2.6
11,722
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.70
mean magnitude
9,362
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 09.12.1950 21:38 | 113.9 km | 242 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 271 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 339 km |
| 7.3 | 19.07.2024 01:50 | 123.9 km | 216 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 332 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2000 18:43 | 227.4 km | 103 km |
| 7.1 | 23.01.1997 02:15 | 267 km | 127 km |
| 7.1 | 25.08.1948 06:09 | 30 km | 197 km |
| 7.0 | 24.05.1993 23:51 | 221 km | 86 km |
| 6.9 | 01.04.1987 01:48 | 245.7 km | 50 km |
| 6.9 | 21.02.1971 10:35 | 182.7 km | 160 km |
| 6.8 | 21.03.2005 12:23 | 578.2 km | 302 km |
| 6.8 | 03.08.1962 08:56 | 124.8 km | 226 km |
| 6.8 | 17.11.2005 19:26 | 148.7 km | 239 km |
| 6.7 | 10.02.1982 20:38 | 231.3 km | 96 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 04:10 | 227.9 km | 128 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 02:30 | 214.2 km | 151 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 01:31 | 233.4 km | 139 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 01:19 | 216.4 km | 161 km |
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 23:19 | 182 km | 206 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 17:57 | 190 km | 145 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 14:32 | 211.8 km | 176 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 12:24 | 212.5 km | 150 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 12:08 | 234.3 km | 196 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 11:44 | 194.2 km | 170 km |
| 4.6 | 03.08.2026 10:55 | 182.5 km | 205 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 10:38 | 195.8 km | 206 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 03:23 | 262.1 km | 155 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 10:32 | 265.2 km | 184 km |
| 4.6 | 02.08.2026 08:49 | 172.5 km | 178 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 21:06 | 197.4 km | 197 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 19:48 | 228.1 km | 171 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 19:28 | 236.9 km | 133 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 17:14 | 221.4 km | 154 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 14:52 | 157.3 km | 179 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 09:59 | 247.4 km | 154 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 09:02 | 237 km | 137 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 19:39 | 191.8 km | 184 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2026 11:19 | 341 km | 93 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 10:22 | 211 km | 172 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 04:32 | 204 km | 184 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2026 03:56 | 253.1 km | 169 km |
| 3.8 | 30.07.2026 20:48 | 183.5 km | 198 km |
| 2.8 | 30.07.2026 16:02 | 229.9 km | 190 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.2026 15:49 | 192 km | 166 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 14:20 | 269.7 km | 117 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 05:59 | 155.8 km | 180 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 05:01 | 247.8 km | 156 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 20:42 | 232.2 km | 131 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2026 15:24 | 137.8 km | 197 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 11:01 | 236.5 km | 168 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2026 10:09 | 195.8 km | 188 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 08:29 | 210.4 km | 201 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 01:11 | 202.9 km | 175 km |
| 2.9 | 28.07.2026 22:13 | 233.5 km | 157 km |
| 3.4 | 28.07.2026 13:10 | 188.2 km | 187 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 05:50 | 264.9 km | 150 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 02:56 | 233.8 km | 185 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2026 12:54 | 232.9 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2026 10:48 | 222.7 km | 187 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 04:04 | 200.6 km | 211 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 02:08 | 201.5 km | 186 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 00:54 | 193.3 km | 193 km |
| 3.8 | 26.07.2026 23:07 | 186.6 km | 128 km |
| 4.3 | 26.07.2026 21:44 | 183 km | 217 km |
| 4.5 | 26.07.2026 13:36 | 193.1 km | 143 km |
| 3.5 | 26.07.2026 05:55 | 307.8 km | 129 km |
| 2.9 | 26.07.2026 01:18 | 249 km | 113 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 23:57 | 240.7 km | 169 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 20:52 | 190.7 km | 189 km |
| 3.5 | 25.07.2026 16:12 | 191.8 km | 156 km |
| 3.5 | 25.07.2026 12:30 | 284.9 km | 113 km |
| 2.8 | 25.07.2026 02:49 | 188.4 km | 182 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 00:53 | 219.4 km | 187 km |
| 2.7 | 24.07.2026 22:16 | 204.1 km | 184 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.