No records in the last 30 days.
208
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.76
mean magnitude
37
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 | 31.03.1955 18:17 | 35 km | 98 km |
| 7.5 | 23.07.2010 23:15 | 635.5 km | 184 km |
| 7.3 | 23.07.2010 22:08 | 611.6 km | 183 km |
| 7.3 | 19.12.1928 11:37 | 25 km | 184 km |
| 7.2 | 05.03.1984 03:33 | 654.8 km | 18 km |
| 7.2 | 20.10.1942 23:21 | 35 km | 146 km |
| 7.1 | 02.03.1923 16:48 | 15 km | 149 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.2013 00:12 | 23.2 km | 172 km |
| 7.1 | 17.08.1976 04:19 | 14.4 km | 145 km |
| 6.8 | 12.12.1978 11:44 | 23.1 km | 114 km |
| 6.7 | 28.12.1928 14:19 | 15 km | 88 km |
| 6.6 | 08.04.1929 10:16 | 610 km | 114 km |
| 6.5 | 20.09.1973 20:43 | 545.6 km | 97 km |
| 6.5 | 18.03.1985 19:49 | 25 km | 60 km |
| 6.4 | 13.07.1922 04:58 | 15 km | 120 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 25.06.2026 07:35 | 2 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 03:15 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 11.09.2024 20:11 | 5 km | 35 km |
| 4.2 | 18.06.2024 13:47 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.0 | 20.09.2023 18:19 | 5 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.2023 01:08 | 8 km | 20 km |
| 4.1 | 04.04.2023 20:53 | 18 km | 21 km |
| 4.2 | 10.08.2022 16:17 | 19 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 02.06.2022 20:55 | 0 km | 22 km |
| 4.4 | 18.11.2021 04:30 | 597 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 30.12.2020 12:11 | 1 km | 24 km |
| 4.8 | 19.11.2020 12:14 | 7.9 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 26.10.2020 07:21 | 8 km | 12 km |
| 4.1 | 10.08.2020 15:24 | 20 km | 33 km |
| 6.4 | 01.08.2020 17:09 | 487.5 km | 134 km |
| 4.1 | 04.05.2020 21:43 | 8.3 km | 49 km |
| 4.4 | 01.03.2019 01:38 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 6.0 | 04.11.2018 07:55 | 607.3 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 31.10.2017 10:14 | 12 km | 33 km |
| 4.6 | 31.08.2017 20:24 | 8 km | 18 km |
| 4.6 | 22.08.2017 14:17 | 13 km | 50 km |
| 4.4 | 09.08.2017 16:48 | 13 km | 25 km |
| 5.1 | 05.08.2017 05:03 | 1 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2017 20:37 | 14 km | 33 km |
| 4.0 | 25.06.2017 20:37 | 34 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 01.06.2017 13:43 | 23 km | 2 km |
| 4.5 | 09.05.2017 22:27 | 21 km | 43 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2017 20:42 | 31 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2017 11:36 | 26 km | 46 km |
| 4.5 | 04.02.2017 07:22 | 8 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 13.01.2017 20:20 | 19 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 08.12.2016 01:12 | 9 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 21.11.2016 14:56 | 3 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 10.11.2016 18:46 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 11.08.2016 16:51 | 23 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 20.06.2016 13:57 | 24 km | 51 km |
| 4.2 | 26.04.2016 04:23 | 333 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 22.03.2016 12:56 | 12 km | 49 km |
| 4.4 | 24.01.2016 21:19 | 9 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 20.01.2016 17:37 | 15 km | 32 km |
| 4.8 | 23.08.2015 06:52 | 13 km | 50 km |
| 4.5 | 15.08.2015 14:20 | 21 km | 36 km |
| 5.2 | 02.08.2015 13:08 | 624.8 km | 26 km |
| 4.5 | 23.07.2015 09:59 | 28 km | 44 km |
| 4.3 | 10.04.2015 19:02 | 45.3 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2015 12:50 | 34 km | 54 km |
| 4.5 | 08.03.2015 22:25 | 3 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 26.04.2014 17:36 | 30 km | 48 km |
| 4.4 | 02.01.2014 19:33 | 391 km | 67 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.2013 00:12 | 23.2 km | 172 km |
| 4.6 | 06.10.2013 01:42 | 7 km | 39 km |
| 4.2 | 06.06.2013 17:28 | 39 km | 56 km |
| 4.4 | 06.06.2013 08:01 | 19 km | 40 km |
| 4.4 | 02.06.2013 18:04 | 332 km | 40 km |
| 4.1 | 03.01.2013 09:59 | 24 km | 53 km |
| 4.7 | 28.11.2012 16:04 | 236 km | 34 km |
| 5.1 | 02.10.2012 06:25 | 43.4 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 04.08.2012 05:57 | 26 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 27.06.2012 15:08 | 32 km | 43 km |
| 4.4 | 28.04.2012 18:43 | 162 km | 53 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.