No records in the last 30 days.
185
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1913–2025
record span
3.82
mean magnitude
116
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 23.09.1915 08:14 | 10 km | 915 km |
| 6.2 | 31.03.1945 22:07 | 15 km | 985 km |
| 5.8 | 27.02.1913 16:22 | 35 km | 970 km |
| 5.7 | 01.05.1931 09:47 | 15 km | 951 km |
| 5.7 | 13.03.1993 17:12 | 15.8 km | 1012 km |
| 5.6 | 21.09.1921 11:01 | 35 km | 956 km |
| 5.6 | 12.05.1938 21:31 | 35 km | 853 km |
| 5.6 | 13.03.1967 19:22 | 23.3 km | 1029 km |
| 5.5 | 27.03.1913 03:13 | 35 km | 950 km |
| 5.5 | 01.08.1993 00:20 | 18.5 km | 159 km |
| 5.3 | 17.05.1967 17:50 | 22.3 km | 1030 km |
| 5.3 | 02.11.1996 13:50 | 10.2 km | 1030 km |
| 5.3 | 16.03.1993 11:59 | 12.2 km | 1012 km |
| 5.3 | 12.03.1993 04:24 | 15.8 km | 1017 km |
| 5.2 | 23.03.1993 00:59 | 5.8 km | 1021 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 20.10.2025 10:31 | 0 km | 939 km |
| 3.6 | 07.01.2025 09:55 | 0 km | 720 km |
| 3.5 | 25.12.2024 14:26 | 0 km | 1048 km |
| 3.1 | 19.11.2024 22:23 | 0 km | 1034 km |
| 3.6 | 07.06.2024 09:11 | 15.9 km | 1030 km |
| 3.3 | 28.03.2024 06:35 | 10 km | 1059 km |
| 3.4 | 26.11.2023 14:12 | 10 km | 736 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2023 11:36 | 10 km | 752 km |
| 4.2 | 18.03.2022 17:37 | 10 km | 1040 km |
| 4.7 | 15.05.2021 06:13 | 8.9 km | 998 km |
| 4.2 | 06.02.2021 16:14 | 19.7 km | 889 km |
| 4.4 | 24.12.2020 22:22 | 10 km | 811 km |
| 3.8 | 22.12.2020 13:01 | 10 km | 978 km |
| 4.0 | 03.06.2020 20:57 | 12 km | 960 km |
| 4.0 | 27.12.2019 19:23 | 10 km | 1053 km |
| 3.2 | 19.06.2017 13:42 | 10 km | 1125 km |
| 4.5 | 14.07.2015 16:39 | 12.6 km | 949 km |
| 4.5 | 21.06.2015 21:43 | 10 km | 577 km |
| 4.8 | 09.06.2015 02:22 | 13.2 km | 943 km |
| 4.5 | 17.03.2015 20:32 | 10 km | 485 km |
| 4.2 | 01.01.2015 08:51 | 10 km | 811 km |
| 4.6 | 19.12.2014 04:23 | 10 km | 531 km |
| 4.9 | 18.12.2014 08:04 | 10 km | 394 km |
| 4.2 | 09.12.2014 03:19 | 10 km | 333 km |
| 4.1 | 28.11.2014 01:31 | 18 km | 1024 km |
| 3.5 | 26.10.2014 16:22 | 10 km | 1031 km |
| 4.1 | 22.10.2014 06:09 | 0 km | 1023 km |
| 4.6 | 16.06.2014 05:56 | 14.7 km | 934 km |
| 4.2 | 23.12.2013 19:01 | 10 km | 933 km |
| 4.0 | 19.01.2012 06:32 | 10 km | 282 km |
| 2.3 | 06.12.2010 22:02 | 9.8 km | 728 km |
| 3.5 | 05.11.2010 01:12 | 10 km | 1049 km |
| 2.0 | 30.07.2010 22:42 | 11.8 km | 726 km |
| 2.8 | 05.03.2010 05:41 | 10 km | 788 km |
| 2.0 | 17.02.2010 01:39 | 20.7 km | 728 km |
| 2.1 | 16.02.2010 13:02 | 3.2 km | 736 km |
| 4.0 | 16.01.2010 16:05 | 12.2 km | 715 km |
| 2.3 | 28.12.2008 16:46 | 25.1 km | 1074 km |
| 2.9 | 22.12.2008 00:20 | 22.8 km | 1048 km |
| 2.6 | 21.12.2008 23:00 | 21.2 km | 1056 km |
| 2.5 | 21.12.2008 21:17 | 28.6 km | 1062 km |
| 0.0 | 21.12.2008 19:07 | 10 km | 1042 km |
| 3.7 | 21.12.2008 19:07 | 2 km | 1070 km |
| 2.6 | 18.12.2008 16:20 | 27.6 km | 1049 km |
| 3.2 | 15.12.2008 19:29 | 37 km | 1062 km |
| 2.6 | 08.12.2008 15:54 | 30.9 km | 1062 km |
| 2.8 | 08.12.2008 15:49 | 25.4 km | 1054 km |
| 2.7 | 07.12.2008 10:33 | 23.3 km | 1088 km |
| 3.1 | 24.11.2008 12:44 | 31.1 km | 1067 km |
| 2.3 | 22.10.2008 09:18 | 26.5 km | 1085 km |
| 2.4 | 08.10.2008 18:45 | 19.1 km | 1052 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2008 21:46 | 10 km | 1078 km |
| 1.8 | 25.09.2008 22:52 | 15 km | 1131 km |
| 2.3 | 23.09.2008 18:28 | 14.6 km | 1107 km |
| 2.2 | 19.09.2008 17:03 | 28.5 km | 1089 km |
| 2.0 | 13.09.2008 11:42 | 27.2 km | 1066 km |
| 2.5 | 13.09.2008 11:38 | 27.9 km | 1100 km |
| 2.8 | 13.09.2008 11:14 | 27.7 km | 1056 km |
| 3.7 | 13.09.2008 10:45 | 21.2 km | 1061 km |
| 1.8 | 12.09.2008 21:21 | 22.2 km | 1108 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.