No records in the last 30 days.
181
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1951–2026
record span
4.20
mean magnitude
149
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 | — | 117 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1964 05:45 | 31 km | 196 km |
| 5.7 | 01.11.1951 11:10 | 15 km | 244 km |
| 5.7 | 15.12.1977 23:20 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 5.4 | 08.08.2023 15:31 | 7 km | 58 km |
| 5.2 | 31.10.2014 17:04 | 4 km | 165 km |
| 5.2 | 13.02.1972 10:02 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 5.2 | 17.02.2023 09:26 | 19.9 km | 91 km |
| 5.2 | 25.10.1959 12:31 | — | 164 km |
| 5.2 | 13.07.2016 03:01 | 7.3 km | 161 km |
| 5.2 | 22.02.1991 22:06 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 5.2 | 05.09.2023 15:42 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 5.1 | 21.03.1983 19:17 | 26.9 km | 164 km |
| 5.1 | 08.04.2010 23:57 | 18.7 km | 187 km |
| 5.1 | 08.08.2023 20:28 | 10 km | 58 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 23.02.2026 20:52 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 19.02.2026 23:30 | 0 km | 155 km |
| 3.8 | 30.12.2025 01:31 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 3.6 | 29.12.2025 09:51 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 29.12.2025 00:02 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 4.3 | 17.09.2025 04:17 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.4 | 08.08.2025 22:58 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 5.0 | 08.08.2025 07:38 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 4.6 | 30.07.2025 15:03 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 4.9 | 09.07.2025 22:12 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 4.3 | 25.05.2025 19:52 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 25.05.2025 19:51 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 4.6 | 25.05.2025 03:35 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 3.3 | 25.05.2025 03:35 | 0 km | 144 km |
| 4.6 | 17.03.2025 10:44 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.6 | 17.01.2025 11:10 | 10 km | 164 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2024 08:53 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2024 21:48 | 0 km | 170 km |
| 3.6 | 23.08.2024 01:13 | 0 km | 170 km |
| 4.0 | 01.03.2024 13:18 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 17.02.2024 10:35 | 22 km | 203 km |
| 4.2 | 06.11.2023 23:04 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 01.11.2023 05:27 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.1 | 15.10.2023 22:16 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2023 18:09 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 5.2 | 05.09.2023 15:42 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.3 | 28.08.2023 13:00 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.4 | 27.08.2023 13:53 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.7 | 27.08.2023 13:53 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2023 11:00 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.6 | 24.08.2023 14:32 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 4.2 | 21.08.2023 05:36 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 4.0 | 19.08.2023 22:01 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 14.08.2023 15:12 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 13.08.2023 20:13 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.3 | 13.08.2023 18:38 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.6 | 11.08.2023 17:22 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 10.08.2023 02:24 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.5 | 08.08.2023 23:15 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 08.08.2023 22:58 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 08.08.2023 22:32 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 5.1 | 08.08.2023 20:28 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.8 | 08.08.2023 17:24 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 5.4 | 08.08.2023 15:31 | 7 km | 58 km |
| 3.8 | 02.08.2023 22:00 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 4.1 | 16.07.2023 06:20 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 3.6 | 13.07.2023 23:11 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 15.05.2023 19:23 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 4.0 | 15.04.2023 19:19 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.8 | 14.04.2023 23:44 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.3 | 09.04.2023 23:33 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 3.4 | 05.04.2023 14:27 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.0 | 22.03.2023 20:55 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.4 | 22.03.2023 20:47 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 08.03.2023 23:56 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 08.03.2023 02:07 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 4.1 | 02.03.2023 14:25 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 5.2 | 17.02.2023 09:26 | 19.9 km | 91 km |
| 3.6 | 17.02.2023 04:45 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.8 | 16.02.2023 15:13 | 10 km | 58 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.