3.4
4,047
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.08
mean magnitude
3,722
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 15.08.1950 14:09 | 15 km | 657 km |
| 7.9 | 12.05.2008 06:28 | 10.4 km | 102 km |
| 7.6 | 07.01.1937 13:20 | 15 km | 770 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.1931 20:09 | 15 km | 763 km |
| 7.5 | 17.03.1947 08:19 | 15 km | 494 km |
| 7.5 | 14.04.1955 01:29 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 7.4 | 21.05.2021 18:04 | 5.4 km | 659 km |
| 7.4 | 06.02.1973 10:37 | 8.2 km | 266 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 813 km |
| 7.3 | 30.07.1917 23:54 | 15 km | 232 km |
| 7.3 | 25.08.1933 07:50 | 15 km | 217 km |
| 7.2 | 24.03.1923 12:40 | 15 km | 246 km |
| 7.2 | 25.05.1948 07:11 | 55 km | 242 km |
| 7.1 | 30.08.1904 11:43 | 15 km | 232 km |
| 7.0 | 31.08.1906 14:57 | 100 km | 672 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 04.08.2026 02:25 | 5 km | 247 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 08:25 | 7 km | 538 km |
| 4.9 | 03.08.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 03:11 | 5 km | 246 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 19:54 | 6 km | 244 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 19:29 | 5 km | 245 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 18:32 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 5.0 | 02.08.2026 18:21 | 2.6 km | 245 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 13:39 | 6 km | 280 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 02:51 | 5 km | 248 km |
| 3.1 | 20.07.2026 11:25 | 10 km | 420 km |
| 4.4 | 12.07.2026 23:27 | 58.5 km | 243 km |
| 3.2 | 12.07.2026 23:27 | 0 km | 255 km |
| 3.4 | 12.07.2026 21:02 | 20.2 km | 254 km |
| 4.6 | 12.07.2026 17:03 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 3.0 | 11.07.2026 14:23 | 9 km | 538 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2026 11:14 | 11 km | 539 km |
| 3.9 | 11.07.2026 11:09 | 0 km | 537 km |
| 3.1 | 10.07.2026 12:23 | 5 km | 246 km |
| 3.8 | 10.07.2026 11:48 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 09:38 | 5 km | 248 km |
| 3.2 | 10.07.2026 06:05 | 6 km | 249 km |
| 3.9 | 09.07.2026 04:25 | 0 km | 261 km |
| 4.4 | 08.07.2026 23:44 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 05:05 | 6 km | 249 km |
| 5.0 | 08.07.2026 02:08 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 3.2 | 07.07.2026 22:48 | 8 km | 247 km |
| 4.3 | 07.07.2026 22:22 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2026 22:19 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 3.0 | 07.07.2026 22:17 | 8 km | 247 km |
| 3.1 | 07.07.2026 22:14 | 8 km | 246 km |
| 5.0 | 07.07.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 4.1 | 07.07.2026 20:01 | 0 km | 257 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2026 23:10 | 10 km | 523 km |
| 3.9 | 05.07.2026 15:30 | 0 km | 184 km |
| 4.2 | 05.07.2026 15:20 | 0 km | 177 km |
| 3.9 | 05.07.2026 15:03 | 17.1 km | 192 km |
| 3.6 | 05.07.2026 06:00 | 0 km | 206 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 10:28 | 0 km | 515 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2026 10:07 | 0 km | 513 km |
| 4.0 | 04.07.2026 09:33 | 0 km | 516 km |
| 4.1 | 04.07.2026 09:00 | 0 km | 511 km |
| 5.2 | 28.06.2026 16:12 | 0 km | 257 km |
| 3.3 | 24.06.2026 02:53 | 0 km | 444 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2026 13:20 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 3.8 | 08.06.2026 10:52 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 07.06.2026 21:07 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 17.05.2026 23:42 | 0 km | 106 km |
| 3.6 | 12.05.2026 14:55 | 10 km | 265 km |
| 4.4 | 12.05.2026 14:13 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2026 06:42 | 0 km | 466 km |
| 4.1 | 04.05.2026 16:03 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.5 | 04.05.2026 15:03 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.8 | 04.05.2026 15:03 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.6 | 04.05.2026 11:47 | 0 km | 54 km |
| 3.8 | 02.05.2026 03:45 | 0 km | 306 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2026 19:20 | 0 km | 286 km |
| 3.7 | 29.04.2026 19:19 | 0 km | 284 km |
| 3.7 | 29.04.2026 19:11 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 3.4 | 27.04.2026 11:44 | 10 km | 286 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.