3.1
2,583
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1901–2026
record span
2.61
mean magnitude
2,332
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 18.01.1901 04:39 | 0 km | 1214 km |
| 6.7 | 23.12.1985 05:16 | 13.6 km | 833 km |
| 6.5 | 05.10.1985 15:24 | 9.5 km | 832 km |
| 6.5 | 03.02.1944 12:14 | 35 km | 1221 km |
| 6.4 | 16.11.1920 08:31 | 15 km | 603 km |
| 6.4 | 05.06.1940 11:01 | 10 km | 701 km |
| 6.3 | 01.03.1955 04:43 | 10 km | 713 km |
| 6.3 | 14.07.1905 08:51 | 15 km | 1003 km |
| 6.3 | 11.01.1953 22:53 | 15 km | 719 km |
| 6.2 | 01.05.2017 14:18 | 4.3 km | 1272 km |
| 6.2 | 29.05.1940 01:57 | 35 km | 673 km |
| 6.2 | 25.03.1988 19:36 | 10.1 km | 841 km |
| 6.2 | 01.05.2017 12:31 | 9 km | 1264 km |
| 5.9 | 27.12.1972 22:59 | 19.2 km | 941 km |
| 5.7 | 01.05.2017 14:20 | 3.2 km | 1270 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 16.07.2026 07:02 | 5 km | 855 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 09:06 | 5 km | 736 km |
| 2.0 | 08.07.2026 06:55 | 1 km | 763 km |
| 3.5 | 21.06.2026 05:30 | 5 km | 724 km |
| 3.5 | 10.06.2026 13:17 | 1 km | 534 km |
| 2.7 | 09.06.2026 18:15 | 5 km | 997 km |
| 3.1 | 03.06.2026 04:49 | 10 km | 714 km |
| 4.0 | 30.05.2026 21:39 | 25 km | 539 km |
| 3.2 | 27.05.2026 18:02 | 14.9 km | 680 km |
| 2.8 | 26.05.2026 16:53 | 5 km | 758 km |
| 2.8 | 24.05.2026 05:57 | 5 km | 718 km |
| 4.2 | 21.05.2026 20:29 | 5 km | 749 km |
| 3.3 | 16.05.2026 11:50 | 20 km | 456 km |
| 3.1 | 13.05.2026 18:45 | 5 km | 766 km |
| 2.9 | 07.05.2026 04:29 | 35 km | 535 km |
| 3.5 | 26.04.2026 23:12 | 34.7 km | 606 km |
| 3.2 | 05.04.2026 07:03 | 5 km | 760 km |
| 3.5 | 05.04.2026 05:13 | 5 km | 827 km |
| 3.0 | 21.03.2026 04:11 | 5 km | 766 km |
| 3.7 | 18.03.2026 21:30 | 5 km | 727 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2026 09:08 | 30 km | 557 km |
| 3.1 | 06.03.2026 12:24 | 5 km | 735 km |
| 2.9 | 23.02.2026 14:48 | 5 km | 788 km |
| 2.9 | 20.02.2026 19:24 | 10 km | 747 km |
| 3.3 | 18.02.2026 16:36 | 5 km | 760 km |
| 2.6 | 13.02.2026 22:53 | 5 km | 806 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2026 10:39 | 5 km | 901 km |
| 3.0 | 01.02.2026 20:37 | 10 km | 666 km |
| 3.2 | 01.02.2026 16:05 | 5 km | 716 km |
| 3.4 | 23.01.2026 04:12 | 10 km | 995 km |
| 2.5 | 22.01.2026 15:42 | 5 km | 739 km |
| 3.3 | 19.01.2026 13:53 | 5 km | 727 km |
| 3.5 | 24.12.2025 19:55 | 0 km | 745 km |
| 3.5 | 12.12.2025 06:02 | 10 km | 852 km |
| 3.4 | 08.12.2025 11:57 | 0 km | 562 km |
| 3.1 | 04.12.2025 12:05 | 10 km | 715 km |
| 2.6 | 01.12.2025 04:51 | 20 km | 712 km |
| 2.5 | 24.11.2025 13:09 | 5 km | 750 km |
| 3.2 | 08.11.2025 20:45 | 10 km | 725 km |
| 3.0 | 08.11.2025 01:33 | 10 km | 734 km |
| 2.6 | 05.11.2025 01:17 | 25 km | 308 km |
| 3.7 | 02.11.2025 10:37 | 10 km | 739 km |
| 3.0 | 29.10.2025 09:59 | 5 km | 705 km |
| 2.8 | 25.10.2025 18:21 | 10 km | 563 km |
| 5.2 | 25.10.2025 06:34 | 10 km | 555 km |
| 3.9 | 16.10.2025 10:14 | 5 km | 887 km |
| 3.2 | 14.10.2025 04:57 | 5 km | 1028 km |
| 4.5 | 12.10.2025 18:41 | 0 km | 737 km |
| 2.9 | 08.10.2025 05:26 | 10 km | 715 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2025 11:45 | 30 km | 543 km |
| 3.6 | 01.10.2025 00:52 | 5 km | 887 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2025 00:18 | 5 km | 789 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2025 14:19 | 10 km | 728 km |
| 4.2 | 05.09.2025 04:19 | 10 km | 823 km |
| 1.9 | 02.09.2025 19:39 | 24.5 km | 731 km |
| 1.7 | 01.09.2025 04:36 | 20.1 km | 730 km |
| 3.0 | 28.08.2025 17:50 | 19.5 km | 659 km |
| 2.4 | 25.08.2025 13:37 | 17.9 km | 724 km |
| 4.3 | 23.08.2025 16:47 | 5 km | 941 km |
| 2.6 | 23.08.2025 03:32 | 15 km | 717 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.