No records in the last 30 days.
338
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1932–2026
record span
4.27
mean magnitude
325
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 19.03.1984 20:28 | 17.2 km | 46 km |
| 6.7 | 17.05.1976 02:58 | 15.9 km | 33 km |
| 6.6 | 08.04.1976 02:40 | 11.8 km | 21 km |
| 6.1 | 08.04.1976 02:59 | 35 km | 16 km |
| 5.6 | 02.10.1932 03:22 | 35 km | 237 km |
| 5.6 | 04.06.1978 19:30 | 14.8 km | 25 km |
| 5.5 | 24.07.2005 18:05 | 19.3 km | 70 km |
| 5.4 | 21.05.1968 03:59 | 0 km | 183 km |
| 5.3 | 14.07.1977 05:49 | 18.8 km | 29 km |
| 5.2 | 08.04.1976 12:03 | 8.6 km | 21 km |
| 5.2 | 30.09.1966 05:59 | 0 km | 147 km |
| 5.2 | 20.06.1976 23:33 | 9 km | 19 km |
| 5.1 | 14.08.1984 11:45 | 9.2 km | 49 km |
| 5.1 | 25.05.1994 07:42 | 26.1 km | 50 km |
| 5.1 | 20.03.1984 06:28 | 12.4 km | 44 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 22.05.2026 05:44 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2026 20:40 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 17.09.2025 04:14 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2025 10:55 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 3.8 | 07.07.2025 09:49 | 0 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 23.01.2025 00:44 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 3.8 | 14.01.2025 00:43 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 3.7 | 15.11.2024 06:59 | 25.1 km | 125 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2024 05:39 | 11.5 km | 111 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2024 05:39 | 0 km | 119 km |
| 4.6 | 04.03.2024 06:29 | 15 km | 87 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2024 06:29 | 14.6 km | 172 km |
| 4.2 | 13.12.2023 05:13 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 4.7 | 05.11.2023 22:57 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.5 | 05.11.2023 22:57 | 9.6 km | 52 km |
| 4.3 | 06.11.2022 03:56 | 8.3 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 19.08.2022 00:01 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 3.8 | 11.08.2021 07:01 | 7.2 km | 48 km |
| 4.6 | 30.11.2020 13:58 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 3.3 | 30.11.2020 13:58 | 13 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 08.01.2020 15:06 | 13 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 29.05.2019 18:40 | 13 km | 27 km |
| 4.7 | 29.05.2019 18:40 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.8 | 10.12.2018 04:06 | 13 km | 51 km |
| 4.3 | 29.09.2018 13:42 | 16.9 km | 138 km |
| 4.0 | 04.03.2018 01:47 | 27.6 km | 25 km |
| 3.7 | 25.08.2016 09:56 | 1 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 24.02.2016 18:33 | 15 km | 75 km |
| 3.5 | 16.10.2015 08:44 | 1 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 10.08.2015 23:56 | 7.1 km | 54 km |
| 4.7 | 08.08.2015 14:08 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 08.08.2015 14:08 | 14.8 km | 56 km |
| 3.9 | 08.06.2015 01:32 | 1 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 19.10.2014 03:26 | 7.3 km | 61 km |
| 4.4 | 09.04.2014 20:24 | 3 km | 119 km |
| 4.7 | 21.03.2014 17:32 | 13.4 km | 59 km |
| 4.2 | 13.11.2012 16:22 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2012 13:45 | 35 km | 10 km |
| 3.4 | 15.09.2012 05:52 | 13 km | 50 km |
| 4.7 | 15.09.2012 05:52 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2012 12:38 | 1 km | 59 km |
| 3.8 | 14.10.2011 08:51 | 18.8 km | 132 km |
| 3.8 | 06.09.2011 07:54 | 20 km | 56 km |
| 3.5 | 29.03.2011 14:09 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 3.3 | 14.02.2011 12:44 | 2 km | 50 km |
| 3.7 | 09.01.2011 03:34 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 11.02.2010 08:50 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 07.12.2009 02:22 | 1 km | 101 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2009 21:17 | 1 km | 52 km |
| 3.2 | 01.07.2009 12:49 | 1 km | 57 km |
| 3.4 | 23.06.2009 14:48 | 1 km | 177 km |
| 3.1 | 04.02.2009 12:00 | 1 km | 89 km |
| 3.2 | 31.10.2008 08:26 | 1 km | 64 km |
| 4.3 | 23.06.2008 00:27 | 35 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 10.05.2008 22:13 | 35 km | 123 km |
| 3.0 | 01.04.2008 10:59 | 1 km | 111 km |
| 3.0 | 26.01.2008 08:26 | 1 km | 91 km |
| 3.2 | 08.01.2008 11:06 | 1 km | 143 km |
| 3.4 | 18.12.2007 20:41 | 10.2 km | 93 km |
| 3.6 | 02.07.2007 03:50 | 1 km | 162 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.