No records in the last 30 days.
182
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1952–2025
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
119
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 | 22.09.1960 09:05 | 13.7 km | 201 km |
| 6.4 | 30.06.1952 21:04 | 15 km | 175 km |
| 6.3 | 22.09.1960 09:14 | 15 km | 166 km |
| 6.2 | 24.10.2002 06:08 | 14.2 km | 106 km |
| 5.9 | 03.02.2008 07:34 | 12.1 km | 118 km |
| 5.8 | 07.08.2015 01:25 | 8.8 km | 106 km |
| 5.5 | 07.08.2015 01:28 | 3.1 km | 106 km |
| 5.5 | 13.06.1954 15:41 | — | 142 km |
| 5.5 | 24.10.2002 07:12 | 9.4 km | 107 km |
| 5.3 | 05.10.2008 00:02 | 13.8 km | 118 km |
| 5.3 | 09.01.1982 17:30 | 19.7 km | 173 km |
| 5.2 | 14.02.2008 02:07 | 10.6 km | 113 km |
| 5.2 | 26.10.1961 16:37 | — | 175 km |
| 5.2 | 05.08.2003 18:56 | 23.4 km | 145 km |
| 5.2 | 29.01.1999 12:04 | 10 km | 128 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 01.11.2025 17:30 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2025 15:13 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 4.8 | 24.09.2023 14:21 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 07.07.2023 22:00 | 12 km | 103 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2023 22:00 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.5 | 15.06.2023 09:04 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.1 | 19.10.2022 20:29 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 4.7 | 10.10.2022 23:18 | 2 km | 136 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2022 15:52 | 17.7 km | 102 km |
| 4.3 | 25.07.2022 18:43 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 13.07.2022 19:27 | 19.1 km | 129 km |
| 5.0 | 28.04.2022 09:19 | 23.3 km | 130 km |
| 4.8 | 25.04.2022 21:02 | 16.5 km | 121 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2021 01:48 | 12 km | 117 km |
| 3.6 | 27.05.2021 09:33 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2021 03:23 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.2 | 26.05.2021 23:26 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 26.05.2021 23:19 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 26.05.2021 17:32 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 4.5 | 26.05.2021 16:07 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 26.05.2021 16:07 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.7 | 26.05.2021 11:41 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.6 | 26.05.2021 08:51 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.4 | 26.05.2021 07:01 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.5 | 26.05.2021 03:46 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.5 | 25.05.2021 20:38 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.5 | 25.05.2021 12:16 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 25.05.2021 10:40 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.4 | 25.05.2021 09:41 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.9 | 25.05.2021 09:03 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 25.05.2021 08:19 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.8 | 24.05.2021 08:37 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 5.0 | 24.05.2021 00:23 | 14 km | 100 km |
| 4.3 | 23.05.2021 22:52 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 23.05.2021 20:38 | 12 km | 73 km |
| 3.5 | 23.05.2021 16:52 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.5 | 23.05.2021 13:07 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.2 | 23.05.2021 11:51 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 3.5 | 22.05.2021 23:54 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 5.1 | 22.05.2021 16:52 | 31.6 km | 93 km |
| 3.7 | 25.02.2021 14:29 | 12 km | 122 km |
| 4.3 | 16.07.2020 01:23 | 12 km | 121 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2020 04:44 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 4.1 | 11.01.2020 17:04 | 12 km | 111 km |
| 4.4 | 30.10.2019 20:57 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 5.2 | 30.10.2019 20:55 | 12.9 km | 179 km |
| 4.3 | 05.08.2019 09:37 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2019 08:56 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2018 05:58 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 4.3 | 02.09.2018 23:55 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 3.4 | 05.12.2017 00:22 | 12 km | 140 km |
| 4.9 | 02.12.2017 17:20 | 16.1 km | 157 km |
| 5.0 | 30.11.2017 21:48 | 12 km | 140 km |
| 3.3 | 16.09.2017 04:44 | 12 km | 127 km |
| 5.0 | 15.09.2017 17:45 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2017 12:23 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 17.01.2017 21:43 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 4.7 | 24.10.2016 23:30 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 3.5 | 24.10.2016 23:29 | 12 km | 124 km |
| 4.8 | 23.09.2016 16:11 | 12 km | 116 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.