No records in the last 30 days.
268
recorded earthquakes
M6.4
largest
1917–2026
record span
1.57
mean magnitude
7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 29.12.2020 11:19 | 10.6 km | 104 km |
| 5.8 | 29.01.1917 08:22 | 15 km | 58 km |
| 5.3 | 22.03.2020 05:24 | 10.7 km | 50 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.1963 11:52 | — | 37 km |
| 4.7 | 16.03.1982 13:52 | 21.8 km | 32 km |
| 4.4 | 20.06.1974 17:08 | 8 km | 17 km |
| 4.3 | 20.06.1974 22:26 | 2.8 km | 31 km |
| 4.0 | 11.06.1973 03:15 | 16.4 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2025 18:30 | 4.2 km | 19 km |
| 3.0 | 16.03.2001 06:29 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 2.8 | 14.08.2008 03:04 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2001 12:26 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 2.8 | 21.04.1998 15:12 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 2.7 | 16.11.1999 15:32 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 2.7 | 19.04.2007 16:43 | 8 km | 22 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 28.02.2026 09:52 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.2 | 15.02.2026 14:22 | 10 km | 1 km |
| 1.9 | 15.02.2026 14:19 | 9.2 km | 3 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2025 18:30 | 4.2 km | 19 km |
| 1.1 | 19.07.2025 10:25 | 8.9 km | 16 km |
| 1.1 | 02.07.2025 14:12 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.2 | 30.06.2025 17:08 | 15.1 km | 18 km |
| 1.1 | 13.02.2025 16:51 | 14.1 km | 14 km |
| 1.2 | 21.06.2024 05:18 | 1 km | 5 km |
| 1.4 | 21.06.2024 04:43 | 13.3 km | 8 km |
| 2.0 | 21.06.2024 04:30 | 9.2 km | 10 km |
| 2.2 | 20.06.2024 05:47 | 3.8 km | 11 km |
| 1.4 | 31.05.2024 03:07 | 10.7 km | 19 km |
| 1.1 | 27.04.2024 10:24 | 1 km | 19 km |
| 1.2 | 09.02.2024 12:53 | 1 km | 12 km |
| 1.1 | 20.01.2024 08:12 | 13.5 km | 12 km |
| 1.0 | 19.01.2024 05:57 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 1.4 | 07.11.2023 01:47 | 11.9 km | 12 km |
| 1.3 | 01.05.2023 19:54 | 1 km | 22 km |
| 1.1 | 01.04.2023 01:06 | 1 km | 13 km |
| 1.1 | 03.03.2023 11:37 | 1 km | 13 km |
| 1.1 | 30.06.2022 15:44 | 14 km | 15 km |
| 1.0 | 25.03.2022 21:07 | 1 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 30.01.2022 00:57 | 8 km | 21 km |
| 1.1 | 27.12.2021 18:07 | 0 km | 2 km |
| 1.5 | 24.12.2021 01:15 | 13 km | 21 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2021 16:17 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 6.4 | 29.12.2020 11:19 | 10.6 km | 104 km |
| 1.1 | 04.11.2020 06:35 | 9 km | 19 km |
| 1.1 | 26.09.2020 21:11 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 5.3 | 22.03.2020 05:24 | 10.7 km | 50 km |
| 1.5 | 05.12.2019 19:52 | 1 km | 18 km |
| 1.9 | 30.08.2019 16:03 | 18 km | 19 km |
| 2.5 | 13.05.2014 06:28 | 2 km | 4 km |
| 0.7 | 27.12.2011 22:34 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 0.6 | 27.12.2011 19:59 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.6 | 04.12.2011 14:56 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 0.7 | 04.12.2011 13:57 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 0.8 | 12.11.2011 21:38 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 1.2 | 17.10.2011 12:13 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 0.6 | 13.10.2011 22:33 | 0 km | 16 km |
| 1.1 | 26.09.2011 02:10 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 1.1 | 06.09.2011 12:32 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 0.8 | 01.09.2011 18:10 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 0.8 | 17.08.2011 09:40 | 0 km | 16 km |
| 0.8 | 10.08.2011 08:54 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 1.5 | 09.08.2011 19:37 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 0.6 | 03.08.2011 09:38 | 0 km | 14 km |
| 1.4 | 01.08.2011 01:02 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 1.9 | 30.07.2011 03:58 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 1.9 | 29.07.2011 23:51 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 0.7 | 21.06.2011 10:00 | 0 km | 13 km |
| 1.2 | 31.05.2011 23:46 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 0.7 | 18.05.2011 23:54 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 0.8 | 16.05.2011 12:59 | 0 km | 15 km |
| 0.7 | 26.04.2011 07:45 | 0 km | 15 km |
| 0.7 | 26.04.2011 07:29 | 0 km | 15 km |
| 1.2 | 26.04.2011 07:19 | 0 km | 15 km |
| 0.8 | 26.04.2011 07:08 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 0.3 | 26.04.2011 06:53 | 0 km | 18 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.