No records in the last 30 days.
179
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.73
mean magnitude
15
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 | 69 km |
| 7.4 | 17.03.1973 08:30 | 28.4 km | 101 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1907 23:52 | 35 km | 112 km |
| 7.3 | 08.04.1942 15:40 | 15 km | 165 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 136 km |
| 7.1 | 18.04.1907 20:59 | 35 km | 131 km |
| 7.1 | 14.11.1994 19:15 | 27.4 km | 106 km |
| 7.0 | 09.07.1907 18:54 | 60 km | 131 km |
| 7.0 | 15.06.1928 06:12 | 25 km | 109 km |
| 6.8 | 09.05.1941 05:32 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 6.8 | 05.02.1970 22:06 | 8.5 km | 88 km |
| 6.8 | 15.06.1928 17:16 | 15 km | 122 km |
| 6.6 | 24.11.1907 13:58 | 15 km | 62 km |
| 6.5 | 21.03.1919 01:02 | 50 km | 119 km |
| 6.5 | 06.05.1939 17:00 | 110 km | 79 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | 08.06.2026 04:53 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 19.11.2024 14:03 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.5 | 19.10.2024 16:34 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.5 | 21.12.2023 15:40 | 48.6 km | 51 km |
| 5.2 | 23.08.2023 17:38 | 15.4 km | 85 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2021 18:35 | 27 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 24.09.2021 10:54 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 5.3 | 25.12.2020 10:04 | 17.7 km | 42 km |
| 3.0 | 09.11.2020 04:19 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 3.8 | 15.08.2020 22:28 | 15 km | 22 km |
| 4.6 | 02.09.2019 12:04 | 19 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2019 06:01 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 25.10.2017 10:10 | 8 km | 24 km |
| 4.1 | 08.10.2017 22:41 | 24 km | 30 km |
| 4.6 | 24.09.2017 21:20 | 1 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 08.08.2017 14:32 | 6 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 05.05.2017 15:05 | 25 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 05.04.2017 01:07 | 1 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 26.02.2017 00:47 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 20.11.2016 21:26 | 23 km | 35 km |
| 4.5 | 24.08.2016 00:22 | 1 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2016 23:57 | 34 km | 18 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2016 11:27 | 12 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 22.06.2016 02:27 | 100 km | 19 km |
| 4.5 | 18.06.2016 21:31 | 1 km | 27 km |
| 4.7 | 18.06.2016 21:20 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 17.06.2016 15:11 | 3 km | 36 km |
| 4.4 | 12.06.2016 14:55 | 19 km | 47 km |
| 4.7 | 13.04.2016 19:15 | 1 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 22.02.2016 16:08 | 16 km | 21 km |
| 4.2 | 22.02.2016 15:42 | 14 km | 31 km |
| 4.1 | 05.02.2016 05:46 | 1 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 05.02.2016 05:41 | 18.9 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 05.02.2016 05:37 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 4.9 | 05.02.2016 05:00 | 12.8 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 04.02.2016 23:35 | 2 km | 54 km |
| 4.6 | 04.02.2016 23:05 | 1 km | 53 km |
| 4.9 | 04.02.2016 22:41 | 21 km | 57 km |
| 4.6 | 04.02.2016 19:41 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 4.5 | 04.02.2016 18:43 | 3 km | 53 km |
| 5.0 | 15.01.2016 04:38 | 22 km | 53 km |
| 5.3 | 27.09.2015 13:32 | 1 km | 76 km |
| 5.3 | 27.09.2015 03:01 | 12 km | 81 km |
| 4.4 | 05.08.2015 16:07 | 23 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 13.03.2015 09:29 | 33 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 16.02.2015 16:00 | 32 km | 42 km |
| 4.1 | 23.11.2014 00:47 | 28 km | 17 km |
| 4.2 | 23.11.2014 00:25 | 19 km | 24 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2014 21:38 | 1 km | 5 km |
| 4.0 | 09.11.2014 19:38 | 31 km | 39 km |
| 4.4 | 05.11.2014 18:40 | 37.2 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 29.10.2014 12:00 | 8 km | 30 km |
| 4.3 | 27.10.2014 17:03 | 3 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2014 10:46 | 16.3 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 16.09.2014 15:26 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2014 17:44 | 23 km | 30 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2014 23:55 | 22 km | 46 km |
| 4.4 | 25.05.2014 20:41 | 12 km | 22 km |
| 4.1 | 09.05.2014 11:28 | 18 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 28.03.2014 08:23 | 9 km | 24 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.