4.8
34,342
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.92
mean magnitude
30,632
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 22.08.1949 04:01 | 10 km | 425 km |
| 7.8 | 10.07.1958 06:15 | 10 km | 803 km |
| 7.8 | 28.10.2012 03:04 | 7.4 km | 402 km |
| 7.6 | 30.07.1972 21:45 | 9.4 km | 670 km |
| 7.6 | 23.06.1946 17:13 | 15 km | 511 km |
| 7.5 | 05.01.2013 08:58 | 3.1 km | 551 km |
| 7.4 | 26.05.1929 22:40 | 15 km | 444 km |
| 7.3 | 24.10.1927 15:59 | 10 km | 773 km |
| 7.1 | 18.01.1901 04:39 | 0 km | 853 km |
| 7.0 | 06.12.1918 08:41 | 15 km | 482 km |
| 7.0 | 15.05.1908 08:31 | 35 km | 1086 km |
| 7.0 | 06.12.2025 20:41 | 10 km | 1089 km |
| 6.8 | 06.11.1910 20:29 | 0 km | 566 km |
| 6.8 | 24.06.1970 13:09 | 10.3 km | 391 km |
| 6.8 | 28.06.2004 09:49 | 12.3 km | 518 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 03.08.2026 09:17 | 15 km | 420 km |
| 2.1 | 03.08.2026 02:24 | 4 km | 844 km |
| 1.9 | 02.08.2026 23:21 | -0.5 km | 666 km |
| 1.1 | 02.08.2026 21:59 | 26 km | 701 km |
| 1.4 | 02.08.2026 21:51 | -0.6 km | 670 km |
| 2.1 | 01.08.2026 15:38 | 26.4 km | 701 km |
| -0.5 | 01.08.2026 11:40 | 9.9 km | 687 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 10:24 | 25 km | 701 km |
| 0.9 | 01.08.2026 10:07 | 32.1 km | 642 km |
| 1.3 | 01.08.2026 09:23 | 24.1 km | 702 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 06:31 | 5.5 km | 688 km |
| 5.6 | 01.08.2026 04:49 | 10 km | 540 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 21:13 | -0.5 km | 670 km |
| 2.2 | 31.07.2026 18:17 | 5.7 km | 689 km |
| -0.2 | 31.07.2026 07:56 | 6.8 km | 674 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 05:45 | 10 km | 357 km |
| 1.9 | 30.07.2026 23:08 | -0.4 km | 662 km |
| 1.5 | 30.07.2026 22:54 | -0.7 km | 629 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 19:21 | 10 km | 472 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 19:13 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 19:01 | 10 km | 469 km |
| 1.5 | 30.07.2026 17:14 | 3.3 km | 620 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 16:18 | 1 km | 157 km |
| 0.8 | 30.07.2026 02:27 | 17.6 km | 717 km |
| 2.1 | 29.07.2026 21:14 | -0.6 km | 667 km |
| 0.1 | 28.07.2026 21:07 | 14.4 km | 657 km |
| 2.2 | 28.07.2026 21:00 | 4.5 km | 847 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 19:19 | 16.7 km | 801 km |
| -0.3 | 28.07.2026 18:46 | 5.4 km | 682 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 15:49 | 15.2 km | 804 km |
| 1.1 | 28.07.2026 03:29 | 16.7 km | 673 km |
| 2.1 | 27.07.2026 22:01 | 24.7 km | 702 km |
| 1.9 | 27.07.2026 21:38 | -0.5 km | 666 km |
| 1.3 | 27.07.2026 19:39 | -0.7 km | 625 km |
| 0.8 | 27.07.2026 09:58 | 12.7 km | 656 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2026 00:06 | 10 km | 541 km |
| 4.5 | 25.07.2026 18:33 | 10 km | 567 km |
| 2.9 | 25.07.2026 17:59 | 1 km | 802 km |
| 2.1 | 25.07.2026 17:36 | -0.5 km | 671 km |
| 1.6 | 25.07.2026 13:15 | 15.3 km | 673 km |
| 2.2 | 25.07.2026 11:26 | 11 km | 842 km |
| 0.1 | 25.07.2026 08:57 | 7.4 km | 674 km |
| 0.7 | 24.07.2026 23:28 | -0.2 km | 650 km |
| 2.5 | 24.07.2026 18:10 | 25.8 km | 469 km |
| 2.6 | 24.07.2026 09:32 | 17.1 km | 431 km |
| 0.2 | 23.07.2026 22:46 | -0.2 km | 662 km |
| 0.8 | 23.07.2026 09:08 | 12.7 km | 656 km |
| 4.5 | 23.07.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 535 km |
| 1.1 | 23.07.2026 00:29 | 12.6 km | 656 km |
| 1.4 | 22.07.2026 21:15 | -0.7 km | 636 km |
| 1.5 | 22.07.2026 20:45 | -0.7 km | 629 km |
| 1.5 | 22.07.2026 20:15 | -1.1 km | 872 km |
| 2.1 | 22.07.2026 09:13 | 25.6 km | 701 km |
| 0.6 | 21.07.2026 23:38 | -0.7 km | 696 km |
| 2.2 | 21.07.2026 23:02 | -0.6 km | 668 km |
| 1.4 | 21.07.2026 22:34 | 14.6 km | 597 km |
| 0.4 | 21.07.2026 19:49 | 12.5 km | 656 km |
| 0.6 | 21.07.2026 08:08 | 26.6 km | 701 km |
| 2.5 | 21.07.2026 06:47 | 10 km | 449 km |
| 1.1 | 20.07.2026 18:54 | 12.6 km | 656 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.