No records in the last 30 days.
477
recorded earthquakes
M4.4
largest
1990–2024
record span
1.59
mean magnitude
396
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 15.11.2006 12:39 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 4.0 | 27.02.1990 15:55 | — | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2011 06:42 | 0.1 km | 93 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2004 23:15 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2009 00:12 | 0.1 km | 67 km |
| 3.2 | 07.04.2011 15:15 | 0.1 km | 92 km |
| 3.2 | 15.12.2006 13:00 | 0.1 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2006 12:07 | 0.1 km | 112 km |
| 3.1 | 04.09.2006 14:29 | 12.8 km | 76 km |
| 2.9 | 22.12.2006 03:25 | 2.3 km | 61 km |
| 2.8 | 19.02.2009 00:12 | 0.9 km | 60 km |
| 2.8 | 04.10.2006 14:23 | 0 km | 112 km |
| 2.7 | 24.12.2006 02:21 | 1.2 km | 61 km |
| 2.7 | 15.12.2006 13:03 | 1 km | 61 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2006 12:41 | 0 km | 59 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 24.01.2024 15:09 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 1.7 | 25.11.2011 11:52 | 0.1 km | 45 km |
| 1.3 | 24.11.2011 13:10 | 0.1 km | 85 km |
| 1.4 | 23.11.2011 14:12 | 0.1 km | 59 km |
| 1.3 | 22.11.2011 13:18 | 0.1 km | 98 km |
| 1.1 | 18.11.2011 12:59 | 0.1 km | 64 km |
| 1.3 | 13.11.2011 16:50 | 0.1 km | 62 km |
| 1.2 | 10.11.2011 15:17 | 0.1 km | 89 km |
| 1.6 | 09.11.2011 13:53 | 0.1 km | 3 km |
| 1.5 | 09.11.2011 11:39 | 0.1 km | 29 km |
| 1.3 | 09.11.2011 10:45 | 0.1 km | 33 km |
| 1.1 | 08.11.2011 13:51 | 0.1 km | 102 km |
| 1.3 | 03.11.2011 12:32 | 0.1 km | 97 km |
| 1.3 | 18.10.2011 13:22 | 0.9 km | 37 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2011 10:09 | 0.1 km | 113 km |
| 2.0 | 06.10.2011 13:24 | 0.1 km | 62 km |
| 1.3 | 29.09.2011 12:56 | 0.1 km | 86 km |
| 1.3 | 28.09.2011 11:18 | 0.1 km | 31 km |
| 1.3 | 27.09.2011 13:01 | 0.1 km | 44 km |
| 1.3 | 27.09.2011 11:46 | 5.4 km | 32 km |
| 2.1 | 26.09.2011 11:48 | 0.1 km | 32 km |
| 1.0 | 23.09.2011 10:38 | 0.1 km | 103 km |
| 1.4 | 22.09.2011 12:02 | 0.1 km | 62 km |
| 1.5 | 21.09.2011 16:21 | 0.1 km | 82 km |
| 2.0 | 08.09.2011 11:27 | 2.9 km | 87 km |
| 1.4 | 05.09.2011 12:07 | 0.1 km | 63 km |
| 1.2 | 31.08.2011 12:02 | 0.1 km | 61 km |
| 2.1 | 30.08.2011 13:05 | 0.1 km | 11 km |
| 1.3 | 29.08.2011 15:23 | 0.1 km | 104 km |
| 2.4 | 26.08.2011 10:21 | 0.1 km | 5 km |
| 1.8 | 25.08.2011 13:48 | 0.1 km | 84 km |
| 1.0 | 24.08.2011 12:12 | 2.3 km | 100 km |
| 1.1 | 12.08.2011 12:03 | 0.1 km | 62 km |
| 1.0 | 06.08.2011 09:07 | 0.2 km | 83 km |
| 1.2 | 03.08.2011 14:35 | 0.1 km | 38 km |
| 1.4 | 20.07.2011 11:07 | 0.1 km | 32 km |
| 1.5 | 18.07.2011 12:02 | 0.1 km | 62 km |
| 1.4 | 07.07.2011 12:56 | 0.1 km | 4 km |
| 1.4 | 06.07.2011 13:06 | 0.7 km | 29 km |
| 1.3 | 28.06.2011 07:08 | 0.1 km | 85 km |
| 1.3 | 26.06.2011 15:51 | 0.1 km | 61 km |
| 1.1 | 20.06.2011 13:28 | 0.1 km | 44 km |
| 1.1 | 20.06.2011 12:02 | 0.1 km | 61 km |
| 1.7 | 17.06.2011 12:01 | 0.1 km | 61 km |
| 1.6 | 16.06.2011 13:41 | 0.1 km | 55 km |
| 1.6 | 16.06.2011 13:01 | 0.1 km | 11 km |
| 1.4 | 14.06.2011 13:33 | 0.1 km | 34 km |
| 1.4 | 14.06.2011 09:31 | 0.1 km | 37 km |
| 1.7 | 13.06.2011 12:55 | 0.1 km | 69 km |
| 1.8 | 09.06.2011 14:11 | 0.1 km | 84 km |
| 1.6 | 01.06.2011 11:28 | 0.1 km | 80 km |
| 1.7 | 30.05.2011 13:07 | 0.1 km | 32 km |
| 1.2 | 28.05.2011 13:07 | 0.1 km | 92 km |
| 2.2 | 26.05.2011 12:01 | 0.1 km | 66 km |
| 1.2 | 18.05.2011 16:31 | 0.1 km | 84 km |
| 1.8 | 17.05.2011 13:04 | 0.8 km | 11 km |
| 1.3 | 15.05.2011 16:37 | 0 km | 91 km |
| 1.3 | 14.05.2011 15:51 | 0.1 km | 63 km |
| 1.9 | 10.05.2011 12:14 | 0.1 km | 84 km |
| 1.0 | 10.05.2011 10:49 | 0.1 km | 102 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.