No records in the last 30 days.
177
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1901–2026
record span
5.46
mean magnitude
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 30.04.1939 02:55 | 15 km | 52 km |
| 7.7 | 10.10.1931 00:19 | 15 km | 138 km |
| 7.5 | 10.08.1988 04:38 | 33.4 km | 132 km |
| 7.5 | 07.02.1984 21:33 | 16.4 km | 70 km |
| 7.3 | 21.04.1977 04:24 | 24.9 km | 99 km |
| 7.3 | 15.06.1966 01:32 | 15.8 km | 134 km |
| 7.3 | 18.08.1968 18:38 | 536.6 km | 87 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.2003 08:43 | 40 km | 147 km |
| 7.2 | 20.04.1977 23:42 | 24.9 km | 66 km |
| 7.2 | 25.05.1901 00:32 | 0 km | 62 km |
| 7.2 | 25.01.1926 00:36 | 15 km | 102 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.1926 17:59 | 15 km | 60 km |
| 7.1 | 15.06.1966 00:59 | 2.9 km | 138 km |
| 7.1 | 19.02.1906 01:59 | 0 km | 62 km |
| 7.1 | 08.11.1950 02:18 | 15 km | 34 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 15.01.2026 03:41 | 51.3 km | 12 km |
| 5.3 | 01.05.2025 06:04 | 33.1 km | 52 km |
| 4.5 | 21.04.2024 01:54 | 34 km | 33 km |
| 5.3 | 13.09.2023 11:36 | 40.7 km | 35 km |
| 5.0 | 31.08.2023 19:33 | 18.7 km | 50 km |
| 5.0 | 20.02.2023 17:53 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 5.0 | 12.12.2022 01:38 | 31.1 km | 55 km |
| 5.7 | 25.11.2022 13:46 | 20.5 km | 43 km |
| 5.1 | 25.11.2022 13:24 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 5.1 | 24.11.2022 22:43 | 19.6 km | 63 km |
| 5.0 | 24.11.2022 15:13 | 32 km | 41 km |
| 5.3 | 24.11.2022 09:15 | 14.1 km | 54 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2022 08:50 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 5.0 | 22.11.2022 05:07 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 6.1 | 22.11.2022 02:37 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 5.0 | 22.11.2022 02:14 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 5.6 | 22.11.2022 02:07 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 7.0 | 22.11.2022 02:03 | 16.3 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 22.04.2022 10:27 | 33.9 km | 20 km |
| 5.0 | 18.03.2022 05:19 | 30.8 km | 38 km |
| 5.2 | 12.02.2022 04:33 | 33.6 km | 54 km |
| 5.2 | 02.01.2020 13:41 | 28.9 km | 40 km |
| 4.3 | 18.05.2018 02:22 | 34 km | 33 km |
| 5.7 | 29.03.2018 18:51 | 25.8 km | 43 km |
| 5.1 | 02.05.2017 04:38 | 13.1 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 24.02.2017 09:44 | 34 km | 33 km |
| 5.0 | 01.08.2016 21:24 | 19.6 km | 63 km |
| 6.1 | 10.06.2016 04:17 | 32.8 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 07.06.2016 08:36 | 64.1 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 19.01.2016 10:30 | 25.8 km | 31 km |
| 4.4 | 24.07.2015 07:42 | 39 km | 26 km |
| 5.2 | 01.11.2014 22:13 | 25.5 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 24.08.2014 00:46 | 0 km | 31 km |
| 5.3 | 05.05.2014 02:24 | 37.3 km | 50 km |
| 4.1 | 03.06.2013 07:02 | 0 km | 23 km |
| 4.0 | 17.02.2013 21:21 | 0 km | 2 km |
| 6.5 | 25.07.2012 11:20 | 23.7 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 24.08.2009 02:34 | 0 km | 31 km |
| 5.1 | 17.05.2009 17:57 | 15.2 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2009 15:33 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 26.01.2009 00:07 | 32.5 km | 23 km |
| 6.0 | 21.11.2008 07:05 | 124 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 03.04.2008 08:02 | 0 km | 21 km |
| 5.2 | 19.08.2007 02:32 | 15.4 km | 57 km |
| 6.5 | 16.08.2007 08:39 | 10.7 km | 69 km |
| 5.2 | 31.01.2007 16:40 | 26 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 16.02.2006 04:14 | 29.9 km | 18 km |
| 4.4 | 28.01.2006 08:49 | 48 km | 15 km |
| 4.1 | 21.05.2005 04:06 | 56.1 km | 24 km |
| 4.1 | 09.03.2005 10:45 | 49.9 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 13.12.2004 08:44 | 58 km | 35 km |
| 5.4 | 27.10.2004 10:47 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 5.0 | 30.01.2004 19:17 | 26 km | 47 km |
| 5.1 | 21.01.2004 12:24 | 26.2 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 01.04.2003 19:01 | 0 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2003 22:41 | 34 km | 25 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.2003 08:43 | 40 km | 147 km |
| 4.9 | 21.01.2002 13:38 | 17.6 km | 32 km |
| 4.7 | 28.12.2001 22:24 | 34 km | 29 km |
| 6.8 | 23.12.2001 22:52 | 29.5 km | 36 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.