2.7
2,000
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1904–2026
record span
2.50
mean magnitude
1,883
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 18.11.1929 20:32 | 10 km | 1325 km |
| 6.3 | 01.03.1925 02:19 | 15 km | 708 km |
| 6.2 | 01.11.1935 06:03 | 60 km | 1048 km |
| 6.1 | 17.05.1958 15:38 | — | 761 km |
| 6.0 | 25.12.1989 14:24 | 10.9 km | 786 km |
| 5.8 | 25.11.1988 23:46 | 24.2 km | 668 km |
| 5.7 | 21.03.1904 06:04 | — | 983 km |
| 5.6 | 05.09.1944 04:38 | 35 km | 1089 km |
| 5.6 | 19.10.1939 11:53 | 40 km | 681 km |
| 5.6 | 15.06.1934 06:34 | 35 km | 1058 km |
| 5.6 | 08.01.1931 00:13 | 35 km | 559 km |
| 5.5 | 09.01.1982 12:53 | 7 km | 766 km |
| 5.2 | 23.06.2010 17:41 | 15.3 km | 995 km |
| 5.1 | 25.12.1989 04:25 | 10 km | 757 km |
| 5.1 | 20.04.2002 10:50 | 8.7 km | 1092 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 00:33 | 10.5 km | 807 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 18:55 | 10 km | 794 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 14:08 | 15.9 km | 546 km |
| 1.6 | 26.07.2026 04:39 | 6.7 km | 1065 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2026 01:32 | 5 km | 1053 km |
| 1.7 | 20.07.2026 11:35 | 5 km | 848 km |
| 1.5 | 13.07.2026 23:03 | 7.6 km | 918 km |
| 1.7 | 05.07.2026 01:40 | 15.2 km | 720 km |
| 1.7 | 04.07.2026 09:01 | 10.1 km | 827 km |
| 2.6 | 03.07.2026 15:12 | 16.2 km | 674 km |
| 2.2 | 29.06.2026 21:51 | 5 km | 826 km |
| 2.1 | 28.06.2026 21:46 | 22.4 km | 690 km |
| 0.7 | 28.06.2026 07:00 | 9.7 km | 1071 km |
| 2.6 | 18.06.2026 14:32 | 20.8 km | 556 km |
| 4.4 | 18.06.2026 14:21 | 10 km | 558 km |
| 2.3 | 17.06.2026 11:25 | 25.3 km | 760 km |
| 1.6 | 16.06.2026 04:06 | 10.8 km | 878 km |
| 1.6 | 16.06.2026 04:04 | 9.9 km | 876 km |
| 1.5 | 14.06.2026 22:40 | 23 km | 695 km |
| 2.0 | 10.06.2026 14:27 | 5 km | 724 km |
| 1.6 | 08.06.2026 02:55 | 10 km | 1042 km |
| 2.5 | 02.06.2026 06:33 | 21.4 km | 711 km |
| 1.7 | 08.05.2026 23:26 | 10.6 km | 715 km |
| 1.2 | 02.05.2026 23:07 | 8.9 km | 988 km |
| 1.3 | 02.05.2026 08:30 | 9.1 km | 980 km |
| 2.0 | 30.04.2026 15:53 | 13.9 km | 1036 km |
| 1.8 | 29.04.2026 04:22 | 21.7 km | 963 km |
| 2.3 | 27.04.2026 21:31 | 12.1 km | 764 km |
| 2.5 | 25.04.2026 23:07 | 10 km | 737 km |
| 1.6 | 24.04.2026 01:41 | 10.8 km | 786 km |
| 2.5 | 21.04.2026 02:48 | 11.2 km | 979 km |
| 4.2 | 14.04.2026 16:36 | 13.2 km | 1036 km |
| 1.6 | 14.04.2026 02:11 | 14.1 km | 708 km |
| 1.9 | 11.04.2026 21:10 | 5 km | 806 km |
| 2.3 | 09.04.2026 14:13 | 14.9 km | 488 km |
| 1.6 | 08.04.2026 17:41 | 4 km | 1061 km |
| 1.7 | 03.04.2026 07:57 | 10 km | 971 km |
| 2.8 | 01.04.2026 03:20 | 13.2 km | 840 km |
| 2.3 | 01.04.2026 03:12 | 11.4 km | 840 km |
| 1.9 | 17.03.2026 00:24 | 17.7 km | 706 km |
| 1.7 | 16.03.2026 22:35 | 5.2 km | 663 km |
| 2.1 | 15.03.2026 06:11 | 12.1 km | 764 km |
| 2.3 | 15.03.2026 00:34 | 5.6 km | 767 km |
| 1.8 | 11.03.2026 00:44 | 5 km | 794 km |
| 1.9 | 04.03.2026 18:59 | 12.8 km | 822 km |
| 1.5 | 01.03.2026 16:45 | 21.2 km | 924 km |
| 1.6 | 28.02.2026 15:54 | 19.4 km | 709 km |
| 1.3 | 27.02.2026 07:46 | 8.6 km | 971 km |
| 2.7 | 24.02.2026 23:32 | 23.9 km | 719 km |
| 1.7 | 21.02.2026 01:35 | 14.4 km | 968 km |
| 2.3 | 16.02.2026 23:55 | 5 km | 816 km |
| 2.1 | 16.02.2026 13:37 | 9.2 km | 864 km |
| 1.7 | 10.02.2026 01:24 | 9 km | 1017 km |
| 2.7 | 30.01.2026 15:36 | 18 km | 399 km |
| 1.7 | 20.01.2026 18:29 | 28.4 km | 973 km |
| 1.6 | 20.01.2026 10:12 | 20.7 km | 974 km |
| 2.7 | 20.01.2026 09:55 | 18.5 km | 977 km |
| 2.3 | 20.01.2026 09:48 | 15.6 km | 977 km |
| 1.6 | 18.01.2026 18:00 | 8.1 km | 742 km |
| 3.0 | 05.01.2026 06:39 | 15.9 km | 916 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.