2.5
22,705
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.40
mean magnitude
16,881
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 | 418 km |
| 7.8 | 13.06.2005 22:44 | 104.8 km | 245 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 400 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 64 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 276 km |
| 7.5 | 30.11.1976 00:40 | 78.1 km | 208 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 146 km |
| 7.3 | 19.07.2024 01:50 | 123.9 km | 317 km |
| 7.3 | 21.12.1967 02:25 | 42 km | 370 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 130 km | 266 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 89 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 295 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1933 08:09 | 35 km | 354 km |
| 7.2 | 08.08.1987 15:48 | 19.1 km | 367 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2000 18:43 | 227.4 km | 370 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 06:30 | 126 km | 242 km |
| 2.8 | 04.08.2026 05:25 | 136.3 km | 211 km |
| 2.7 | 04.08.2026 04:08 | 134.4 km | 249 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 00:36 | 136.9 km | 234 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 22:11 | 166.9 km | 308 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 21:27 | 97.4 km | 277 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 20:44 | 109.1 km | 285 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 20:34 | 134.4 km | 251 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 15:47 | 116.3 km | 276 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 12:04 | 135.2 km | 230 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 09:46 | 135.9 km | 210 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 06:07 | 114.1 km | 272 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 02:43 | 103 km | 283 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 14:48 | 129.8 km | 202 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 14:33 | 125.4 km | 255 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 12:42 | 107.5 km | 310 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 11:46 | 196 km | 263 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 10:16 | 126.4 km | 229 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 10:03 | 119.4 km | 287 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 09:04 | 224.3 km | 235 km |
| 3.5 | 02.08.2026 06:26 | 129.8 km | 243 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 03:55 | 226.1 km | 192 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 02:43 | 187.3 km | 125 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 00:01 | 132.5 km | 239 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 19:21 | 188 km | 143 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 17:43 | 221.7 km | 131 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 13:11 | 120.7 km | 250 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 12:19 | 199.8 km | 252 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 11:46 | 102.2 km | 279 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 10:48 | 231.5 km | 243 km |
| 3.9 | 01.08.2026 07:57 | 105.7 km | 296 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 07:50 | 142.9 km | 210 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 06:49 | 125.3 km | 239 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 19:31 | 125.1 km | 237 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 17:58 | 75.9 km | 306 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 15:16 | 127.2 km | 242 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2026 11:19 | 341 km | 245 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 07:35 | 147.5 km | 226 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 03:37 | 109.6 km | 269 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 01:35 | 117.2 km | 238 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 00:21 | 128 km | 231 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 19:16 | 225.2 km | 191 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 18:18 | 133.7 km | 196 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 15:17 | 123.1 km | 208 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 14:20 | 269.7 km | 277 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 12:46 | 245.2 km | 163 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 09:46 | 226.9 km | 124 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 03:37 | 135.4 km | 239 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 02:40 | 133.1 km | 225 km |
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 01:52 | 122.2 km | 241 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 11:30 | 115.8 km | 273 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 10:58 | 102.5 km | 304 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 09:52 | 89.6 km | 298 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2026 08:21 | 193 km | 239 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 08:02 | 122.5 km | 265 km |
| 3.4 | 29.07.2026 06:15 | 109.4 km | 283 km |
| 3.0 | 29.07.2026 06:10 | 237.3 km | 192 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 04:01 | 128.2 km | 213 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 03:51 | 133.4 km | 191 km |
| 3.4 | 29.07.2026 03:24 | 132.6 km | 249 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.