No records in the last 30 days.
233
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1951–2025
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
207
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 04.04.1956 21:21 | — | 250 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1964 05:45 | 31 km | 162 km |
| 5.9 | 17.07.2007 14:10 | 8.6 km | 17 km |
| 5.7 | 01.11.1951 11:10 | 15 km | 114 km |
| 5.5 | 15.05.1990 16:24 | 7.4 km | 50 km |
| 5.4 | 20.08.2007 02:56 | 11 km | 22 km |
| 5.4 | 15.05.1990 15:21 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 5.4 | 09.05.1983 16:15 | 17.5 km | 238 km |
| 5.4 | 15.07.2007 20:42 | 12.3 km | 16 km |
| 5.3 | 17.07.2007 18:27 | 9.9 km | 21 km |
| 5.3 | 15.07.2007 11:24 | 12.8 km | 5 km |
| 5.2 | 18.08.2007 07:44 | 15.8 km | 13 km |
| 5.2 | 26.07.2007 18:54 | 11.7 km | 24 km |
| 5.2 | 08.11.1994 12:52 | 27.8 km | 92 km |
| 5.2 | 23.12.2007 13:45 | 12.7 km | 8 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 30.07.2025 15:03 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 4.2 | 25.05.2025 19:51 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 4.4 | 07.05.2025 07:35 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 4.6 | 17.01.2025 11:10 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 3.8 | 16.12.2024 14:02 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 3.7 | 16.07.2024 17:32 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.0 | 17.02.2024 10:35 | 22 km | 157 km |
| 3.6 | 20.01.2024 02:04 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 4.2 | 21.08.2023 05:36 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 4.1 | 16.07.2023 06:20 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 4.0 | 28.04.2023 19:26 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2022 08:44 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2022 23:04 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 4.6 | 12.09.2022 23:04 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 3.7 | 30.08.2022 16:09 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.3 | 27.02.2022 22:38 | 28.2 km | 83 km |
| 4.6 | 08.01.2022 23:32 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 4.1 | 20.06.2021 04:59 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 4.1 | 25.02.2021 05:46 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 13.08.2020 23:42 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 4.2 | 29.07.2020 00:28 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 4.0 | 08.07.2020 15:52 | 16.1 km | 69 km |
| 4.6 | 20.08.2019 06:54 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 4.2 | 12.05.2019 02:50 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.2 | 08.05.2019 15:00 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.7 | 07.02.2019 08:52 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 08.08.2018 21:07 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.8 | 05.08.2018 10:58 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 06.08.2017 03:10 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 24.07.2017 15:32 | 0 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 18.07.2017 11:49 | 4.2 km | 42 km |
| 4.3 | 10.07.2017 20:06 | 0 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 22.06.2017 00:22 | 18.3 km | 145 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2017 12:42 | 12 km | 33 km |
| 4.0 | 05.06.2017 17:31 | 0 km | 129 km |
| 4.1 | 10.02.2017 17:06 | 20.5 km | 119 km |
| 4.8 | 22.03.2016 10:56 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 4.4 | 24.02.2016 00:12 | 11.7 km | 89 km |
| 3.7 | 22.08.2013 17:13 | 24.3 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 21.08.2013 08:30 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 03.06.2013 09:53 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.6 | 03.06.2013 03:24 | 9.1 km | 5 km |
| 4.3 | 12.04.2013 16:43 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.9 | 17.04.2012 02:01 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2011 08:49 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 5.1 | 08.04.2010 23:57 | 18.7 km | 169 km |
| 4.0 | 03.03.2010 13:38 | 0 km | 41 km |
| 3.5 | 11.01.2010 03:39 | 22 km | 189 km |
| 4.1 | 01.11.2009 00:27 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 4.1 | 29.10.2009 07:43 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 4.6 | 26.10.2009 01:39 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 4.3 | 25.10.2009 17:07 | 10 km | 164 km |
| 4.1 | 24.10.2009 16:01 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 4.5 | 24.10.2009 09:55 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 4.7 | 15.10.2009 05:13 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.1 | 11.10.2009 21:28 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2009 21:22 | 22 km | 189 km |
| 4.3 | 07.10.2009 06:54 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 4.2 | 07.10.2009 06:41 | 22 km | 188 km |
| 4.8 | 07.10.2009 03:24 | 10 km | 185 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.