No records in the last 30 days.
196
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1951–2025
record span
4.27
mean magnitude
57
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 22.02.2006 22:19 | 12.4 km | 260 km |
| 6.0 | 10.05.1951 09:18 | 25 km | 192 km |
| 6.0 | 05.09.1957 07:22 | — | 189 km |
| 5.8 | 05.09.1957 07:17 | — | 189 km |
| 5.7 | 23.02.2006 01:23 | 16.3 km | 272 km |
| 5.6 | 22.12.2018 05:37 | 13.5 km | 165 km |
| 5.6 | 20.07.1957 09:55 | 15 km | 299 km |
| 5.6 | 15.03.2006 14:19 | 15.9 km | 258 km |
| 5.6 | 22.09.2016 20:06 | 13 km | 285 km |
| 5.3 | 22.02.2006 22:26 | 15 km | 238 km |
| 5.2 | 29.11.2007 02:59 | 16.4 km | 245 km |
| 5.2 | 22.03.2006 11:35 | 15 km | 245 km |
| 5.2 | 14.04.2006 18:41 | 26.9 km | 267 km |
| 5.2 | 10.08.2024 20:50 | 5 km | 186 km |
| 5.1 | 03.02.2008 11:12 | 15 km | 263 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 30.11.2025 10:02 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 3.1 | 10.03.2025 04:35 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 4.9 | 07.03.2025 22:50 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2024 15:31 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 5.2 | 10.08.2024 20:50 | 5 km | 186 km |
| 3.9 | 19.07.2024 13:40 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.3 | 17.04.2022 21:31 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 4.9 | 01.02.2021 16:55 | 6 km | 135 km |
| 4.4 | 10.04.2020 00:20 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 4.2 | 28.08.2019 19:57 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 5.6 | 22.12.2018 05:37 | 13.5 km | 165 km |
| 5.6 | 22.09.2016 20:06 | 13 km | 285 km |
| 4.4 | 20.09.2016 17:56 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 2.3 | 22.04.2016 03:08 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 4.2 | 25.01.2016 16:54 | 8 km | 251 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2016 23:10 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 4.1 | 03.01.2016 16:40 | 7.1 km | 240 km |
| 4.5 | 30.12.2015 20:51 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.8 | 25.12.2015 19:37 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 3.8 | 11.12.2015 18:19 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 4.4 | 09.12.2015 06:32 | 8.5 km | 235 km |
| 2.0 | 21.08.2015 22:55 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 3.8 | 20.08.2013 19:16 | 15 km | 245 km |
| 4.1 | 08.07.2013 07:47 | 15 km | 218 km |
| 4.0 | 10.01.2012 11:01 | 15 km | 259 km |
| 3.7 | 06.07.2011 10:37 | 15 km | 242 km |
| 4.4 | 11.06.2010 11:46 | 5 km | 188 km |
| 3.5 | 20.04.2010 18:34 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 4.5 | 16.01.2010 02:00 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.0 | 27.11.2009 21:43 | 10 km | 219 km |
| 4.0 | 30.10.2009 00:39 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 4.3 | 19.10.2009 21:11 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 5.0 | 19.10.2009 18:51 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 4.0 | 19.10.2009 12:06 | 15 km | 248 km |
| 4.4 | 15.08.2009 00:02 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.1 | 14.07.2009 15:19 | 15 km | 252 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2009 13:48 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 5.1 | 05.05.2009 18:07 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 4.2 | 02.04.2009 04:24 | 15 km | 237 km |
| 4.3 | 26.05.2008 19:29 | 5 km | 198 km |
| 4.0 | 05.05.2008 16:20 | 5 km | 237 km |
| 4.6 | 29.04.2008 06:43 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 3.7 | 31.03.2008 03:24 | 14 km | 224 km |
| 4.0 | 29.03.2008 00:09 | 15 km | 233 km |
| 4.3 | 24.03.2008 01:01 | 5 km | 217 km |
| 4.8 | 03.02.2008 16:55 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 5.1 | 03.02.2008 11:12 | 15 km | 263 km |
| 5.2 | 29.11.2007 02:59 | 16.4 km | 245 km |
| 4.7 | 19.10.2007 20:01 | 5 km | 234 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2007 06:59 | 5 km | 244 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2007 17:39 | 15 km | 209 km |
| 4.0 | 02.09.2007 13:47 | 15 km | 228 km |
| 0.0 | 02.09.2007 12:44 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 4.3 | 18.08.2007 06:07 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 4.3 | 11.08.2007 00:11 | 5 km | 273 km |
| 4.0 | 13.07.2007 16:39 | 5 km | 189 km |
| 4.0 | 13.07.2007 16:35 | 5 km | 252 km |
| 4.2 | 03.06.2007 13:59 | 5 km | 198 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2007 04:33 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 4.5 | 14.01.2007 00:49 | 5 km | 243 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.