No records in the last 30 days.
274
recorded earthquakes
M4.6
largest
1975–2026
record span
1.43
mean magnitude
224
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 15.09.2014 13:08 | 14.6 km | 60 km |
| 3.9 | 12.12.1990 15:27 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2026 07:29 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 3.7 | 11.04.1993 20:14 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.6 | 20.09.1986 22:15 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 3.4 | 12.11.1993 19:54 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 3.3 | 25.01.1986 23:13 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.1987 05:31 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 2.6 | 07.11.2005 14:31 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 2.5 | 09.01.2005 19:26 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2004 11:45 | 0.5 km | 45 km |
| 2.4 | 06.02.2007 11:22 | 0.1 km | 43 km |
| 2.3 | 01.11.2010 15:10 | 0.1 km | 128 km |
| 2.3 | 06.01.2007 09:34 | 0.8 km | 145 km |
| 2.3 | 16.01.2007 15:06 | 16.8 km | 128 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 08.05.2026 07:29 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 2.0 | 14.07.2025 14:23 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 1.9 | 12.06.2025 10:09 | 0.1 km | 101 km |
| 2.0 | 02.03.2025 03:28 | 0 km | 128 km |
| 2.2 | 08.08.2024 08:59 | 7.1 km | 116 km |
| 0.9 | 01.05.2024 14:11 | 11.4 km | 156 km |
| 1.9 | 11.01.2024 14:53 | 10.8 km | 141 km |
| 1.4 | 18.12.2023 13:00 | 11.4 km | 146 km |
| 1.2 | 15.11.2023 13:38 | 11.4 km | 153 km |
| 0.9 | 26.10.2023 14:37 | 11.4 km | 130 km |
| 4.6 | 15.09.2014 13:08 | 14.6 km | 60 km |
| 1.9 | 27.03.2013 11:26 | 1 km | 36 km |
| 2.1 | 16.03.2013 11:14 | 1 km | 113 km |
| 1.2 | 21.11.2011 12:37 | 0.1 km | 166 km |
| 1.1 | 17.11.2011 13:11 | 0.1 km | 45 km |
| 1.2 | 16.11.2011 13:59 | 0.1 km | 138 km |
| 1.6 | 15.11.2011 13:18 | 0.1 km | 134 km |
| 1.3 | 14.11.2011 18:17 | 0.1 km | 167 km |
| 1.0 | 30.10.2011 06:13 | 22.8 km | 133 km |
| 1.2 | 20.10.2011 12:39 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 1.2 | 17.10.2011 12:21 | 0.1 km | 122 km |
| 2.1 | 05.10.2011 05:30 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 1.5 | 03.10.2011 14:12 | 0.1 km | 128 km |
| 1.5 | 03.10.2011 14:09 | 0.1 km | 165 km |
| 0.7 | 27.09.2011 17:27 | 0.1 km | 70 km |
| 1.0 | 27.09.2011 15:05 | 0.1 km | 106 km |
| 1.0 | 26.09.2011 13:37 | 0.1 km | 186 km |
| 1.3 | 20.09.2011 12:36 | 0.1 km | 115 km |
| 1.5 | 19.09.2011 15:15 | 0.1 km | 108 km |
| 1.4 | 19.09.2011 13:13 | 0.1 km | 135 km |
| 0.9 | 19.09.2011 09:19 | 0.1 km | 90 km |
| 1.2 | 05.09.2011 14:08 | 0 km | 13 km |
| 1.2 | 01.09.2011 14:11 | 0.1 km | 84 km |
| 1.3 | 30.08.2011 14:30 | 0.1 km | 71 km |
| 1.1 | 30.08.2011 09:11 | 0.1 km | 136 km |
| 1.6 | 24.08.2011 12:18 | 1.9 km | 62 km |
| 1.2 | 23.08.2011 14:09 | 0.1 km | 128 km |
| 1.2 | 22.08.2011 13:17 | 0.1 km | 136 km |
| 1.4 | 22.08.2011 12:22 | 1.1 km | 81 km |
| 1.0 | 19.08.2011 10:00 | 0.1 km | 73 km |
| 1.3 | 03.08.2011 13:39 | 0.1 km | 126 km |
| 0.9 | 02.08.2011 09:41 | 0.1 km | 102 km |
| 1.3 | 14.07.2011 15:48 | 1 km | 140 km |
| 1.6 | 30.06.2011 06:03 | 0.1 km | 14 km |
| 1.1 | 01.06.2011 15:28 | 0.1 km | 83 km |
| 1.1 | 01.06.2011 11:48 | 0.1 km | 68 km |
| 1.4 | 31.05.2011 14:13 | 0.1 km | 63 km |
| 1.4 | 25.05.2011 12:03 | 0.1 km | 157 km |
| 1.1 | 18.05.2011 12:12 | 0.1 km | 158 km |
| 1.2 | 16.05.2011 15:30 | 0.1 km | 141 km |
| 1.7 | 10.05.2011 15:49 | 0.1 km | 86 km |
| 1.5 | 01.05.2011 10:45 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 1.2 | 28.04.2011 14:58 | 0.1 km | 157 km |
| 1.1 | 26.04.2011 14:31 | 0.1 km | 121 km |
| 1.3 | 19.04.2011 14:30 | 0.1 km | 113 km |
| 1.2 | 15.04.2011 11:11 | 0.1 km | 78 km |
| 1.7 | 11.04.2011 15:25 | 0.1 km | 151 km |
| 1.1 | 08.04.2011 10:10 | 0.1 km | 160 km |
| 1.1 | 06.04.2011 09:36 | 0.1 km | 46 km |
| 1.9 | 27.03.2011 11:34 | 15 km | 150 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.