No records in the last 30 days.
474
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1923–2026
record span
4.22
mean magnitude
184
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 | 153 km |
| 6.9 | 09.07.1997 19:24 | 16.5 km | 132 km |
| 6.9 | 17.01.1929 11:45 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 6.5 | 01.02.1926 01:17 | 100 km | 138 km |
| 6.5 | 10.04.1935 22:32 | 100 km | 171 km |
| 6.5 | 23.12.1945 08:10 | 100 km | 135 km |
| 6.5 | 03.09.1961 12:38 | — | 77 km |
| 6.4 | 04.10.1957 05:26 | 23.3 km | 168 km |
| 6.4 | 21.11.1961 08:03 | — | 118 km |
| 6.3 | 08.08.1923 12:01 | 20 km | 115 km |
| 6.2 | 20.09.1968 06:00 | 100.8 km | 155 km |
| 6.2 | 11.06.1986 13:48 | 22.2 km | 135 km |
| 6.2 | 21.11.1961 06:38 | — | 68 km |
| 6.2 | 04.10.2000 14:37 | 119.3 km | 203 km |
| 6.1 | 04.12.1954 18:31 | 49 km | 248 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 28.04.2026 13:10 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2026 11:14 | 23 km | 161 km |
| 3.8 | 25.02.2026 06:33 | 0 km | 90 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 15:51 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 5.1 | 19.11.2025 01:38 | 93.6 km | 172 km |
| 3.7 | 17.11.2025 16:46 | 40.9 km | 134 km |
| 4.1 | 15.10.2025 21:53 | 69.5 km | 121 km |
| 3.9 | 31.08.2025 16:32 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.3 | 09.06.2025 05:44 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2024 03:23 | 107 km | 126 km |
| 6.0 | 23.06.2024 03:57 | 86.3 km | 159 km |
| 4.2 | 08.08.2023 20:51 | 13.3 km | 128 km |
| 4.1 | 11.06.2023 12:10 | 18 km | 183 km |
| 4.8 | 11.05.2023 18:31 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.4 | 27.04.2023 18:18 | 22.5 km | 95 km |
| 4.1 | 03.12.2022 04:29 | 75 km | 94 km |
| 4.6 | 30.11.2022 02:21 | 86.9 km | 140 km |
| 3.9 | 25.07.2022 03:58 | 13.1 km | 138 km |
| 5.2 | 14.07.2022 19:16 | 109.4 km | 153 km |
| 4.1 | 26.04.2022 14:35 | 89.5 km | 146 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2022 15:49 | 107.2 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 20.04.2022 10:59 | 87.9 km | 76 km |
| 3.7 | 20.04.2022 07:48 | 50.6 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 02.04.2022 08:05 | 20.3 km | 122 km |
| 4.3 | 22.03.2022 23:00 | 89.7 km | 93 km |
| 3.6 | 19.01.2022 08:08 | 28.3 km | 128 km |
| 4.7 | 07.12.2021 19:43 | 7.2 km | 141 km |
| 4.9 | 07.12.2021 17:15 | 11.7 km | 140 km |
| 4.8 | 12.06.2021 06:18 | 13.3 km | 138 km |
| 4.4 | 25.03.2021 06:48 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.3 | 20.03.2021 17:10 | 38 km | 108 km |
| 4.5 | 06.01.2021 02:35 | 17.1 km | 115 km |
| 4.3 | 28.07.2020 15:46 | 24.2 km | 135 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2020 16:02 | 140.5 km | 51 km |
| 4.4 | 16.06.2020 09:56 | 28.8 km | 142 km |
| 4.7 | 16.03.2020 00:09 | 30.8 km | 121 km |
| 4.2 | 14.03.2020 09:34 | 3 km | 105 km |
| 4.6 | 28.01.2020 04:24 | 30.3 km | 144 km |
| 4.4 | 14.10.2019 19:28 | 94.2 km | 144 km |
| 4.3 | 09.09.2019 18:22 | 36.1 km | 119 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2019 18:13 | 10.1 km | 138 km |
| 5.5 | 09.09.2019 18:05 | 7.9 km | 207 km |
| 4.0 | 19.08.2019 10:45 | 9.1 km | 140 km |
| 4.9 | 28.04.2019 17:48 | 32 km | 6 km |
| 4.3 | 10.02.2019 22:52 | 19.5 km | 126 km |
| 4.4 | 31.01.2019 04:10 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 4.6 | 15.01.2019 06:25 | 23.7 km | 128 km |
| 4.7 | 15.01.2019 04:59 | 26.9 km | 125 km |
| 4.2 | 14.01.2019 03:18 | 93 km | 136 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2019 17:41 | 9 km | 128 km |
| 4.3 | 07.01.2019 17:39 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 4.2 | 07.01.2019 10:21 | 9 km | 135 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2019 05:08 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 4.6 | 24.12.2018 19:08 | 20.3 km | 125 km |
| 4.3 | 22.11.2018 15:11 | 28.8 km | 134 km |
| 4.7 | 03.11.2018 01:13 | 31.4 km | 139 km |
| 4.2 | 30.10.2018 23:32 | 34.5 km | 115 km |
| 3.8 | 26.10.2018 13:57 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.9 | 25.10.2018 15:56 | 12.2 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 23.10.2018 03:37 | 30.8 km | 119 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.