No records in the last 30 days.
380
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1927–2026
record span
2.06
mean magnitude
244
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 | 11.07.1927 13:04 | 15 km | 112 km |
| 5.3 | 16.03.1956 19:32 | 15 km | 120 km |
| 5.1 | 15.02.2008 10:36 | 10.4 km | 94 km |
| 5.1 | 16.03.1956 19:43 | 15 km | 102 km |
| 5.1 | 26.03.1997 04:22 | 15.6 km | 95 km |
| 4.8 | 04.07.2018 19:45 | 7.4 km | 58 km |
| 4.6 | 24.10.1999 01:23 | 9.8 km | 55 km |
| 4.3 | 24.11.1981 09:37 | 8 km | 53 km |
| 4.2 | 13.01.1982 18:36 | 1 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2008 15:41 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 4.1 | 22.01.2022 21:36 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 04.08.1997 11:29 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 18.10.1984 07:19 | 20.7 km | 66 km |
| 3.6 | 15.12.1998 11:17 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.6 | 07.05.1988 20:17 | 13 km | 50 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 24.05.2026 17:42 | 18.5 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 19.01.2026 13:39 | 14.2 km | 52 km |
| 3.2 | 29.03.2025 14:47 | 7.2 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 22.01.2022 21:36 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.2 | 21.02.2021 14:54 | 12 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 26.05.2020 23:32 | 8 km | 76 km |
| 2.6 | 31.01.2019 11:43 | 5 km | 51 km |
| 2.9 | 22.07.2018 06:41 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 07.07.2018 02:07 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 3.5 | 04.07.2018 21:49 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 4.8 | 04.07.2018 19:45 | 7.4 km | 58 km |
| 3.3 | 07.06.2018 23:47 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 06.01.2017 05:15 | 15 km | 78 km |
| 2.9 | 27.05.2014 08:23 | 5 km | 62 km |
| 2.0 | 24.11.2013 18:10 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.2 | 18.07.2013 09:04 | 8 km | 67 km |
| 3.2 | 09.02.2012 11:11 | 2 km | 43 km |
| 2.7 | 12.12.2011 05:48 | 5 km | 42 km |
| 2.7 | 07.12.2011 04:08 | 9 km | 63 km |
| 2.7 | 05.12.2011 01:11 | 7 km | 70 km |
| 2.7 | 04.12.2011 21:26 | 9 km | 67 km |
| 2.7 | 04.12.2011 21:16 | 11 km | 66 km |
| 2.5 | 04.12.2011 20:26 | 0 km | 62 km |
| 2.5 | 27.11.2011 13:57 | 15 km | 74 km |
| 2.6 | 25.11.2011 19:29 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 1.9 | 26.09.2011 12:05 | 31.1 km | 43 km |
| 1.2 | 03.09.2011 09:40 | 5.8 km | 51 km |
| 1.1 | 01.09.2011 02:24 | 16.4 km | 48 km |
| 1.4 | 26.08.2011 16:06 | 2.6 km | 52 km |
| 2.7 | 20.08.2011 17:12 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 1.5 | 17.08.2011 15:08 | 0.1 km | 27 km |
| 1.5 | 08.08.2011 00:20 | 12 km | 46 km |
| 2.4 | 30.07.2011 22:13 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 2.6 | 25.06.2011 13:57 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 2.8 | 25.06.2011 11:06 | 0 km | 65 km |
| 2.2 | 19.06.2011 00:49 | 17.2 km | 48 km |
| 2.6 | 18.06.2011 19:45 | 0 km | 28 km |
| 2.9 | 08.06.2011 21:26 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 2.8 | 29.05.2011 21:20 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 1.3 | 29.05.2011 19:49 | 2 km | 27 km |
| 2.8 | 29.05.2011 19:19 | 8 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 29.05.2011 19:17 | 8 km | 26 km |
| 1.9 | 23.05.2011 09:01 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 1.6 | 15.05.2011 11:41 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 1.6 | 03.05.2011 07:14 | 0 km | 37 km |
| 1.3 | 01.05.2011 09:33 | 7 km | 52 km |
| 1.3 | 26.04.2011 12:54 | 19 km | 40 km |
| 1.2 | 26.04.2011 03:59 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 1.2 | 24.04.2011 09:13 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 1.1 | 24.04.2011 09:03 | 6 km | 51 km |
| 1.4 | 16.04.2011 08:42 | 2 km | 51 km |
| 2.8 | 10.04.2011 10:31 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 1.4 | 09.04.2011 08:48 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 1.9 | 07.04.2011 11:27 | 20 km | 30 km |
| 1.6 | 02.04.2011 09:31 | 3 km | 58 km |
| 1.5 | 30.03.2011 12:47 | 7 km | 57 km |
| 1.7 | 21.03.2011 13:51 | 14 km | 52 km |
| 1.3 | 19.03.2011 08:41 | 28 km | 67 km |
| 1.4 | 16.03.2011 09:15 | 5 km | 22 km |
| 1.5 | 12.03.2011 14:03 | 3 km | 55 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.