No records in the last 30 days.
598
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1909–2026
record span
4.59
mean magnitude
346
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 | 220 km |
| 7.9 | 30.04.1939 02:55 | 15 km | 227 km |
| 7.2 | 09.12.1909 15:33 | 0 km | 215 km |
| 7.2 | 14.10.1991 15:58 | 30.5 km | 149 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.1926 17:59 | 15 km | 176 km |
| 7.1 | 03.01.2010 22:36 | 28.8 km | 206 km |
| 7.1 | 27.03.1926 10:48 | 15 km | 207 km |
| 7.1 | 08.11.1950 02:18 | 15 km | 216 km |
| 7.0 | 03.02.1939 05:26 | 15 km | 163 km |
| 6.8 | 18.11.2015 18:31 | 11.1 km | 131 km |
| 6.8 | 05.01.2010 12:15 | 25.5 km | 194 km |
| 6.7 | 19.01.1968 06:04 | 13.5 km | 143 km |
| 6.7 | 10.07.2015 04:12 | 20 km | 172 km |
| 6.7 | 09.12.1928 05:05 | 15 km | 177 km |
| 6.6 | 03.01.2010 21:48 | 16.9 km | 190 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 06.06.2026 00:09 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.3 | 06.06.2026 00:09 | 0 km | 18 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 18:52 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.7 | 16.04.2026 20:17 | 104.5 km | 60 km |
| 4.5 | 01.04.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 3.1 | 01.04.2026 16:55 | 0 km | 109 km |
| 3.7 | 21.03.2026 22:25 | 110.1 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2026 13:45 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2025 03:27 | 103.7 km | 71 km |
| 5.0 | 04.08.2025 03:54 | 79.6 km | 134 km |
| 4.9 | 10.04.2025 17:16 | 65.5 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 25.03.2025 04:21 | 0 km | 82 km |
| 4.4 | 21.03.2025 19:28 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.7 | 18.01.2025 19:01 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 4.6 | 09.01.2025 14:35 | 82.2 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 23.12.2024 00:39 | 125.4 km | 105 km |
| 4.5 | 19.12.2024 02:15 | 49.8 km | 109 km |
| 4.3 | 09.12.2024 02:11 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 4.2 | 22.11.2024 13:10 | 77.2 km | 46 km |
| 4.3 | 22.09.2024 02:54 | 65.5 km | 93 km |
| 4.4 | 03.09.2024 21:17 | 132.4 km | 98 km |
| 4.3 | 11.06.2024 21:43 | 111 km | 40 km |
| 4.1 | 31.01.2024 03:29 | 112.4 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 20.12.2023 06:59 | 150 km | 90 km |
| 4.5 | 17.12.2023 21:28 | 100 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 07.12.2023 23:06 | 0 km | 113 km |
| 5.2 | 02.12.2023 03:51 | 164.7 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 22.11.2023 06:08 | 0 km | 66 km |
| 4.8 | 19.11.2023 20:24 | 92.3 km | 94 km |
| 4.1 | 05.11.2023 21:59 | 0 km | 95 km |
| 4.1 | 27.10.2023 00:27 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 23.10.2023 11:18 | 111 km | 57 km |
| 4.8 | 11.09.2023 10:56 | 84.5 km | 62 km |
| 5.0 | 20.08.2023 13:23 | 80.4 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2023 18:58 | 162 km | 88 km |
| 4.1 | 16.06.2023 18:12 | 35 km | 37 km |
| 4.4 | 29.05.2023 06:44 | 150 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2023 11:49 | 111 km | 69 km |
| 4.9 | 22.05.2023 13:36 | 38 km | 89 km |
| 5.0 | 04.05.2023 22:20 | 22.6 km | 148 km |
| 6.1 | 27.03.2023 22:19 | 92.3 km | 34 km |
| 4.9 | 27.03.2023 09:24 | 81.5 km | 75 km |
| 4.3 | 01.03.2023 16:17 | 73 km | 78 km |
| 4.4 | 17.12.2022 16:13 | 103 km | 108 km |
| 4.6 | 13.11.2022 16:37 | 108.3 km | 40 km |
| 4.3 | 09.11.2022 18:13 | 150 km | 89 km |
| 4.6 | 13.10.2022 19:53 | 103 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 23.09.2022 07:48 | 103 km | 74 km |
| 4.2 | 24.08.2022 01:23 | 134.9 km | 89 km |
| 4.1 | 21.07.2022 08:36 | 100 km | 66 km |
| 5.0 | 18.04.2022 21:56 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 4.5 | 01.04.2022 16:01 | 111 km | 44 km |
| 4.3 | 18.03.2022 11:10 | 200 km | 83 km |
| 4.2 | 19.02.2022 19:10 | 111 km | 66 km |
| 4.4 | 30.11.2021 23:41 | 61 km | 82 km |
| 6.4 | 15.10.2021 02:44 | 35 km | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 07.09.2021 12:31 | 35 km | 62 km |
| 4.2 | 19.08.2021 13:07 | 100 km | 71 km |
| 3.5 | 09.08.2021 05:08 | 55 km | 20 km |
| 4.3 | 27.05.2021 16:25 | 0 km | 118 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.