024 00:35 | 34 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2024 12:51 | 98 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2024 19:30 | 48 km | 123 km |
| 4.0 | 23.11.2024 19:25 | 35 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2024 00:49 | 42 km | 113 km |
| 4.2 | 14.04.2024 14:05 | 51 km | 42 km |
| 3.8 | 28.03.2024 20:32 | 52 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2024 05:46 | 81 km | 92 km |
| 4.3 | 23.03.2024 22:35 | 35 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 17.03.2024 00:45 | 42 km | 138 km |
| 4.2 | 23.01.2024 17:17 | 36 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 09.01.2024 09:15 | 50 km | 130 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2023 17:05 | 25 km | 104 km |
| 3.8 | 18.12.2023 14:31 | 53 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2023 22:32 | 68 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 12.11.2023 04:55 | 44 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 27.10.2023 06:39 | 38 km | 92 km |
| 3.7 | 21.10.2023 16:02 | 29 km | 118 km |
| 4.3 | 14.10.2023 01:46 | 0 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 23.08.2023 18:12 | 44 km | 100 km |
| 4.3 | 22.06.2023 20:36 | 100 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 19.05.2023 03:00 | 99.2 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 12.05.2023 13:40 | 16 km | 68 km |
| 4.3 | 03.03.2023 19:39 | 43 km | 70 km |
| 5.0 | 27.02.2023 03:01 | 32.3 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 19.02.2023 10:05 | 35 km | 106 km |
| 3.7 | 28.01.2023 10:14 | 78 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 16.12.2022 14:06 | 37 km | 132 km |
| 5.2 | 16.12.2022 10:23 | 24.1 km | 122 km |
| 3.9 | 07.12.2022 08:08 | 54 km | 111 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2022 16:10 | 35 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 19.11.2022 02:24 | 45 km | 136 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2022 05:42 | 63 km | 94 km |
| 3.9 | 27.09.2022 00:00 | 15 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2022 10:00 | 46 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 26.05.2022 03:40 | 104 km | 54 km |
| 3.9 | 12.05.2022 16:52 | 46.3 km | 94 km |
| 3.7 | 23.03.2022 15:30 | 37 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 13.03.2022 11:47 | 31 km | 90 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.