No records in the last 30 days.
154
recorded earthquakes
M4.0
largest
1988–2026
record span
1.94
mean magnitude
60
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 31.01.1988 15:09 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2017 16:03 | 16 km | 24 km |
| 3.8 | 05.09.2023 18:20 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.1998 09:22 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.6 | 24.11.1993 20:37 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.5 | 22.06.1993 05:15 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2011 02:15 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2016 09:36 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 3.4 | 20.10.1994 06:01 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 02.05.2015 01:43 | 20.7 km | 32 km |
| 3.2 | 13.02.2013 17:22 | 15 km | 7 km |
| 3.1 | 24.03.2009 09:51 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 3.1 | 29.08.1994 03:30 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.1993 08:34 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.1 | 26.05.1994 14:13 | 5 km | 18 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 04.07.2026 20:10 | 1.4 km | 9 km |
| 2.1 | 14.01.2026 23:21 | 3.6 km | 9 km |
| 1.7 | 17.09.2025 11:30 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 2.0 | 24.06.2025 15:08 | 20.7 km | 33 km |
| 1.5 | 28.04.2025 11:49 | 4.9 km | 45 km |
| 1.6 | 26.03.2025 01:18 | 11.6 km | 56 km |
| 1.7 | 10.01.2025 23:10 | 0 km | 36 km |
| 1.7 | 20.11.2024 11:52 | 0.8 km | 38 km |
| 1.7 | 02.11.2024 18:30 | 0.4 km | 34 km |
| 2.1 | 13.02.2024 21:49 | 9 km | 41 km |
| 3.8 | 05.09.2023 18:20 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 1.6 | 21.08.2023 00:42 | 7 km | 43 km |
| 1.9 | 31.07.2023 15:08 | 1.2 km | 34 km |
| 2.2 | 15.08.2021 03:47 | 17 km | 9 km |
| 1.6 | 19.04.2021 03:03 | 2 km | 36 km |
| 2.0 | 12.03.2021 17:16 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 2.1 | 04.08.2020 02:46 | 4 km | 42 km |
| 2.6 | 11.02.2020 07:22 | 15 km | 31 km |
| 2.0 | 23.04.2018 04:46 | 1 km | 43 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2017 16:03 | 16 km | 24 km |
| 2.1 | 29.12.2016 07:00 | 1 km | 48 km |
| 2.1 | 04.06.2016 18:41 | 7 km | 21 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2016 09:36 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 2.0 | 29.11.2015 06:25 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 3.3 | 02.05.2015 01:43 | 20.7 km | 32 km |
| 2.1 | 21.05.2014 01:25 | 11 km | 11 km |
| 2.4 | 16.05.2014 04:26 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 2.5 | 28.02.2013 06:24 | 12 km | 52 km |
| 3.2 | 13.02.2013 17:22 | 15 km | 7 km |
| 2.2 | 26.09.2012 10:59 | 14 km | 36 km |
| 1.0 | 07.12.2011 15:33 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 0.9 | 15.11.2011 17:03 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 2.1 | 30.10.2011 08:08 | 5 km | 27 km |
| 0.9 | 15.10.2011 23:29 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 1.3 | 08.10.2011 11:41 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2011 09:40 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 2.2 | 05.10.2011 08:41 | 15 km | 26 km |
| 1.5 | 12.09.2011 11:34 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 2.2 | 10.09.2011 19:04 | 8 km | 9 km |
| 1.2 | 17.08.2011 13:49 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 1.2 | 25.07.2011 11:17 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 0.7 | 19.07.2011 07:47 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 2.3 | 07.07.2011 03:27 | 19.1 km | 25 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2011 02:15 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 2.6 | 27.06.2011 04:44 | 19.3 km | 47 km |
| 1.1 | 06.06.2011 09:28 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 1.7 | 28.05.2011 03:22 | 2 km | 39 km |
| 2.1 | 29.04.2011 15:17 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 1.2 | 20.04.2011 11:43 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 1.0 | 11.04.2011 13:39 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 0.5 | 08.04.2011 11:05 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 1.0 | 12.03.2011 14:35 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 2.7 | 06.03.2011 01:06 | 15 km | 34 km |
| 1.7 | 05.03.2011 21:18 | 0 km | 38 km |
| 1.5 | 25.01.2011 16:44 | 0 km | 38 km |
| 0.6 | 20.01.2011 12:06 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 2.9 | 05.01.2011 07:33 | 19.7 km | 11 km |
| 1.8 | 02.01.2011 13:56 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 2.6 | 24.12.2010 15:58 | 19.1 km | 21 km |
| 1.3 | 03.12.2010 12:55 | 0 km | 39 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.