4.4
11,857
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.19
mean magnitude
10,817
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 15.11.1921 20:36 | 240 km | 177 km |
| 7.7 | 07.07.1909 21:37 | 200 km | 199 km |
| 7.6 | 26.10.2015 09:09 | 216.7 km | 158 km |
| 7.6 | 10.07.1949 03:53 | 20 km | 283 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 297 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1949 10:19 | 228.7 km | 162 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1965 15:53 | 215.3 km | 168 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 129 km |
| 7.4 | 30.12.1983 23:52 | 215.6 km | 169 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 162 km |
| 7.3 | 03.03.2002 12:08 | 204.8 km | 177 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 143 km |
| 7.2 | 06.10.1902 09:15 | 200 km | 180 km |
| 7.2 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 297 km |
| 7.2 | 18.02.1911 18:41 | 15 km | 154 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 31.07.2026 20:26 | 45.8 km | 255 km |
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 09:38 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.5 | 30.07.2026 09:20 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.5 | 28.07.2026 06:57 | 132 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 27.07.2026 17:47 | 109.1 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2026 03:09 | 168.4 km | 147 km |
| 4.5 | 26.07.2026 06:48 | 173.4 km | 52 km |
| 4.7 | 25.07.2026 18:54 | 57.2 km | 179 km |
| 4.1 | 25.07.2026 16:56 | 126 km | 244 km |
| 4.2 | 25.07.2026 03:04 | 168.6 km | 76 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 10:18 | 209 km | 138 km |
| 3.9 | 20.07.2026 01:09 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.7 | 19.07.2026 22:58 | 91.8 km | 182 km |
| 4.8 | 18.07.2026 10:36 | 136.8 km | 116 km |
| 4.2 | 17.07.2026 19:20 | 211 km | 129 km |
| 3.5 | 14.07.2026 03:22 | 208.6 km | 142 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2026 09:52 | 97.4 km | 254 km |
| 3.9 | 09.07.2026 01:15 | 155.1 km | 204 km |
| 3.5 | 08.07.2026 06:14 | 228.8 km | 43 km |
| 4.0 | 04.07.2026 14:04 | 179.9 km | 117 km |
| 3.5 | 03.07.2026 04:45 | 167.6 km | 239 km |
| 3.9 | 03.07.2026 03:00 | 85.7 km | 115 km |
| 4.3 | 02.07.2026 07:50 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 5.5 | 01.07.2026 17:57 | 198.8 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 30.06.2026 14:58 | 0 km | 143 km |
| 3.8 | 29.06.2026 11:33 | 193.3 km | 155 km |
| 4.1 | 28.06.2026 21:31 | 146.9 km | 156 km |
| 6.2 | 27.06.2026 13:34 | 203 km | 159 km |
| 3.9 | 27.06.2026 01:54 | 0 km | 171 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2026 07:00 | 20 km | 97 km |
| 3.3 | 24.06.2026 17:53 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 5.2 | 22.06.2026 10:22 | 209.1 km | 155 km |
| 3.7 | 21.06.2026 08:28 | 119.5 km | 155 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 02:01 | 115.2 km | 220 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2026 23:00 | 182.7 km | 48 km |
| 4.2 | 14.06.2026 17:54 | 205.4 km | 138 km |
| 4.2 | 14.06.2026 15:08 | 0 km | 246 km |
| 3.4 | 14.06.2026 13:56 | 220.8 km | 135 km |
| 3.6 | 10.06.2026 16:36 | 103.7 km | 68 km |
| 3.7 | 09.06.2026 16:03 | 0 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2026 21:24 | 221.7 km | 131 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2026 23:04 | 105.3 km | 145 km |
| 3.4 | 05.06.2026 14:53 | 173.2 km | 77 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2026 00:56 | 222.3 km | 184 km |
| 4.3 | 02.06.2026 04:02 | 202.3 km | 175 km |
| 4.0 | 01.06.2026 21:50 | 28 km | 104 km |
| 4.4 | 30.05.2026 21:15 | 120.1 km | 202 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2026 17:40 | 86.3 km | 151 km |
| 3.6 | 30.05.2026 04:57 | 194.9 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2026 04:37 | 223.3 km | 117 km |
| 3.8 | 26.05.2026 15:01 | 0 km | 85 km |
| 3.8 | 26.05.2026 14:24 | 90.4 km | 200 km |
| 3.3 | 25.05.2026 03:03 | 242 km | 140 km |
| 3.8 | 24.05.2026 12:52 | 140.1 km | 61 km |
| 3.3 | 23.05.2026 18:08 | 248.9 km | 133 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2026 08:49 | 101.2 km | 186 km |
| 3.6 | 15.05.2026 20:02 | 112.6 km | 221 km |
| 4.0 | 15.05.2026 10:35 | 0 km | 227 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2026 19:56 | 151.6 km | 256 km |
| 3.4 | 10.05.2026 06:36 | 205.7 km | 216 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.