2.5
11,118
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.53
mean magnitude
9,543
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | 11.11.1922 04:32 | 70 km | 283 km |
| 7.5 | 23.11.1977 09:26 | 10.4 km | 143 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1939 06:22 | 35 km | 435 km |
| 7.1 | 15.01.1944 23:49 | 15 km | 192 km |
| 7.0 | 19.03.1904 06:28 | 0 km | 348 km |
| 7.0 | 27.07.1917 02:51 | 60 km | 272 km |
| 6.8 | 07.12.1903 14:44 | 0 km | 396 km |
| 6.8 | 03.08.1920 19:57 | 15 km | 273 km |
| 6.8 | 09.05.1958 04:20 | 200 km | 255 km |
| 6.7 | 17.12.1920 19:00 | 15 km | 246 km |
| 6.6 | 18.04.2002 16:08 | 59.6 km | 389 km |
| 6.5 | 11.11.1922 18:09 | 35 km | 336 km |
| 6.5 | 23.06.1938 01:03 | 70 km | 250 km |
| 6.5 | 14.11.1933 14:05 | 110 km | 307 km |
| 6.5 | 22.09.1908 17:05 | 30 km | 302 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 08:24 | 99.9 km | 279 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 03:05 | 113 km | 257 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 22:04 | 105 km | 132 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 19:47 | 18 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 19:13 | 33 km | 222 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 19:03 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 17:15 | 88 km | 177 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 16:19 | 142 km | 161 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 15:12 | 88 km | 235 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 12:17 | 118 km | 249 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 08:05 | 112 km | 238 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 03:59 | 84 km | 250 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2026 22:07 | 115.5 km | 236 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 22:02 | 114 km | 138 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 20:53 | 139.2 km | 234 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 19:48 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 16:11 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 12:23 | 125 km | 245 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 10:28 | 106 km | 273 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 09:29 | 120 km | 224 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 22:15 | 130 km | 187 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 19:16 | 96 km | 242 km |
| 3.0 | 31.07.2026 17:51 | 123.4 km | 272 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 12:08 | 120 km | 151 km |
| 2.8 | 31.07.2026 02:13 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2026 21:18 | 220.9 km | 241 km |
| 2.8 | 30.07.2026 16:06 | 92.8 km | 251 km |
| 3.6 | 30.07.2026 15:58 | 112 km | 232 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 14:08 | 102 km | 204 km |
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 11:08 | 83 km | 143 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 06:47 | 129.3 km | 166 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 03:43 | 166 km | 227 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 02:33 | 125 km | 251 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 01:14 | 105 km | 219 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 17:31 | 97 km | 194 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 15:39 | 119 km | 196 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2026 09:04 | 106 km | 255 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 04:52 | 105 km | 205 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 23:04 | 96 km | 189 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 20:17 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 2.7 | 28.07.2026 19:53 | 97.1 km | 267 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 19:36 | 117 km | 54 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 17:39 | 180 km | 231 km |
| 2.7 | 28.07.2026 14:12 | 183 km | 89 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 12:48 | 72 km | 191 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 09:46 | 102 km | 224 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 05:07 | 120 km | 97 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 03:09 | 112 km | 211 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 01:31 | 23 km | 198 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 00:55 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 23:47 | 96 km | 176 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 21:31 | 83 km | 154 km |
| 3.8 | 27.07.2026 19:37 | 121 km | 306 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2026 18:09 | 114.6 km | 280 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 16:16 | 126 km | 136 km |
| 2.7 | 27.07.2026 10:11 | 80 km | 193 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 09:31 | 49 km | 206 km |
| 2.9 | 27.07.2026 09:06 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 08:27 | 76 km | 147 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.