No records in the last 30 days.
286
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2025
record span
4.64
mean magnitude
30
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 | 14.12.1901 22:57 | 0 km | 152 km |
| 7.7 | 16.07.1990 07:26 | 23.9 km | 81 km |
| 7.6 | 01.08.1968 20:19 | 25.3 km | 197 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 85 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 166 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 120 km |
| 7.1 | 14.11.1994 19:15 | 27.4 km | 162 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1970 04:01 | 21.1 km | 111 km |
| 6.8 | 23.04.1985 16:15 | 185.3 km | 64 km |
| 6.7 | 21.03.1919 01:02 | 35 km | 125 km |
| 6.5 | 08.04.1970 21:23 | 26.2 km | 95 km |
| 6.5 | 03.03.1933 02:19 | 120 km | 123 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2004 14:36 | 113.8 km | 137 km |
| 6.4 | 28.08.1968 20:42 | 26 km | 125 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.2020 23:43 | 116.8 km | 139 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 11.10.2025 09:32 | 125.5 km | 62 km |
| 3.8 | 26.09.2025 05:32 | 7 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 10.07.2025 01:32 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.4 | 03.07.2025 09:41 | 208 km | 40 km |
| 3.6 | 27.05.2025 04:35 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.7 | 27.05.2025 04:17 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.2 | 26.05.2025 20:57 | 5 km | 46 km |
| 3.2 | 20.03.2025 09:37 | 16 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 09.02.2025 01:05 | 22 km | 46 km |
| 3.1 | 05.02.2025 10:44 | 21 km | 46 km |
| 3.3 | 23.12.2024 09:45 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 18.12.2024 19:57 | 19 km | 55 km |
| 5.8 | 27.11.2024 21:58 | 189.4 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2024 02:34 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2024 17:20 | 8 km | 37 km |
| 3.5 | 24.06.2024 12:56 | 5 km | 44 km |
| 3.4 | 24.06.2024 10:09 | 7 km | 47 km |
| 4.7 | 01.04.2024 04:44 | 144.1 km | 72 km |
| 3.3 | 01.12.2023 06:16 | 12 km | 51 km |
| 3.3 | 16.06.2023 19:45 | 20 km | 25 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2023 19:30 | 200 km | 62 km |
| 4.0 | 25.01.2023 04:55 | 207.2 km | 29 km |
| 5.3 | 08.11.2022 14:30 | 176 km | 48 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.2022 21:50 | 140.3 km | 127 km |
| 3.3 | 18.02.2022 16:16 | 4 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 10.08.2021 15:12 | 132 km | 68 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.2020 23:43 | 116.8 km | 139 km |
| 5.0 | 21.12.2020 18:14 | 16 km | 70 km |
| 5.0 | 31.10.2020 02:49 | 168.3 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 19.10.2020 17:16 | 156.6 km | 54 km |
| 3.6 | 30.08.2020 09:41 | 14 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 25.06.2020 18:53 | 20 km | 74 km |
| 5.1 | 23.05.2020 02:10 | 42.8 km | 88 km |
| 4.1 | 04.02.2020 13:56 | 144.4 km | 55 km |
| 4.6 | 07.01.2020 18:55 | 35 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 28.11.2019 23:36 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 23.04.2019 18:02 | 43 km | 43 km |
| 6.2 | 23.04.2019 05:38 | 59.9 km | 96 km |
| 4.2 | 22.04.2019 09:26 | 35 km | 29 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2019 09:11 | 21.9 km | 57 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.2018 11:47 | 165.9 km | 49 km |
| 4.3 | 18.11.2017 16:23 | 9 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2017 17:29 | 24 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 21.09.2017 08:34 | 25 km | 54 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2017 05:28 | 185.6 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 09.08.2017 14:36 | 8 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 09.08.2017 11:59 | 11 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 09.08.2017 11:52 | 9 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 08.08.2017 19:12 | 13 km | 74 km |
| 4.1 | 08.08.2017 06:18 | 11 km | 71 km |
| 4.1 | 07.08.2017 16:33 | 19 km | 72 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2017 14:53 | 19 km | 71 km |
| 4.1 | 05.06.2017 05:29 | 15 km | 20 km |
| 5.4 | 25.05.2017 14:27 | 95.6 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 21.03.2017 07:09 | 5 km | 59 km |
| 4.1 | 12.01.2017 19:45 | 59 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 16.12.2016 22:25 | 3 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 09.12.2016 06:56 | 0 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2016 07:15 | 18 km | 45 km |
| 4.8 | 10.11.2016 07:11 | 50.6 km | 55 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.