No records in the last 30 days.
472
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1919–2026
record span
4.31
mean magnitude
403
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 08.07.1919 21:06 | 15 km | 684 km |
| 6.7 | 01.05.1919 05:05 | 15 km | 604 km |
| 6.5 | 24.09.1963 09:13 | — | 384 km |
| 6.4 | 02.10.2000 02:25 | 30.7 km | 655 km |
| 6.3 | 18.12.1940 03:39 | 15 km | 591 km |
| 6.3 | 10.03.1989 21:49 | 30.7 km | 724 km |
| 6.2 | 23.09.1963 15:02 | — | 384 km |
| 6.0 | 18.12.1940 03:39 | 35 km | 453 km |
| 6.0 | 01.10.1949 18:00 | 35 km | 669 km |
| 6.0 | 19.12.2009 23:19 | 9.4 km | 740 km |
| 6.0 | 24.02.2017 00:32 | 29.9 km | 569 km |
| 5.9 | 08.12.2009 03:08 | 9.6 km | 741 km |
| 5.9 | 15.07.1960 01:07 | — | 639 km |
| 5.9 | 20.12.1961 12:01 | — | 694 km |
| 5.8 | 14.04.1959 09:36 | — | 639 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 22.03.2026 23:07 | 0 km | 398 km |
| 3.9 | 10.02.2026 00:18 | 0 km | 236 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2026 10:02 | 0 km | 528 km |
| 4.4 | 28.11.2025 14:10 | 0 km | 238 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2025 15:18 | 0 km | 414 km |
| 4.3 | 18.05.2025 18:43 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 3.9 | 16.05.2025 00:53 | 0 km | 750 km |
| 4.2 | 04.05.2025 06:34 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 3.1 | 16.03.2025 18:03 | 10 km | 509 km |
| 4.1 | 16.03.2025 18:03 | 0 km | 532 km |
| 3.2 | 05.01.2025 02:21 | 0 km | 419 km |
| 4.8 | 23.12.2024 03:39 | 0 km | 411 km |
| 4.6 | 21.12.2024 17:04 | 10 km | 325 km |
| 4.7 | 20.12.2024 07:11 | 10 km | 420 km |
| 3.4 | 20.12.2024 00:15 | 10 km | 421 km |
| 4.7 | 18.12.2024 23:46 | 10 km | 414 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2024 13:04 | 10 km | 325 km |
| 4.1 | 11.12.2024 10:03 | 0 km | 420 km |
| 3.2 | 08.12.2024 07:20 | 0 km | 415 km |
| 3.5 | 07.12.2024 08:56 | 0 km | 424 km |
| 4.3 | 05.12.2024 16:02 | 5 km | 433 km |
| 3.9 | 05.12.2024 07:36 | 5 km | 464 km |
| 4.0 | 05.12.2024 04:53 | 10 km | 374 km |
| 4.3 | 29.11.2024 06:27 | 0 km | 348 km |
| 4.8 | 24.11.2024 07:59 | 206.1 km | 452 km |
| 4.6 | 20.11.2024 01:05 | 10 km | 545 km |
| 4.5 | 02.11.2024 18:19 | 10 km | 597 km |
| 4.1 | 22.10.2024 17:12 | 10 km | 576 km |
| 4.4 | 16.09.2024 22:02 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 5.2 | 10.08.2024 20:50 | 5 km | 827 km |
| 3.7 | 31.05.2024 23:37 | 10 km | 716 km |
| 4.1 | 20.03.2024 15:27 | 10 km | 595 km |
| 3.6 | 29.02.2024 05:04 | 10 km | 580 km |
| 4.1 | 02.02.2024 03:23 | 10 km | 575 km |
| 3.9 | 29.10.2023 01:35 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 4.0 | 29.08.2023 01:46 | 10 km | 566 km |
| 4.1 | 11.05.2023 16:49 | 10 km | 346 km |
| 3.9 | 08.05.2023 16:05 | 10 km | 340 km |
| 4.2 | 16.11.2022 06:02 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2022 20:47 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 4.1 | 02.08.2022 20:02 | 14 km | 425 km |
| 4.2 | 12.07.2022 02:11 | 10 km | 361 km |
| 4.8 | 24.05.2022 09:14 | 23.2 km | 526 km |
| 4.8 | 11.03.2022 22:58 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 3.6 | 11.03.2022 22:58 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 3.8 | 15.10.2021 05:49 | 10 km | 688 km |
| 4.1 | 09.08.2021 01:39 | 10 km | 512 km |
| 4.6 | 17.02.2021 10:37 | 10 km | 517 km |
| 4.9 | 21.01.2021 04:47 | 10 km | 607 km |
| 4.3 | 20.01.2021 12:52 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 3.4 | 08.11.2020 15:22 | 10 km | 719 km |
| 4.1 | 01.08.2020 22:03 | 10 km | 405 km |
| 4.4 | 25.07.2020 19:43 | 10 km | 408 km |
| 4.3 | 05.06.2020 11:50 | 10 km | 428 km |
| 4.2 | 21.05.2020 12:58 | 31.1 km | 366 km |
| 4.9 | 21.05.2020 12:57 | 10 km | 568 km |
| 4.5 | 15.04.2020 23:23 | 10 km | 480 km |
| 4.0 | 17.01.2020 07:12 | 10 km | 565 km |
| 4.3 | 07.11.2019 01:58 | 13 km | 440 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2019 07:33 | 10 km | 560 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.