2.8
12,803
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.31
mean magnitude
9,938
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 451 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 370 km |
| 8.1 | 06.04.1943 16:07 | 35 km | 467 km |
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 349 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 340 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 329 km |
| 7.5 | 23.11.1977 09:26 | 10.4 km | 412 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 351 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 339 km |
| 7.3 | 18.03.1931 08:02 | 35 km | 290 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1920 04:26 | 15 km | 366 km |
| 7.1 | 25.03.2012 22:37 | 28.2 km | 332 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.2015 23:18 | 29.4 km | 453 km |
| 7.1 | 15.01.1944 23:49 | 15 km | 377 km |
| 7.1 | 09.04.1985 01:57 | 46.4 km | 285 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 04.08.2026 08:41 | 10 km | 244 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 03:09 | 114.3 km | 270 km |
| 3.3 | 04.08.2026 00:40 | 91.9 km | 263 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 08:05 | 112 km | 323 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 19:48 | 10 km | 345 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 19:29 | 60 km | 230 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 09:29 | 120 km | 343 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 15:42 | 117.4 km | 182 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 12:20 | 125.9 km | 154 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 10:44 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 09:00 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 4.0 | 31.07.2026 14:04 | 99.4 km | 305 km |
| 2.8 | 31.07.2026 07:37 | 105.2 km | 272 km |
| 2.8 | 30.07.2026 22:55 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 02:33 | 125 km | 306 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 01:28 | 100 km | 295 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 13:33 | 92.5 km | 212 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 07:56 | 112.4 km | 234 km |
| 4.2 | 28.07.2026 06:18 | 17 km | 197 km |
| 4.6 | 28.07.2026 01:37 | 36 km | 172 km |
| 3.8 | 27.07.2026 19:37 | 121 km | 320 km |
| 2.9 | 26.07.2026 18:51 | 101.2 km | 261 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 11:21 | 76.3 km | 326 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 10:18 | 82 km | 316 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 20:27 | 97 km | 316 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 02:57 | 111.7 km | 210 km |
| 2.7 | 24.07.2026 05:47 | 130.8 km | 298 km |
| 2.8 | 23.07.2026 15:39 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 3.2 | 23.07.2026 03:09 | 165 km | 212 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 00:42 | 111 km | 240 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 23:59 | 110 km | 237 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 13:39 | 125.6 km | 345 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 12:02 | 92 km | 252 km |
| 2.5 | 21.07.2026 09:39 | 10 km | 320 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 06:47 | 12.1 km | 194 km |
| 2.7 | 21.07.2026 02:31 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 2.6 | 19.07.2026 12:33 | 91 km | 317 km |
| 3.3 | 16.07.2026 04:34 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 2.7 | 15.07.2026 02:36 | 5 km | 314 km |
| 2.8 | 14.07.2026 16:41 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 08:17 | 102 km | 305 km |
| 2.9 | 14.07.2026 02:42 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 3.1 | 13.07.2026 05:38 | 94 km | 307 km |
| 3.1 | 12.07.2026 13:12 | 109.1 km | 269 km |
| 2.9 | 12.07.2026 04:07 | 96 km | 339 km |
| 2.7 | 10.07.2026 23:13 | 12.1 km | 327 km |
| 3.0 | 10.07.2026 19:04 | 85 km | 322 km |
| 2.6 | 10.07.2026 16:24 | 97 km | 318 km |
| 3.1 | 10.07.2026 15:24 | 105 km | 183 km |
| 2.6 | 10.07.2026 09:52 | 102 km | 321 km |
| 2.9 | 09.07.2026 02:26 | 115 km | 278 km |
| 4.2 | 09.07.2026 01:42 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 3.5 | 07.07.2026 22:29 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 2.6 | 07.07.2026 10:19 | 0 km | 242 km |
| 2.5 | 07.07.2026 04:08 | 106.7 km | 253 km |
| 3.7 | 06.07.2026 23:10 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 3.2 | 06.07.2026 23:04 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.2 | 06.07.2026 12:43 | 111 km | 323 km |
| 4.1 | 06.07.2026 08:56 | 116.8 km | 329 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.