2.7
40,168
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.64
mean magnitude
27,239
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 30.11.1987 19:23 | 11.6 km | 821 km |
| 7.5 | 28.02.1979 21:27 | 19 km | 649 km |
| 7.1 | 18.01.1901 04:39 | 0 km | 551 km |
| 7.0 | 15.05.1908 08:31 | 35 km | 766 km |
| 7.0 | 06.12.2025 20:41 | 10 km | 602 km |
| 6.8 | 16.04.1970 05:33 | 10 km | 754 km |
| 6.7 | 23.12.1985 05:16 | 13.6 km | 490 km |
| 6.5 | 05.10.1985 15:24 | 9.5 km | 491 km |
| 6.5 | 03.02.1944 12:14 | 35 km | 539 km |
| 6.4 | 05.06.1940 11:01 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 6.3 | 01.03.1955 04:43 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 6.3 | 11.01.1953 22:53 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 6.2 | 29.05.1940 01:57 | 35 km | 271 km |
| 6.2 | 01.05.2017 14:18 | 4.3 km | 599 km |
| 6.2 | 25.03.1988 19:36 | 10.1 km | 501 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 03:37 | 5 km | 293 km |
| 1.7 | 03.08.2026 00:25 | 8.9 km | 596 km |
| 1.3 | 01.08.2026 13:37 | 32.1 km | 578 km |
| 1.6 | 01.08.2026 07:01 | 7.6 km | 669 km |
| 1.8 | 29.07.2026 23:00 | 1.7 km | 520 km |
| 1.9 | 29.07.2026 15:35 | 5.9 km | 595 km |
| 1.8 | 29.07.2026 01:47 | 2.4 km | 561 km |
| 1.8 | 28.07.2026 12:43 | 9.7 km | 599 km |
| 1.9 | 28.07.2026 04:33 | 7.5 km | 587 km |
| 1.9 | 28.07.2026 01:23 | 1.5 km | 684 km |
| 1.5 | 27.07.2026 14:30 | 11.1 km | 599 km |
| 1.9 | 27.07.2026 06:26 | 5 km | 682 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 15:02 | 10 km | 449 km |
| 1.4 | 26.07.2026 12:41 | 0.4 km | 551 km |
| 2.1 | 25.07.2026 10:54 | 10.8 km | 594 km |
| 1.6 | 25.07.2026 10:25 | 9.1 km | 587 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 22:39 | 5.3 km | 590 km |
| 1.9 | 23.07.2026 07:33 | 8.7 km | 579 km |
| 1.8 | 23.07.2026 07:22 | 15.2 km | 579 km |
| 1.8 | 23.07.2026 07:22 | 11.6 km | 578 km |
| 1.9 | 22.07.2026 23:32 | 3.8 km | 593 km |
| 2.0 | 22.07.2026 23:18 | 7.7 km | 590 km |
| 2.5 | 22.07.2026 22:29 | 10.5 km | 600 km |
| 1.8 | 22.07.2026 21:46 | 1.7 km | 599 km |
| 2.2 | 22.07.2026 09:42 | 1.5 km | 643 km |
| 1.6 | 22.07.2026 02:28 | 23.4 km | 562 km |
| 1.9 | 21.07.2026 23:22 | 2.2 km | 591 km |
| 2.1 | 21.07.2026 15:46 | 5 km | 509 km |
| 2.6 | 21.07.2026 10:18 | 5 km | 527 km |
| 1.7 | 21.07.2026 06:17 | 6.1 km | 645 km |
| 1.7 | 21.07.2026 02:06 | 1.1 km | 591 km |
| 2.1 | 20.07.2026 20:34 | 6.1 km | 597 km |
| 2.0 | 20.07.2026 11:58 | 6.8 km | 590 km |
| 2.0 | 20.07.2026 08:21 | 1.8 km | 589 km |
| 1.6 | 20.07.2026 04:18 | 2 km | 579 km |
| 1.7 | 19.07.2026 04:03 | 4.8 km | 595 km |
| 2.3 | 18.07.2026 11:32 | 3.4 km | 597 km |
| 1.5 | 18.07.2026 10:20 | 10.1 km | 599 km |
| 2.9 | 18.07.2026 08:38 | 11.6 km | 657 km |
| 3.1 | 17.07.2026 21:29 | 14.4 km | 446 km |
| 1.5 | 17.07.2026 04:36 | 1.4 km | 594 km |
| 1.9 | 16.07.2026 20:53 | 4.5 km | 593 km |
| 5.1 | 16.07.2026 11:37 | 10 km | 631 km |
| 1.7 | 16.07.2026 10:06 | 6.7 km | 600 km |
| 1.8 | 16.07.2026 09:10 | 4 km | 657 km |
| 3.1 | 16.07.2026 07:02 | 5 km | 148 km |
| 3.5 | 16.07.2026 02:51 | 5 km | 658 km |
| 2.0 | 15.07.2026 13:18 | 2.6 km | 599 km |
| 1.5 | 14.07.2026 21:15 | 8.7 km | 649 km |
| 1.9 | 14.07.2026 19:20 | 9.8 km | 586 km |
| 1.9 | 14.07.2026 15:39 | 4 km | 591 km |
| 1.5 | 14.07.2026 10:37 | 16 km | 634 km |
| 1.5 | 14.07.2026 09:37 | 17 km | 638 km |
| 1.8 | 13.07.2026 14:35 | 6.5 km | 598 km |
| 2.0 | 13.07.2026 13:33 | 8.1 km | 589 km |
| 1.7 | 13.07.2026 09:52 | 2.1 km | 595 km |
| 1.5 | 13.07.2026 08:51 | 1.1 km | 595 km |
| 2.4 | 13.07.2026 02:02 | 11.1 km | 586 km |
| 2.2 | 12.07.2026 22:23 | 2.1 km | 597 km |
| 1.5 | 12.07.2026 21:30 | 1.6 km | 593 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.