No records in the last 30 days.
1,538
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1955–2025
record span
3.02
mean magnitude
1,188
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 | 342 km |
| 6.6 | 31.03.1969 07:15 | 8.1 km | 357 km |
| 6.1 | 03.08.1993 12:43 | 10.1 km | 369 km |
| 5.7 | 03.08.1993 16:33 | 12.4 km | 352 km |
| 5.7 | 19.05.2009 17:35 | 16.7 km | 171 km |
| 5.7 | 23.11.1995 18:07 | 24.5 km | 387 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 361 km |
| 5.5 | 08.03.1997 06:00 | 1 km | 332 km |
| 5.4 | 12.11.1955 05:32 | 15 km | 338 km |
| 5.3 | 16.06.2020 14:30 | 7.5 km | 271 km |
| 5.3 | 03.08.1993 13:12 | 17.2 km | 337 km |
| 5.3 | 22.11.1995 22:16 | 14.2 km | 326 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.1996 04:59 | 17.5 km | 351 km |
| 5.3 | 16.05.2016 01:45 | 12.8 km | 332 km |
| 5.1 | 22.06.2004 14:38 | 6 km | 127 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 16.03.2025 11:31 | 18.6 km | 351 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 11:42 | 19.3 km | 354 km |
| 4.1 | 23.02.2025 21:16 | 9.9 km | 270 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2024 10:55 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 4.3 | 16.05.2023 19:05 | 16 km | 354 km |
| 3.5 | 29.03.2023 22:55 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 5.3 | 16.06.2020 14:30 | 7.5 km | 271 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2020 05:04 | 4.8 km | 366 km |
| 4.5 | 18.01.2020 21:46 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 3.9 | 19.11.2019 23:04 | 12 km | 290 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2017 14:16 | 2 km | 310 km |
| 3.6 | 21.03.2017 17:39 | 9 km | 366 km |
| 4.1 | 27.12.2016 01:49 | 20 km | 331 km |
| 4.7 | 29.11.2016 17:01 | 17.4 km | 346 km |
| 5.3 | 16.05.2016 01:45 | 12.8 km | 332 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2015 02:15 | 14.2 km | 343 km |
| 4.0 | 27.06.2015 15:36 | 22 km | 358 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 361 km |
| 5.0 | 12.01.2015 21:39 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2014 11:57 | 13.8 km | 276 km |
| 3.5 | 03.11.2011 11:23 | 5 km | 313 km |
| 2.6 | 09.09.2011 07:15 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 1.9 | 15.07.2011 19:04 | 8.4 km | 333 km |
| 4.0 | 22.06.2011 23:43 | 12 km | 237 km |
| 3.8 | 22.12.2010 17:23 | 20 km | 259 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2010 16:34 | 23.6 km | 206 km |
| 3.5 | 15.07.2010 16:25 | 27.2 km | 201 km |
| 4.3 | 15.07.2010 11:25 | 9 km | 357 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2010 18:12 | 15 km | 295 km |
| 3.2 | 27.05.2010 11:50 | 2 km | 167 km |
| 3.1 | 21.05.2010 08:23 | 15 km | 286 km |
| 3.1 | 06.05.2010 23:22 | 30 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2010 04:10 | 7 km | 179 km |
| 2.7 | 02.04.2010 01:13 | 31.6 km | 275 km |
| 2.0 | 28.03.2010 15:08 | 15.4 km | 319 km |
| 1.2 | 27.03.2010 23:33 | 12.1 km | 327 km |
| 2.2 | 24.03.2010 04:36 | 7.7 km | 329 km |
| 3.9 | 16.03.2010 20:45 | 28.5 km | 268 km |
| 3.3 | 21.02.2010 22:42 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 3.4 | 21.02.2010 12:31 | 23.2 km | 254 km |
| 3.0 | 15.02.2010 11:00 | 25.4 km | 280 km |
| 2.1 | 16.01.2010 14:53 | 2.1 km | 330 km |
| 3.2 | 29.12.2009 06:28 | 1 km | 356 km |
| 2.7 | 07.12.2009 20:13 | 2 km | 342 km |
| 3.1 | 04.11.2009 00:17 | 2 km | 331 km |
| 4.2 | 04.07.2009 06:32 | 8 km | 173 km |
| 3.9 | 16.06.2009 04:02 | 13 km | 278 km |
| 4.1 | 28.05.2009 08:48 | 2 km | 164 km |
| 3.9 | 19.05.2009 20:35 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 4.8 | 19.05.2009 19:57 | 19.3 km | 182 km |
| 3.6 | 19.05.2009 19:33 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 5.7 | 19.05.2009 17:35 | 16.7 km | 171 km |
| 4.2 | 19.05.2009 17:13 | 6.2 km | 175 km |
| 5.0 | 19.05.2009 16:54 | 14.2 km | 178 km |
| 4.9 | 19.05.2009 06:38 | 13.8 km | 178 km |
| 3.3 | 19.05.2009 01:51 | 16.7 km | 180 km |
| 3.4 | 18.05.2009 13:25 | 30 km | 141 km |
| 3.3 | 18.05.2009 07:47 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2009 07:41 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 17.05.2009 20:21 | 10 km | 162 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.