2.5
10,895
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.51
mean magnitude
9,288
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | 11.11.1922 04:32 | 70 km | 86 km |
| 7.7 | 28.12.1966 08:18 | 22.1 km | 232 km |
| 7.6 | 04.10.1983 18:52 | 28.6 km | 122 km |
| 7.5 | 05.03.1987 09:17 | 41.4 km | 341 km |
| 7.5 | 04.12.1918 11:47 | 40 km | 129 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1939 06:22 | 35 km | 99 km |
| 7.2 | 08.06.1909 05:46 | 35 km | 128 km |
| 7.2 | 02.12.1960 09:10 | 35 km | 313 km |
| 7.2 | 05.02.1988 14:01 | 37.9 km | 314 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1936 11:12 | 35 km | 312 km |
| 7.1 | 06.09.1910 19:59 | 0 km | 281 km |
| 7.1 | 08.07.1942 06:55 | 35 km | 351 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1997 01:03 | 56.9 km | 411 km |
| 7.0 | 19.04.1955 20:24 | 15 km | 352 km |
| 7.0 | 07.11.1922 23:00 | 25 km | 223 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 08:24 | 99.9 km | 80 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 01:25 | 44.9 km | 184 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 22:04 | 105 km | 216 km |
| 4.4 | 03.08.2026 20:47 | 95.7 km | 147 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 19:47 | 18 km | 200 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 17:55 | 88.8 km | 29 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 13:33 | 39.1 km | 220 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 08:07 | 29.1 km | 200 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 00:31 | 63.4 km | 67 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 08:05 | 112.4 km | 99 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 03:39 | 32.2 km | 145 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 23:13 | 33.7 km | 164 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 08:07 | 31.2 km | 126 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 20:22 | 28.8 km | 184 km |
| 3.0 | 31.07.2026 17:51 | 123.4 km | 116 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 12:08 | 120 km | 202 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 03:17 | 71.7 km | 123 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 17:07 | 64.2 km | 144 km |
| 2.8 | 30.07.2026 16:06 | 92.8 km | 114 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 06:47 | 129.3 km | 251 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 04:08 | 42.8 km | 128 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 15:39 | 119 km | 207 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2026 09:04 | 106 km | 92 km |
| 2.7 | 28.07.2026 19:53 | 97.1 km | 79 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 19:44 | 100.9 km | 72 km |
| 3.6 | 28.07.2026 18:01 | 86.6 km | 189 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 13:40 | 79.6 km | 98 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 10:18 | 78 km | 200 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2026 18:09 | 114.6 km | 91 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 04:30 | 46.6 km | 114 km |
| 4.3 | 27.07.2026 03:44 | 102.1 km | 139 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2026 18:44 | 124 km | 111 km |
| 2.6 | 26.07.2026 15:41 | 119.2 km | 300 km |
| 2.9 | 25.07.2026 22:53 | 33.2 km | 148 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 20:34 | 147 km | 223 km |
| 2.7 | 25.07.2026 18:06 | 22.8 km | 126 km |
| 2.8 | 25.07.2026 10:32 | 112.1 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 25.07.2026 08:44 | 46.8 km | 80 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2026 03:14 | 29.6 km | 193 km |
| 2.8 | 25.07.2026 01:54 | 25.6 km | 174 km |
| 3.3 | 24.07.2026 11:59 | 110.1 km | 116 km |
| 2.7 | 24.07.2026 08:23 | 45.3 km | 111 km |
| 3.9 | 24.07.2026 02:11 | 126 km | 109 km |
| 2.8 | 23.07.2026 15:59 | 107.9 km | 85 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2026 11:40 | 26.1 km | 126 km |
| 3.7 | 23.07.2026 11:12 | 34.1 km | 118 km |
| 2.6 | 23.07.2026 06:17 | 123 km | 154 km |
| 2.9 | 23.07.2026 02:30 | 26.8 km | 176 km |
| 2.7 | 22.07.2026 10:16 | 50.6 km | 101 km |
| 5.0 | 22.07.2026 09:34 | 22 km | 164 km |
| 2.8 | 22.07.2026 07:54 | 70.6 km | 80 km |
| 2.9 | 22.07.2026 06:05 | 128 km | 172 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 16:23 | 3.4 km | 143 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 08:03 | 44.3 km | 194 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 02:18 | 103.4 km | 163 km |
| 3.3 | 20.07.2026 04:13 | 39.2 km | 149 km |
| 3.2 | 20.07.2026 00:05 | 113 km | 134 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2026 21:54 | 107.4 km | 167 km |
| 2.8 | 19.07.2026 19:53 | 32.5 km | 197 km |
| 2.8 | 18.07.2026 09:55 | 30 km | 194 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.