2.8
19,893
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.27
mean magnitude
16,778
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 162 km |
| 7.8 | 13.06.2005 22:44 | 104.8 km | 41 km |
| 7.7 | 03.04.2014 02:43 | 12 km | 125 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 247 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 210 km |
| 7.5 | 30.11.1976 00:40 | 78.1 km | 69 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 168 km |
| 7.3 | 21.12.1967 02:25 | 42 km | 195 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1940 07:55 | 35 km | 113 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 204 km |
| 7.2 | 08.08.1987 15:48 | 19.1 km | 134 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1933 08:09 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 201 km |
| 7.1 | 14.06.1959 00:12 | 109.2 km | 58 km |
| 7.1 | 30.08.1906 02:38 | 0 km | 111 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 04.08.2026 05:25 | 136.3 km | 171 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 19:14 | 118.9 km | 104 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 17:24 | 88.6 km | 24 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 12:04 | 135.2 km | 115 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 09:46 | 135.9 km | 142 km |
| 4.0 | 03.08.2026 06:56 | 90.5 km | 28 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 03:26 | 101.1 km | 109 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 16:34 | 83.1 km | 3 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 15:38 | 109.6 km | 70 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 14:48 | 129.8 km | 125 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 13:16 | 14.2 km | 140 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 12:32 | 103.1 km | 118 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 03:21 | 101 km | 45 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 03:11 | 95.1 km | 140 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 13:06 | 74.1 km | 57 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 11:21 | 64.7 km | 106 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 07:50 | 142.9 km | 165 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 07:27 | 107.6 km | 44 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 06:49 | 125.3 km | 128 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 23:34 | 108.6 km | 83 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 21:32 | 93.3 km | 48 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 16:31 | 95.5 km | 82 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 10:25 | 21.4 km | 140 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 07:35 | 147.5 km | 166 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 01:35 | 117.2 km | 121 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 00:21 | 128 km | 134 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 00:05 | 85.7 km | 88 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 21:46 | 118.4 km | 111 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 18:18 | 133.7 km | 164 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 15:17 | 123.1 km | 159 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 12:26 | 67.5 km | 101 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 06:52 | 83.9 km | 99 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 06:30 | 51.9 km | 123 km |
| 4.6 | 30.07.2026 06:04 | 97.8 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 06:00 | 113.8 km | 78 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 05:05 | 113.9 km | 78 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 03:32 | 109.5 km | 50 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 02:40 | 133.1 km | 175 km |
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 01:52 | 122.2 km | 121 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 00:26 | 24.8 km | 88 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 13:43 | 107 km | 35 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 09:41 | 33.6 km | 109 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 04:30 | 30.9 km | 84 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 04:01 | 128.2 km | 63 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 03:51 | 133.4 km | 132 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 00:48 | 101 km | 71 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 00:45 | 162.7 km | 143 km |
| 3.0 | 29.07.2026 00:00 | 124.5 km | 151 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 20:40 | 115.7 km | 105 km |
| 2.9 | 28.07.2026 18:04 | 132.1 km | 166 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 12:52 | 104.5 km | 61 km |
| 2.7 | 28.07.2026 08:16 | 125.5 km | 116 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 08:07 | 31.6 km | 113 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 06:05 | 71.8 km | 76 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 04:12 | 93.4 km | 43 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 01:55 | 72.9 km | 152 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2026 22:46 | 105.5 km | 11 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 21:52 | 125 km | 134 km |
| 2.7 | 27.07.2026 19:18 | 48.6 km | 157 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 11:16 | 131.1 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.