No records in the last 30 days.
413
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.88
mean magnitude
34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 05.06.1920 04:21 | 20 km | 158 km |
| 7.6 | 20.09.1999 17:47 | 25.4 km | 37 km |
| 7.5 | 21.10.1951 21:34 | 25 km | 110 km |
| 7.5 | 01.09.1922 19:16 | 20 km | 145 km |
| 7.4 | 24.11.1951 18:47 | 25 km | 132 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 122 km |
| 7.3 | 14.11.1986 21:20 | 25.2 km | 132 km |
| 7.3 | 11.01.1908 03:35 | 5 km | 128 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1910 14:20 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1963 08:50 | 30 km | 172 km |
| 7.3 | 24.11.1951 18:50 | 30 km | 126 km |
| 7.3 | 07.09.1938 04:03 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1957 20:26 | 55 km | 113 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1968 10:50 | 14.2 km | 169 km |
| 7.2 | 22.10.1951 03:29 | 25 km | 90 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 06.03.2026 15:14 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 16.02.2026 11:00 | 21.6 km | 31 km |
| 4.2 | 20.11.2025 19:43 | 19.1 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 11.11.2025 20:26 | 23.6 km | 48 km |
| 4.2 | 23.10.2025 12:28 | 30.1 km | 30 km |
| 4.3 | 23.10.2025 06:35 | 25 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 09.05.2025 21:27 | 20.4 km | 31 km |
| 5.2 | 25.01.2025 11:49 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 6.1 | 20.01.2025 16:17 | 16 km | 90 km |
| 4.6 | 29.12.2024 19:51 | 24.7 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 01.12.2024 00:57 | 13.9 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 25.11.2024 02:30 | 13.6 km | 46 km |
| 4.1 | 13.05.2024 07:57 | 21.5 km | 54 km |
| 6.0 | 22.04.2024 18:32 | 14.4 km | 114 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 122 km |
| 4.6 | 20.11.2023 17:16 | 30.1 km | 42 km |
| 5.0 | 05.09.2023 09:30 | 14.9 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 16.08.2023 14:58 | 9.2 km | 52 km |
| 4.6 | 18.02.2023 15:49 | 18.6 km | 44 km |
| 6.0 | 18.09.2022 09:39 | 11.3 km | 122 km |
| 7.0 | 18.09.2022 06:44 | 10.8 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2022 19:47 | 14 km | 54 km |
| 4.7 | 19.03.2022 15:23 | 17.9 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 14.03.2022 11:30 | 28 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 07.01.2022 21:12 | 32.9 km | 46 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2021 07:59 | 17 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 03.10.2020 19:46 | 27 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 25.07.2020 21:33 | 26 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 28.05.2020 19:34 | 16.7 km | 47 km |
| 4.6 | 15.08.2019 21:41 | 18 km | 53 km |
| 6.2 | 18.04.2019 05:01 | 13.9 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 29.12.2018 13:44 | 16 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2018 13:38 | 10.4 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2018 13:38 | 14.4 km | 44 km |
| 4.2 | 20.06.2018 17:09 | 33 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2018 16:02 | 29 km | 41 km |
| 4.6 | 22.03.2018 14:27 | 6 km | 48 km |
| 4.6 | 23.11.2017 20:55 | 18.5 km | 50 km |
| 5.2 | 22.11.2017 14:20 | 19.1 km | 53 km |
| 4.4 | 11.11.2017 12:23 | 18.6 km | 46 km |
| 4.9 | 11.11.2017 12:22 | 16.5 km | 45 km |
| 4.5 | 11.11.2017 11:14 | 19.1 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2016 12:55 | 33.9 km | 55 km |
| 6.4 | 05.02.2016 19:57 | 18.9 km | 121 km |
| 4.2 | 12.11.2014 12:46 | 8 km | 60 km |
| 4.1 | 23.10.2014 00:53 | 28.7 km | 44 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2014 15:01 | 11 km | 41 km |
| 3.7 | 19.06.2014 00:13 | 13 km | 41 km |
| 3.5 | 13.03.2014 18:32 | 8 km | 18 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2014 02:06 | 24 km | 18 km |
| 6.3 | 31.10.2013 12:02 | 14.8 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 30.09.2013 12:05 | 11.1 km | 53 km |
| 6.3 | 02.06.2013 05:43 | 17 km | 63 km |
| 5.0 | 27.03.2013 02:04 | 19.4 km | 60 km |
| 6.0 | 27.03.2013 02:03 | 18.6 km | 69 km |
| 4.6 | 17.03.2013 13:53 | 12.8 km | 56 km |
| 4.0 | 24.10.2012 05:35 | 7 km | 47 km |
| 4.5 | 09.03.2010 05:51 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 6.2 | 04.03.2010 00:18 | 27.9 km | 124 km |
| 4.4 | 05.11.2009 11:35 | 21.9 km | 39 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.