No records in the last 30 days.
169
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1927–2025
record span
4.70
mean magnitude
4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 16.07.1990 07:26 | 23.9 km | 89 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 134 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 117 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 143 km |
| 6.8 | 23.04.1985 16:15 | 185.3 km | 32 km |
| 6.5 | 03.03.1933 02:19 | 120 km | 73 km |
| 6.3 | 25.04.1987 12:16 | 118 km | 95 km |
| 6.2 | 13.04.1927 14:34 | 140 km | 96 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.1977 05:35 | 196.7 km | 64 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2019 09:11 | 21.9 km | 28 km |
| 6.0 | 19.07.1956 20:41 | 35 km | 65 km |
| 5.9 | 25.07.2011 17:15 | 52.2 km | 62 km |
| 5.9 | 21.11.1928 16:59 | 15 km | 32 km |
| 5.9 | 08.05.1988 19:44 | 43.9 km | 45 km |
| 5.9 | 10.01.2015 19:32 | 78.4 km | 62 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 11.10.2025 09:32 | 125.5 km | 13 km |
| 4.4 | 10.07.2025 01:32 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 5.8 | 27.11.2024 21:58 | 189.4 km | 46 km |
| 4.7 | 01.04.2024 04:44 | 144.1 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 25.01.2023 04:55 | 207.2 km | 27 km |
| 5.3 | 08.11.2022 14:30 | 176 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 28.09.2022 12:44 | 173 km | 16 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2021 22:36 | 12 km | 19 km |
| 4.3 | 12.08.2020 02:47 | 9 km | 33 km |
| 4.4 | 11.08.2020 02:31 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.8 | 08.07.2020 00:28 | 100.5 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 25.06.2020 18:53 | 20 km | 29 km |
| 4.2 | 28.11.2019 23:36 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 4.2 | 22.04.2019 09:26 | 35 km | 23 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2019 09:11 | 21.9 km | 28 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.2018 11:47 | 165.9 km | 20 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2017 17:29 | 24 km | 22 km |
| 5.4 | 25.05.2017 14:27 | 95.6 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2017 04:30 | 116 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 16.07.2016 01:13 | 30 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 30.06.2016 18:30 | 30 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 26.06.2016 11:19 | 121 km | 32 km |
| 4.2 | 14.03.2016 21:07 | 70 km | 15 km |
| 4.1 | 15.12.2015 00:12 | 43 km | 26 km |
| 4.2 | 24.08.2015 11:59 | 108 km | 12 km |
| 4.1 | 04.08.2015 15:27 | 19 km | 16 km |
| 5.9 | 10.01.2015 19:32 | 78.4 km | 62 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2014 16:13 | 201.6 km | 6 km |
| 3.4 | 29.06.2014 22:25 | 23.9 km | 16 km |
| 4.4 | 29.05.2014 18:42 | 131 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 13.01.2014 08:46 | 5 km | 7 km |
| 4.2 | 10.06.2013 09:13 | 120 km | 37 km |
| 4.2 | 19.11.2012 07:54 | 150 km | 24 km |
| 4.2 | 09.05.2012 18:08 | 26 km | 27 km |
| 5.9 | 25.07.2011 17:15 | 52.2 km | 62 km |
| 4.2 | 13.03.2011 20:11 | 2 km | 29 km |
| 4.6 | 03.10.2010 16:47 | 27 km | 26 km |
| 4.5 | 30.08.2010 05:21 | 29 km | 22 km |
| 4.3 | 07.08.2010 15:44 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 4.5 | 23.03.2010 21:22 | 1 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2010 14:19 | 150 km | 20 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2009 19:13 | 15 km | 9 km |
| 4.5 | 10.08.2009 09:15 | 25 km | 24 km |
| 4.3 | 07.05.2009 03:15 | 21 km | 32 km |
| 5.2 | 20.04.2009 19:12 | 34.9 km | 57 km |
| 4.5 | 04.12.2008 10:06 | 26 km | 31 km |
| 4.8 | 07.08.2008 06:03 | 150 km | 11 km |
| 4.7 | 21.07.2008 15:29 | 1 km | 24 km |
| 4.9 | 07.05.2008 02:17 | 144.8 km | 15 km |
| 4.2 | 30.01.2008 19:13 | 35 km | 36 km |
| 4.3 | 18.06.2007 11:05 | 26 km | 34 km |
| 4.7 | 03.05.2007 16:46 | 23 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 23.07.2006 15:58 | 1 km | 20 km |
| 4.8 | 13.03.2006 22:33 | 126.9 km | 35 km |
| 4.2 | 18.09.2005 17:55 | 2 km | 35 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2005 10:41 | 150 km | 19 km |
| 4.0 | 19.03.2005 12:39 | 85 km | 21 km |
| 4.1 | 29.08.2004 11:38 | 83.4 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 09.05.2004 18:18 | 9 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 26.10.2003 21:14 | 43 km | 8 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.