2.4
13,599
recorded earthquakes
M9.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.91
mean magnitude
12,058
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.2 | 26.08.2024 04:26 | — | 848 km |
| 8.3 | 23.07.1905 02:46 | 15 km | 1294 km |
| 7.9 | 10.08.1931 21:18 | 10 km | 697 km |
| 7.8 | 03.01.1911 23:25 | 20 km | 554 km |
| 7.8 | 14.11.2001 09:26 | 12.6 km | 793 km |
| 7.7 | 22.08.1902 03:00 | 0 km | 691 km |
| 7.6 | 25.12.1932 02:04 | 15 km | 998 km |
| 7.6 | 07.01.1937 13:20 | 15 km | 1273 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 1238 km |
| 7.5 | 08.11.1997 10:02 | 17.8 km | 770 km |
| 7.4 | 04.08.1914 22:41 | 15 km | 600 km |
| 7.3 | 02.11.1946 18:28 | 25 km | 1090 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.1949 16:08 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 1059 km |
| 7.2 | 27.09.2003 11:33 | 10.3 km | 944 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 02.08.2026 04:22 | 10 km | 906 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 15:26 | 0 km | 895 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 06:09 | 10 km | 874 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 22:41 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 21:28 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 09:38 | 10 km | 960 km |
| 4.5 | 30.07.2026 09:20 | 10 km | 961 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 16:05 | 9 km | 976 km |
| 5.0 | 29.07.2026 06:09 | 30 km | 526 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 00:51 | 22 km | 150 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2026 09:00 | 21 km | 253 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2026 04:31 | 10 km | 698 km |
| 3.2 | 26.07.2026 00:34 | 1 km | 674 km |
| 4.7 | 25.07.2026 18:54 | 57.2 km | 1157 km |
| 3.2 | 25.07.2026 15:57 | 28 km | 870 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 18:28 | 17 km | 104 km |
| 3.0 | 24.07.2026 08:36 | 14 km | 683 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2026 03:12 | 10 km | 874 km |
| 2.2 | 23.07.2026 08:26 | 0 km | 664 km |
| 3.5 | 22.07.2026 14:53 | 0 km | 764 km |
| 2.5 | 22.07.2026 04:45 | 0 km | 682 km |
| 3.4 | 21.07.2026 05:47 | 0 km | 637 km |
| 2.4 | 20.07.2026 01:34 | 0 km | 761 km |
| 4.6 | 19.07.2026 20:41 | 10 km | 754 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2026 14:53 | 0 km | 903 km |
| 2.9 | 19.07.2026 13:27 | 0 km | 791 km |
| 2.2 | 19.07.2026 12:29 | 3 km | 532 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2026 07:23 | 0 km | 844 km |
| 3.2 | 19.07.2026 06:19 | 15 km | 137 km |
| 4.6 | 18.07.2026 05:47 | 10 km | 886 km |
| 2.2 | 17.07.2026 23:44 | 5 km | 607 km |
| 2.5 | 17.07.2026 14:41 | 5 km | 621 km |
| 2.7 | 17.07.2026 10:00 | 1 km | 771 km |
| 2.7 | 17.07.2026 06:52 | 0 km | 819 km |
| 3.3 | 17.07.2026 02:41 | 14 km | 134 km |
| 4.8 | 17.07.2026 01:08 | 10 km | 969 km |
| 2.3 | 16.07.2026 15:02 | 0 km | 627 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 12:58 | 0 km | 861 km |
| 2.1 | 15.07.2026 10:42 | 11 km | 701 km |
| 3.0 | 14.07.2026 23:59 | 10 km | 974 km |
| 4.0 | 14.07.2026 17:59 | 10 km | 839 km |
| 4.0 | 14.07.2026 15:01 | 10 km | 290 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 13:01 | 2 km | 543 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 06:24 | 10 km | 856 km |
| 2.1 | 14.07.2026 03:57 | 0 km | 674 km |
| 3.8 | 13.07.2026 14:42 | 20 km | 919 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2026 20:30 | 10 km | 1209 km |
| 3.1 | 11.07.2026 15:40 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 4.5 | 11.07.2026 15:40 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 3.0 | 11.07.2026 11:41 | 0 km | 843 km |
| 1.8 | 10.07.2026 18:31 | 0 km | 728 km |
| 2.3 | 09.07.2026 05:11 | 10 km | 868 km |
| 4.6 | 09.07.2026 03:59 | 22 km | 162 km |
| 3.9 | 09.07.2026 01:15 | 155.1 km | 982 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 09:51 | 0 km | 865 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 06:04 | 0 km | 964 km |
| 3.1 | 06.07.2026 17:01 | 182 km | 903 km |
| 3.0 | 05.07.2026 19:23 | 26 km | 673 km |
| 4.2 | 05.07.2026 13:41 | 20 km | 297 km |
| 3.8 | 05.07.2026 00:50 | 19 km | 795 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.