No records in the last 30 days.
187
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.65
mean magnitude
158
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 | 30.11.1983 17:46 | 14.8 km | 57 km |
| 6.3 | 12.09.1965 22:02 | 26.8 km | 129 km |
| 6.3 | 03.12.1983 17:43 | 24.5 km | 59 km |
| 6.2 | 11.05.1912 17:26 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 5.9 | 02.03.1968 22:02 | 20.1 km | 57 km |
| 5.8 | 11.11.1967 12:14 | 22.5 km | 59 km |
| 5.7 | 01.12.1983 22:29 | 21 km | 41 km |
| 5.7 | 01.12.1983 05:45 | 27.8 km | 63 km |
| 5.7 | 03.07.1987 18:04 | 28.3 km | 58 km |
| 5.6 | 10.06.1988 11:31 | 23.9 km | 79 km |
| 5.5 | 26.04.1984 10:11 | 22.6 km | 66 km |
| 5.5 | 12.12.1983 17:23 | 26.4 km | 57 km |
| 5.5 | 02.12.1983 20:38 | 13.7 km | 90 km |
| 5.5 | 11.11.1967 17:59 | 8.4 km | 66 km |
| 5.5 | 30.11.1983 21:42 | 9.1 km | 68 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 15.03.2026 20:10 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.9 | 17.10.2024 18:17 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 13.05.2024 09:05 | 14 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2024 09:03 | 18 km | 50 km |
| 4.3 | 17.11.2022 00:27 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.5 | 06.09.2022 12:54 | 18 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 15.07.2022 07:55 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.4 | 30.01.2021 10:49 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.4 | 23.01.2020 05:59 | 4.9 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 26.07.2018 00:52 | 16 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 29.01.2017 08:52 | 18 km | 82 km |
| 4.3 | 03.04.2016 06:49 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 4.4 | 07.01.2015 07:08 | 18 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 22.12.2014 19:43 | 22 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 10.11.2013 23:15 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 5.0 | 07.09.2012 06:58 | 12.5 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 15.08.2012 03:35 | 16 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 06.05.2012 10:47 | 18 km | 55 km |
| 4.5 | 06.05.2012 10:47 | 11.8 km | 60 km |
| 4.7 | 24.01.2012 02:21 | 18 km | 74 km |
| 4.2 | 23.01.2012 06:05 | 3.6 km | 74 km |
| 4.0 | 11.08.2011 09:42 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2011 08:11 | 7.9 km | 131 km |
| 3.6 | 21.12.2008 06:03 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 23.02.2008 02:39 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2008 18:55 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 14.02.2008 10:28 | 16 km | 60 km |
| 0.0 | 14.02.2008 10:28 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.8 | 29.12.2007 08:45 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 5.4 | 09.10.2007 03:22 | 13.5 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2007 09:03 | 18 km | 67 km |
| 0.0 | 23.09.2007 09:03 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2007 20:20 | 18 km | 65 km |
| 4.2 | 20.08.2007 09:15 | 0 km | 144 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2006 07:24 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.0 | 14.06.2006 14:18 | 11.2 km | 88 km |
| 4.2 | 15.04.2006 00:00 | 16.8 km | 62 km |
| 5.3 | 02.12.2002 18:21 | 13.5 km | 66 km |
| 4.4 | 28.11.2002 04:57 | 18 km | 69 km |
| 4.5 | 18.02.2002 14:08 | 16 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 18.02.2002 14:01 | 14 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 06.10.2001 22:16 | 0 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 25.01.2001 02:47 | 14 km | 19 km |
| 4.1 | 18.07.2000 07:33 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 18.07.2000 06:26 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.4 | 23.06.1999 03:13 | 13.5 km | 69 km |
| 4.1 | 16.05.1998 02:04 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 4.2 | 16.01.1997 13:37 | 14.4 km | 72 km |
| 4.6 | 30.12.1996 13:57 | 18 km | 50 km |
| 4.6 | 05.09.1996 10:59 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.1996 18:28 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 4.4 | 03.09.1996 04:49 | 19 km | 107 km |
| 4.1 | 03.09.1996 01:53 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.1996 01:51 | 19 km | 100 km |
| 4.4 | 31.03.1996 14:14 | 11.5 km | 74 km |
| 5.0 | 29.12.1994 05:14 | 16 km | 48 km |
| 4.8 | 24.11.1992 17:46 | 18 km | 70 km |
| 4.6 | 16.09.1989 13:47 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 4.9 | 28.03.1989 22:37 | 19 km | 98 km |
| 5.2 | 23.03.1989 07:38 | 15.9 km | 80 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.