4.7
4,870
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.71
mean magnitude
4,601
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 31.08.1917 11:36 | 35 km | 220 km |
| 6.8 | 29.07.1967 10:24 | 158.9 km | 103 km |
| 6.6 | 21.04.1957 21:12 | 25 km | 176 km |
| 6.5 | 19.01.1995 15:05 | 44 km | 94 km |
| 6.5 | 19.04.1952 09:58 | 28.2 km | 200 km |
| 6.4 | 22.12.1923 09:56 | 15 km | 145 km |
| 6.4 | 08.06.2025 13:08 | 24.8 km | 147 km |
| 6.3 | 30.08.1973 18:25 | 178.6 km | 158 km |
| 6.2 | 10.03.2015 20:55 | 162 km | 110 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 166 km |
| 6.0 | 22.07.1993 04:57 | 16.5 km | 248 km |
| 6.0 | 28.05.1963 08:22 | — | 130 km |
| 6.0 | 29.05.1930 08:30 | 220 km | 183 km |
| 6.0 | 31.05.1994 17:41 | 13.5 km | 224 km |
| 5.9 | 01.11.1928 16:08 | 15 km | 103 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 02:13 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 4.6 | 23.07.2026 17:50 | 153.6 km | 103 km |
| 4.7 | 20.07.2026 01:44 | 160.4 km | 103 km |
| 3.7 | 15.07.2026 20:13 | 163.8 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2026 20:51 | 171.9 km | 104 km |
| 4.6 | 17.06.2026 10:50 | 156.3 km | 110 km |
| 3.7 | 17.06.2026 04:11 | 155.8 km | 113 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2026 21:26 | 159.6 km | 103 km |
| 3.4 | 26.04.2026 08:10 | 149.6 km | 111 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2026 10:24 | 159.2 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 17.04.2026 01:37 | 165.2 km | 110 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 01:39 | 13.8 km | 103 km |
| 4.4 | 13.04.2026 01:38 | 22.3 km | 139 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2026 21:00 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.0 | 08.04.2026 04:54 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 4.1 | 07.04.2026 06:51 | 164.6 km | 112 km |
| 3.5 | 02.04.2026 20:07 | 161.9 km | 119 km |
| 4.1 | 31.03.2026 03:11 | 171 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 19.03.2026 23:41 | 153.2 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 17.03.2026 15:52 | 160.7 km | 105 km |
| 3.6 | 14.02.2026 11:21 | 161.2 km | 89 km |
| 4.5 | 11.02.2026 05:59 | 150.7 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 26.01.2026 09:19 | 176.9 km | 104 km |
| 3.4 | 24.01.2026 16:00 | 162.2 km | 108 km |
| 4.7 | 16.01.2026 07:05 | 155.2 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 09.01.2026 06:39 | 129.3 km | 58 km |
| 4.7 | 05.01.2026 05:35 | 156.5 km | 97 km |
| 3.9 | 03.01.2026 12:50 | 144.1 km | 111 km |
| 4.3 | 25.12.2025 02:38 | 173.4 km | 98 km |
| 5.6 | 25.12.2025 02:38 | 152.8 km | 107 km |
| 5.6 | 10.12.2025 08:27 | 163.2 km | 105 km |
| 3.4 | 29.11.2025 04:32 | 148.5 km | 110 km |
| 3.7 | 22.11.2025 04:07 | 152.9 km | 118 km |
| 3.5 | 14.11.2025 10:30 | 156.5 km | 111 km |
| 4.1 | 13.11.2025 07:47 | 160.5 km | 111 km |
| 3.6 | 02.11.2025 10:53 | 157.6 km | 113 km |
| 3.4 | 31.10.2025 14:41 | 164.6 km | 113 km |
| 3.5 | 30.10.2025 14:22 | 156.5 km | 112 km |
| 4.3 | 16.10.2025 04:11 | 166.9 km | 103 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2025 03:38 | 168.4 km | 104 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2025 09:35 | 160.6 km | 124 km |
| 4.2 | 27.09.2025 18:44 | 156 km | 108 km |
| 3.9 | 26.09.2025 19:43 | 169.7 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2025 04:56 | 152.3 km | 125 km |
| 4.7 | 26.09.2025 00:21 | 169.3 km | 106 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2025 10:10 | 151.6 km | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 12.09.2025 15:03 | 180.2 km | 150 km |
| 4.1 | 09.09.2025 01:39 | 102.3 km | 127 km |
| 4.0 | 04.09.2025 15:39 | 29.6 km | 151 km |
| 4.0 | 30.08.2025 21:50 | 147.3 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 25.08.2025 22:44 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.0 | 19.08.2025 04:26 | 127.6 km | 155 km |
| 3.9 | 23.07.2025 03:57 | 147.8 km | 125 km |
| 3.9 | 21.07.2025 06:16 | 159.9 km | 120 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2025 10:38 | 151.1 km | 123 km |
| 4.2 | 10.07.2025 09:27 | 146.8 km | 80 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2025 23:08 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 4.6 | 06.07.2025 13:29 | 154.8 km | 122 km |
| 4.1 | 05.07.2025 20:30 | 177.2 km | 117 km |
| 4.3 | 04.07.2025 02:37 | 165.9 km | 102 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.