3.8
14,057
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.69
mean magnitude
11,801
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 02.09.1992 00:16 | 22.5 km | 493 km |
| 7.6 | 05.09.2012 14:42 | 20.7 km | 239 km |
| 7.6 | 22.04.1991 21:56 | 15.7 km | 278 km |
| 7.6 | 18.07.1934 01:36 | 30 km | 268 km |
| 7.6 | 21.12.1939 20:54 | 25 km | 237 km |
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 285 km |
| 7.4 | 03.04.1983 02:50 | 29.6 km | 212 km |
| 7.3 | 05.12.1941 20:47 | 20 km | 170 km |
| 7.3 | 26.04.1916 02:21 | 35 km | 231 km |
| 7.3 | 25.03.1990 13:22 | 21.2 km | 213 km |
| 7.3 | 27.02.1916 20:21 | 15 km | 316 km |
| 7.2 | 26.07.1962 08:14 | 25 km | 246 km |
| 7.2 | 21.06.1900 20:52 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 08:02 | 35 km | 343 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.1904 14:51 | 10 km | 324 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 04.08.2026 05:20 | 208 km | 233 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 13:31 | 147 km | 184 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 09:02 | 2 km | 134 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 06:17 | 17 km | 265 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 05:57 | 13 km | 145 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 01:45 | 204 km | 265 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 00:21 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 23:03 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 22:57 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 20:16 | 2 km | 134 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 19:51 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2026 19:10 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 19:02 | 9 km | 261 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 17:20 | 16 km | 236 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 16:48 | 14 km | 215 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 14:33 | 29 km | 242 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 14:10 | 37 km | 270 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 13:44 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 09:03 | 5 km | 215 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 07:02 | 18 km | 260 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 07:01 | 37 km | 137 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 05:20 | 11 km | 223 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 04:18 | 6 km | 239 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 17:19 | 29 km | 239 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 11:32 | 22 km | 149 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 11:25 | 6 km | 242 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 08:23 | 11 km | 266 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 07:59 | 6 km | 238 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 07:32 | 15 km | 323 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 06:13 | 6 km | 239 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 02:19 | 6 km | 238 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 02:16 | 10 km | 237 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 13:36 | 24 km | 217 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 15:32 | 24 km | 203 km |
| 3.6 | 28.07.2026 13:12 | 55 km | 280 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 11:47 | 15 km | 304 km |
| 2.7 | 28.07.2026 05:05 | 35 km | 136 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 03:06 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 18:50 | 1 km | 196 km |
| 3.3 | 27.07.2026 18:03 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 2.7 | 27.07.2026 17:11 | 10 km | 203 km |
| 4.0 | 27.07.2026 17:06 | 10 km | 346 km |
| 3.3 | 27.07.2026 17:01 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2026 16:50 | 10 km | 314 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 09:38 | 10 km | 205 km |
| 3.8 | 27.07.2026 09:03 | 300 km | 281 km |
| 4.7 | 27.07.2026 02:20 | 10 km | 323 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 01:10 | 103 km | 279 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 01:06 | 7 km | 156 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 00:29 | 9 km | 135 km |
| 2.7 | 26.07.2026 23:33 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 3.9 | 26.07.2026 23:22 | 5 km | 134 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 14:34 | 36 km | 109 km |
| 3.2 | 26.07.2026 13:55 | 22 km | 237 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 03:10 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 2.6 | 26.07.2026 02:13 | 4 km | 325 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 21:12 | 15 km | 204 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2026 20:26 | 7 km | 263 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2026 15:25 | 15 km | 263 km |
| 3.5 | 25.07.2026 05:28 | 4 km | 225 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.