No records in the last 30 days.
343
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.56
mean magnitude
104
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 | 185 km |
| 7.7 | 16.07.1990 07:26 | 23.9 km | 93 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 7.2 | 11.12.1999 18:03 | 52.1 km | 132 km |
| 7.2 | 07.04.1970 05:34 | 27.9 km | 143 km |
| 7.1 | 14.11.1994 19:15 | 27.4 km | 173 km |
| 6.8 | 23.04.1985 16:15 | 185.3 km | 44 km |
| 6.7 | 21.03.1919 01:02 | 35 km | 102 km |
| 6.5 | 08.04.1970 21:23 | 26.2 km | 125 km |
| 6.5 | 03.03.1933 02:19 | 120 km | 88 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2017 05:28 | 185.6 km | 118 km |
| 6.3 | 25.04.1987 12:16 | 118 km | 110 km |
| 6.2 | 06.06.1933 02:28 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 6.2 | 13.04.1927 14:34 | 140 km | 110 km |
| 6.2 | 26.11.1934 12:09 | 35 km | 134 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 02.07.2026 14:45 | 104 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 04.06.2026 18:46 | 9 km | 38 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2026 00:14 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 5.2 | 11.10.2025 09:32 | 125.5 km | 29 km |
| 3.2 | 03.10.2025 16:06 | 127 km | 49 km |
| 4.5 | 11.09.2025 06:09 | 76.6 km | 58 km |
| 4.4 | 10.07.2025 01:32 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.4 | 03.07.2025 09:41 | 208 km | 45 km |
| 3.7 | 19.06.2025 09:18 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.2 | 20.03.2025 09:37 | 16 km | 36 km |
| 3.3 | 23.12.2024 09:45 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 5.8 | 27.11.2024 21:58 | 189.4 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 11.11.2024 15:25 | 140 km | 45 km |
| 3.8 | 09.11.2024 00:12 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 4.6 | 15.10.2024 10:54 | 69.8 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 02.06.2024 17:43 | 143 km | 45 km |
| 4.7 | 01.04.2024 04:44 | 144.1 km | 48 km |
| 3.1 | 22.01.2024 21:26 | 129 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2023 19:30 | 200 km | 54 km |
| 3.3 | 23.02.2023 23:30 | 11 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 25.01.2023 04:55 | 207.2 km | 24 km |
| 5.3 | 08.11.2022 14:30 | 176 km | 41 km |
| 3.2 | 28.09.2022 12:44 | 173 km | 23 km |
| 6.1 | 21.05.2022 21:50 | 140.3 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 14.10.2021 06:45 | 114.3 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2021 22:36 | 12 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2021 21:04 | 35 km | 39 km |
| 4.2 | 10.08.2021 15:12 | 132 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 06.06.2021 05:13 | 22 km | 41 km |
| 4.4 | 25.01.2021 19:40 | 215 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 15.11.2020 17:25 | 8 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 19.10.2020 17:16 | 156.6 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 26.09.2020 03:26 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 12.08.2020 02:47 | 9 km | 35 km |
| 3.2 | 11.08.2020 02:33 | 6 km | 34 km |
| 4.4 | 11.08.2020 02:31 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.8 | 08.07.2020 00:28 | 100.5 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 25.06.2020 18:53 | 20 km | 44 km |
| 4.5 | 19.03.2020 06:49 | 72.5 km | 61 km |
| 4.6 | 07.01.2020 18:55 | 35 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 28.11.2019 23:36 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 23.04.2019 18:02 | 43 km | 14 km |
| 4.2 | 22.04.2019 09:26 | 35 km | 9 km |
| 6.1 | 22.04.2019 09:11 | 21.9 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 21.04.2019 06:19 | 0 km | 69 km |
| 4.8 | 23.02.2019 04:14 | 72.2 km | 60 km |
| 5.5 | 06.02.2019 10:25 | 143.2 km | 88 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.2018 11:47 | 165.9 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2018 02:49 | 35 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 03.07.2018 22:10 | 100 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2017 06:44 | 17 km | 53 km |
| 4.3 | 18.11.2017 16:23 | 9 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2017 17:29 | 24 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 05.09.2017 21:53 | 4 km | 55 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2017 05:28 | 185.6 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2017 16:14 | 33 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 05.06.2017 05:29 | 15 km | 57 km |
| 5.4 | 25.05.2017 14:27 | 95.6 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2017 04:30 | 116 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 09.01.2017 15:29 | 24 km | 68 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.