3.5
2,571
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.25
mean magnitude
2,397
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 23.07.1905 02:46 | 15 km | 1236 km |
| 8.1 | 04.12.1957 03:37 | 30 km | 959 km |
| 8.0 | 16.12.1920 12:05 | 15 km | 1054 km |
| 8.0 | 09.07.1905 09:40 | 15 km | 1136 km |
| 7.7 | 22.05.1927 22:32 | 15 km | 1117 km |
| 7.6 | 25.12.1932 02:04 | 15 km | 1343 km |
| 7.6 | 27.07.1976 19:42 | 12.2 km | 814 km |
| 7.2 | 18.07.1969 05:24 | 3.2 km | 994 km |
| 7.1 | 01.02.1903 09:34 | 0 km | 1106 km |
| 7.1 | 11.02.1954 00:30 | 25 km | 1082 km |
| 7.0 | 21.05.1962 12:02 | 17 km | 1545 km |
| 7.0 | 11.07.1905 08:38 | 20 km | 1212 km |
| 7.0 | 04.02.1975 11:36 | 15.6 km | 1011 km |
| 7.0 | 05.01.1967 00:14 | 15.8 km | 744 km |
| 7.0 | 28.07.1976 10:45 | 16.7 km | 824 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 870 km |
| 3.6 | 26.07.2026 00:08 | 9.7 km | 535 km |
| 3.7 | 20.07.2026 03:45 | 10 km | 738 km |
| 3.7 | 17.07.2026 00:13 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 11:30 | 10 km | 1023 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2026 02:18 | 10 km | 1032 km |
| 3.8 | 11.07.2026 21:09 | 10 km | 961 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 17:01 | 10 km | 915 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 11:36 | 0 km | 929 km |
| 3.9 | 26.06.2026 16:42 | 10 km | 890 km |
| 3.6 | 22.06.2026 06:51 | 0 km | 925 km |
| 2.1 | 04.06.2026 23:58 | 14 km | 1378 km |
| 3.5 | 31.05.2026 04:22 | 10 km | 527 km |
| 4.3 | 27.05.2026 17:42 | 10 km | 1006 km |
| 4.5 | 23.05.2026 03:27 | 10 km | 613 km |
| 3.8 | 20.05.2026 13:58 | 10 km | 1064 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 14:40 | 10 km | 935 km |
| 3.6 | 18.05.2026 23:00 | 10 km | 928 km |
| 3.8 | 13.05.2026 13:34 | 10 km | 726 km |
| 4.5 | 08.05.2026 02:57 | 10 km | 920 km |
| 4.2 | 08.05.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 932 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 924 km |
| 3.9 | 29.04.2026 17:58 | 10 km | 751 km |
| 2.5 | 28.04.2026 12:26 | 10 km | 1372 km |
| 4.1 | 04.04.2026 12:32 | 10 km | 1169 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2026 17:00 | 10 km | 882 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2026 01:53 | 0 km | 683 km |
| 3.7 | 14.02.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 1192 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 1133 km |
| 3.7 | 09.02.2026 06:24 | 10 km | 1225 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2026 13:18 | 5 km | 519 km |
| 3.5 | 25.01.2026 03:13 | 10 km | 1098 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2026 17:13 | 10 km | 761 km |
| 3.4 | 16.01.2026 00:39 | 0 km | 1100 km |
| 4.5 | 14.01.2026 03:44 | 10 km | 1323 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 23:51 | 11.4 km | 1107 km |
| 2.2 | 07.01.2026 08:00 | 10 km | 1320 km |
| 4.7 | 01.01.2026 19:26 | 9.4 km | 533 km |
| 3.3 | 01.01.2026 19:26 | 0 km | 526 km |
| 3.9 | 24.12.2025 10:38 | 10 km | 740 km |
| 3.7 | 23.12.2025 11:39 | 0 km | 1034 km |
| 4.1 | 23.12.2025 08:42 | 10 km | 887 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2025 12:31 | 0 km | 713 km |
| 3.6 | 15.12.2025 22:39 | 10 km | 1174 km |
| 3.9 | 03.12.2025 00:10 | 0 km | 755 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2025 19:46 | 10 km | 1123 km |
| 3.9 | 25.11.2025 09:23 | 10 km | 914 km |
| 4.2 | 16.11.2025 09:59 | 10 km | 1257 km |
| 4.0 | 15.11.2025 02:39 | 0 km | 452 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2025 02:19 | 10 km | 1094 km |
| 3.5 | 21.10.2025 09:14 | 0 km | 1130 km |
| 3.5 | 18.10.2025 06:07 | 0 km | 770 km |
| 3.6 | 18.10.2025 01:34 | 0 km | 950 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2025 18:12 | 10 km | 1201 km |
| 3.8 | 25.09.2025 23:58 | 10 km | 985 km |
| 3.7 | 23.09.2025 10:59 | 10 km | 1228 km |
| 3.6 | 17.09.2025 16:23 | 10 km | 1047 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2025 23:37 | 10 km | 909 km |
| 3.9 | 27.08.2025 11:44 | 10 km | 820 km |
| 3.8 | 19.08.2025 03:48 | 10 km | 1168 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.