A magnitude 6.2 quake in the Sea of Marmara this April is part of a worrying pattern, say researchers, who see strain migrating towards Istanbul’s locked fault segment. How likely is a larger event?

Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn.

A series of earthquakes continued to rattle Istanbul on Thursday, with Turkey's disaster agency AFAD reporting some 300 aftershocks, one of them measuring a magnitude of 4.6. Since the major tremor on ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - More than a thousand people in Istanbul turned to mosques, schools and other temporary shelters on Thursday after a strong earthquake rattled the Turkish metropolis a day earlier, ...

In April 2025, the Main Marmara Fault below the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Türkiye experienced its largest earthquake in ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 million ...

ISTANBUL — Many Istanbul residents spent the night outdoors, too fearful to return to their homes, following a strong earthquake and over 180 aftershocks. The magnitude 6.2 quake that struck midday ...

İSTANBUL, Türkiye — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas on Wednesday, Turkey’s disaster and emergency management agency said. There were no immediate ...

ISTANBUL (AP) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 million ...

ISTANBUL(AP) — A moderately strong earthquake shook Istanbul and other parts of northwestern Turkey on Thursday, Turkey’s emergency services said. The quake sent people running from buildings and ...