3.1
21,382
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.58
mean magnitude
17,727
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 | 251 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 503 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 383 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 439 km |
| 7.3 | 19.07.2024 01:50 | 123.9 km | 271 km |
| 7.3 | 21.12.1967 02:25 | 42 km | 524 km |
| 7.2 | 23.06.1991 21:22 | 563.4 km | 357 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 435 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 439 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2000 18:43 | 227.4 km | 124 km |
| 7.2 | 08.12.1962 21:27 | 588.7 km | 290 km |
| 7.1 | 23.01.1997 02:15 | 267 km | 239 km |
| 7.1 | 14.08.1950 22:51 | 610 km | 455 km |
| 7.1 | 06.09.1910 19:59 | 0 km | 470 km |
| 7.1 | 25.08.1948 06:09 | 30 km | 107 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 06:01 | 224.2 km | 207 km |
| 3.9 | 04.08.2026 05:16 | 223 km | 201 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 04:10 | 227.9 km | 176 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 02:30 | 214.2 km | 160 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 01:31 | 233.4 km | 194 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 01:19 | 216.4 km | 157 km |
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 23:19 | 182 km | 188 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 22:11 | 166.9 km | 260 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 21:27 | 97.4 km | 387 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 20:44 | 109.1 km | 392 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 17:57 | 190 km | 139 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 15:47 | 116.3 km | 395 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 14:32 | 211.8 km | 163 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 12:24 | 212.5 km | 147 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 12:08 | 234.3 km | 179 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 11:44 | 194.2 km | 164 km |
| 4.6 | 03.08.2026 10:55 | 182.5 km | 174 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 10:38 | 195.8 km | 192 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 06:07 | 114.1 km | 398 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 04:09 | 211.2 km | 240 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 03:47 | 215.3 km | 214 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 03:23 | 262.1 km | 174 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 02:43 | 103 km | 389 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 23:53 | 100.7 km | 336 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 22:49 | 208.2 km | 202 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 20:41 | 199.8 km | 198 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 14:33 | 125.4 km | 409 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 11:46 | 196 km | 308 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 10:32 | 265.2 km | 196 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 10:03 | 119.4 km | 398 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 09:04 | 224.3 km | 324 km |
| 4.6 | 02.08.2026 08:49 | 172.5 km | 161 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 03:55 | 226.1 km | 344 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 02:32 | 200.8 km | 208 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 21:06 | 197.4 km | 183 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 19:48 | 228.1 km | 170 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 19:28 | 236.9 km | 192 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 17:14 | 221.4 km | 154 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 15:23 | 103.1 km | 329 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 14:52 | 157.3 km | 173 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 12:19 | 199.8 km | 330 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 11:46 | 102.2 km | 391 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 10:48 | 231.5 km | 342 km |
| 3.8 | 01.08.2026 10:35 | 225.6 km | 207 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 09:59 | 247.4 km | 185 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 09:02 | 237 km | 184 km |
| 3.9 | 01.08.2026 07:57 | 105.7 km | 389 km |
| 3.0 | 31.07.2026 21:41 | 198.4 km | 198 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 19:39 | 191.8 km | 183 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2026 11:19 | 341 km | 202 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 10:22 | 211 km | 176 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 04:32 | 204 km | 176 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2026 03:56 | 253.1 km | 181 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 03:37 | 109.6 km | 410 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 22:12 | 280.8 km | 231 km |
| 3.8 | 30.07.2026 20:48 | 183.5 km | 180 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 19:16 | 225.2 km | 340 km |
| 3.8 | 30.07.2026 16:17 | 132.9 km | 283 km |
| 2.8 | 30.07.2026 16:02 | 229.9 km | 191 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.2026 15:49 | 192 km | 150 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.