No records in the last 30 days.
676
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.47
mean magnitude
92
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 | 80 km |
| 7.7 | 16.07.1990 07:26 | 23.9 km | 158 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 53 km |
| 7.3 | 08.04.1942 15:40 | 15 km | 161 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 177 km |
| 7.2 | 25.04.1972 19:30 | 42.7 km | 151 km |
| 7.1 | 14.11.1994 19:15 | 27.4 km | 90 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1970 04:01 | 21.1 km | 119 km |
| 6.6 | 23.07.2021 20:48 | 120.9 km | 94 km |
| 6.5 | 08.04.1970 21:23 | 26.2 km | 140 km |
| 6.5 | 06.05.1939 17:00 | 110 km | 86 km |
| 6.4 | 19.02.1974 03:30 | 24 km | 97 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2004 14:36 | 113.8 km | 99 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.2020 23:43 | 116.8 km | 93 km |
| 6.3 | 23.10.1956 08:41 | 90.4 km | 107 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 18.03.2026 13:02 | 5 km | 19 km |
| 4.4 | 08.03.2026 21:59 | 146.4 km | 52 km |
| 5.1 | 07.03.2026 16:04 | 182.8 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 13.02.2026 11:56 | 113.2 km | 76 km |
| 4.2 | 09.02.2026 00:05 | 133.7 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 28.10.2025 04:34 | 5 km | 20 km |
| 4.7 | 19.08.2025 16:43 | 93.8 km | 65 km |
| 4.4 | 29.07.2025 03:39 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 5.1 | 09.06.2025 16:05 | 173.1 km | 87 km |
| 3.7 | 27.05.2025 04:17 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 5.0 | 01.04.2025 09:25 | 174 km | 88 km |
| 5.5 | 20.01.2025 10:43 | 119.1 km | 77 km |
| 4.7 | 18.12.2024 01:34 | 220.1 km | 74 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2024 17:20 | 8 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 20.10.2024 17:00 | 5 km | 14 km |
| 4.4 | 16.10.2024 10:52 | 174.5 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2024 07:31 | 219.5 km | 70 km |
| 4.2 | 26.07.2024 13:58 | 100 km | 68 km |
| 5.1 | 20.01.2024 08:05 | 49.7 km | 64 km |
| 5.8 | 05.12.2023 08:23 | 82.1 km | 94 km |
| 5.2 | 26.11.2023 08:24 | 123.7 km | 98 km |
| 5.0 | 13.10.2023 00:24 | 13 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 24.08.2023 23:38 | 100 km | 66 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.2023 02:19 | 119.5 km | 100 km |
| 5.3 | 28.04.2023 16:00 | 89.6 km | 93 km |
| 4.4 | 02.03.2023 09:51 | 152 km | 76 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2023 16:20 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2023 06:31 | 152 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 16.01.2023 03:20 | 150 km | 59 km |
| 5.0 | 16.12.2022 11:00 | 136.8 km | 82 km |
| 4.3 | 01.12.2022 15:54 | 137.4 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 24.11.2022 01:45 | 150 km | 35 km |
| 4.3 | 09.10.2022 08:44 | 219 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 21.09.2022 20:26 | 11 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2022 14:28 | 22 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2022 03:23 | 219 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 24.05.2022 02:16 | 152 km | 73 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.2022 21:50 | 140.3 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 13.05.2022 17:01 | 152 km | 61 km |
| 4.1 | 02.05.2022 05:12 | 177.3 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2022 10:28 | 127.9 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 25.02.2022 04:00 | 100 km | 52 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.2022 07:22 | 111.9 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2022 12:36 | 100 km | 73 km |
| 3.0 | 03.01.2022 11:09 | 8 km | 21 km |
| 5.5 | 13.12.2021 09:12 | 118.2 km | 91 km |
| 3.3 | 12.12.2021 07:20 | 1 km | 25 km |
| 4.3 | 10.12.2021 16:36 | 100 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2021 21:52 | 134.3 km | 48 km |
| 3.1 | 30.11.2021 23:08 | 16 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 31.10.2021 02:17 | 117 km | 68 km |
| 5.4 | 07.10.2021 18:14 | 157 km | 88 km |
| 4.4 | 26.09.2021 22:57 | 100 km | 72 km |
| 5.7 | 26.09.2021 17:12 | 96.3 km | 99 km |
| 5.8 | 13.08.2021 15:08 | 132.1 km | 93 km |
| 4.5 | 24.07.2021 09:43 | 121.9 km | 70 km |
| 5.8 | 23.07.2021 20:57 | 124.1 km | 95 km |
| 6.6 | 23.07.2021 20:48 | 120.9 km | 94 km |
| 4.1 | 16.05.2021 16:42 | 123 km | 56 km |
| 5.8 | 12.05.2021 01:09 | 122.8 km | 101 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.