2.2
5,235
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
2.39
mean magnitude
4,069
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 09.01.1906 23:04 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 5.2 | 05.03.1930 23:55 | 15 km | 249 km |
| 5.2 | 04.05.1921 17:35 | 15 km | 217 km |
| 5.1 | 27.04.1983 11:24 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 5.1 | 21.12.1985 10:16 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 5.0 | 12.10.2008 07:44 | 12.2 km | 226 km |
| 4.9 | 20.11.1989 06:05 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 4.9 | 10.09.1982 02:31 | 10 km | 219 km |
| 4.9 | 14.08.2010 04:25 | 0 km | 251 km |
| 4.9 | 11.01.2014 03:56 | 0 km | 257 km |
| 4.8 | 23.12.1985 04:27 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 4.8 | 01.01.2020 23:19 | 0 km | 253 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2012 11:37 | 0 km | 166 km |
| 4.6 | 20.12.1985 16:36 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 4.6 | 21.12.1985 10:04 | 24.1 km | 221 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | 03.08.2026 22:16 | 1 km | 235 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 21:01 | 1.3 km | 240 km |
| 2.1 | 31.07.2026 03:57 | 0 km | 246 km |
| 2.0 | 30.07.2026 14:00 | 0 km | 245 km |
| 2.0 | 29.07.2026 06:02 | 0.9 km | 238 km |
| 2.3 | 27.07.2026 06:35 | 0.3 km | 239 km |
| 2.1 | 24.07.2026 22:04 | 1.2 km | 246 km |
| 1.6 | 23.07.2026 01:49 | 1 km | 237 km |
| 2.2 | 23.07.2026 01:36 | 0 km | 245 km |
| 1.8 | 19.07.2026 11:00 | 5.6 km | 152 km |
| 2.3 | 17.07.2026 16:41 | 1 km | 247 km |
| 2.4 | 16.07.2026 07:38 | 0.8 km | 240 km |
| 2.1 | 14.07.2026 14:32 | 1 km | 234 km |
| 2.4 | 14.07.2026 08:08 | 0 km | 258 km |
| 2.6 | 13.07.2026 12:40 | 0 km | 230 km |
| 2.0 | 09.07.2026 18:37 | 0 km | 246 km |
| 1.4 | 09.07.2026 16:00 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 2.5 | 06.07.2026 07:55 | 1 km | 257 km |
| 2.2 | 03.07.2026 19:28 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 2.2 | 30.06.2026 23:23 | 1 km | 258 km |
| 1.9 | 27.06.2026 07:54 | 1 km | 248 km |
| 2.8 | 27.06.2026 05:23 | 0 km | 244 km |
| 2.1 | 25.06.2026 17:48 | 1 km | 96 km |
| 2.4 | 25.06.2026 09:34 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 2.0 | 25.06.2026 00:38 | 1 km | 246 km |
| 2.0 | 22.06.2026 18:59 | 0 km | 246 km |
| 2.3 | 22.06.2026 09:40 | 0 km | 227 km |
| 2.0 | 20.06.2026 22:28 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 2.4 | 19.06.2026 06:47 | 1 km | 249 km |
| 2.5 | 17.06.2026 20:05 | 11 km | 256 km |
| 2.3 | 17.06.2026 13:29 | 5 km | 243 km |
| 2.2 | 16.06.2026 23:17 | 2.1 km | 96 km |
| 2.9 | 15.06.2026 16:11 | 6 km | 239 km |
| 2.9 | 15.06.2026 04:19 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 2.1 | 14.06.2026 21:27 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 2.1 | 09.06.2026 18:50 | 11 km | 224 km |
| 2.6 | 05.06.2026 06:23 | 1 km | 257 km |
| 3.1 | 02.06.2026 20:31 | 6.8 km | 240 km |
| 2.0 | 02.06.2026 17:30 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 1.7 | 30.05.2026 15:31 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 2.5 | 29.05.2026 08:28 | 0 km | 216 km |
| 2.2 | 28.05.2026 04:41 | 6.1 km | 239 km |
| 2.1 | 21.05.2026 16:37 | 1 km | 248 km |
| 2.1 | 20.05.2026 12:41 | 1 km | 259 km |
| 2.1 | 16.05.2026 12:25 | 1 km | 256 km |
| 2.8 | 16.05.2026 11:36 | 1 km | 226 km |
| 2.1 | 15.05.2026 23:02 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 2.0 | 09.05.2026 09:11 | 1 km | 219 km |
| 2.1 | 08.05.2026 22:02 | 5.5 km | 257 km |
| 2.2 | 06.05.2026 15:00 | 0 km | 249 km |
| 2.0 | 29.04.2026 09:47 | 1 km | 251 km |
| 2.1 | 24.04.2026 10:49 | 11.2 km | 278 km |
| 2.3 | 22.04.2026 11:44 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 2.1 | 17.04.2026 21:52 | 0 km | 258 km |
| 2.2 | 17.04.2026 00:47 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 3.2 | 14.04.2026 16:22 | 13 km | 270 km |
| 1.7 | 14.04.2026 10:19 | 0 km | 137 km |
| 2.1 | 12.04.2026 20:55 | 1 km | 261 km |
| 2.1 | 09.04.2026 18:06 | 1 km | 240 km |
| 2.3 | 09.04.2026 05:49 | 8.2 km | 256 km |
Regions
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.