No records in the last 30 days.
246
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1919–2025
record span
4.66
mean magnitude
10
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 | 129 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 149 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 124 km |
| 6.8 | 23.04.1985 16:15 | 185.3 km | 70 km |
| 6.7 | 21.03.1919 01:02 | 35 km | 68 km |
| 6.5 | 03.03.1933 02:19 | 120 km | 79 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2017 05:28 | 185.6 km | 107 km |
| 6.2 | 06.06.1933 02:28 | 35 km | 103 km |
| 6.2 | 26.11.1934 12:09 | 35 km | 103 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.1977 05:35 | 196.7 km | 103 km |
| 6.1 | 13.02.1976 10:33 | 28.4 km | 98 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2019 09:11 | 21.9 km | 16 km |
| 6.0 | 18.07.1932 05:02 | 100 km | 103 km |
| 6.0 | 30.07.1996 17:38 | 48.3 km | 50 km |
| 6.0 | 23.08.1998 05:36 | 65 km | 37 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 11.10.2025 09:32 | 125.5 km | 45 km |
| 4.5 | 11.09.2025 06:09 | 76.6 km | 39 km |
| 3.2 | 25.07.2025 14:38 | 13 km | 29 km |
| 4.4 | 10.07.2025 01:32 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 4.3 | 18.04.2025 23:33 | 79.8 km | 28 km |
| 3.5 | 11.11.2024 15:25 | 140 km | 7 km |
| 4.6 | 15.10.2024 10:54 | 69.8 km | 30 km |
| 4.6 | 05.05.2024 19:08 | 37.9 km | 42 km |
| 3.5 | 05.05.2024 18:29 | 53 km | 29 km |
| 5.1 | 16.02.2023 10:33 | 49.3 km | 64 km |
| 3.0 | 29.01.2023 17:45 | 101 km | 17 km |
| 5.0 | 14.07.2022 22:41 | 15 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 14.10.2021 06:45 | 114.3 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2021 21:04 | 35 km | 7 km |
| 3.0 | 14.04.2021 13:48 | 25 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 26.09.2020 03:26 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 4.3 | 12.08.2020 02:47 | 9 km | 10 km |
| 3.2 | 11.08.2020 02:33 | 6 km | 8 km |
| 4.4 | 11.08.2020 02:31 | 10 km | 10 km |
| 4.8 | 08.07.2020 00:28 | 100.5 km | 32 km |
| 4.5 | 19.03.2020 06:49 | 72.5 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 28.11.2019 23:36 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2019 09:11 | 21.9 km | 16 km |
| 4.0 | 21.04.2019 06:19 | 0 km | 31 km |
| 4.8 | 23.02.2019 04:14 | 72.2 km | 23 km |
| 4.2 | 03.07.2018 22:10 | 100 km | 38 km |
| 5.5 | 17.06.2018 09:46 | 33.1 km | 65 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2017 05:28 | 185.6 km | 107 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2017 10:33 | 1 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 24.07.2017 12:41 | 32 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2017 16:14 | 33 km | 15 km |
| 5.4 | 25.05.2017 14:27 | 95.6 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 08.12.2016 18:45 | 32 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 13.11.2016 17:30 | 15 km | 33 km |
| 4.4 | 20.10.2016 19:18 | 26 km | 35 km |
| 4.4 | 18.03.2016 05:11 | 31 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 14.03.2016 21:07 | 70 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 10.03.2016 23:28 | 29 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 10.03.2016 12:08 | 29 km | 40 km |
| 4.3 | 09.03.2016 23:58 | 29 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 09.03.2016 15:48 | 48 km | 35 km |
| 4.1 | 08.03.2016 22:45 | 18 km | 37 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2016 18:00 | 31 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 28.02.2016 08:12 | 31 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2016 15:55 | 21 km | 34 km |
| 4.1 | 19.02.2016 20:16 | 29 km | 39 km |
| 4.4 | 02.02.2016 22:26 | 17 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 18.12.2015 01:09 | 31 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 15.12.2015 00:12 | 43 km | 30 km |
| 4.3 | 13.11.2015 00:56 | 28 km | 38 km |
| 4.2 | 24.08.2015 11:59 | 108 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 26.07.2015 09:47 | 55 km | 13 km |
| 4.4 | 12.07.2015 13:00 | 29 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 07.05.2015 08:18 | 35 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 20.02.2015 21:12 | 24 km | 12 km |
| 4.3 | 13.01.2015 09:43 | 49 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 11.01.2015 10:12 | 28 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 11.01.2015 07:13 | 27 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 10.01.2015 21:08 | 27 km | 40 km |
| 5.9 | 10.01.2015 19:32 | 78.4 km | 23 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.