1.6
1,554
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.44
mean magnitude
1,435
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 01.11.1935 06:03 | 60 km | 494 km |
| 6.1 | 17.05.1958 15:38 | — | 460 km |
| 5.6 | 05.09.1944 04:38 | 35 km | 884 km |
| 5.6 | 08.01.1931 00:13 | 35 km | 785 km |
| 5.2 | 23.06.2010 17:41 | 15.3 km | 762 km |
| 5.1 | 20.04.2002 10:50 | 8.7 km | 962 km |
| 5.1 | 10.02.1914 18:31 | — | 853 km |
| 5.0 | 26.05.1909 14:42 | — | 880 km |
| 5.0 | 31.01.1986 16:46 | 10 km | 889 km |
| 4.9 | 07.10.1983 10:18 | 9.2 km | 952 km |
| 4.7 | 17.05.2013 13:43 | 10.8 km | 726 km |
| 4.7 | 12.08.1929 11:24 | 9 km | 845 km |
| 4.6 | 19.10.1990 07:01 | 17 km | 737 km |
| 4.5 | 16.06.1991 16:46 | 18 km | 637 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.1966 08:29 | 0 km | 363 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 26.07.2026 04:39 | 6.7 km | 888 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2026 01:32 | 5 km | 838 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 05:12 | 9.5 km | 880 km |
| 2.9 | 08.07.2026 19:38 | 5 km | 813 km |
| 1.2 | 06.07.2026 06:00 | 3.2 km | 841 km |
| 2.6 | 01.07.2026 04:41 | 12.9 km | 479 km |
| 0.7 | 28.06.2026 07:00 | 9.7 km | 869 km |
| 1.4 | 18.06.2026 03:54 | 5 km | 667 km |
| 1.6 | 08.06.2026 02:55 | 10 km | 728 km |
| 2.2 | 23.05.2026 06:43 | 10.4 km | 890 km |
| 2.3 | 14.05.2026 00:27 | 6 km | 888 km |
| 2.7 | 04.05.2026 21:32 | 7.9 km | 805 km |
| 1.5 | 03.05.2026 08:51 | 2.8 km | 665 km |
| 1.3 | 03.05.2026 08:50 | 5 km | 666 km |
| 1.2 | 02.05.2026 23:07 | 8.9 km | 854 km |
| 2.0 | 30.04.2026 15:53 | 13.9 km | 723 km |
| 3.3 | 30.04.2026 15:41 | 0 km | 553 km |
| 1.8 | 29.04.2026 04:22 | 21.7 km | 800 km |
| 3.0 | 26.04.2026 14:32 | 5 km | 814 km |
| 2.5 | 26.04.2026 01:59 | 2.2 km | 914 km |
| 2.5 | 21.04.2026 02:48 | 11.2 km | 813 km |
| 4.2 | 14.04.2026 16:36 | 13.2 km | 725 km |
| 2.1 | 08.04.2026 23:17 | 8 km | 879 km |
| 1.6 | 08.04.2026 17:41 | 4 km | 891 km |
| 1.8 | 05.04.2026 22:21 | 6.9 km | 861 km |
| 1.7 | 03.04.2026 07:57 | 10 km | 808 km |
| 2.7 | 21.03.2026 13:08 | 8.9 km | 862 km |
| 1.4 | 21.03.2026 07:19 | 5 km | 877 km |
| 2.2 | 13.03.2026 11:24 | 5 km | 882 km |
| 2.3 | 06.03.2026 00:33 | 7.6 km | 880 km |
| 2.9 | 05.03.2026 23:55 | 4.9 km | 879 km |
| 1.5 | 01.03.2026 16:45 | 21.2 km | 828 km |
| 1.4 | 27.02.2026 03:25 | 5 km | 870 km |
| 2.2 | 21.02.2026 16:16 | 6.9 km | 880 km |
| 1.7 | 21.02.2026 01:35 | 14.4 km | 788 km |
| 1.9 | 31.01.2026 06:09 | 6.9 km | 669 km |
| 1.5 | 31.01.2026 04:55 | 9.7 km | 664 km |
| 1.5 | 29.01.2026 05:30 | 7 km | 927 km |
| 3.7 | 28.01.2026 03:59 | 5 km | 667 km |
| 1.8 | 28.01.2026 02:06 | 5 km | 927 km |
| 2.1 | 27.01.2026 09:39 | 3.2 km | 927 km |
| 1.8 | 27.01.2026 07:52 | 5 km | 928 km |
| 1.7 | 20.01.2026 18:29 | 28.4 km | 815 km |
| 1.6 | 20.01.2026 10:12 | 20.7 km | 818 km |
| 2.7 | 20.01.2026 09:55 | 18.5 km | 820 km |
| 2.3 | 20.01.2026 09:48 | 15.6 km | 817 km |
| 2.7 | 06.01.2026 04:50 | 5 km | 874 km |
| 3.0 | 05.01.2026 06:39 | 15.9 km | 659 km |
| 2.0 | 27.12.2025 15:52 | 8.3 km | 999 km |
| 1.4 | 23.12.2025 08:24 | 5 km | 877 km |
| 1.5 | 10.12.2025 08:50 | 6.3 km | 757 km |
| 1.6 | 02.12.2025 00:16 | 5 km | 865 km |
| 1.8 | 22.11.2025 06:57 | 9.3 km | 986 km |
| 3.9 | 15.11.2025 09:58 | 0 km | 411 km |
| 2.3 | 10.11.2025 08:12 | 8.3 km | 871 km |
| 1.8 | 02.11.2025 01:06 | 5 km | 1041 km |
| 2.2 | 22.10.2025 23:19 | 7.8 km | 856 km |
| 3.0 | 20.10.2025 00:46 | 9.8 km | 407 km |
| 1.7 | 15.10.2025 00:59 | 10 km | 816 km |
| 1.6 | 14.10.2025 04:53 | 3.2 km | 912 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.