No records in the last 30 days.
166
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1916–2026
record span
4.11
mean magnitude
78
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 19.11.1996 10:44 | 19.1 km | 79 km |
| 6.3 | 15.11.1937 21:37 | 30 km | 114 km |
| 6.2 | 06.08.1926 22:45 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 6.0 | 26.06.1963 14:09 | 95 km | 126 km |
| 5.7 | 21.06.1916 19:56 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 5.7 | 27.05.1967 19:05 | 16.7 km | 75 km |
| 5.6 | 21.10.2013 02:27 | 28.9 km | 32 km |
| 5.5 | 11.09.2006 18:12 | 17.5 km | 81 km |
| 5.4 | 19.06.2000 22:41 | 24.4 km | 25 km |
| 5.2 | 06.12.2017 23:29 | 88.5 km | 39 km |
| 5.2 | 06.12.2009 04:33 | 69.4 km | 41 km |
| 5.2 | 08.04.1993 03:49 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 5.2 | 26.10.2007 06:50 | 24.7 km | 60 km |
| 5.1 | 01.10.1976 11:27 | 80.9 km | 54 km |
| 5.1 | 17.03.2022 13:41 | 9.3 km | 81 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 09.04.2026 02:19 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 10.03.2026 06:16 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.5 | 04.01.2026 02:49 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.4 | 04.01.2026 02:33 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 31.12.2025 14:05 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 27.12.2025 08:11 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 04.12.2025 00:21 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2025 19:24 | 12 km | 31 km |
| 3.4 | 16.11.2025 19:56 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 3.5 | 31.10.2025 05:39 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 27.09.2025 08:30 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 4.4 | 01.04.2025 12:08 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 3.3 | 03.12.2024 18:33 | 5 km | 8 km |
| 4.2 | 03.06.2024 16:46 | 178 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 07.04.2024 14:45 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.1 | 09.03.2024 01:57 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 3.7 | 02.12.2023 10:59 | 5 km | 32 km |
| 3.4 | 02.12.2023 02:55 | 10 km | 9 km |
| 4.1 | 25.10.2023 09:17 | 0 km | 37 km |
| 3.7 | 09.09.2023 06:11 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.9 | 09.06.2023 04:53 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 28.03.2023 05:17 | 105 km | 55 km |
| 5.0 | 08.06.2022 06:52 | 5.5 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 01.05.2022 13:52 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.6 | 27.03.2022 21:06 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 5.1 | 17.03.2022 13:41 | 9.3 km | 81 km |
| 4.5 | 10.03.2022 19:28 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 21.05.2021 05:32 | 90 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2020 03:46 | 100 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 06.03.2020 21:42 | 110 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 23.11.2019 16:55 | 0 km | 80 km |
| 3.9 | 17.10.2019 03:05 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 5.2 | 06.12.2017 23:29 | 88.5 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 09.01.2017 20:25 | 82.1 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 31.08.2015 00:27 | 100 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 10.03.2015 17:51 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 02.03.2015 20:51 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.5 | 02.03.2015 20:51 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 30.11.2014 02:51 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.2 | 17.11.2014 08:59 | 35 km | 14 km |
| 4.4 | 17.11.2014 08:59 | 35 km | 16 km |
| 4.2 | 04.04.2014 02:01 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 09.12.2013 08:38 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 24.11.2013 06:43 | 79.6 km | 24 km |
| 3.5 | 16.11.2013 19:22 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.4 | 11.11.2013 13:21 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2013 02:58 | 10 km | 8 km |
| 4.0 | 26.10.2013 19:38 | 91 km | 29 km |
| 3.6 | 24.10.2013 09:12 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.1 | 23.10.2013 14:47 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 5.6 | 21.10.2013 02:27 | 28.9 km | 32 km |
| 4.5 | 21.10.2013 02:26 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 5.0 | 20.10.2013 19:45 | 82 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 08.08.2012 19:22 | 81.2 km | 43 km |
| 4.4 | 06.08.2012 14:15 | 100 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 01.05.2012 21:36 | 79.6 km | 77 km |
| 4.4 | 03.01.2012 20:36 | 50 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2010 00:02 | 100 km | 46 km |
| 5.2 | 06.12.2009 04:33 | 69.4 km | 41 km |
| 3.4 | 13.08.2009 18:53 | 35 km | 66 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.