No records in the last 30 days.
2,133
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1927–2026
record span
2.82
mean magnitude
1,418
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 22.11.1995 04:15 | 14 km | 375 km |
| 6.2 | 11.07.1927 13:04 | 15 km | 343 km |
| 6.1 | 03.08.1993 12:43 | 10.1 km | 395 km |
| 5.7 | 03.08.1993 16:33 | 12.4 km | 383 km |
| 5.7 | 23.11.1995 18:07 | 24.5 km | 354 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 370 km |
| 5.4 | 18.12.1956 17:53 | 15 km | 328 km |
| 5.3 | 03.08.1993 13:12 | 17.2 km | 378 km |
| 5.3 | 22.11.1995 22:16 | 14.2 km | 380 km |
| 5.3 | 11.02.2004 08:15 | 22.4 km | 341 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.1996 04:59 | 17.5 km | 370 km |
| 5.3 | 16.05.2016 01:45 | 12.8 km | 387 km |
| 5.1 | 23.04.1979 13:01 | 16 km | 313 km |
| 5.1 | 22.06.2004 14:38 | 6 km | 271 km |
| 5.0 | 03.08.1993 12:54 | 18.8 km | 378 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 15.01.2026 07:00 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 2.1 | 21.08.2025 07:33 | 9.1 km | 305 km |
| 3.0 | 13.07.2025 04:52 | 4.7 km | 362 km |
| 3.0 | 10.07.2025 07:12 | 5 km | 362 km |
| 2.6 | 04.07.2025 23:20 | 4.9 km | 361 km |
| 2.4 | 14.05.2025 14:37 | 17.7 km | 330 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2025 11:31 | 18.6 km | 374 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 11:42 | 19.3 km | 360 km |
| 4.7 | 01.10.2024 20:23 | 0 km | 231 km |
| 3.8 | 21.07.2024 20:15 | 9.2 km | 333 km |
| 4.3 | 16.05.2023 19:05 | 16 km | 379 km |
| 4.1 | 15.06.2021 23:08 | 26 km | 320 km |
| 3.9 | 15.12.2020 02:30 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 3.2 | 06.05.2020 00:56 | 5 km | 323 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2020 16:31 | 5.8 km | 367 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2020 05:04 | 4.8 km | 377 km |
| 3.8 | 25.11.2019 11:48 | 12 km | 315 km |
| 3.7 | 25.11.2019 11:39 | 12 km | 312 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2019 08:07 | 12 km | 314 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2019 18:46 | 6 km | 309 km |
| 2.7 | 26.06.2019 12:18 | 5 km | 306 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2019 08:53 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 3.9 | 15.01.2019 15:59 | 20 km | 327 km |
| 3.8 | 26.12.2018 03:38 | 12 km | 315 km |
| 2.5 | 28.08.2018 05:47 | 16 km | 337 km |
| 2.7 | 05.08.2018 05:52 | 15 km | 324 km |
| 2.9 | 02.07.2018 02:11 | 9 km | 304 km |
| 2.8 | 28.04.2018 07:14 | 10 km | 312 km |
| 3.6 | 28.04.2018 06:50 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 3.5 | 28.04.2018 04:45 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 2.5 | 07.02.2018 11:01 | 16 km | 326 km |
| 3.6 | 21.03.2017 17:39 | 9 km | 356 km |
| 3.2 | 24.02.2017 15:58 | 21 km | 322 km |
| 4.1 | 27.12.2016 01:49 | 20 km | 385 km |
| 4.7 | 29.11.2016 17:01 | 17.4 km | 393 km |
| 5.3 | 16.05.2016 01:45 | 12.8 km | 387 km |
| 3.4 | 15.04.2016 04:15 | 20 km | 321 km |
| 3.9 | 07.02.2016 12:35 | 17 km | 313 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2015 07:39 | 11 km | 313 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2015 02:39 | 18.2 km | 325 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2015 02:15 | 14.2 km | 375 km |
| 4.0 | 27.06.2015 15:36 | 22 km | 370 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 370 km |
| 3.3 | 06.01.2015 17:02 | 1 km | 312 km |
| 2.6 | 22.07.2014 06:46 | 10 km | 349 km |
| 4.1 | 24.05.2014 07:27 | 20 km | 301 km |
| 3.5 | 12.12.2013 21:02 | 6 km | 343 km |
| 3.5 | 07.12.2013 11:22 | 3 km | 359 km |
| 3.3 | 23.10.2013 12:33 | 10 km | 339 km |
| 3.4 | 12.09.2013 01:20 | 20 km | 333 km |
| 3.3 | 11.06.2013 21:22 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 4.7 | 28.12.2012 19:42 | 12.9 km | 316 km |
| 3.9 | 08.10.2012 19:14 | 8 km | 328 km |
| 3.7 | 22.03.2012 04:17 | 24 km | 315 km |
| 2.2 | 03.12.2011 07:48 | 14 km | 317 km |
| 1.8 | 11.11.2011 16:14 | 1 km | 350 km |
| 2.1 | 01.10.2011 22:04 | 17 km | 328 km |
| 2.4 | 29.09.2011 20:05 | 22.2 km | 327 km |
| 2.1 | 01.09.2011 07:06 | 13 km | 314 km |
| 2.1 | 26.08.2011 02:22 | 10 km | 326 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.