3.4
15,157
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.92
mean magnitude
14,552
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 | 31.01.1906 15:36 | 20 km | 794 km |
| 8.1 | 12.12.1979 07:59 | 29.9 km | 761 km |
| 8.0 | 31.07.1970 17:08 | 647.1 km | 626 km |
| 7.9 | 17.01.1922 03:50 | 475 km | 792 km |
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 879 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 803 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 903 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 889 km |
| 7.7 | 29.10.1900 09:11 | 0 km | 1089 km |
| 7.5 | 28.09.1906 15:24 | 100 km | 1081 km |
| 7.5 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 967 km |
| 7.5 | 22.02.2019 10:17 | 149.9 km | 841 km |
| 7.5 | 28.11.2021 10:52 | 118.5 km | 1049 km |
| 7.4 | 27.07.1971 02:02 | 105.6 km | 914 km |
| 7.3 | 31.08.1917 11:36 | 35 km | 117 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 15:11 | 20 km | 803 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 17:12 | 33.6 km | 615 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 17:09 | 139.3 km | 861 km |
| 3.9 | 02.08.2026 17:00 | 300 km | 782 km |
| 4.5 | 02.08.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 858 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 07:10 | 22 km | 726 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 06:37 | 8 km | 686 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 15:27 | 5 km | 650 km |
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 02:13 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.4 | 25.07.2026 06:29 | 10 km | 634 km |
| 4.6 | 23.07.2026 17:50 | 153.6 km | 290 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 08:21 | 2 km | 868 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2026 09:14 | 6 km | 674 km |
| 4.7 | 20.07.2026 01:44 | 160.4 km | 294 km |
| 4.0 | 19.07.2026 02:28 | 15 km | 886 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2026 15:26 | 89 km | 1026 km |
| 3.7 | 15.07.2026 20:13 | 163.8 km | 284 km |
| 4.3 | 11.07.2026 07:52 | 200 km | 750 km |
| 3.6 | 11.07.2026 05:35 | 138 km | 981 km |
| 4.5 | 08.07.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 865 km |
| 4.0 | 07.07.2026 16:43 | 36 km | 845 km |
| 4.3 | 30.06.2026 06:02 | 13 km | 866 km |
| 3.2 | 29.06.2026 11:01 | 10 km | 1005 km |
| 4.6 | 29.06.2026 11:01 | 10 km | 1010 km |
| 3.7 | 29.06.2026 06:23 | 0 km | 756 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2026 20:51 | 171.9 km | 286 km |
| 3.3 | 28.06.2026 09:33 | 0 km | 867 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2026 08:46 | 10 km | 883 km |
| 3.6 | 28.06.2026 08:39 | 114.4 km | 375 km |
| 3.9 | 27.06.2026 19:20 | 10 km | 937 km |
| 4.3 | 27.06.2026 14:23 | 10 km | 976 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 22:16 | 10 km | 953 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2026 18:47 | 0 km | 401 km |
| 4.2 | 26.06.2026 08:31 | 10 km | 401 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 04:19 | 0 km | 862 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 10:29 | 0 km | 900 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 07:48 | 10 km | 947 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 05:48 | 10 km | 1005 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 22:54 | 0 km | 1008 km |
| 5.0 | 24.06.2026 22:54 | 10 km | 1001 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 22:23 | 0 km | 1000 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 870 km |
| 7.5 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 967 km |
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 879 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 10:01 | 5 km | 676 km |
| 4.3 | 19.06.2026 04:50 | 146 km | 992 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2026 01:23 | 10 km | 679 km |
| 4.7 | 18.06.2026 01:23 | 10 km | 669 km |
| 4.6 | 17.06.2026 10:50 | 156.3 km | 301 km |
| 3.7 | 17.06.2026 04:11 | 155.8 km | 302 km |
| 3.7 | 16.06.2026 20:12 | 21 km | 797 km |
| 3.9 | 14.06.2026 00:39 | 10 km | 689 km |
| 3.7 | 09.06.2026 08:24 | 0 km | 786 km |
| 3.5 | 08.06.2026 18:05 | 87 km | 677 km |
| 4.3 | 04.06.2026 23:41 | 10 km | 696 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2026 17:06 | 11 km | 660 km |
| 3.6 | 02.06.2026 04:05 | 15 km | 1084 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2026 19:55 | 0 km | 509 km |
| 3.7 | 28.05.2026 11:58 | 130 km | 1072 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2026 10:45 | 9 km | 643 km |
Regions
Boyacá4,870Santander4,648Norte de Santander4,199Chocó2,205Antioquia1,462Valle del Cauca1,033Tolima836Nariño708Cundinamarca580Meta547Huila541Cauca469Bolívar440Casanare387Risaralda345Córdoba329Cesar323Caquetá307Caldas258Quindío228La Guajira217Magdalena179Arauca176
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.