No records in the last 30 days.
408
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1907–2026
record span
4.22
mean magnitude
370
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 408 km |
| 7.0 | 19.03.1984 20:28 | 17.2 km | 148 km |
| 6.7 | 17.05.1976 02:58 | 15.9 km | 157 km |
| 6.6 | 08.04.1976 02:40 | 11.8 km | 140 km |
| 6.5 | 03.06.1929 20:29 | 35 km | 276 km |
| 6.1 | 08.04.1976 02:59 | 35 km | 170 km |
| 5.8 | 05.06.1929 09:06 | 15 km | 238 km |
| 5.8 | 26.05.2013 06:08 | 15.5 km | 321 km |
| 5.7 | 04.06.1929 07:05 | 15 km | 217 km |
| 5.6 | 13.06.1929 22:15 | 35 km | 213 km |
| 5.6 | 04.09.1929 22:24 | 35 km | 276 km |
| 5.6 | 02.10.1932 03:22 | 35 km | 144 km |
| 5.6 | 04.06.1978 19:30 | 14.8 km | 140 km |
| 5.5 | 24.07.2005 18:05 | 19.3 km | 220 km |
| 5.3 | 14.03.1968 02:08 | 14.4 km | 201 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 22.05.2026 05:44 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2026 20:40 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 4.1 | 17.09.2025 04:14 | 0 km | 114 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2025 10:55 | 0 km | 159 km |
| 3.8 | 07.07.2025 09:49 | 0 km | 190 km |
| 4.0 | 23.01.2025 00:44 | 0 km | 181 km |
| 3.8 | 14.01.2025 00:43 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 3.7 | 15.11.2024 06:59 | 25.1 km | 39 km |
| 3.6 | 02.09.2024 17:36 | 23.4 km | 156 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2024 05:39 | 11.5 km | 154 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2024 05:39 | 0 km | 162 km |
| 4.0 | 14.06.2024 08:58 | 2 km | 286 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2024 05:41 | 2 km | 229 km |
| 4.6 | 04.03.2024 06:29 | 15 km | 129 km |
| 4.2 | 13.12.2023 05:13 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 4.7 | 05.11.2023 22:57 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 3.5 | 05.11.2023 22:57 | 9.6 km | 163 km |
| 4.2 | 03.01.2023 23:31 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 4.1 | 26.11.2022 16:52 | 21 km | 181 km |
| 4.3 | 06.11.2022 03:56 | 8.3 km | 140 km |
| 4.3 | 19.08.2022 00:01 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 3.8 | 11.08.2021 07:01 | 7.2 km | 145 km |
| 4.6 | 30.11.2020 13:58 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 3.3 | 30.11.2020 13:58 | 13 km | 144 km |
| 4.7 | 07.09.2020 14:15 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 4.4 | 19.08.2020 19:59 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 3.7 | 09.05.2020 01:28 | 2 km | 256 km |
| 4.2 | 08.01.2020 15:06 | 13 km | 147 km |
| 4.5 | 26.07.2019 21:00 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.0 | 24.07.2019 15:12 | 8.7 km | 161 km |
| 3.4 | 29.05.2019 18:40 | 13 km | 139 km |
| 4.7 | 29.05.2019 18:40 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.8 | 10.12.2018 04:06 | 13 km | 149 km |
| 4.3 | 29.09.2018 13:42 | 16.9 km | 177 km |
| 4.0 | 04.03.2018 01:47 | 27.6 km | 134 km |
| 3.7 | 25.08.2016 09:56 | 1 km | 179 km |
| 4.0 | 24.02.2016 18:33 | 15 km | 157 km |
| 3.5 | 16.10.2015 08:44 | 1 km | 143 km |
| 3.6 | 10.08.2015 23:56 | 7.1 km | 107 km |
| 4.7 | 08.08.2015 14:08 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.6 | 08.08.2015 14:08 | 14.8 km | 103 km |
| 3.9 | 08.06.2015 01:32 | 1 km | 158 km |
| 4.2 | 19.10.2014 03:26 | 7.3 km | 168 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2014 01:30 | 17.5 km | 88 km |
| 3.2 | 15.10.2014 01:30 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 4.3 | 11.10.2014 22:23 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 4.5 | 22.09.2014 22:13 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 4.4 | 09.04.2014 20:24 | 3 km | 186 km |
| 4.7 | 21.03.2014 17:32 | 13.4 km | 171 km |
| 5.8 | 26.05.2013 06:08 | 15.5 km | 321 km |
| 4.2 | 13.11.2012 16:22 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2012 13:45 | 35 km | 155 km |
| 3.4 | 15.09.2012 05:52 | 13 km | 145 km |
| 4.7 | 15.09.2012 05:52 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2012 12:38 | 1 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 25.11.2011 05:14 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.8 | 14.10.2011 08:51 | 18.8 km | 42 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2011 02:52 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 3.8 | 06.09.2011 07:54 | 20 km | 116 km |
| 4.7 | 16.06.2011 10:57 | 10 km | 287 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.