No records in the last 30 days.
682
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.57
mean magnitude
188
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 | 213 km |
| 7.7 | 16.07.1990 07:26 | 23.9 km | 21 km |
| 7.6 | 01.08.1968 20:19 | 25.3 km | 145 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 140 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 135 km |
| 7.2 | 18.03.1977 21:43 | 27.6 km | 177 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 78 km |
| 7.2 | 29.12.1949 03:03 | 15 km | 205 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1970 04:01 | 21.1 km | 127 km |
| 6.8 | 23.04.1985 16:15 | 185.3 km | 46 km |
| 6.5 | 08.04.1970 21:23 | 26.2 km | 81 km |
| 6.5 | 03.03.1933 02:19 | 120 km | 108 km |
| 6.5 | 17.07.1990 21:14 | 26.3 km | 85 km |
| 6.4 | 03.08.1968 06:25 | 19.5 km | 161 km |
| 6.4 | 31.03.1980 12:41 | 31.2 km | 114 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 31.05.2026 03:58 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 28.10.2025 16:54 | 6 km | 53 km |
| 5.2 | 11.10.2025 09:32 | 125.5 km | 71 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2025 02:30 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 25.09.2025 17:59 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 3.0 | 18.09.2025 07:45 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.7 | 10.09.2025 20:03 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 3.2 | 10.09.2025 15:23 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 27.07.2025 18:53 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.4 | 10.07.2025 01:32 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.8 | 06.07.2025 16:48 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 03.07.2025 09:41 | 208 km | 37 km |
| 3.2 | 20.03.2025 09:37 | 16 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 07.02.2025 10:45 | 7 km | 69 km |
| 3.1 | 20.01.2025 04:48 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 23.12.2024 09:45 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2024 21:03 | 160 km | 47 km |
| 5.8 | 27.11.2024 21:58 | 189.4 km | 27 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2024 10:05 | 15 km | 65 km |
| 3.8 | 23.08.2024 12:48 | 13 km | 45 km |
| 3.2 | 02.06.2024 15:47 | 6 km | 24 km |
| 4.7 | 01.04.2024 04:44 | 144.1 km | 53 km |
| 3.4 | 22.03.2024 18:17 | 7 km | 34 km |
| 3.2 | 23.01.2024 00:05 | 9 km | 76 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2023 21:00 | 3 km | 18 km |
| 3.1 | 26.06.2023 19:34 | 12 km | 34 km |
| 3.3 | 16.06.2023 19:45 | 20 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2023 19:30 | 200 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 25.01.2023 04:55 | 207.2 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 07.01.2023 11:49 | 1 km | 29 km |
| 5.3 | 08.11.2022 14:30 | 176 km | 38 km |
| 3.3 | 23.10.2022 07:07 | 189 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 10.09.2022 10:51 | 4 km | 82 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2022 01:14 | 14 km | 13 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2022 18:36 | 32 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 03.03.2022 07:54 | 158.5 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 17.02.2022 20:28 | 19 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 10.12.2021 10:57 | 19 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 10.08.2021 15:12 | 132 km | 41 km |
| 5.0 | 19.05.2021 19:08 | 15 km | 86 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2021 11:15 | 12.9 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 19.10.2020 17:16 | 156.6 km | 21 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2020 12:29 | 135 km | 54 km |
| 3.6 | 30.08.2020 09:41 | 14 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 25.06.2020 18:53 | 20 km | 65 km |
| 5.1 | 23.05.2020 02:10 | 42.8 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2020 06:41 | 13 km | 49 km |
| 4.6 | 07.01.2020 18:55 | 35 km | 22 km |
| 6.2 | 23.04.2019 05:38 | 59.9 km | 131 km |
| 4.2 | 22.04.2019 09:26 | 35 km | 77 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2019 09:11 | 21.9 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 07.02.2019 22:28 | 150 km | 32 km |
| 5.5 | 06.02.2019 10:25 | 143.2 km | 51 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.2018 11:47 | 165.9 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2018 02:49 | 35 km | 62 km |
| 4.9 | 26.12.2017 04:17 | 15 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 18.12.2017 05:51 | 1 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 16.12.2017 19:59 | 9 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 18.11.2017 16:23 | 9 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 07.11.2017 22:45 | 1 km | 55 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.