2.8
906
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.77
mean magnitude
747
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 25.12.2016 14:22 | 33.6 km | 158 km |
| 7.3 | 13.06.1907 09:18 | 0 km | 296 km |
| 7.3 | 10.12.1920 04:25 | 25 km | 342 km |
| 7.1 | 11.10.1940 18:41 | 35 km | 51 km |
| 7.1 | 02.03.1919 11:45 | 15 km | 153 km |
| 7.1 | 21.11.1927 23:12 | 15 km | 296 km |
| 7.1 | 20.06.1960 12:59 | 25 km | 344 km |
| 6.9 | 26.05.1960 19:58 | — | 149 km |
| 6.9 | 09.03.1919 03:16 | 15 km | 137 km |
| 6.8 | 13.08.1960 14:14 | 25 km | 284 km |
| 6.7 | 01.04.1998 22:42 | 14.7 km | 265 km |
| 6.6 | 01.03.1934 21:45 | 15 km | 187 km |
| 6.4 | 05.08.1964 22:23 | 7.5 km | 198 km |
| 6.4 | 01.06.1982 04:14 | 29.1 km | 195 km |
| 6.4 | 22.08.1999 09:35 | 24.4 km | 253 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 10:39 | 66.7 km | 166 km |
| 2.9 | 26.07.2026 01:01 | 20.8 km | 120 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 06:50 | 5.7 km | 183 km |
| 2.6 | 22.07.2026 11:09 | 16 km | 194 km |
| 4.3 | 10.07.2026 08:49 | 109.4 km | 230 km |
| 2.5 | 08.07.2026 05:58 | 97.2 km | 173 km |
| 2.7 | 03.07.2026 02:27 | 12.6 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 29.06.2026 16:20 | 14.6 km | 177 km |
| 2.9 | 27.06.2026 08:55 | 20 km | 168 km |
| 2.6 | 22.05.2026 04:50 | 47.4 km | 184 km |
| 2.6 | 20.05.2026 03:02 | 45 km | 69 km |
| 3.9 | 07.05.2026 18:55 | 20 km | 140 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2026 11:25 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2026 10:13 | 14.9 km | 152 km |
| 3.5 | 15.04.2026 09:59 | 10.1 km | 163 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2026 09:45 | 5.7 km | 156 km |
| 3.2 | 15.04.2026 08:43 | 8.9 km | 146 km |
| 3.3 | 15.04.2026 08:42 | 17.8 km | 144 km |
| 4.4 | 15.04.2026 07:45 | 11 km | 163 km |
| 3.3 | 15.04.2026 07:18 | 14.1 km | 154 km |
| 2.9 | 12.04.2026 15:07 | 33.9 km | 125 km |
| 3.7 | 11.04.2026 22:41 | 18.3 km | 102 km |
| 2.5 | 08.04.2026 05:07 | 57.4 km | 157 km |
| 2.5 | 04.04.2026 00:28 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 2.7 | 29.03.2026 03:17 | 20.9 km | 131 km |
| 3.1 | 21.03.2026 22:16 | 35.9 km | 87 km |
| 3.0 | 18.03.2026 03:43 | 81.1 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 17.03.2026 22:39 | 73.4 km | 182 km |
| 3.5 | 14.03.2026 17:36 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.7 | 14.03.2026 17:36 | 9.1 km | 95 km |
| 3.4 | 14.03.2026 00:58 | 76 km | 143 km |
| 2.9 | 06.03.2026 02:51 | 32.9 km | 136 km |
| 3.0 | 04.03.2026 01:40 | 34.1 km | 75 km |
| 3.3 | 25.02.2026 23:30 | 22.6 km | 100 km |
| 2.6 | 25.02.2026 07:22 | 26.6 km | 79 km |
| 2.6 | 20.02.2026 22:52 | 66.5 km | 230 km |
| 3.0 | 20.02.2026 21:06 | 29 km | 108 km |
| 3.8 | 15.02.2026 07:16 | 28 km | 105 km |
| 2.7 | 14.02.2026 06:22 | 40.7 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2026 02:30 | 40.4 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 12.02.2026 04:05 | 0 km | 122 km |
| 3.3 | 12.02.2026 04:04 | 33.1 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 25.01.2026 16:54 | 32.6 km | 138 km |
| 2.8 | 25.01.2026 11:45 | 31.5 km | 135 km |
| 2.8 | 23.01.2026 10:56 | 45 km | 127 km |
| 3.9 | 02.01.2026 00:53 | 35 km | 128 km |
| 4.5 | 02.01.2026 00:28 | 47.7 km | 95 km |
| 3.1 | 23.12.2025 09:22 | 33.6 km | 207 km |
| 3.7 | 21.12.2025 22:32 | 176.3 km | 128 km |
| 4.0 | 20.12.2025 01:05 | 41.4 km | 151 km |
| 3.0 | 14.12.2025 15:18 | 125.4 km | 232 km |
| 3.3 | 07.12.2025 11:47 | 33 km | 91 km |
| 2.7 | 27.11.2025 14:33 | 22.2 km | 156 km |
| 2.6 | 27.11.2025 14:02 | 43.4 km | 92 km |
| 3.1 | 21.11.2025 01:01 | 39.6 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2025 19:41 | 43.7 km | 140 km |
| 3.0 | 26.10.2025 10:57 | 22.6 km | 141 km |
| 3.0 | 22.10.2025 10:17 | 89.7 km | 219 km |
| 3.8 | 21.10.2025 14:27 | 32.2 km | 136 km |
| 3.6 | 19.10.2025 09:14 | 64 km | 155 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.