No records in the last 30 days.
152
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1910–2023
record span
4.43
mean magnitude
96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 13.12.1910 11:37 | 15 km | 18 km |
| 7.1 | 08.07.1919 21:06 | 15 km | 189 km |
| 6.8 | 05.12.2005 12:19 | 14.7 km | 183 km |
| 6.4 | 02.10.2000 02:25 | 30.7 km | 178 km |
| 6.2 | 04.02.1956 22:12 | — | 34 km |
| 6.1 | 31.01.1952 20:55 | 20 km | 286 km |
| 6.0 | 01.10.1949 18:00 | 35 km | 187 km |
| 5.9 | 18.08.1994 00:45 | 25 km | 121 km |
| 5.9 | 21.09.1997 18:13 | 26.5 km | 146 km |
| 5.8 | 28.03.2007 21:17 | 11.7 km | 179 km |
| 5.8 | 29.06.1986 21:48 | 21.6 km | 228 km |
| 5.7 | 23.02.1985 14:45 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 5.6 | 21.03.2019 09:15 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 5.5 | 07.05.1999 14:07 | 16.7 km | 112 km |
| 5.5 | 21.10.1995 11:05 | 15 km | 131 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 17.12.2023 11:51 | 0 km | 198 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2023 16:52 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 3.3 | 12.04.2023 03:56 | 18 km | 152 km |
| 4.4 | 07.06.2022 06:21 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 07.06.2022 06:20 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 3.9 | 02.04.2022 02:20 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 3.8 | 18.02.2022 17:11 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 5.3 | 09.09.2019 00:38 | 19.7 km | 64 km |
| 5.6 | 21.03.2019 09:15 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 3.3 | 24.11.2018 20:05 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.5 | 26.08.2018 20:46 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.6 | 06.08.2018 21:07 | 23 km | 193 km |
| 5.2 | 22.10.2017 06:05 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 5.2 | 29.04.2017 10:53 | 11.9 km | 170 km |
| 4.4 | 01.03.2014 00:07 | 13.2 km | 190 km |
| 3.2 | 16.01.2014 11:41 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 3.9 | 08.01.2014 22:07 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.8 | 27.02.2013 09:16 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 4.4 | 25.12.2012 19:18 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 3.9 | 29.01.2012 01:55 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 4.3 | 26.01.2012 01:53 | 18 km | 168 km |
| 4.0 | 19.03.2011 19:44 | 18 km | 163 km |
| 5.0 | 16.11.2010 19:24 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2010 11:18 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 4.6 | 07.09.2010 15:45 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.8 | 28.12.2009 06:48 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 4.2 | 17.11.2009 06:12 | 0 km | 165 km |
| 5.3 | 14.11.2009 04:50 | 16.2 km | 166 km |
| 5.4 | 14.11.2009 04:47 | 17.1 km | 172 km |
| 4.0 | 16.10.2009 01:10 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 5.2 | 26.09.2009 13:26 | 25.8 km | 160 km |
| 3.4 | 15.08.2009 16:58 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.0 | 14.08.2009 12:06 | 31.3 km | 196 km |
| 4.0 | 27.07.2009 20:48 | 0 km | 154 km |
| 3.9 | 20.07.2009 23:01 | 12.8 km | 147 km |
| 5.2 | 14.12.2008 09:43 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 5.2 | 15.09.2008 15:50 | 24.2 km | 207 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2008 10:15 | 18 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 07.06.2007 15:27 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 4.0 | 22.05.2007 21:47 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.2 | 01.04.2007 15:23 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 5.8 | 28.03.2007 21:17 | 11.7 km | 179 km |
| 3.7 | 01.03.2007 22:07 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 4.2 | 15.01.2007 09:32 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2006 06:53 | 19.6 km | 179 km |
| 0.0 | 07.08.2006 01:09 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2006 10:15 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2006 22:18 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.0 | 26.02.2006 11:27 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 5.3 | 09.01.2006 20:59 | 19.7 km | 184 km |
| 4.4 | 29.12.2005 09:19 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 4.2 | 16.12.2005 03:11 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 3.9 | 10.12.2005 18:17 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 5.5 | 09.12.2005 23:30 | 15.4 km | 187 km |
| 5.0 | 08.12.2005 03:16 | 15 km | 213 km |
| 5.2 | 06.12.2005 05:53 | 15.9 km | 184 km |
| 4.0 | 05.12.2005 16:11 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 4.2 | 05.12.2005 15:42 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.6 | 05.12.2005 15:41 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 4.0 | 05.12.2005 14:09 | 0 km | 177 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.