No records in the last 30 days.
276
recorded earthquakes
M6.4
largest
1918–2025
record span
2.05
mean magnitude
83
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 29.09.1918 12:07 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.2023 17:04 | 13.5 km | 136 km |
| 5.2 | 16.05.1929 01:22 | 15 km | 89 km |
| 4.6 | 09.11.1981 01:11 | 8 km | 43 km |
| 4.4 | 21.01.2023 13:31 | 6.3 km | 27 km |
| 4.4 | 26.06.1999 06:33 | 5 km | 45 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2014 07:25 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 21.01.2023 14:27 | 18.1 km | 28 km |
| 4.1 | 09.03.1992 19:54 | 8 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2023 10:02 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2023 03:54 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.0 | 22.04.1978 05:01 | 48 km | 33 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2023 12:43 | 18.7 km | 44 km |
| 3.9 | 29.07.2024 17:13 | 5.1 km | 10 km |
| 3.7 | 12.03.2010 14:49 | 3.8 km | 35 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 19.11.2025 18:33 | 7.9 km | 21 km |
| 1.9 | 07.08.2025 02:26 | 6.4 km | 34 km |
| 3.0 | 15.12.2024 21:48 | 5 km | 18 km |
| 2.3 | 15.08.2024 14:50 | 7.9 km | 47 km |
| 3.9 | 29.07.2024 17:13 | 5.1 km | 10 km |
| 2.4 | 28.05.2024 18:37 | 9.7 km | 26 km |
| 2.9 | 06.07.2023 23:42 | 17.8 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 15.06.2023 03:18 | 6.7 km | 22 km |
| 2.5 | 06.06.2023 15:42 | 19.6 km | 43 km |
| 2.7 | 09.05.2023 07:24 | 7.1 km | 30 km |
| 2.7 | 03.04.2023 01:03 | 7 km | 7 km |
| 3.0 | 02.04.2023 15:45 | 15.9 km | 29 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2023 12:43 | 18.7 km | 44 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.2023 17:04 | 13.5 km | 136 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2023 23:44 | 9.7 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2023 10:02 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2023 03:54 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 2.7 | 23.01.2023 11:51 | 8 km | 7 km |
| 2.6 | 21.01.2023 15:29 | 9.3 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 21.01.2023 14:27 | 18.1 km | 28 km |
| 4.4 | 21.01.2023 13:31 | 6.3 km | 27 km |
| 3.3 | 23.05.2022 18:43 | 20.2 km | 12 km |
| 3.3 | 25.08.2020 12:18 | 33.5 km | 15 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2020 23:45 | 24 km | 45 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2018 14:33 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2018 14:13 | 12 km | 43 km |
| 3.0 | 08.04.2018 09:39 | 6 km | 48 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2017 13:40 | 2.9 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 01.07.2017 14:22 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 22.02.2017 15:28 | 5 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 15.05.2016 14:35 | 19 km | 33 km |
| 1.8 | 09.02.2016 05:09 | 5.6 km | 32 km |
| 2.7 | 27.12.2015 22:51 | 28.7 km | 30 km |
| 3.1 | 02.11.2015 06:27 | 12 km | 45 km |
| 1.7 | 11.10.2015 03:51 | 3.5 km | 41 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2015 07:57 | 17.2 km | 37 km |
| 3.5 | 07.05.2015 12:01 | 16.4 km | 30 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2014 07:25 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 2.9 | 20.06.2014 01:36 | 19.4 km | 28 km |
| 3.2 | 26.11.2013 13:17 | 2 km | 54 km |
| 3.2 | 01.03.2013 01:31 | 5.8 km | 43 km |
| 3.1 | 21.11.2012 16:16 | 9 km | 41 km |
| 2.9 | 14.12.2011 15:13 | 1 km | 52 km |
| 2.8 | 13.12.2011 16:30 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 2.7 | 28.10.2011 16:01 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 3.2 | 17.10.2011 13:30 | 5 km | 25 km |
| 2.8 | 15.10.2011 09:15 | 1 km | 45 km |
| 2.9 | 06.10.2011 16:12 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 1.0 | 28.09.2011 06:45 | 3.2 km | 25 km |
| 2.8 | 27.09.2011 16:04 | 2 km | 44 km |
| 2.9 | 21.09.2011 17:23 | 2 km | 54 km |
| 1.8 | 16.09.2011 22:43 | 2.9 km | 20 km |
| 1.3 | 16.09.2011 22:41 | 2.6 km | 24 km |
| 1.3 | 16.09.2011 22:40 | 4.1 km | 23 km |
| 1.5 | 16.09.2011 21:46 | 3.8 km | 12 km |
| 1.3 | 16.09.2011 12:44 | 1.7 km | 35 km |
| 1.2 | 14.09.2011 03:41 | 4 km | 39 km |
| 3.3 | 30.08.2011 22:58 | 12.6 km | 37 km |
| 1.0 | 30.08.2011 07:04 | 11.9 km | 26 km |
| 2.9 | 18.08.2011 12:35 | 0 km | 43 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.