4.4
2,205
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1904–2026
record span
3.97
mean magnitude
1,732
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 | 11.07.1976 20:41 | 8.8 km | 171 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.1904 14:52 | 35 km | 237 km |
| 7.2 | 28.05.1914 03:23 | 70 km | 318 km |
| 7.2 | 23.11.1979 23:40 | 110 km | 200 km |
| 7.2 | 15.11.2004 09:06 | 11.4 km | 191 km |
| 7.2 | 19.11.1991 22:28 | 18.5 km | 202 km |
| 7.1 | 18.10.1992 15:12 | 16.7 km | 80 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1974 01:18 | 13.4 km | 162 km |
| 6.8 | 11.07.1976 16:54 | 17.5 km | 192 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1997 12:13 | 204.3 km | 309 km |
| 6.6 | 17.10.1992 08:32 | 15.5 km | 57 km |
| 6.6 | 13.08.2013 15:43 | 18.6 km | 145 km |
| 6.5 | 26.09.1970 12:02 | 7.4 km | 55 km |
| 6.5 | 27.09.1970 03:38 | 13 km | 47 km |
| 6.5 | 20.04.1914 13:29 | 15 km | 262 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 17:12 | 33.6 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 06:37 | 8 km | 225 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2026 09:14 | 6 km | 172 km |
| 3.6 | 28.06.2026 08:39 | 114.4 km | 162 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2026 18:47 | 0 km | 125 km |
| 4.2 | 26.06.2026 08:31 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 10:01 | 5 km | 257 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2026 17:06 | 11 km | 224 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2026 19:55 | 0 km | 142 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2026 10:45 | 9 km | 162 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2026 13:07 | 9 km | 285 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 13:14 | 20 km | 271 km |
| 5.3 | 14.05.2026 12:48 | 112.2 km | 243 km |
| 4.3 | 11.05.2026 15:32 | 11 km | 152 km |
| 3.7 | 02.05.2026 13:37 | 120.8 km | 149 km |
| 3.4 | 22.03.2026 15:15 | 117.5 km | 154 km |
| 4.6 | 09.03.2026 22:11 | 89.7 km | 202 km |
| 4.8 | 13.02.2026 11:40 | 100.8 km | 182 km |
| 3.5 | 07.02.2026 20:46 | 145.7 km | 218 km |
| 3.9 | 26.12.2025 07:30 | 9 km | 102 km |
| 4.3 | 01.12.2025 04:05 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.7 | 03.11.2025 02:50 | 0 km | 213 km |
| 4.1 | 02.11.2025 06:04 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 4.3 | 01.11.2025 19:52 | 136.4 km | 282 km |
| 4.3 | 08.10.2025 03:36 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2025 23:42 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2025 16:25 | 46 km | 257 km |
| 4.8 | 21.09.2025 20:17 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 5.4 | 14.09.2025 07:12 | 20 km | 108 km |
| 4.5 | 07.09.2025 14:07 | 81 km | 61 km |
| 4.2 | 28.08.2025 01:23 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 4.3 | 20.08.2025 15:10 | 34 km | 139 km |
| 4.7 | 11.08.2025 00:16 | 128.7 km | 236 km |
| 4.4 | 23.06.2025 11:04 | 45.1 km | 129 km |
| 3.4 | 04.05.2025 17:52 | 41.4 km | 118 km |
| 3.3 | 24.04.2025 02:53 | 35 km | 202 km |
| 4.8 | 23.04.2025 22:44 | 38.3 km | 209 km |
| 4.5 | 01.04.2025 02:04 | 99.6 km | 206 km |
| 4.5 | 10.03.2025 07:57 | 122.3 km | 202 km |
| 3.2 | 05.03.2025 09:58 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2025 18:24 | 0 km | 119 km |
| 5.7 | 10.01.2025 08:14 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 4.4 | 04.01.2025 08:17 | 52 km | 212 km |
| 4.9 | 05.11.2024 03:14 | 0 km | 125 km |
| 3.5 | 28.10.2024 07:08 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2024 00:49 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 3.6 | 05.08.2024 23:02 | 0 km | 112 km |
| 4.6 | 25.06.2024 19:03 | 35 km | 59 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2024 07:55 | 11.7 km | 253 km |
| 4.4 | 21.05.2024 09:58 | 31.3 km | 54 km |
| 4.7 | 30.04.2024 15:44 | 112.5 km | 183 km |
| 3.4 | 14.04.2024 03:55 | 15.4 km | 256 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2024 04:38 | 41.6 km | 103 km |
| 3.2 | 29.03.2024 04:38 | 27.5 km | 93 km |
| 3.3 | 24.03.2024 05:25 | 21 km | 262 km |
| 3.0 | 23.03.2024 07:48 | 13.4 km | 269 km |
| 4.3 | 09.03.2024 11:18 | 0 km | 144 km |
| 3.3 | 04.03.2024 22:25 | 17.1 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 02.03.2024 17:06 | 12.7 km | 240 km |
| 3.5 | 27.02.2024 22:41 | 24.5 km | 13 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.