No records in the last 30 days.
167
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1927–2026
record span
3.80
mean magnitude
160
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 | 10.05.1927 19:59 | 35 km | 296 km |
| 5.5 | 21.05.1954 05:12 | — | 208 km |
| 5.2 | 18.06.2013 23:02 | 10.3 km | 60 km |
| 4.9 | 17.09.1984 20:59 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 4.8 | 12.08.2021 20:41 | 6.2 km | 27 km |
| 4.6 | 13.10.2008 06:16 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 4.6 | 16.04.1998 04:11 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 4.6 | 06.03.2002 09:22 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.1988 23:32 | 35 km | 198 km |
| 4.4 | 17.04.2011 23:07 | 20 km | 127 km |
| 4.4 | 19.09.2024 17:01 | 10.4 km | 188 km |
| 4.4 | 06.04.2006 21:34 | 35 km | 159 km |
| 4.3 | 05.06.2012 12:24 | 0 km | 133 km |
| 4.3 | 11.01.2022 08:55 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2020 20:12 | 4.3 km | 188 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 12:07 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 4.0 | 19.07.2025 04:19 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.8 | 04.06.2025 02:13 | 0 km | 126 km |
| 4.1 | 06.05.2025 11:19 | 0 km | 93 km |
| 4.2 | 10.04.2025 08:50 | 16.9 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 03.03.2025 14:46 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 4.3 | 26.09.2024 15:55 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.4 | 19.09.2024 17:01 | 10.4 km | 188 km |
| 3.4 | 12.09.2024 14:51 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 24.07.2024 13:47 | 2.7 km | 204 km |
| 4.2 | 18.12.2023 01:02 | 0.3 km | 189 km |
| 3.4 | 02.09.2023 23:56 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 13.06.2023 01:22 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.1 | 28.03.2023 09:11 | 11.3 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 13.02.2023 14:22 | 12 km | 145 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2022 23:29 | 0.6 km | 109 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2022 10:58 | 0 km | 114 km |
| 3.8 | 10.09.2022 07:49 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 4.3 | 05.07.2022 08:47 | 5.6 km | 109 km |
| 4.1 | 05.07.2022 08:17 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 4.2 | 06.05.2022 09:55 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2022 08:04 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 3.9 | 25.01.2022 18:52 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 4.3 | 11.01.2022 08:55 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 26.10.2021 19:16 | 0 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 19.09.2021 08:19 | 0 km | 112 km |
| 4.8 | 12.08.2021 20:41 | 6.2 km | 27 km |
| 4.1 | 02.08.2021 08:25 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 3.7 | 17.10.2020 17:21 | 11.4 km | 53 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2020 20:12 | 4.3 km | 188 km |
| 4.1 | 03.08.2020 09:55 | 0 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 21.11.2019 00:27 | 0 km | 114 km |
| 3.9 | 26.07.2019 12:50 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 15.02.2019 11:28 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 26.11.2018 09:57 | 0 km | 135 km |
| 4.0 | 24.12.2017 05:00 | 0 km | 209 km |
| 4.1 | 29.10.2017 05:00 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 4.1 | 23.08.2017 07:27 | 0 km | 292 km |
| 4.1 | 10.06.2017 11:00 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 02.03.2017 07:05 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 3.7 | 12.01.2017 23:37 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 4.3 | 09.12.2016 08:25 | 0 km | 122 km |
| 3.7 | 24.11.2016 11:08 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.0 | 08.11.2016 21:38 | 0 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 04.11.2016 23:25 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 4.2 | 24.10.2016 16:13 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2016 03:17 | 0 km | 116 km |
| 4.3 | 03.07.2016 01:00 | 0 km | 208 km |
| 4.3 | 10.06.2015 03:04 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 02.12.2014 16:12 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 26.10.2014 12:48 | 0 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 12.10.2014 05:00 | 0 km | 208 km |
| 3.8 | 21.09.2014 03:46 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2014 07:06 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2013 09:22 | 0 km | 121 km |
| 4.0 | 08.07.2013 08:54 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2013 16:08 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 20.06.2013 09:51 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 19.06.2013 16:09 | 0 km | 51 km |
| 5.2 | 18.06.2013 23:02 | 10.3 km | 60 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.