No records in the last 30 days.
155
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1904–2026
record span
2.31
mean magnitude
84
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 04.04.1904 10:26 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 6.1 | 08.10.1905 07:27 | 15 km | 89 km |
| 5.7 | 22.05.2012 00:01 | 16 km | 65 km |
| 5.6 | 22.05.2012 00:00 | 10.8 km | 69 km |
| 5.2 | 09.06.1922 15:36 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 5.2 | 13.08.1907 02:20 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 4.8 | 22.05.2012 01:30 | 6.5 km | 66 km |
| 4.8 | 22.05.2012 01:31 | 10.3 km | 64 km |
| 4.5 | 04.10.2007 23:47 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 4.3 | 10.10.1996 15:48 | 0 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 22.05.2012 02:13 | 3.8 km | 67 km |
| 4.2 | 14.07.2012 12:52 | 11.1 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 29.05.2012 07:23 | 3.5 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 10.05.2006 07:29 | 2 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2012 21:59 | 10.6 km | 72 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 01.07.2026 07:46 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 02.09.2025 19:06 | 19.4 km | 25 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2024 17:57 | 10.2 km | 25 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2024 02:21 | 4.2 km | 45 km |
| 2.4 | 03.09.2024 19:18 | 7 km | 25 km |
| 2.6 | 12.07.2024 23:04 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 2.5 | 18.05.2024 23:39 | 2.9 km | 48 km |
| 3.2 | 02.12.2023 11:03 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 2.3 | 18.10.2022 13:12 | 2 km | 45 km |
| 2.5 | 14.10.2022 11:02 | 2 km | 45 km |
| 2.2 | 13.10.2022 09:17 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2022 11:55 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 2.8 | 20.11.2021 11:15 | 590 km | 10 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2020 15:20 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 2.7 | 29.09.2020 05:09 | 2 km | 23 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2019 21:29 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 2.9 | 07.01.2019 03:23 | 2 km | 21 km |
| 2.8 | 08.05.2018 04:43 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.6 | 28.04.2016 19:51 | 587 km | 21 km |
| 2.5 | 09.08.2015 07:43 | 5 km | 56 km |
| 2.3 | 10.07.2015 21:01 | 2 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 25.09.2014 22:49 | 5 km | 22 km |
| 3.4 | 11.03.2014 18:50 | 5 km | 46 km |
| 3.0 | 17.02.2013 16:05 | 2 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 14.07.2012 12:52 | 11.1 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 29.05.2012 07:23 | 3.5 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2012 21:59 | 10.6 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 22.05.2012 02:13 | 3.8 km | 67 km |
| 4.8 | 22.05.2012 01:31 | 10.3 km | 64 km |
| 4.8 | 22.05.2012 01:30 | 6.5 km | 66 km |
| 5.7 | 22.05.2012 00:01 | 16 km | 65 km |
| 5.6 | 22.05.2012 00:00 | 10.8 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 21.05.2012 02:13 | 40 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 04.05.2012 13:20 | 9 km | 41 km |
| 1.5 | 02.11.2011 12:50 | 2.7 km | 11 km |
| 1.2 | 31.10.2011 12:42 | 3.1 km | 36 km |
| 1.3 | 19.10.2011 15:11 | 10.4 km | 27 km |
| 1.3 | 08.10.2011 09:37 | 5.3 km | 35 km |
| 1.4 | 07.10.2011 18:46 | 4.1 km | 19 km |
| 1.9 | 09.09.2011 17:00 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 1.3 | 22.08.2011 13:18 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 1.6 | 04.08.2011 14:02 | 8.7 km | 58 km |
| 1.5 | 17.07.2011 06:27 | 1 km | 17 km |
| 1.2 | 13.07.2011 14:57 | 7 km | 38 km |
| 1.5 | 06.07.2011 20:15 | 13.1 km | 12 km |
| 1.9 | 13.06.2011 08:27 | 3 km | 46 km |
| 1.8 | 11.06.2011 17:27 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 1.5 | 15.04.2011 00:58 | 0 km | 23 km |
| 2.9 | 21.01.2011 09:51 | 2 km | 51 km |
| 2.0 | 22.12.2010 07:09 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 1.4 | 22.12.2010 02:04 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 1.4 | 09.12.2010 07:51 | 0.8 km | 42 km |
| 1.9 | 06.12.2010 12:44 | 6.8 km | 39 km |
| 1.6 | 06.12.2010 08:41 | 3.5 km | 40 km |
| 1.2 | 20.11.2010 04:41 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 1.2 | 12.11.2010 18:24 | 10.3 km | 38 km |
| 1.3 | 02.11.2010 00:29 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2010 19:43 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 1.6 | 13.10.2010 01:13 | 11.8 km | 46 km |
| 1.7 | 12.10.2010 12:38 | 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.