No records in the last 30 days.
931
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1988–2026
record span
1.65
mean magnitude
737
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 14.02.2023 13:16 | 17.1 km | 117 km |
| 5.6 | 18.07.1991 11:56 | 9.8 km | 65 km |
| 5.0 | 13.02.2023 14:58 | 19.8 km | 118 km |
| 4.7 | 21.11.2006 01:58 | 0.1 km | 71 km |
| 4.5 | 24.05.2002 20:42 | 7.3 km | 66 km |
| 4.5 | 27.05.1988 14:18 | 24.3 km | 60 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2016 02:05 | 6.8 km | 55 km |
| 4.3 | 25.06.2020 17:30 | 18.7 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2002 09:37 | 7.4 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 30.04.2024 05:42 | 13.6 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 26.11.2005 20:05 | 25.4 km | 64 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2024 13:38 | 4 km | 73 km |
| 3.8 | 17.09.1991 03:02 | 12.9 km | 29 km |
| 3.8 | 14.03.2011 09:13 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 28.05.1988 02:23 | 10 km | 55 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 31.03.2026 03:16 | 7.9 km | 30 km |
| 2.5 | 22.02.2026 13:17 | 8.5 km | 27 km |
| 2.6 | 25.08.2025 12:26 | 3 km | 20 km |
| 2.9 | 16.05.2025 04:07 | 6 km | 48 km |
| 2.7 | 30.03.2025 12:41 | 1 km | 21 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2024 13:38 | 4 km | 73 km |
| 1.4 | 02.06.2024 08:31 | 10.3 km | 58 km |
| 1.9 | 02.05.2024 09:50 | 10.3 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 30.04.2024 05:42 | 13.6 km | 38 km |
| 2.3 | 22.04.2024 07:32 | 7 km | 49 km |
| 2.5 | 11.03.2024 13:14 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 1.3 | 03.10.2023 08:22 | 5.1 km | 30 km |
| 1.6 | 08.09.2023 09:05 | 6 km | 31 km |
| 2.6 | 23.07.2023 11:44 | 3 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 06.04.2023 10:14 | 6 km | 29 km |
| 5.6 | 14.02.2023 13:16 | 17.1 km | 117 km |
| 5.0 | 13.02.2023 14:58 | 19.8 km | 118 km |
| 2.5 | 31.12.2022 12:08 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2022 12:12 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 2.7 | 04.07.2022 11:14 | 7 km | 26 km |
| 2.5 | 20.06.2022 11:06 | 9 km | 28 km |
| 2.2 | 27.05.2022 20:29 | 14 km | 37 km |
| 2.5 | 21.07.2021 09:24 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 2.5 | 13.06.2021 12:05 | 51 km | 21 km |
| 2.6 | 29.05.2021 10:21 | 560 km | 43 km |
| 2.5 | 03.02.2021 00:24 | 515 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 27.11.2020 06:38 | 4 km | 41 km |
| 2.5 | 23.11.2020 21:05 | 3 km | 40 km |
| 2.6 | 23.11.2020 05:55 | 3 km | 41 km |
| 2.3 | 22.11.2020 16:30 | 13 km | 43 km |
| 2.9 | 26.06.2020 02:17 | 4 km | 46 km |
| 2.8 | 25.06.2020 17:36 | 17 km | 48 km |
| 3.0 | 25.06.2020 17:36 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.3 | 25.06.2020 17:30 | 18.7 km | 47 km |
| 3.3 | 25.06.2020 14:20 | 15 km | 49 km |
| 2.5 | 23.05.2020 09:56 | 0 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 18.04.2020 08:51 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 2.7 | 01.12.2019 13:21 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 21.11.2019 07:00 | 2 km | 53 km |
| 2.3 | 10.07.2019 09:28 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 2.8 | 30.12.2018 08:04 | 5 km | 54 km |
| 2.6 | 19.11.2018 12:38 | 16 km | 61 km |
| 2.6 | 04.11.2018 03:56 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 2.4 | 25.08.2018 00:59 | 5 km | 64 km |
| 2.5 | 30.09.2016 05:58 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2016 08:11 | 266 km | 54 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2016 02:05 | 6.8 km | 55 km |
| 2.6 | 15.02.2016 06:59 | 2 km | 18 km |
| 2.5 | 01.11.2014 09:40 | 31 km | 39 km |
| 2.4 | 15.10.2014 20:27 | 2 km | 16 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2014 12:18 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 3.1 | 29.08.2014 23:43 | 2 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 01.12.2013 01:42 | 191 km | 54 km |
| 1.7 | 17.11.2013 14:22 | 9 km | 29 km |
| 2.6 | 17.11.2013 10:35 | 14 km | 33 km |
| 2.0 | 28.10.2012 10:31 | 13 km | 20 km |
| 3.4 | 20.10.2012 19:54 | 5 km | 49 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2012 09:47 | 2 km | 25 km |
| 2.5 | 25.08.2012 12:55 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 2.7 | 25.08.2012 00:59 | 2 km | 8 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.