3.2
347
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1909–2026
record span
3.97
mean magnitude
276
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 130 km | 173 km |
| 7.1 | 17.05.1909 08:02 | 250 km | 357 km |
| 6.6 | 22.11.2011 18:48 | 560.3 km | 214 km |
| 6.5 | 22.05.1998 04:48 | 13.7 km | 88 km |
| 6.5 | 21.02.2017 14:09 | 602.4 km | 290 km |
| 6.5 | 06.02.1988 18:03 | 278.8 km | 165 km |
| 6.3 | 15.03.2019 05:03 | 367.7 km | 80 km |
| 6.3 | 26.08.1957 11:28 | 15 km | 265 km |
| 6.3 | 15.03.1986 11:29 | 219.4 km | 301 km |
| 6.1 | 04.07.2001 12:09 | 29.6 km | 25 km |
| 6.1 | 13.08.1920 02:02 | 15 km | 256 km |
| 5.9 | 28.12.1957 14:36 | 15 km | 134 km |
| 5.9 | 27.02.1990 09:28 | 613.4 km | 160 km |
| 5.8 | 09.05.1986 16:23 | 9.3 km | 6 km |
| 5.8 | 13.11.2009 07:27 | 611.6 km | 169 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 23.07.2026 12:40 | 13.4 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 23.07.2026 09:21 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 05.07.2026 11:29 | 253.6 km | 204 km |
| 4.2 | 04.07.2026 00:52 | 266.6 km | 232 km |
| 3.0 | 19.06.2026 00:05 | 254.7 km | 202 km |
| 3.1 | 17.06.2026 00:07 | 28.1 km | 21 km |
| 3.3 | 14.06.2026 02:39 | 275 km | 201 km |
| 3.0 | 06.06.2026 22:12 | 284.8 km | 175 km |
| 3.2 | 06.06.2026 05:11 | 22.1 km | 122 km |
| 3.5 | 16.05.2026 07:19 | 307.9 km | 134 km |
| 3.3 | 01.04.2026 17:18 | 299.3 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 01.04.2026 04:20 | 18 km | 70 km |
| 3.0 | 09.03.2026 16:07 | 22.1 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 19.02.2026 21:55 | 246.7 km | 236 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2026 09:28 | 23.3 km | 23 km |
| 3.0 | 13.02.2026 16:14 | 21.7 km | 72 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2026 19:57 | 1.4 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 06.02.2026 08:38 | 25.6 km | 67 km |
| 3.3 | 06.02.2026 08:26 | 14 km | 73 km |
| 3.5 | 06.02.2026 08:23 | 23.2 km | 69 km |
| 3.4 | 31.01.2026 04:14 | 2.9 km | 13 km |
| 3.4 | 25.01.2026 08:10 | 17.9 km | 32 km |
| 3.7 | 25.12.2025 09:38 | 23.1 km | 202 km |
| 3.0 | 09.12.2025 05:17 | 29.7 km | 141 km |
| 3.0 | 08.12.2025 01:07 | 10.9 km | 71 km |
| 3.3 | 04.12.2025 03:23 | 19.5 km | 207 km |
| 3.0 | 01.12.2025 04:45 | 22 km | 90 km |
| 3.9 | 01.12.2025 02:22 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 4.3 | 24.11.2025 13:00 | 0 km | 141 km |
| 3.1 | 17.10.2025 13:11 | 21.4 km | 12 km |
| 4.1 | 14.10.2025 03:01 | 281 km | 202 km |
| 3.3 | 19.09.2025 09:30 | 25.4 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 14.09.2025 22:22 | 18.8 km | 19 km |
| 3.4 | 13.09.2025 11:49 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2025 09:36 | 20.7 km | 175 km |
| 3.0 | 18.08.2025 04:13 | 20.9 km | 175 km |
| 3.9 | 18.08.2025 03:33 | 21.5 km | 171 km |
| 3.4 | 17.08.2025 03:59 | 22.6 km | 174 km |
| 3.1 | 16.08.2025 18:04 | 16.3 km | 175 km |
| 3.7 | 16.08.2025 13:22 | 21.5 km | 159 km |
| 3.3 | 16.08.2025 12:56 | 18.6 km | 174 km |
| 3.6 | 15.08.2025 14:26 | 24.1 km | 171 km |
| 3.2 | 15.08.2025 03:50 | 20 km | 176 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2025 10:52 | 22.7 km | 176 km |
| 3.8 | 23.07.2025 18:11 | 269.9 km | 188 km |
| 3.0 | 16.07.2025 05:03 | 16.1 km | 107 km |
| 3.6 | 15.07.2025 19:24 | 14 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 14.07.2025 08:17 | 5 km | 12 km |
| 4.4 | 30.06.2025 23:47 | 38 km | 7 km |
| 3.1 | 26.06.2025 14:38 | 9.1 km | 93 km |
| 3.3 | 20.06.2025 15:53 | 12.6 km | 129 km |
| 3.4 | 04.06.2025 20:37 | 10.4 km | 88 km |
| 3.2 | 19.05.2025 07:56 | 267.6 km | 190 km |
| 3.4 | 25.04.2025 01:42 | 4.1 km | 49 km |
| 3.1 | 18.04.2025 17:02 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 3.4 | 20.03.2025 04:51 | 13.7 km | 179 km |
| 3.1 | 11.03.2025 19:48 | 15 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 04.03.2025 19:36 | 15 km | 77 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2025 14:43 | 17.5 km | 151 km |
| 4.5 | 05.02.2025 10:49 | 0 km | 163 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.