No records in the last 30 days.
224
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.61
mean magnitude
74
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 29.10.1900 09:11 | 0 km | 302 km |
| 7.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 120.2 km | 242 km |
| 6.9 | 09.07.1997 19:24 | 16.5 km | 176 km |
| 6.9 | 17.01.1929 11:45 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 6.5 | 01.02.1926 01:17 | 100 km | 188 km |
| 6.5 | 10.04.1935 22:32 | 100 km | 296 km |
| 6.5 | 03.09.1961 12:38 | — | 208 km |
| 6.5 | 23.12.1945 08:10 | 100 km | 268 km |
| 6.4 | 04.10.1957 05:26 | 23.3 km | 264 km |
| 6.4 | 21.11.1961 08:03 | — | 61 km |
| 6.3 | 08.08.1923 12:01 | 20 km | 218 km |
| 6.2 | 20.09.1968 06:00 | 100.8 km | 253 km |
| 6.2 | 11.06.1986 13:48 | 22.2 km | 225 km |
| 6.2 | 21.11.1961 06:38 | — | 144 km |
| 6.2 | 04.10.2000 14:37 | 119.3 km | 305 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 25.02.2026 06:33 | 0 km | 193 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 15:51 | 0 km | 189 km |
| 4.1 | 15.10.2025 21:53 | 69.5 km | 238 km |
| 4.3 | 09.06.2025 05:44 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 6.0 | 23.06.2024 03:57 | 86.3 km | 259 km |
| 4.0 | 07.04.2024 08:03 | 13 km | 201 km |
| 4.8 | 11.05.2023 18:31 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 4.4 | 27.04.2023 18:18 | 22.5 km | 186 km |
| 4.1 | 03.12.2022 04:29 | 75 km | 204 km |
| 4.7 | 13.09.2022 14:14 | 6.4 km | 207 km |
| 5.2 | 14.07.2022 19:16 | 109.4 km | 253 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2022 15:49 | 107.2 km | 218 km |
| 3.7 | 20.04.2022 07:48 | 50.6 km | 212 km |
| 4.3 | 22.03.2022 23:00 | 89.7 km | 203 km |
| 4.4 | 25.03.2021 06:48 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 4.3 | 20.03.2021 17:10 | 38 km | 225 km |
| 4.3 | 28.07.2020 15:46 | 24.2 km | 238 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2020 16:02 | 140.5 km | 131 km |
| 4.7 | 16.03.2020 00:09 | 30.8 km | 231 km |
| 4.2 | 14.03.2020 09:34 | 3 km | 30 km |
| 4.3 | 09.09.2019 18:22 | 36.1 km | 152 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2019 18:13 | 10.1 km | 162 km |
| 5.5 | 09.09.2019 18:05 | 7.9 km | 175 km |
| 4.9 | 28.04.2019 17:48 | 32 km | 129 km |
| 4.6 | 15.01.2019 06:25 | 23.7 km | 203 km |
| 4.7 | 15.01.2019 04:59 | 26.9 km | 199 km |
| 4.2 | 14.01.2019 03:18 | 93 km | 244 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2019 17:41 | 9 km | 200 km |
| 4.3 | 07.01.2019 17:39 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2019 05:08 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 4.6 | 24.12.2018 19:08 | 20.3 km | 237 km |
| 4.2 | 30.10.2018 23:32 | 34.5 km | 234 km |
| 4.9 | 25.10.2018 15:56 | 12.2 km | 240 km |
| 4.8 | 23.10.2018 03:32 | 32.1 km | 237 km |
| 5.8 | 22.08.2018 13:27 | 120.5 km | 235 km |
| 7.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 120.2 km | 242 km |
| 5.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 108.9 km | 240 km |
| 5.3 | 23.06.2018 01:54 | 108.3 km | 260 km |
| 4.1 | 04.05.2018 23:20 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 5.6 | 25.04.2018 04:14 | 332 km | 157 km |
| 4.5 | 03.01.2018 06:54 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 4.7 | 12.11.2017 23:34 | 46.2 km | 101 km |
| 3.9 | 23.02.2017 13:25 | 12.6 km | 191 km |
| 4.1 | 02.01.2017 03:38 | 11.7 km | 186 km |
| 5.0 | 07.04.2016 12:22 | 93.3 km | 247 km |
| 4.2 | 30.11.2015 11:50 | 16.7 km | 178 km |
| 4.0 | 21.08.2015 12:49 | 9.5 km | 184 km |
| 4.0 | 10.01.2015 05:17 | 37.8 km | 233 km |
| 4.0 | 13.10.2014 08:50 | 45.2 km | 186 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2014 09:48 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 4.4 | 01.09.2014 11:35 | 9 km | 138 km |
| 5.0 | 01.09.2014 11:34 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 4.1 | 19.01.2014 09:25 | 37.6 km | 234 km |
| 4.1 | 17.11.2012 03:51 | 8.2 km | 180 km |
| 4.8 | 31.03.2012 09:47 | 12.4 km | 203 km |
| 4.2 | 31.03.2012 09:14 | 73.2 km | 214 km |
| 4.3 | 27.02.2012 00:11 | 22.8 km | 180 km |
| 4.4 | 13.02.2012 09:41 | 3 km | 61 km |
| 4.4 | 08.09.2011 10:30 | 56.2 km | 215 km |
| 3.2 | 06.12.2010 11:10 | 147 km | 178 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.