2.5
273
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1908–2026
record span
3.69
mean magnitude
247
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 07.12.1912 22:46 | 620 km | 377 km |
| 7.5 | 21.06.1916 21:32 | 600 km | 419 km |
| 6.8 | 09.05.1958 04:20 | 200 km | 224 km |
| 6.5 | 22.09.1908 17:05 | 30 km | 203 km |
| 6.4 | 31.10.1985 21:49 | 595.8 km | 393 km |
| 6.4 | 27.10.1987 21:58 | 614.6 km | 393 km |
| 6.1 | 22.05.1936 00:15 | 15 km | 187 km |
| 6.1 | 07.09.2004 11:53 | 14.7 km | 449 km |
| 6.0 | 11.06.1934 06:00 | 100 km | 160 km |
| 6.0 | 11.06.1934 03:07 | 100 km | 160 km |
| 6.0 | 18.11.1982 20:39 | 162.7 km | 229 km |
| 6.0 | 30.04.1936 17:06 | 200 km | 179 km |
| 5.7 | 16.01.1947 02:37 | 45 km | 143 km |
| 5.6 | 17.09.2015 01:09 | 10 km | 325 km |
| 5.6 | 09.09.2016 00:03 | 159.8 km | 216 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 19:23 | 17 km | 185 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 17:12 | 13 km | 150 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 14:59 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2026 08:35 | 22 km | 281 km |
| 2.6 | 18.07.2026 14:49 | 16 km | 136 km |
| 2.5 | 16.07.2026 23:58 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 3.0 | 16.07.2026 08:01 | 22 km | 239 km |
| 3.0 | 15.07.2026 13:35 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 2.6 | 15.07.2026 01:28 | 18 km | 79 km |
| 3.7 | 13.07.2026 06:49 | 186 km | 223 km |
| 2.7 | 11.07.2026 04:14 | 8 km | 118 km |
| 2.5 | 10.07.2026 15:09 | 10 km | 186 km |
| 2.5 | 10.07.2026 15:01 | 21 km | 111 km |
| 3.4 | 03.07.2026 23:44 | 23 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 03.07.2026 22:55 | 16 km | 79 km |
| 2.9 | 02.07.2026 00:39 | 15 km | 159 km |
| 4.4 | 01.07.2026 04:34 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 2.5 | 30.06.2026 03:18 | 178 km | 222 km |
| 2.7 | 29.06.2026 02:55 | 22 km | 130 km |
| 2.7 | 25.06.2026 00:05 | 15 km | 131 km |
| 2.5 | 23.06.2026 20:12 | 18 km | 134 km |
| 2.5 | 23.06.2026 06:22 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 2.8 | 21.06.2026 13:37 | 18 km | 240 km |
| 2.6 | 17.06.2026 16:30 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 2.5 | 08.06.2026 04:36 | 17 km | 195 km |
| 2.5 | 07.06.2026 19:53 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 2.7 | 05.06.2026 08:49 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 3.6 | 31.05.2026 05:50 | 168.2 km | 210 km |
| 2.7 | 30.05.2026 10:25 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2026 03:09 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 2.8 | 28.05.2026 03:07 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.2 | 28.05.2026 02:51 | 15 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 24.05.2026 00:42 | 11 km | 127 km |
| 2.6 | 13.05.2026 01:06 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 2.9 | 10.05.2026 04:49 | 20 km | 150 km |
| 2.5 | 06.05.2026 03:23 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.3 | 06.05.2026 01:19 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 2.5 | 19.04.2026 14:04 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 2.6 | 09.04.2026 14:20 | 9 km | 155 km |
| 2.5 | 08.04.2026 08:10 | 23 km | 111 km |
| 2.5 | 07.04.2026 22:45 | 24 km | 111 km |
| 2.7 | 12.03.2026 23:34 | 161 km | 230 km |
| 3.3 | 05.03.2026 17:25 | 10 km | 341 km |
| 2.6 | 23.02.2026 01:39 | 9 km | 235 km |
| 2.5 | 19.02.2026 15:25 | 9 km | 146 km |
| 2.6 | 11.02.2026 23:26 | 9 km | 139 km |
| 2.8 | 11.02.2026 09:36 | 5 km | 240 km |
| 2.5 | 08.02.2026 00:02 | 12 km | 167 km |
| 2.6 | 06.02.2026 13:44 | 11 km | 134 km |
| 2.5 | 04.02.2026 04:37 | 8 km | 143 km |
| 2.9 | 26.01.2026 06:28 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 2.6 | 23.01.2026 15:25 | 20 km | 57 km |
| 2.5 | 22.01.2026 03:41 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.8 | 20.01.2026 23:07 | 41 km | 206 km |
| 2.6 | 20.01.2026 04:33 | 22 km | 131 km |
| 2.6 | 20.01.2026 02:10 | 25 km | 107 km |
| 2.5 | 15.01.2026 03:08 | 10 km | 54 km |
| 4.3 | 11.01.2026 16:22 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 2.5 | 27.12.2025 03:48 | 18 km | 143 km |
| 2.9 | 25.12.2025 21:43 | 23 km | 121 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.