1.6
2,850
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1908–2026
record span
1.88
mean magnitude
2,085
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 06.05.1976 20:00 | 13.4 km | 166 km |
| 6.2 | 16.11.1911 21:25 | 40 km | 220 km |
| 6.1 | 17.06.1976 14:28 | 24 km | 153 km |
| 6.0 | 15.09.1976 09:21 | 7.6 km | 156 km |
| 6.0 | 15.09.1976 03:15 | 3.8 km | 160 km |
| 5.9 | 07.05.1976 09:41 | 33 km | 143 km |
| 5.7 | 23.11.1976 07:30 | 33 km | 157 km |
| 5.6 | 27.03.1928 08:32 | 35 km | 136 km |
| 5.6 | 18.10.1936 03:10 | 35 km | 133 km |
| 5.5 | 11.09.1976 16:35 | 11.8 km | 161 km |
| 5.4 | 26.03.1928 14:40 | 15 km | 141 km |
| 5.4 | 12.12.1924 03:28 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 5.4 | 03.02.1949 22:29 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 5.4 | 16.09.1977 23:48 | 22.4 km | 150 km |
| 5.3 | 10.07.1908 02:13 | 15 km | 161 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 11:31 | 4.6 km | 107 km |
| 1.3 | 31.07.2026 22:33 | 5.7 km | 107 km |
| 1.1 | 28.07.2026 10:14 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 1.7 | 19.07.2026 00:49 | 12.4 km | 75 km |
| 1.1 | 18.07.2026 15:56 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 1.0 | 30.06.2026 07:38 | 6.7 km | 99 km |
| 2.3 | 28.06.2026 23:17 | 13 km | 64 km |
| 1.6 | 23.06.2026 23:05 | 7.7 km | 98 km |
| 1.6 | 17.06.2026 20:46 | 13.1 km | 89 km |
| 2.2 | 17.06.2026 19:19 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 1.3 | 23.05.2026 19:07 | 0 km | 124 km |
| 1.4 | 10.05.2026 22:38 | 10.7 km | 99 km |
| 1.4 | 03.05.2026 00:19 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 1.3 | 22.04.2026 07:24 | 9.7 km | 123 km |
| 1.2 | 13.04.2026 04:08 | 4.3 km | 134 km |
| 0.6 | 08.04.2026 09:33 | 4.1 km | 110 km |
| 0.9 | 07.04.2026 19:09 | 16 km | 112 km |
| 0.8 | 03.04.2026 22:51 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 0.7 | 01.04.2026 04:40 | 4.8 km | 109 km |
| 1.8 | 26.03.2026 01:16 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 0.9 | 22.03.2026 01:29 | 18 km | 138 km |
| 1.6 | 17.03.2026 09:23 | 30 km | 136 km |
| 0.5 | 16.03.2026 17:03 | 7.1 km | 98 km |
| 0.4 | 16.03.2026 04:11 | 1.3 km | 115 km |
| 1.3 | 12.03.2026 22:20 | 4.9 km | 97 km |
| 1.0 | 03.03.2026 03:07 | 6.3 km | 82 km |
| 0.9 | 01.03.2026 20:01 | 4.4 km | 110 km |
| 0.9 | 25.02.2026 06:42 | 4 km | 123 km |
| 1.8 | 21.02.2026 02:05 | 12 km | 92 km |
| 1.4 | 11.02.2026 03:13 | 18 km | 37 km |
| 1.5 | 09.02.2026 23:25 | 20.7 km | 114 km |
| 1.2 | 06.02.2026 05:37 | 6.9 km | 87 km |
| 1.0 | 02.02.2026 17:51 | 2 km | 122 km |
| 1.1 | 30.01.2026 05:17 | 3 km | 113 km |
| 1.1 | 19.01.2026 22:39 | 0.3 km | 120 km |
| 1.2 | 19.01.2026 21:36 | 3 km | 100 km |
| 0.8 | 17.01.2026 03:36 | 6.1 km | 99 km |
| 1.0 | 17.01.2026 01:45 | 9.9 km | 99 km |
| 0.9 | 17.01.2026 00:35 | 8.9 km | 100 km |
| 1.4 | 16.01.2026 08:41 | 8.5 km | 126 km |
| 1.1 | 16.01.2026 04:25 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 0.8 | 15.01.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 0.8 | 30.12.2025 07:20 | 3 km | 115 km |
| 1.0 | 26.12.2025 23:45 | 3.4 km | 33 km |
| 1.7 | 25.12.2025 13:36 | 6.7 km | 116 km |
| 1.3 | 24.12.2025 07:25 | 7.8 km | 97 km |
| 1.2 | 24.12.2025 03:40 | 6.4 km | 117 km |
| 0.8 | 14.12.2025 19:42 | 4.9 km | 123 km |
| 1.0 | 11.12.2025 23:25 | 3.3 km | 111 km |
| 1.0 | 05.12.2025 05:51 | 7 km | 126 km |
| 1.4 | 04.12.2025 15:05 | 4 km | 136 km |
| 0.7 | 29.11.2025 23:16 | 6.8 km | 126 km |
| 1.0 | 22.11.2025 13:43 | 5.6 km | 115 km |
| 0.8 | 21.11.2025 18:53 | 8.4 km | 111 km |
| 2.0 | 06.11.2025 15:57 | 6.8 km | 38 km |
| 0.9 | 31.10.2025 19:17 | 2.9 km | 127 km |
| 2.8 | 29.10.2025 09:23 | 11.6 km | 127 km |
| 2.5 | 28.10.2025 18:20 | 2 km | 30 km |
| 1.7 | 28.10.2025 09:21 | 9.4 km | 91 km |
| 1.1 | 24.10.2025 07:35 | 5.6 km | 109 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.