No records in the last 30 days.
282
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1903–2026
record span
5.11
mean magnitude
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 08.09.1948 15:09 | 15 km | 111 km |
| 7.8 | 04.01.1903 05:07 | 400 km | 152 km |
| 7.7 | 26.06.1913 04:57 | 25 km | 147 km |
| 7.3 | 02.01.1907 11:57 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 7.3 | 21.08.1911 16:28 | 300 km | 117 km |
| 7.2 | 24.06.1917 19:48 | 60 km | 106 km |
| 7.1 | 29.04.1903 03:59 | 0 km | 152 km |
| 7.1 | 30.06.1905 17:07 | 0 km | 152 km |
| 7.0 | 30.03.2025 12:18 | 0 km | 130 km |
| 7.0 | 14.06.1905 11:30 | 0 km | 152 km |
| 6.7 | 21.03.1983 07:44 | 52.6 km | 48 km |
| 6.4 | 14.02.1930 20:41 | 35 km | 58 km |
| 6.3 | 28.07.1995 14:29 | 100.4 km | 39 km |
| 6.3 | 09.07.1946 01:08 | 35 km | 40 km |
| 6.3 | 17.07.1970 20:04 | 29 km | 92 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 31.01.2026 20:59 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 5.3 | 26.01.2026 10:53 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 5.4 | 26.01.2026 03:31 | 22.6 km | 54 km |
| 4.5 | 16.08.2025 09:41 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2025 19:23 | 0 km | 34 km |
| 7.0 | 30.03.2025 12:18 | 0 km | 130 km |
| 4.6 | 07.01.2025 23:12 | 103.3 km | 22 km |
| 5.3 | 06.10.2024 21:50 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2024 12:16 | 0 km | 14 km |
| 4.2 | 13.06.2024 10:13 | 66 km | 33 km |
| 5.2 | 08.05.2023 14:14 | 48.1 km | 66 km |
| 5.7 | 27.12.2022 01:00 | 29.4 km | 64 km |
| 5.4 | 28.11.2022 09:30 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.7 | 19.02.2022 13:00 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 4.1 | 24.11.2021 15:15 | 100 km | 32 km |
| 4.9 | 16.11.2021 05:17 | 27 km | 33 km |
| 6.0 | 05.09.2021 17:51 | 19.7 km | 80 km |
| 6.1 | 27.02.2021 14:45 | 0 km | 76 km |
| 5.4 | 22.02.2020 18:50 | 27 km | 70 km |
| 5.5 | 10.01.2020 01:05 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 6.1 | 15.06.2019 21:56 | 9.7 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 29.01.2019 05:39 | 126.9 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 06.12.2018 18:14 | 35 km | 24 km |
| 5.5 | 12.08.2018 16:43 | 35 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2018 00:52 | 0 km | 22 km |
| 4.4 | 26.02.2018 14:01 | 10 km | 35 km |
| 5.1 | 27.10.2017 12:34 | 169.2 km | 67 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2017 11:23 | 35 km | 22 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2017 08:20 | 100 km | 35 km |
| 5.3 | 10.02.2017 07:18 | 38.9 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2017 04:09 | 100 km | 25 km |
| 4.5 | 17.12.2016 18:49 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 5.3 | 15.12.2016 00:18 | 28.5 km | 68 km |
| 6.0 | 15.02.2016 15:02 | 15.5 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 02.10.2015 12:17 | 200 km | 29 km |
| 4.7 | 05.08.2015 16:21 | 11.2 km | 37 km |
| 4.3 | 13.07.2015 03:16 | 0 km | 15 km |
| 3.3 | 08.05.2015 11:15 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 5.0 | 27.11.2014 15:05 | 61.6 km | 50 km |
| 5.1 | 02.10.2014 00:13 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 6.1 | 26.04.2014 06:02 | 39.4 km | 77 km |
| 4.5 | 22.12.2013 11:13 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 5.2 | 30.09.2013 22:41 | 46.9 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 14.07.2013 07:46 | 0 km | 29 km |
| 5.0 | 26.02.2013 15:57 | 31.3 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 17.10.2012 10:09 | 0 km | 37 km |
| 5.3 | 02.10.2012 11:35 | 27 km | 63 km |
| 5.3 | 01.09.2012 19:46 | 30.4 km | 56 km |
| 5.4 | 22.07.2012 16:56 | 32.3 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 13.06.2012 17:17 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2012 00:50 | 0 km | 22 km |
| 4.3 | 11.05.2012 00:37 | 35 km | 39 km |
| 4.3 | 27.12.2011 06:08 | 0 km | 31 km |
| 5.6 | 09.07.2011 07:08 | 27 km | 61 km |
| 5.8 | 09.07.2011 06:53 | 29.5 km | 60 km |
| 6.1 | 12.02.2011 17:57 | 85.9 km | 88 km |
| 6.0 | 31.01.2011 06:03 | 69.3 km | 93 km |
| 4.4 | 13.12.2010 17:41 | 121.8 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 26.11.2010 03:58 | 0 km | 23 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2010 07:39 | 53 km | 12 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.