No records in the last 30 days.
1,055
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
692
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 | 182 km |
| 7.5 | 12.12.1953 17:31 | 25 km | 195 km |
| 7.3 | 14.05.1928 22:14 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1970 04:34 | 17.4 km | 142 km |
| 7.1 | 18.07.1928 19:05 | 35 km | 153 km |
| 7.0 | 24.07.1912 11:59 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 7.0 | 07.02.1959 09:36 | 30 km | 223 km |
| 6.7 | 29.08.1963 15:30 | 25 km | 239 km |
| 6.6 | 11.03.1924 22:44 | 60 km | 237 km |
| 6.5 | 15.01.1952 07:00 | 35 km | 152 km |
| 6.3 | 21.05.2005 05:11 | 40.7 km | 227 km |
| 6.3 | 24.02.2007 02:36 | 27.9 km | 198 km |
| 6.3 | 30.07.1968 20:38 | 32.8 km | 195 km |
| 6.3 | 27.12.1925 17:38 | 15 km | 175 km |
| 6.3 | 15.03.2014 23:51 | 26.5 km | 85 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | 21.06.2026 00:43 | 35 km | 233 km |
| 5.0 | 13.06.2026 06:35 | 74 km | 97 km |
| 3.6 | 01.06.2026 10:58 | 50 km | 69 km |
| 3.6 | 17.05.2026 20:04 | 32 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 15.05.2026 14:43 | 41 km | 94 km |
| 4.0 | 13.05.2026 14:10 | 92 km | 67 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2026 06:12 | 18 km | 128 km |
| 4.0 | 22.04.2026 04:15 | 45 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 16.04.2026 09:24 | 32 km | 135 km |
| 4.3 | 14.04.2026 22:21 | 60.3 km | 90 km |
| 4.1 | 11.04.2026 13:44 | 77.4 km | 96 km |
| 4.2 | 02.04.2026 08:30 | 48 km | 124 km |
| 4.2 | 31.03.2026 23:30 | 31 km | 103 km |
| 3.8 | 11.03.2026 10:27 | 28 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 08.03.2026 11:55 | 29 km | 86 km |
| 4.5 | 04.03.2026 04:14 | 35 km | 168 km |
| 4.1 | 01.03.2026 20:05 | 35 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 19.02.2026 17:46 | 68 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 18.02.2026 13:27 | 35 km | 141 km |
| 3.8 | 05.02.2026 21:32 | 47 km | 39 km |
| 3.7 | 21.01.2026 10:35 | 27 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 13.01.2026 03:02 | 35 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 13.01.2026 02:55 | 32 km | 79 km |
| 3.9 | 16.12.2025 16:05 | 55 km | 133 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2025 17:28 | 47 km | 75 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 00:13 | 76 km | 92 km |
| 3.8 | 02.12.2025 01:46 | 71 km | 151 km |
| 4.2 | 01.12.2025 06:37 | 35 km | 119 km |
| 4.1 | 18.11.2025 16:02 | 50 km | 166 km |
| 3.8 | 17.11.2025 14:15 | 29 km | 152 km |
| 4.0 | 16.11.2025 14:23 | 39 km | 190 km |
| 4.0 | 15.11.2025 09:31 | 49 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2025 03:28 | 19 km | 145 km |
| 5.6 | 22.10.2025 00:05 | 77.1 km | 191 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2025 23:52 | 45.4 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 29.09.2025 05:59 | 94 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2025 18:59 | 81 km | 129 km |
| 3.7 | 24.09.2025 19:56 | 39 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2025 11:27 | 40 km | 147 km |
| 4.1 | 19.09.2025 10:58 | 36 km | 146 km |
| 3.8 | 17.09.2025 16:36 | 68 km | 61 km |
| 5.0 | 16.09.2025 03:41 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 4.3 | 12.09.2025 17:05 | 34 km | 165 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2025 17:19 | 30 km | 150 km |
| 3.6 | 09.09.2025 13:10 | 46 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 27.08.2025 04:26 | 52.1 km | 127 km |
| 3.6 | 19.08.2025 19:49 | 38 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 16.08.2025 08:33 | 41 km | 92 km |
| 4.2 | 14.08.2025 21:49 | 28 km | 177 km |
| 4.0 | 04.08.2025 03:06 | 51 km | 124 km |
| 4.1 | 25.07.2025 04:31 | 52 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 20.07.2025 12:56 | 37 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 03.07.2025 06:52 | 39 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 02.07.2025 12:33 | 27 km | 74 km |
| 3.5 | 01.07.2025 18:16 | 44 km | 118 km |
| 3.7 | 27.06.2025 17:11 | 26 km | 71 km |
| 4.8 | 12.06.2025 03:36 | 67.7 km | 124 km |
| 3.9 | 03.06.2025 04:32 | 62 km | 101 km |
| 4.4 | 03.06.2025 02:30 | 144.2 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 31.05.2025 15:01 | 31 km | 95 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.