2.9
19,883
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1904–2026
record span
3.46
mean magnitude
13,465
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 | 276 km |
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 141 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 204 km |
| 8.1 | 06.04.1943 16:07 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 313 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 226 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 212 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 304 km |
| 7.1 | 15.01.1944 23:49 | 15 km | 238 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.2015 23:18 | 29.4 km | 121 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1997 01:03 | 56.9 km | 60 km |
| 7.0 | 07.11.1922 23:00 | 25 km | 278 km |
| 7.0 | 19.04.1955 20:24 | 15 km | 125 km |
| 7.0 | 15.02.1917 00:48 | 35 km | 225 km |
| 7.0 | 27.07.1917 02:51 | 60 km | 84 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 13:33 | 39.1 km | 197 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 07:59 | 103.2 km | 123 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 03:37 | 49.9 km | 79 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 22:15 | 17.7 km | 88 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 21:17 | 29.8 km | 186 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 08:09 | 31.4 km | 167 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 01:36 | 35.7 km | 200 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 20:38 | 18.5 km | 206 km |
| 5.0 | 31.07.2026 17:47 | 11.9 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2026 21:18 | 220.9 km | 85 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 04:55 | 80.9 km | 183 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 01:28 | 100 km | 208 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 12:05 | 72.2 km | 182 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 02:13 | 115.8 km | 93 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 15:35 | 24.2 km | 82 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 10:18 | 78 km | 159 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 05:44 | 126 km | 132 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 02:09 | 74 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 19:03 | 35.8 km | 97 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 13:02 | 43.9 km | 176 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 11:21 | 76.3 km | 191 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2026 23:59 | 42.5 km | 175 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 20:59 | 50.7 km | 188 km |
| 3.4 | 25.07.2026 15:11 | 26.7 km | 98 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 13:32 | 61.2 km | 75 km |
| 2.7 | 25.07.2026 06:30 | 23.5 km | 114 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 03:50 | 31.2 km | 199 km |
| 2.8 | 24.07.2026 23:36 | 45 km | 63 km |
| 2.8 | 24.07.2026 21:40 | 89 km | 179 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 10:11 | 44 km | 167 km |
| 2.7 | 24.07.2026 05:47 | 130.8 km | 204 km |
| 3.3 | 23.07.2026 02:33 | 178.4 km | 80 km |
| 2.7 | 22.07.2026 07:28 | 37.3 km | 197 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 13:39 | 125.6 km | 157 km |
| 2.6 | 21.07.2026 02:51 | 54.3 km | 70 km |
| 2.8 | 20.07.2026 12:52 | 124 km | 138 km |
| 3.4 | 19.07.2026 21:02 | 42.2 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 18.07.2026 16:14 | 127 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 18.07.2026 11:40 | 129 km | 117 km |
| 2.5 | 18.07.2026 01:53 | 37.5 km | 185 km |
| 3.0 | 17.07.2026 18:20 | 28.1 km | 120 km |
| 2.6 | 17.07.2026 09:08 | 37.2 km | 158 km |
| 2.7 | 17.07.2026 04:27 | 27 km | 162 km |
| 2.6 | 16.07.2026 15:30 | 56.6 km | 67 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 10:38 | 49.8 km | 86 km |
| 2.5 | 16.07.2026 02:32 | 41.7 km | 97 km |
| 2.5 | 15.07.2026 21:36 | 52 km | 135 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 14:41 | 65.9 km | 146 km |
| 2.5 | 15.07.2026 09:25 | 77.6 km | 109 km |
| 3.5 | 15.07.2026 02:19 | 45.1 km | 109 km |
| 5.1 | 15.07.2026 01:09 | 27.1 km | 235 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 16:13 | 32.6 km | 198 km |
| 3.0 | 14.07.2026 15:33 | 41.9 km | 173 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 12:09 | 79.7 km | 95 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 00:06 | 87.6 km | 162 km |
| 3.2 | 13.07.2026 01:15 | 30.7 km | 83 km |
| 2.5 | 12.07.2026 21:19 | 25.8 km | 167 km |
| 2.9 | 12.07.2026 12:43 | 49.6 km | 191 km |
| 3.8 | 12.07.2026 12:23 | 49.7 km | 170 km |
| 2.5 | 12.07.2026 11:56 | 32.1 km | 119 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.