No records in the last 30 days.
196
recorded earthquakes
M6.6
largest
1952–2024
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
110
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6 | 20.03.1966 01:42 | 27.4 km | 45 km |
| 6.4 | 30.06.1952 21:04 | 15 km | 112 km |
| 6.2 | 05.02.1994 23:34 | 12.5 km | 13 km |
| 5.5 | 12.11.1961 02:15 | 30 km | 88 km |
| 5.4 | 17.05.1966 07:03 | 14.7 km | 13 km |
| 5.4 | 21.03.1966 01:30 | 21 km | 40 km |
| 5.4 | 30.07.2017 07:02 | 16.8 km | 104 km |
| 5.3 | 24.03.1996 08:24 | 2.9 km | 48 km |
| 5.3 | 20.03.1966 02:39 | 21 km | 52 km |
| 5.3 | 15.04.1966 03:08 | 21 km | 28 km |
| 5.3 | 24.03.1996 11:20 | — | 16 km |
| 5.3 | 18.04.1972 15:08 | 14 km | 36 km |
| 5.2 | 27.04.2006 04:18 | 14.5 km | 32 km |
| 5.2 | 29.06.2001 23:40 | 13.6 km | 60 km |
| 5.2 | 20.03.1966 03:22 | 21 km | 42 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 03.08.2024 03:17 | 14.5 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2023 11:32 | 14 km | 28 km |
| 4.4 | 04.03.2023 08:54 | 14 km | 33 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2023 05:34 | 14 km | 20 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2023 09:30 | 14 km | 31 km |
| 4.7 | 27.12.2022 08:18 | 6.2 km | 20 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.2022 17:49 | 10.1 km | 40 km |
| 4.4 | 13.12.2022 14:04 | 15 km | 41 km |
| 4.5 | 11.12.2022 18:18 | 8.9 km | 47 km |
| 4.4 | 09.12.2022 18:41 | 13 km | 51 km |
| 4.1 | 02.12.2022 23:03 | 20.5 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2022 02:05 | 8.7 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 22.11.2022 23:02 | 0 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 21.11.2022 22:03 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 4.1 | 19.11.2022 19:41 | 25.1 km | 7 km |
| 4.6 | 11.11.2022 04:19 | 31.3 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 10.11.2022 13:54 | 12.3 km | 29 km |
| 4.6 | 10.11.2022 11:20 | 0 km | 29 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2022 10:29 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 4.5 | 10.11.2022 07:36 | 12.6 km | 29 km |
| 4.7 | 10.11.2022 05:34 | 12.6 km | 29 km |
| 4.5 | 10.11.2022 05:29 | 12.6 km | 29 km |
| 4.2 | 10.11.2022 03:36 | 15.2 km | 30 km |
| 4.3 | 04.11.2022 14:55 | 10.2 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 02.11.2022 08:12 | 9.1 km | 28 km |
| 4.4 | 25.10.2022 10:04 | 0 km | 64 km |
| 4.5 | 23.10.2022 16:30 | 13 km | 75 km |
| 4.2 | 16.10.2022 06:51 | 0.4 km | 13 km |
| 4.3 | 09.10.2022 21:16 | 16.3 km | 35 km |
| 4.9 | 03.10.2022 22:26 | 28.5 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2022 03:19 | 23 km | 12 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2022 10:07 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 4.1 | 27.09.2022 03:50 | 0 km | 18 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2022 22:46 | 9.9 km | 41 km |
| 4.8 | 23.09.2022 04:06 | 11.6 km | 72 km |
| 4.6 | 20.09.2022 00:33 | 24 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2022 04:05 | 6.9 km | 50 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2022 22:47 | 18.1 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 08.09.2022 18:38 | 0 km | 31 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2022 00:13 | 25.5 km | 13 km |
| 4.6 | 31.08.2022 21:09 | 7 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 11.08.2022 10:40 | 9.3 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 11.08.2022 03:28 | 10 km | 9 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2022 20:25 | 6.9 km | 52 km |
| 4.4 | 25.07.2022 05:34 | 5.1 km | 39 km |
| 4.5 | 14.07.2022 21:53 | 6.5 km | 28 km |
| 4.1 | 09.07.2022 02:24 | 31.4 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 30.06.2022 21:19 | 11.4 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 27.06.2022 11:02 | 13.9 km | 41 km |
| 4.1 | 23.06.2022 17:24 | 13.4 km | 47 km |
| 2.8 | 22.06.2022 03:25 | 0 km | 27 km |
| 4.1 | 20.06.2022 15:15 | 18.1 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 08.06.2022 00:33 | 23.8 km | 68 km |
| 4.4 | 02.06.2022 05:57 | 12.3 km | 60 km |
| 4.1 | 01.06.2022 20:32 | 13 km | 37 km |
| 4.5 | 01.06.2022 02:21 | 29.3 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 26.05.2022 06:39 | 13 km | 32 km |
| 4.4 | 26.05.2022 06:27 | 20.8 km | 34 km |
| 4.0 | 21.05.2022 13:40 | 11.5 km | 33 km |
| 4.4 | 18.05.2022 06:00 | 25.9 km | 76 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.