No records in the last 30 days.
263
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1926–2026
record span
4.58
mean magnitude
9
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 | 101 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 66 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 149 km |
| 6.8 | 23.04.1985 16:15 | 185.3 km | 77 km |
| 6.5 | 03.03.1933 02:19 | 120 km | 70 km |
| 6.5 | 17.07.1990 21:14 | 26.3 km | 87 km |
| 6.3 | 16.01.1929 08:06 | 25 km | 73 km |
| 6.3 | 25.04.1987 12:16 | 118 km | 9 km |
| 6.2 | 13.04.1927 14:34 | 140 km | 19 km |
| 6.2 | 05.08.1928 14:41 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 6.2 | 24.08.1932 12:10 | 35 km | 54 km |
| 6.2 | 30.10.1926 10:11 | 35 km | 61 km |
| 6.2 | 06.01.2000 21:31 | 24 km | 86 km |
| 6.2 | 16.07.1990 09:39 | 23.4 km | 86 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.1977 05:35 | 196.7 km | 65 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 20.06.2026 18:29 | 2 km | 19 km |
| 4.0 | 26.05.2026 14:38 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 3.2 | 27.02.2026 09:46 | 4 km | 17 km |
| 3.2 | 14.12.2025 05:48 | 7 km | 22 km |
| 3.7 | 07.11.2025 05:23 | 84.7 km | 16 km |
| 4.2 | 31.05.2025 00:52 | 89.9 km | 35 km |
| 4.5 | 26.11.2024 09:41 | 59 km | 17 km |
| 3.2 | 26.11.2024 09:41 | 59 km | 17 km |
| 3.1 | 14.09.2024 07:31 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.2 | 28.09.2023 03:22 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 3.1 | 27.09.2023 18:42 | 11 km | 18 km |
| 3.7 | 22.07.2023 14:10 | 22 km | 17 km |
| 3.4 | 22.07.2023 04:31 | 18 km | 11 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2023 15:47 | 14 km | 14 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2022 15:45 | 4 km | 17 km |
| 5.0 | 19.05.2021 19:08 | 15 km | 36 km |
| 3.0 | 25.12.2020 19:32 | 135 km | 23 km |
| 3.9 | 19.03.2020 08:00 | 8 km | 23 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2020 13:20 | 8 km | 23 km |
| 4.5 | 14.03.2020 00:13 | 36.7 km | 34 km |
| 5.5 | 06.02.2019 10:25 | 143.2 km | 35 km |
| 4.2 | 09.10.2018 15:29 | 100 km | 10 km |
| 4.2 | 24.12.2017 23:07 | 20 km | 27 km |
| 4.0 | 28.10.2017 06:54 | 29 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 25.10.2017 03:44 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 5.0 | 26.09.2017 22:59 | 30 km | 50 km |
| 4.3 | 14.09.2017 22:43 | 15 km | 25 km |
| 4.2 | 28.08.2017 09:48 | 19 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 19.08.2017 15:19 | 118 km | 20 km |
| 4.2 | 06.08.2017 06:17 | 8 km | 16 km |
| 4.2 | 15.07.2017 15:08 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2017 20:53 | 22 km | 27 km |
| 4.6 | 25.05.2017 01:22 | 22 km | 32 km |
| 4.4 | 01.05.2017 17:48 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 11.04.2017 16:52 | 14 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2017 18:10 | 12 km | 9 km |
| 4.3 | 11.03.2017 18:07 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.5 | 27.12.2016 04:26 | 8 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2016 07:46 | 30 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 15.09.2016 09:08 | 11 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 08.08.2016 16:22 | 21 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2016 15:01 | 1 km | 32 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2016 03:51 | 99 km | 7 km |
| 4.0 | 02.06.2016 08:59 | 31 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 22.05.2016 20:39 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 4.2 | 15.05.2016 14:08 | 9 km | 39 km |
| 5.6 | 19.04.2016 18:33 | 33 km | 65 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2016 16:09 | 34 km | 22 km |
| 4.7 | 15.01.2016 13:47 | 21 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 11.01.2016 20:24 | 87 km | 4 km |
| 4.1 | 28.12.2015 16:37 | 27 km | 34 km |
| 5.4 | 07.11.2015 19:40 | 41.9 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 06.11.2015 16:18 | 94 km | 21 km |
| 4.3 | 30.09.2015 16:31 | 4 km | 11 km |
| 4.7 | 18.09.2015 03:52 | 96 km | 22 km |
| 4.2 | 31.08.2015 08:33 | 33 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 31.08.2015 05:11 | 31 km | 34 km |
| 4.3 | 20.07.2015 20:31 | 30 km | 14 km |
| 4.1 | 06.04.2015 16:56 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 4.3 | 06.04.2015 16:24 | 2 km | 21 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.