No records in the last 30 days.
770
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.50
mean magnitude
58
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 | 130 km |
| 7.7 | 16.07.1990 07:26 | 23.9 km | 160 km |
| 7.3 | 08.04.1942 15:40 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 97 km |
| 7.2 | 25.04.1972 19:30 | 42.7 km | 120 km |
| 7.1 | 14.11.1994 19:15 | 27.4 km | 88 km |
| 6.7 | 21.03.1919 01:02 | 35 km | 85 km |
| 6.6 | 23.07.2021 20:48 | 120.9 km | 69 km |
| 6.5 | 06.05.1939 17:00 | 110 km | 98 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2004 14:36 | 113.8 km | 62 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.2020 23:43 | 116.8 km | 61 km |
| 6.3 | 23.10.1956 08:41 | 90.4 km | 89 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2017 05:28 | 185.6 km | 40 km |
| 6.2 | 06.06.1933 02:28 | 35 km | 96 km |
| 6.2 | 26.11.1934 12:09 | 35 km | 96 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 09.06.2026 18:33 | 151.6 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 14.03.2026 06:57 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 5.1 | 07.03.2026 16:04 | 182.8 km | 49 km |
| 3.2 | 15.01.2026 16:48 | 175 km | 42 km |
| 3.7 | 17.12.2025 08:43 | 109 km | 45 km |
| 3.7 | 02.12.2025 15:07 | 211.1 km | 11 km |
| 4.1 | 29.09.2025 16:48 | 182.6 km | 40 km |
| 3.3 | 17.09.2025 21:57 | 177 km | 48 km |
| 4.7 | 19.08.2025 16:43 | 93.8 km | 40 km |
| 4.5 | 17.08.2025 18:19 | 147.7 km | 34 km |
| 4.4 | 08.07.2025 01:21 | 200.5 km | 52 km |
| 5.1 | 09.06.2025 16:05 | 173.1 km | 68 km |
| 4.3 | 15.05.2025 05:35 | 129.6 km | 50 km |
| 5.0 | 01.04.2025 09:25 | 174 km | 75 km |
| 5.5 | 20.01.2025 10:43 | 119.1 km | 40 km |
| 4.7 | 18.12.2024 01:34 | 220.1 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 04.12.2024 22:16 | 138.2 km | 18 km |
| 4.4 | 04.11.2024 07:53 | 103.9 km | 51 km |
| 4.4 | 16.10.2024 10:52 | 174.5 km | 23 km |
| 4.4 | 25.09.2024 11:37 | 108 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2024 07:31 | 219.5 km | 40 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2024 18:08 | 148 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 26.07.2024 13:58 | 100 km | 51 km |
| 3.2 | 17.07.2024 14:21 | 113 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 14.05.2024 11:18 | 227.1 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 30.04.2024 21:54 | 150 km | 38 km |
| 4.5 | 08.04.2024 13:57 | 120 km | 55 km |
| 5.1 | 20.01.2024 08:05 | 49.7 km | 63 km |
| 5.8 | 05.12.2023 08:23 | 82.1 km | 57 km |
| 5.2 | 26.11.2023 08:24 | 123.7 km | 80 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2023 14:35 | 100 km | 49 km |
| 5.0 | 13.10.2023 00:24 | 13 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 24.08.2023 23:38 | 100 km | 53 km |
| 4.2 | 20.08.2023 13:03 | 118.7 km | 59 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.2023 02:19 | 119.5 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 07.05.2023 18:43 | 120 km | 56 km |
| 5.3 | 28.04.2023 16:00 | 89.6 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2023 06:31 | 152 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 16.01.2023 03:20 | 150 km | 12 km |
| 5.0 | 16.12.2022 11:00 | 136.8 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 01.12.2022 15:54 | 137.4 km | 6 km |
| 4.8 | 11.11.2022 01:36 | 115.9 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 09.10.2022 08:44 | 219 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2022 03:23 | 219 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2022 21:40 | 150 km | 24 km |
| 4.3 | 14.07.2022 10:03 | 129.9 km | 52 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.2022 21:50 | 140.3 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 13.05.2022 17:01 | 152 km | 31 km |
| 4.1 | 02.05.2022 05:12 | 177.3 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2022 10:28 | 127.9 km | 11 km |
| 4.1 | 25.02.2022 04:00 | 100 km | 61 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.2022 07:22 | 111.9 km | 83 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2022 12:36 | 100 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 22.01.2022 20:43 | 219.7 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 03.01.2022 11:09 | 8 km | 31 km |
| 5.5 | 13.12.2021 09:12 | 118.2 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 10.12.2021 16:36 | 100 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2021 21:52 | 134.3 km | 22 km |
| 4.3 | 15.11.2021 11:14 | 100 km | 49 km |
| 5.4 | 07.10.2021 18:14 | 157 km | 51 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.