No records in the last 30 days.
150
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1963–2026
record span
3.73
mean magnitude
91
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 16.07.1963 18:27 | 30 km | 204 km |
| 5.7 | 03.09.1978 00:21 | 35 km | 131 km |
| 5.1 | 13.05.1968 02:46 | 14.4 km | 116 km |
| 4.9 | 04.12.1970 01:59 | 25.8 km | 84 km |
| 4.8 | 15.11.2004 10:21 | 10.2 km | 17 km |
| 4.8 | 10.03.1984 11:54 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 4.8 | 15.02.1994 22:29 | 35 km | 12 km |
| 4.7 | 02.03.1984 04:31 | 35 km | 91 km |
| 4.7 | 26.01.1971 22:48 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.6 | 30.10.2016 05:27 | 15.3 km | 22 km |
| 4.6 | 09.09.2025 17:20 | 14.7 km | 36 km |
| 4.5 | 26.01.1981 06:28 | 33 km | 92 km |
| 4.5 | 25.01.1981 19:37 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 4.4 | 19.12.2011 07:28 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2025 16:55 | 10 km | 16 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 26.03.2026 05:34 | 5 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 04.01.2026 09:47 | 2.8 km | 71 km |
| 3.2 | 06.12.2025 10:13 | 6.2 km | 78 km |
| 3.2 | 10.11.2025 16:05 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 10.11.2025 15:53 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 08.11.2025 13:05 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2025 14:02 | 2 km | 58 km |
| 4.6 | 09.09.2025 17:20 | 14.7 km | 36 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2025 16:55 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.4 | 06.03.2025 21:20 | 6.9 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 13.02.2025 12:12 | 22 km | 69 km |
| 3.9 | 12.02.2025 13:40 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 11.01.2025 17:43 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 11.01.2025 01:47 | 5 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 30.11.2024 04:45 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 23.10.2024 12:43 | 13.8 km | 88 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2024 10:21 | 15.8 km | 65 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2024 08:19 | 6.4 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2024 06:34 | 7.7 km | 77 km |
| 3.3 | 22.07.2024 07:02 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 3.6 | 07.07.2024 05:09 | 5 km | 85 km |
| 3.1 | 26.04.2024 09:16 | 6.2 km | 82 km |
| 3.9 | 10.04.2024 22:31 | 10.3 km | 39 km |
| 4.3 | 28.01.2024 16:01 | 12.9 km | 81 km |
| 3.7 | 24.01.2024 11:19 | 12.1 km | 97 km |
| 2.6 | 23.01.2024 21:29 | 6.8 km | 97 km |
| 2.3 | 11.11.2023 18:37 | 7.1 km | 79 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2023 20:52 | 5 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 20.06.2023 08:04 | 5 km | 95 km |
| 3.2 | 29.05.2023 13:46 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2023 22:49 | 5 km | 71 km |
| 3.8 | 25.05.2023 20:31 | 5 km | 69 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2023 19:20 | 5 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 25.05.2023 19:02 | 15.3 km | 75 km |
| 3.1 | 19.05.2023 09:58 | 5 km | 70 km |
| 3.2 | 14.05.2023 22:09 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.1 | 13.05.2023 21:15 | 10.3 km | 63 km |
| 3.6 | 13.05.2023 18:16 | 12 km | 67 km |
| 2.5 | 31.03.2023 23:22 | 45 km | 96 km |
| 3.4 | 23.03.2023 16:55 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 29.10.2022 09:59 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 3.5 | 22.05.2022 02:50 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2021 17:38 | 12.6 km | 98 km |
| 2.5 | 07.01.2021 01:37 | 35 km | 91 km |
| 3.4 | 29.10.2020 19:02 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.4 | 01.09.2020 00:59 | 18.1 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2019 13:24 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 01.12.2019 06:00 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 25.11.2018 00:05 | 24.4 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 24.11.2018 22:55 | 20.3 km | 99 km |
| 3.5 | 02.11.2018 11:06 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2018 10:48 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 18.06.2018 12:31 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 2.9 | 17.05.2018 20:14 | 5.4 km | 113 km |
| 3.8 | 26.04.2018 08:56 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.5 | 28.01.2018 04:27 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.9 | 26.01.2018 06:32 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.9 | 26.01.2018 06:10 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2018 06:09 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 2.5 | 09.08.2017 15:27 | 13.3 km | 95 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.