No records in the last 30 days.
532
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1918–2026
record span
4.72
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 01.04.2007 20:39 | 14.5 km | 148 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1939 02:18 | 35 km | 183 km |
| 7.6 | 20.07.1975 14:37 | 32.3 km | 222 km |
| 7.5 | 01.04.2007 20:47 | 15.3 km | 147 km |
| 7.4 | 01.02.1974 03:12 | 31.1 km | 156 km |
| 7.3 | 31.01.1974 23:30 | 22 km | 138 km |
| 7.3 | 20.07.1975 19:54 | 28.4 km | 203 km |
| 7.2 | 19.04.1936 05:07 | 20 km | 90 km |
| 7.2 | 06.12.1952 10:41 | 15 km | 153 km |
| 7.1 | 29.07.1977 11:15 | 16 km | 203 km |
| 7.1 | 17.08.1959 21:04 | 25 km | 120 km |
| 6.9 | 01.04.2007 21:11 | 17.9 km | 147 km |
| 6.8 | 14.10.1996 23:26 | 31.8 km | 175 km |
| 6.6 | 21.07.1918 06:09 | 20 km | 177 km |
| 6.6 | 19.04.2001 21:43 | 25.8 km | 145 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 30.05.2026 07:12 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 3.9 | 19.04.2026 22:39 | 0 km | 91 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.2026 21:25 | 75 km | 129 km |
| 3.9 | 02.02.2026 19:01 | 0 km | 69 km |
| 3.7 | 02.02.2026 18:54 | 71.2 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2025 20:39 | 0 km | 72 km |
| 5.2 | 29.11.2025 06:05 | 165.3 km | 96 km |
| 4.2 | 04.11.2025 04:58 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 5.7 | 02.05.2025 10:59 | 43 km | 110 km |
| 5.4 | 22.02.2025 22:20 | 0 km | 136 km |
| 3.4 | 09.01.2025 08:33 | 87.5 km | 91 km |
| 4.9 | 18.10.2024 05:25 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 3.9 | 26.09.2024 20:13 | 0 km | 85 km |
| 5.4 | 08.09.2024 05:01 | 35.9 km | 111 km |
| 4.0 | 24.08.2024 04:30 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2024 20:15 | 35 km | 70 km |
| 4.1 | 09.01.2024 23:08 | 45 km | 104 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2023 16:53 | 0 km | 79 km |
| 5.4 | 06.11.2023 21:30 | 25.5 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 13.08.2023 00:26 | 350 km | 88 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2023 12:10 | 396.4 km | 52 km |
| 5.4 | 09.07.2023 00:06 | 26.4 km | 115 km |
| 4.1 | 14.04.2023 14:31 | 100 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 07.04.2023 22:38 | 50 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 09.01.2023 01:03 | 45 km | 84 km |
| 4.0 | 17.11.2022 13:19 | 150 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 26.10.2022 11:05 | 35 km | 80 km |
| 4.5 | 07.10.2022 13:13 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 4.1 | 23.08.2022 21:01 | 50 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 08.08.2022 19:51 | 400 km | 58 km |
| 5.1 | 27.05.2022 09:43 | 16.1 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 02.05.2022 04:11 | 45 km | 74 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2022 04:52 | 35 km | 104 km |
| 5.2 | 24.07.2021 13:19 | 18 km | 131 km |
| 5.0 | 25.05.2021 16:04 | 35 km | 142 km |
| 4.1 | 19.04.2021 12:32 | 150 km | 57 km |
| 5.3 | 29.03.2021 07:43 | 61 km | 118 km |
| 4.1 | 26.01.2021 04:32 | 35 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 17.01.2021 06:12 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 08.01.2021 12:48 | 150 km | 100 km |
| 3.1 | 18.12.2020 03:35 | 35 km | 25 km |
| 4.2 | 18.11.2020 20:40 | 100 km | 91 km |
| 5.3 | 31.07.2020 17:06 | 411 km | 63 km |
| 4.6 | 22.05.2020 02:40 | 35 km | 80 km |
| 4.3 | 08.04.2020 19:17 | 0 km | 106 km |
| 4.0 | 07.04.2020 09:20 | 197.8 km | 104 km |
| 4.9 | 04.04.2020 12:11 | 61.3 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 20.02.2020 16:37 | 100 km | 73 km |
| 5.1 | 12.01.2020 16:48 | 21.9 km | 138 km |
| 4.1 | 04.12.2019 05:52 | 35 km | 84 km |
| 5.0 | 31.10.2019 12:54 | 405.3 km | 67 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2019 07:46 | 200 km | 94 km |
| 6.2 | 26.01.2019 03:51 | 365.1 km | 96 km |
| 3.1 | 07.01.2019 20:33 | 45 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2018 04:14 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 5.4 | 31.01.2018 03:13 | 53.9 km | 132 km |
| 4.6 | 16.11.2017 15:18 | 45 km | 110 km |
| 4.1 | 01.11.2017 02:23 | 0 km | 71 km |
| 5.1 | 06.10.2017 11:29 | 105.2 km | 132 km |
| 5.1 | 10.06.2017 17:10 | 0 km | 126 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.