No records in the last 30 days.
173
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1934–2025
record span
4.18
mean magnitude
93
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 27.11.1979 17:10 | 7.9 km | 444 km |
| 6.7 | 17.05.1976 02:58 | 15.9 km | 343 km |
| 6.6 | 08.04.1976 02:40 | 11.8 km | 357 km |
| 6.3 | 15.10.2023 03:36 | 8.6 km | 306 km |
| 6.3 | 07.10.2023 07:12 | 11.9 km | 306 km |
| 6.2 | 11.10.2023 00:41 | 7.5 km | 307 km |
| 6.2 | 07.10.2023 06:41 | 12.3 km | 309 km |
| 6.1 | 08.04.1976 02:59 | 35 km | 328 km |
| 6.0 | 05.04.2017 06:09 | 12.2 km | 255 km |
| 5.8 | 07.10.2023 07:40 | 12.9 km | 298 km |
| 5.6 | 03.04.1934 11:26 | 35 km | 294 km |
| 5.5 | 07.10.2023 06:49 | 11.4 km | 308 km |
| 5.5 | 08.11.1999 21:37 | 14.9 km | 216 km |
| 5.5 | 24.07.2005 18:05 | 19.3 km | 287 km |
| 5.4 | 24.09.1950 22:56 | 15 km | 349 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 07.12.2025 11:02 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 4.2 | 07.08.2025 17:15 | 12 km | 273 km |
| 3.8 | 21.03.2025 06:56 | 8 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 03.02.2025 18:45 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.4 | 25.01.2025 01:28 | 12 km | 222 km |
| 4.2 | 24.08.2024 07:42 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2024 06:29 | 14.6 km | 266 km |
| 3.6 | 17.10.2023 19:17 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 5.4 | 15.10.2023 03:56 | 9.4 km | 302 km |
| 6.3 | 15.10.2023 03:36 | 8.6 km | 306 km |
| 4.2 | 13.10.2023 13:16 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 6.2 | 11.10.2023 00:41 | 7.5 km | 307 km |
| 5.3 | 07.10.2023 09:40 | 9.6 km | 296 km |
| 5.8 | 07.10.2023 07:40 | 12.9 km | 298 km |
| 6.3 | 07.10.2023 07:12 | 11.9 km | 306 km |
| 5.5 | 07.10.2023 06:49 | 11.4 km | 308 km |
| 6.2 | 07.10.2023 06:41 | 12.3 km | 309 km |
| 4.5 | 03.06.2023 07:48 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.5 | 21.05.2023 21:45 | 3 km | 240 km |
| 4.3 | 06.12.2022 05:25 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2022 13:07 | 11.4 km | 256 km |
| 3.7 | 14.06.2022 12:03 | 5.4 km | 236 km |
| 3.9 | 18.05.2022 11:36 | 2 km | 262 km |
| 4.1 | 18.04.2022 04:48 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 5.3 | 17.01.2022 11:40 | 13.1 km | 284 km |
| 4.1 | 17.01.2022 09:35 | 14.8 km | 281 km |
| 4.1 | 28.08.2021 03:57 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 4.3 | 17.08.2021 15:39 | 15.2 km | 294 km |
| 3.8 | 22.03.2021 21:06 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 4.1 | 12.01.2021 07:44 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 3.6 | 12.01.2021 07:17 | 12 km | 161 km |
| 4.3 | 20.12.2020 18:45 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 3.7 | 29.02.2020 04:46 | 14 km | 249 km |
| 3.9 | 05.01.2020 08:34 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2018 08:26 | 7 km | 269 km |
| 3.7 | 10.05.2018 15:36 | 14.9 km | 162 km |
| 3.5 | 03.05.2018 16:06 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 3.6 | 01.04.2018 16:13 | 9 km | 263 km |
| 3.5 | 30.09.2017 06:37 | 12 km | 276 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2017 08:42 | 6 km | 253 km |
| 3.5 | 04.06.2017 06:43 | 14 km | 264 km |
| 3.7 | 28.05.2017 05:52 | 6 km | 254 km |
| 3.9 | 21.05.2017 19:51 | 12 km | 246 km |
| 3.8 | 18.05.2017 14:37 | 8 km | 253 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2017 19:45 | 8 km | 261 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2017 16:03 | 8 km | 258 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2017 00:10 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 3.9 | 05.05.2017 05:40 | 12 km | 266 km |
| 3.9 | 04.05.2017 08:32 | 12 km | 265 km |
| 3.6 | 03.05.2017 01:06 | 8 km | 261 km |
| 5.1 | 02.05.2017 21:12 | 9 km | 247 km |
| 3.6 | 23.04.2017 08:41 | 8 km | 259 km |
| 3.8 | 21.04.2017 22:37 | 12 km | 261 km |
| 3.9 | 14.04.2017 05:05 | 2 km | 260 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2017 22:50 | 12 km | 265 km |
| 3.7 | 12.04.2017 17:12 | 8 km | 254 km |
| 3.8 | 12.04.2017 09:37 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 4.1 | 11.04.2017 18:48 | 20 km | 271 km |
| 3.5 | 11.04.2017 16:06 | 18 km | 255 km |
| 3.9 | 11.04.2017 14:11 | 6 km | 264 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.