3.7
980
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.11
mean magnitude
616
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 | 31 km |
| 8.1 | 12.12.1979 07:59 | 29.9 km | 96 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 43 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 111 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 92 km |
| 7.1 | 06.03.1987 04:10 | 18.5 km | 180 km |
| 7.1 | 04.08.1998 18:59 | 24.4 km | 185 km |
| 7.0 | 16.01.1956 23:37 | 20 km | 190 km |
| 6.9 | 19.01.1958 14:43 | 27.5 km | 60 km |
| 6.9 | 18.05.2016 16:46 | 30.3 km | 56 km |
| 6.8 | 30.06.1916 03:00 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 6.8 | 22.11.1983 14:21 | 40.9 km | 56 km |
| 6.8 | 23.10.1944 23:40 | 20 km | 11 km |
| 6.7 | 18.05.2016 07:57 | 29.9 km | 75 km |
| 6.7 | 01.02.1958 16:10 | 15 km | 95 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 26.07.2026 23:22 | 24 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 08.06.2026 18:05 | 87 km | 121 km |
| 3.8 | 21.05.2026 03:32 | 20 km | 106 km |
| 2.7 | 16.05.2026 07:25 | 14 km | 116 km |
| 5.1 | 21.04.2026 02:22 | 119.5 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 09.04.2026 01:51 | 18 km | 87 km |
| 3.3 | 23.03.2026 03:55 | 22 km | 83 km |
| 3.5 | 16.03.2026 03:58 | 19 km | 79 km |
| 3.3 | 15.03.2026 11:54 | 28 km | 74 km |
| 3.5 | 15.03.2026 11:23 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 3.1 | 13.03.2026 01:16 | 4 km | 36 km |
| 3.5 | 01.03.2026 01:57 | 11 km | 113 km |
| 4.7 | 14.12.2025 20:23 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 3.3 | 25.10.2025 23:50 | 27 km | 113 km |
| 3.9 | 20.10.2025 14:57 | 49 km | 34 km |
| 2.9 | 02.10.2025 18:27 | 6 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2025 14:52 | 12.9 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 18.08.2025 14:55 | 5 km | 120 km |
| 3.8 | 23.07.2025 02:58 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.4 | 20.07.2025 21:06 | 57.9 km | 27 km |
| 4.5 | 08.07.2025 17:36 | 42.7 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2025 09:33 | 5 km | 42 km |
| 3.5 | 20.05.2025 08:56 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 3.8 | 11.05.2025 19:22 | 5 km | 18 km |
| 3.5 | 26.04.2025 15:52 | 5 km | 49 km |
| 3.8 | 25.04.2025 12:09 | 5 km | 25 km |
| 6.2 | 25.04.2025 11:44 | 18 km | 53 km |
| 3.8 | 16.04.2025 21:32 | 2 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2025 07:11 | 5 km | 115 km |
| 3.2 | 11.04.2025 13:50 | 18 km | 73 km |
| 3.9 | 23.03.2025 21:12 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 3.7 | 21.03.2025 00:48 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 18.03.2025 22:19 | 27 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 18.03.2025 17:40 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 18.03.2025 04:19 | 5 km | 98 km |
| 4.1 | 26.02.2025 16:18 | 0 km | 55 km |
| 2.3 | 07.02.2025 19:36 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 3.2 | 07.01.2025 02:10 | 74 km | 26 km |
| 2.1 | 26.11.2024 06:50 | 5 km | 120 km |
| 2.6 | 26.11.2024 04:35 | 4 km | 122 km |
| 2.1 | 26.11.2024 04:24 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 2.9 | 09.11.2024 21:19 | 18 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 01.11.2024 03:54 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 2.0 | 27.10.2024 05:24 | 9 km | 131 km |
| 3.2 | 22.10.2024 00:55 | 10 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2024 06:27 | 105.6 km | 100 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2024 20:12 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2024 00:29 | 68.2 km | 56 km |
| 2.4 | 03.09.2024 14:42 | 13 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 01.09.2024 18:25 | 58 km | 10 km |
| 2.8 | 11.08.2024 08:30 | 3 km | 124 km |
| 2.8 | 11.08.2024 07:31 | 2 km | 124 km |
| 2.1 | 12.07.2024 20:54 | 9 km | 125 km |
| 2.4 | 03.07.2024 02:16 | 18 km | 138 km |
| 4.4 | 01.07.2024 05:27 | 15.7 km | 138 km |
| 3.6 | 19.06.2024 17:44 | 12 km | 68 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2024 01:12 | 35 km | 16 km |
| 2.6 | 25.04.2024 20:12 | 2 km | 136 km |
| 4.1 | 12.03.2024 05:15 | 18 km | 100 km |
| 4.6 | 25.02.2024 07:27 | 26.3 km | 100 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.