No records in the last 30 days.
455
recorded earthquakes
M5.2
largest
1972–2025
record span
3.03
mean magnitude
369
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 24.11.1972 09:59 | 0 km | 368 km |
| 5.0 | 04.09.2018 22:58 | 10.9 km | 163 km |
| 4.7 | 28.05.1990 02:41 | 31.5 km | 138 km |
| 4.6 | 28.05.1990 00:35 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 4.5 | 22.07.2013 00:14 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.5 | 16.12.2006 11:14 | 1 km | 239 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2022 14:57 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.3 | 29.09.2018 09:06 | 16.8 km | 158 km |
| 4.2 | 15.11.2018 07:48 | 8.5 km | 152 km |
| 4.2 | 05.09.2018 07:27 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 4.2 | 17.04.2004 19:22 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 4.2 | 15.02.2013 03:20 | 0 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2012 10:11 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2018 11:22 | 0 km | 224 km |
| 3.9 | 06.10.2005 02:50 | 1 km | 124 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 19.10.2025 22:59 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 27.07.2024 04:54 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2022 14:57 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 15.11.2018 07:48 | 8.5 km | 152 km |
| 4.3 | 29.09.2018 09:06 | 16.8 km | 158 km |
| 4.2 | 05.09.2018 07:27 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 5.0 | 04.09.2018 22:58 | 10.9 km | 163 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2018 11:45 | 1 km | 182 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2018 11:22 | 0 km | 224 km |
| 4.5 | 22.07.2013 00:14 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.2 | 15.02.2013 03:20 | 0 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2012 10:11 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2011 10:02 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 3.1 | 29.12.2011 09:53 | 0 km | 277 km |
| 3.0 | 27.12.2011 12:09 | 0.8 km | 249 km |
| 2.6 | 09.12.2011 10:20 | 0 km | 236 km |
| 2.7 | 01.12.2011 09:31 | 3.3 km | 247 km |
| 3.2 | 25.11.2011 11:31 | 0 km | 207 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2011 10:08 | 0 km | 284 km |
| 3.2 | 25.11.2011 07:42 | 0.2 km | 181 km |
| 3.2 | 18.11.2011 10:06 | 0 km | 203 km |
| 2.7 | 16.11.2011 08:06 | 12.4 km | 246 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2011 10:21 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 3.0 | 04.11.2011 10:17 | 0 km | 201 km |
| 2.9 | 04.11.2011 07:35 | 0 km | 262 km |
| 3.2 | 28.10.2011 12:22 | 0 km | 194 km |
| 3.2 | 21.10.2011 10:37 | 0 km | 167 km |
| 3.1 | 20.10.2011 10:28 | 0 km | 171 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2011 08:47 | 0 km | 258 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2011 09:33 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 2.9 | 09.09.2011 10:21 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 2.9 | 31.08.2011 09:52 | 1.3 km | 241 km |
| 3.1 | 26.08.2011 10:06 | 0 km | 225 km |
| 3.1 | 19.08.2011 11:17 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 2.8 | 19.08.2011 09:27 | 0 km | 292 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2011 09:32 | 4.7 km | 256 km |
| 3.0 | 11.08.2011 11:41 | 0 km | 283 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2011 10:57 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 3.0 | 05.08.2011 09:51 | 0 km | 232 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2011 09:21 | 2.2 km | 306 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2011 08:54 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2011 10:15 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 2.9 | 05.07.2011 09:15 | 0 km | 281 km |
| 3.2 | 01.07.2011 10:32 | 0 km | 170 km |
| 3.2 | 30.06.2011 10:15 | 0 km | 236 km |
| 3.2 | 29.06.2011 10:06 | 0 km | 254 km |
| 3.0 | 24.06.2011 10:24 | 0 km | 267 km |
| 3.1 | 24.06.2011 10:19 | 10.2 km | 227 km |
| 3.1 | 21.06.2011 10:45 | 0 km | 264 km |
| 3.2 | 17.06.2011 09:59 | 0 km | 201 km |
| 3.5 | 16.06.2011 11:05 | 0 km | 226 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2011 10:41 | 0 km | 169 km |
| 3.1 | 02.06.2011 09:59 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2011 09:25 | 0 km | 252 km |
| 2.9 | 31.05.2011 10:15 | 0 km | 257 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2011 10:59 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 2.8 | 28.05.2011 11:08 | 0 km | 269 km |
| 2.9 | 26.05.2011 10:57 | 0 km | 246 km |
| 3.1 | 20.05.2011 11:00 | 0 km | 197 km |
| 3.0 | 18.05.2011 09:59 | 0 km | 226 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.