No records in the last 30 days.
206
recorded earthquakes
M5.5
largest
1906–2026
record span
2.59
mean magnitude
178
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 09.03.1937 05:44 | 35 km | 205 km |
| 5.4 | 18.04.2008 09:36 | 15.1 km | 190 km |
| 5.3 | 09.11.1968 17:01 | 15.7 km | 261 km |
| 5.1 | 27.09.1909 09:45 | — | 64 km |
| 5.0 | 26.05.1909 14:42 | — | 279 km |
| 5.0 | 02.03.1937 14:47 | 2 km | 202 km |
| 4.9 | 10.06.1987 23:48 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.8 | 18.04.2008 15:14 | 11.6 km | 190 km |
| 4.8 | 27.04.1925 04:05 | — | 210 km |
| 4.6 | 02.09.1925 11:56 | — | 237 km |
| 4.6 | 18.06.2002 17:37 | 14.4 km | 212 km |
| 4.4 | 14.03.1921 12:15 | — | 95 km |
| 4.4 | 08.11.1958 02:41 | 5 km | 200 km |
| 4.2 | 03.04.1974 23:04 | 13 km | 191 km |
| 4.2 | 23.10.1909 09:47 | — | 137 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 29.06.2026 07:05 | 19 km | 187 km |
| 2.1 | 04.09.2025 09:12 | 24 km | 216 km |
| 2.6 | 09.08.2025 03:06 | 18.8 km | 206 km |
| 2.4 | 25.07.2025 05:08 | 21.4 km | 249 km |
| 2.8 | 11.05.2025 07:41 | 29.7 km | 274 km |
| 2.4 | 31.03.2025 02:18 | 14.2 km | 182 km |
| 2.9 | 29.12.2024 11:46 | 9.5 km | 222 km |
| 2.0 | 29.11.2024 03:38 | 6.8 km | 83 km |
| 2.1 | 04.10.2024 05:18 | 21.3 km | 198 km |
| 2.5 | 31.10.2023 21:24 | 6.1 km | 55 km |
| 2.7 | 10.09.2023 04:11 | 21.4 km | 183 km |
| 2.3 | 17.08.2023 17:25 | 4.2 km | 154 km |
| 2.1 | 15.08.2023 18:50 | 6.2 km | 154 km |
| 2.3 | 15.08.2023 01:11 | 4.2 km | 154 km |
| 2.2 | 28.04.2023 04:36 | 15.4 km | 189 km |
| 2.4 | 11.04.2023 21:02 | 20 km | 145 km |
| 2.6 | 12.01.2023 08:07 | 35.3 km | 269 km |
| 2.4 | 02.07.2022 14:43 | 4.5 km | 231 km |
| 2.5 | 16.06.2022 12:14 | 20 km | 188 km |
| 2.4 | 31.05.2022 22:05 | 5.3 km | 231 km |
| 2.3 | 21.05.2022 01:54 | 8.4 km | 231 km |
| 3.8 | 17.06.2021 19:18 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 2.2 | 01.12.2020 06:27 | 18 km | 189 km |
| 2.4 | 06.11.2020 15:39 | 2.4 km | 157 km |
| 2.4 | 07.10.2019 09:23 | 13.2 km | 216 km |
| 2.4 | 03.04.2019 20:47 | 5 km | 258 km |
| 2.6 | 21.01.2018 04:37 | 11.1 km | 271 km |
| 2.6 | 24.11.2017 01:40 | 35.4 km | 257 km |
| 2.6 | 18.10.2017 22:23 | 0 km | 195 km |
| 3.8 | 19.09.2017 11:47 | 11.7 km | 195 km |
| 2.6 | 16.09.2017 11:52 | 0 km | 191 km |
| 3.1 | 09.09.2017 04:15 | 11.8 km | 195 km |
| 2.2 | 31.05.2017 09:45 | 6.6 km | 218 km |
| 2.5 | 11.08.2016 07:23 | 17.9 km | 187 km |
| 2.4 | 08.08.2016 12:04 | 22.2 km | 220 km |
| 2.8 | 06.10.2015 02:52 | 4.6 km | 194 km |
| 2.6 | 12.09.2015 17:00 | 16.7 km | 251 km |
| 2.8 | 20.08.2015 02:45 | 33.6 km | 241 km |
| 2.6 | 12.06.2015 22:00 | 5 km | 195 km |
| 2.3 | 28.05.2015 13:48 | 16.8 km | 196 km |
| 3.2 | 04.11.2013 18:35 | 1 km | 255 km |
| 1.8 | 10.07.2013 22:46 | 15.5 km | 190 km |
| 2.3 | 30.06.2013 08:36 | 9.6 km | 193 km |
| 1.9 | 05.06.2013 07:35 | 23.4 km | 179 km |
| 3.6 | 20.11.2012 23:28 | 18.6 km | 192 km |
| 3.1 | 10.05.2012 22:54 | 10.7 km | 138 km |
| 2.7 | 10.05.2012 22:07 | 8.9 km | 137 km |
| 2.5 | 18.04.2012 06:16 | 15.1 km | 234 km |
| 2.2 | 11.04.2012 08:02 | 12 km | 141 km |
| 3.0 | 26.01.2012 22:35 | 4.7 km | 217 km |
| 2.2 | 10.10.2011 03:16 | 14.9 km | 221 km |
| 3.8 | 30.12.2010 12:55 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 2.4 | 24.04.2010 09:05 | 7.9 km | 187 km |
| 2.4 | 06.09.2009 19:46 | 13.6 km | 191 km |
| 1.1 | 02.05.2009 08:41 | 13.5 km | 206 km |
| 1.6 | 24.12.2008 12:20 | 19.9 km | 182 km |
| 3.1 | 18.07.2008 02:58 | 18.3 km | 193 km |
| 2.9 | 24.06.2008 22:20 | 14.6 km | 191 km |
| 3.4 | 05.06.2008 07:13 | 16.2 km | 189 km |
| 1.6 | 01.06.2008 14:56 | 14.2 km | 190 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.