No records in the last 30 days.
158
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1936–2026
record span
2.93
mean magnitude
58
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 | 17.04.1974 01:31 | 33 km | 76 km |
| 5.5 | 12.07.1991 10:42 | 8.1 km | 33 km |
| 5.5 | 02.12.1991 08:49 | 13.9 km | 47 km |
| 5.2 | 06.09.1936 04:48 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 5.1 | 19.07.1991 01:27 | 10.4 km | 39 km |
| 5.0 | 27.05.1959 20:38 | 15 km | 45 km |
| 4.8 | 24.03.1996 09:13 | 22.6 km | 43 km |
| 4.7 | 02.08.1991 00:51 | 25.9 km | 47 km |
| 4.7 | 13.10.1994 23:31 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 4.7 | 14.08.1991 23:36 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 4.5 | 19.12.1992 09:34 | 4.4 km | 36 km |
| 4.5 | 15.08.1991 01:34 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 4.4 | 24.08.1995 15:14 | 62.8 km | 42 km |
| 4.4 | 19.07.1991 01:19 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.4 | 21.11.1991 02:16 | 26.9 km | 50 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 17.04.2026 10:37 | 13 km | 41 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2025 15:15 | 15.1 km | 40 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2025 09:28 | 14.8 km | 39 km |
| 2.7 | 20.11.2024 14:31 | 8.6 km | 49 km |
| 2.9 | 20.11.2024 13:23 | 7 km | 48 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2024 19:18 | 16 km | 46 km |
| 3.4 | 22.08.2024 14:00 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.4 | 22.02.2023 14:37 | 9 km | 45 km |
| 2.5 | 24.07.2021 20:36 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 2.4 | 13.09.2020 21:32 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 17.12.2019 00:28 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2019 00:57 | 8 km | 61 km |
| 2.8 | 02.09.2019 10:45 | 8 km | 31 km |
| 2.5 | 07.02.2019 11:42 | 13 km | 51 km |
| 2.4 | 23.12.2018 07:37 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 3.8 | 23.12.2018 06:55 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 4.3 | 23.12.2018 06:33 | 6.2 km | 41 km |
| 2.5 | 03.01.2018 07:00 | 266 km | 21 km |
| 3.8 | 09.08.2017 21:17 | 7 km | 63 km |
| 2.7 | 08.11.2016 03:28 | 358 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 30.10.2016 14:30 | 12 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 27.03.2016 17:50 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 3.8 | 23.12.2014 13:12 | 20 km | 32 km |
| 2.8 | 19.03.2014 13:21 | 20 km | 53 km |
| 2.6 | 16.12.2013 00:23 | 6 km | 51 km |
| 2.9 | 09.06.2013 03:09 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 2.8 | 26.03.2013 12:07 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 07.01.2012 05:43 | 5 km | 59 km |
| 1.7 | 08.12.2011 04:22 | 15 km | 37 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2011 19:36 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 1.6 | 28.09.2011 09:45 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 1.6 | 16.09.2011 11:01 | 15 km | 42 km |
| 1.9 | 10.09.2011 08:44 | 2 km | 45 km |
| 1.7 | 05.09.2011 17:30 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 1.3 | 04.04.2011 07:27 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 1.7 | 25.02.2011 22:51 | 2 km | 51 km |
| 1.8 | 03.11.2010 17:05 | 0.3 km | 53 km |
| 1.8 | 27.10.2010 18:02 | 28.2 km | 46 km |
| 1.5 | 09.10.2010 17:46 | 8 km | 50 km |
| 1.8 | 09.10.2010 14:08 | 2 km | 52 km |
| 1.7 | 09.10.2010 09:05 | 2 km | 53 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2010 07:52 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 1.9 | 17.09.2010 03:09 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 3.6 | 12.09.2010 02:50 | 20 km | 53 km |
| 3.0 | 08.09.2010 20:14 | 18.3 km | 51 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2010 20:23 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 1.5 | 14.06.2010 09:24 | 17.6 km | 51 km |
| 1.5 | 13.06.2010 20:34 | 15 km | 44 km |
| 2.2 | 15.05.2010 16:23 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 1.3 | 12.05.2010 05:29 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 1.3 | 09.04.2010 08:56 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 1.3 | 03.02.2010 18:20 | 7.9 km | 17 km |
| 1.8 | 11.12.2009 20:18 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 1.8 | 30.11.2009 10:55 | 0 km | 61 km |
| 1.5 | 21.11.2009 13:53 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 2.5 | 21.09.2009 07:54 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 1.6 | 23.08.2009 11:22 | 2 km | 44 km |
| 2.4 | 22.06.2009 05:09 | 2 km | 41 km |
| 1.4 | 17.04.2009 12:39 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 2.4 | 13.04.2009 05:41 | 2 km | 44 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.