3.5
1,916
recorded earthquakes
M9.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.98
mean magnitude
1,336
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 22.05.1960 19:11 | 25 km | 107 km |
| 8.2 | 21.05.1960 10:02 | 25 km | 127 km |
| 7.9 | 22.05.1960 18:56 | 25 km | 90 km |
| 7.7 | 10.05.1975 14:27 | 17.5 km | 78 km |
| 7.7 | 25.01.1939 03:32 | 35 km | 266 km |
| 7.5 | 14.02.1962 06:36 | 30 km | 103 km |
| 7.5 | 06.05.1953 17:16 | 66 km | 182 km |
| 7.4 | 27.02.2010 08:01 | 35 km | 263 km |
| 7.3 | 13.06.1907 09:18 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 7.3 | 10.12.1920 04:25 | 25 km | 103 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1920 04:26 | 15 km | 215 km |
| 7.1 | 02.01.2011 20:20 | 24.4 km | 93 km |
| 7.1 | 20.06.1960 12:59 | 25 km | 56 km |
| 7.0 | 20.06.1960 02:01 | 25 km | 75 km |
| 6.9 | 20.04.1949 03:29 | 57.7 km | 117 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 22.07.2026 09:56 | 38.2 km | 121 km |
| 2.7 | 20.07.2026 19:19 | 10.1 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 05:36 | 200.5 km | 163 km |
| 2.7 | 29.06.2026 16:44 | 47.5 km | 131 km |
| 2.9 | 29.06.2026 15:57 | 124.2 km | 115 km |
| 3.4 | 27.06.2026 13:16 | 42.8 km | 60 km |
| 2.9 | 18.06.2026 05:22 | 67.1 km | 113 km |
| 2.9 | 18.06.2026 03:59 | 44.1 km | 160 km |
| 2.7 | 07.06.2026 07:56 | 35.8 km | 144 km |
| 2.7 | 06.06.2026 06:22 | 12 km | 103 km |
| 3.8 | 27.05.2026 02:41 | 61 km | 127 km |
| 3.2 | 23.05.2026 16:36 | 30.9 km | 126 km |
| 3.4 | 20.05.2026 04:46 | 20 km | 145 km |
| 2.6 | 19.05.2026 14:18 | 31.1 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 07:31 | 19.2 km | 203 km |
| 3.5 | 19.05.2026 02:09 | 38.6 km | 96 km |
| 2.5 | 12.05.2026 06:12 | 14.2 km | 124 km |
| 2.8 | 12.05.2026 05:44 | 40.9 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 10.05.2026 08:26 | 35.9 km | 126 km |
| 3.7 | 10.05.2026 08:03 | 29 km | 125 km |
| 3.5 | 10.05.2026 03:04 | 37.9 km | 119 km |
| 5.0 | 10.05.2026 02:34 | 28 km | 122 km |
| 2.9 | 07.05.2026 00:52 | 37 km | 117 km |
| 2.7 | 05.05.2026 04:25 | 91.6 km | 113 km |
| 3.3 | 04.05.2026 20:56 | 29.2 km | 144 km |
| 2.9 | 26.04.2026 07:42 | 23.1 km | 182 km |
| 3.0 | 22.04.2026 19:00 | 36.3 km | 178 km |
| 3.1 | 21.04.2026 21:23 | 51.6 km | 116 km |
| 2.8 | 20.04.2026 12:15 | 70.1 km | 26 km |
| 3.0 | 06.04.2026 05:24 | 130.7 km | 136 km |
| 3.6 | 27.03.2026 19:18 | 35.5 km | 124 km |
| 3.8 | 27.03.2026 18:51 | 32.1 km | 122 km |
| 2.9 | 26.03.2026 10:44 | 49 km | 28 km |
| 3.4 | 26.03.2026 04:26 | 53.5 km | 118 km |
| 2.6 | 22.03.2026 08:19 | 66.5 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 21.03.2026 09:11 | 34 km | 124 km |
| 3.5 | 16.03.2026 03:15 | 99.6 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 12.03.2026 17:41 | 29.9 km | 126 km |
| 3.0 | 11.03.2026 23:13 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 4.1 | 09.03.2026 15:37 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 2.8 | 09.03.2026 13:59 | 35.2 km | 116 km |
| 3.1 | 08.03.2026 23:26 | 29.7 km | 154 km |
| 2.9 | 08.03.2026 08:02 | 10.2 km | 147 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2026 20:13 | 17.4 km | 123 km |
| 2.6 | 03.03.2026 02:31 | 44.4 km | 82 km |
| 3.1 | 02.03.2026 01:25 | 54.3 km | 103 km |
| 3.1 | 26.02.2026 19:34 | 27.8 km | 131 km |
| 3.2 | 22.02.2026 12:39 | 38.7 km | 148 km |
| 3.3 | 16.02.2026 10:05 | 39.6 km | 128 km |
| 2.5 | 15.02.2026 00:09 | 27.1 km | 100 km |
| 2.7 | 09.02.2026 12:08 | 41.2 km | 130 km |
| 2.6 | 01.02.2026 21:27 | 48.8 km | 140 km |
| 3.6 | 26.01.2026 19:22 | 103.9 km | 90 km |
| 2.9 | 25.01.2026 18:51 | 63.7 km | 103 km |
| 3.2 | 22.01.2026 12:32 | 15.8 km | 99 km |
| 2.7 | 22.01.2026 12:30 | 15.8 km | 94 km |
| 2.8 | 09.01.2026 03:34 | 20.3 km | 73 km |
| 3.4 | 06.01.2026 02:48 | 47.1 km | 53 km |
| 2.6 | 20.12.2025 14:55 | 30.9 km | 111 km |
| 2.5 | 15.12.2025 09:48 | 10 km | 176 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.