No records in the last 30 days.
279
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1923–2026
record span
4.32
mean magnitude
97
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 120.2 km | 274 km |
| 6.6 | 10.03.1988 06:17 | 38.8 km | 164 km |
| 6.5 | 10.04.1935 22:32 | 100 km | 198 km |
| 6.5 | 23.12.1945 08:10 | 100 km | 150 km |
| 6.5 | 03.09.1961 12:38 | — | 174 km |
| 6.4 | 04.10.1957 05:26 | 23.3 km | 270 km |
| 6.3 | 08.08.1923 12:01 | 20 km | 239 km |
| 6.2 | 20.09.1968 06:00 | 100.8 km | 261 km |
| 6.2 | 11.06.1986 13:48 | 22.2 km | 265 km |
| 6.2 | 21.11.1961 06:38 | — | 256 km |
| 6.1 | 04.12.1954 18:31 | 49 km | 219 km |
| 6.1 | 11.04.1983 08:18 | 33.7 km | 238 km |
| 6.1 | 29.09.2006 13:08 | 52.5 km | 222 km |
| 6.0 | 27.02.1940 12:12 | 35 km | 98 km |
| 6.0 | 25.12.1957 16:26 | 15 km | 217 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 28.04.2026 13:10 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2026 11:14 | 23 km | 166 km |
| 4.0 | 08.01.2026 05:07 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 4.1 | 15.10.2025 21:53 | 69.5 km | 213 km |
| 4.4 | 15.05.2025 03:04 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2024 03:23 | 107 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 10.10.2023 07:36 | 61 km | 184 km |
| 4.2 | 08.08.2023 20:51 | 13.3 km | 200 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2023 22:54 | 91 km | 191 km |
| 4.0 | 03.12.2022 10:54 | 21.4 km | 139 km |
| 4.1 | 03.12.2022 04:29 | 75 km | 223 km |
| 3.9 | 25.07.2022 03:58 | 13.1 km | 163 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2022 15:49 | 107.2 km | 172 km |
| 4.1 | 20.04.2022 10:59 | 87.9 km | 151 km |
| 3.7 | 20.04.2022 07:48 | 50.6 km | 202 km |
| 4.0 | 02.04.2022 08:05 | 20.3 km | 175 km |
| 4.3 | 22.03.2022 23:00 | 89.7 km | 223 km |
| 4.7 | 26.01.2022 03:41 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 5.2 | 25.01.2022 02:14 | 21 km | 187 km |
| 4.6 | 31.12.2021 16:07 | 15 km | 93 km |
| 4.1 | 05.05.2021 16:15 | 5 km | 75 km |
| 4.3 | 20.03.2021 17:10 | 38 km | 211 km |
| 4.5 | 06.01.2021 02:35 | 17.1 km | 183 km |
| 4.3 | 24.11.2020 14:48 | 25 km | 195 km |
| 4.4 | 16.06.2020 09:56 | 28.8 km | 168 km |
| 4.3 | 04.05.2020 22:36 | 34.2 km | 145 km |
| 4.8 | 04.05.2020 22:32 | 41.7 km | 145 km |
| 4.6 | 28.01.2020 04:24 | 30.3 km | 182 km |
| 4.7 | 17.08.2019 11:02 | 35 km | 33 km |
| 4.3 | 10.02.2019 22:52 | 19.5 km | 198 km |
| 4.3 | 22.11.2018 15:11 | 28.8 km | 192 km |
| 4.7 | 03.11.2018 01:13 | 31.4 km | 184 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2018 12:40 | 30 km | 132 km |
| 4.2 | 30.10.2018 23:32 | 34.5 km | 206 km |
| 4.9 | 25.10.2018 15:56 | 12.2 km | 211 km |
| 4.2 | 23.10.2018 03:37 | 30.8 km | 190 km |
| 4.8 | 23.10.2018 03:32 | 32.1 km | 208 km |
| 7.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 120.2 km | 274 km |
| 3.2 | 11.06.2018 09:20 | 24.1 km | 206 km |
| 4.4 | 11.06.2018 09:19 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.5 | 27.05.2018 18:02 | 13 km | 188 km |
| 4.1 | 04.05.2018 23:20 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 4.1 | 11.02.2018 23:35 | 13.8 km | 194 km |
| 4.3 | 26.01.2018 23:57 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 4.5 | 26.01.2018 22:05 | 27.1 km | 183 km |
| 4.8 | 26.01.2018 20:30 | 27.3 km | 183 km |
| 4.5 | 26.01.2018 14:47 | 42 km | 182 km |
| 4.8 | 26.01.2018 14:40 | 18.6 km | 187 km |
| 4.2 | 29.11.2016 19:43 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 5.0 | 07.04.2016 12:22 | 93.3 km | 246 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2015 18:12 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 4.0 | 15.07.2015 20:50 | 13.7 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 10.01.2015 05:17 | 37.8 km | 219 km |
| 4.1 | 24.12.2014 02:19 | 35 km | 39 km |
| 4.5 | 20.09.2014 11:03 | 58.9 km | 166 km |
| 4.0 | 09.03.2014 19:11 | 55.8 km | 38 km |
| 4.1 | 13.11.2013 08:38 | 24.3 km | 121 km |
| 4.1 | 03.11.2013 15:24 | 47 km | 171 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2011 02:08 | 0.6 km | 193 km |
| 4.4 | 08.09.2011 10:30 | 56.2 km | 227 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.