3.0
209
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1918–2026
record span
4.04
mean magnitude
134
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 08.07.1918 10:22 | 15 km | 86 km |
| 7.2 | 02.07.1930 21:03 | 15 km | 214 km |
| 6.9 | 09.09.1923 22:03 | 15 km | 106 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.1944 14:46 | 15 km | 90 km |
| 6.0 | 30.12.1984 23:33 | 3.1 km | 123 km |
| 6.0 | 15.08.1950 21:42 | 25 km | 151 km |
| 5.9 | 08.05.1997 02:53 | 29.4 km | 69 km |
| 5.8 | 06.02.1988 14:50 | 30.6 km | 16 km |
| 5.8 | 19.05.1945 05:02 | 35 km | 38 km |
| 5.7 | 21.06.1963 15:26 | 51.1 km | 58 km |
| 5.7 | 23.10.1926 14:30 | 15 km | 116 km |
| 5.6 | 03.01.2017 09:09 | 34.6 km | 62 km |
| 5.6 | 27.03.1932 08:44 | 35 km | 32 km |
| 5.6 | 06.03.1932 00:17 | 35 km | 129 km |
| 5.6 | 29.12.1950 22:35 | 15 km | 84 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 00:23 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2026 17:19 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 09.07.2026 18:28 | 5 km | 102 km |
| 3.2 | 03.07.2026 15:51 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 3.4 | 26.06.2026 23:21 | 42 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 25.06.2026 14:09 | 21 km | 90 km |
| 4.4 | 22.06.2026 15:28 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 2.9 | 27.05.2026 22:40 | 20 km | 74 km |
| 3.0 | 19.05.2026 21:54 | 5 km | 96 km |
| 3.3 | 19.05.2026 07:01 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2026 20:15 | 30 km | 27 km |
| 3.4 | 12.04.2026 03:51 | 0 km | 95 km |
| 2.9 | 10.04.2026 10:17 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.2 | 09.04.2026 02:38 | 8 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 08.04.2026 17:53 | 25 km | 61 km |
| 3.0 | 07.04.2026 22:46 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 2.9 | 07.04.2026 22:39 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 2.5 | 15.03.2026 05:17 | 17 km | 112 km |
| 2.9 | 05.03.2026 20:53 | 9 km | 67 km |
| 2.9 | 05.03.2026 02:42 | 19 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 04.03.2026 22:46 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 2.9 | 04.03.2026 15:18 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.8 | 04.03.2026 12:52 | 12 km | 67 km |
| 2.7 | 03.03.2026 12:44 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.3 | 21.02.2026 21:49 | 29 km | 83 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.2026 06:29 | 30.2 km | 98 km |
| 4.1 | 19.02.2026 06:46 | 626.2 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 10.02.2026 11:32 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.3 | 08.02.2026 23:20 | 45 km | 63 km |
| 3.0 | 31.01.2026 22:32 | 20 km | 47 km |
| 3.1 | 27.12.2025 20:09 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 2.7 | 19.12.2025 23:59 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.3 | 10.12.2025 20:55 | 30 km | 56 km |
| 3.5 | 10.12.2025 20:50 | 20 km | 55 km |
| 2.9 | 08.12.2025 12:06 | 5 km | 66 km |
| 3.4 | 26.11.2025 21:30 | 3.1 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 23.11.2025 11:58 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 5.4 | 21.11.2025 04:38 | 28.1 km | 138 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2025 06:19 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2025 14:57 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.2 | 09.08.2025 13:11 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2025 13:04 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 2.9 | 15.04.2025 23:37 | 14 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 11.04.2025 10:52 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.5 | 17.02.2025 03:24 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 4.4 | 21.01.2025 07:04 | 24.7 km | 85 km |
| 2.7 | 25.11.2024 04:04 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 24.11.2024 22:26 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 23.11.2024 17:35 | 59.2 km | 120 km |
| 2.8 | 21.10.2024 13:05 | 19 km | 49 km |
| 3.4 | 19.09.2024 10:37 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.7 | 14.08.2024 05:25 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.4 | 04.07.2024 21:12 | 19.5 km | 98 km |
| 3.1 | 14.05.2024 02:19 | 25 km | 77 km |
| 3.0 | 06.03.2024 22:11 | 5 km | 24 km |
| 3.2 | 29.02.2024 03:21 | 30 km | 60 km |
| 3.4 | 03.02.2024 14:07 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.4 | 03.02.2024 03:23 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 3.2 | 30.01.2024 22:02 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 28.12.2023 11:50 | 25 km | 74 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.