3.7
2,177
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.19
mean magnitude
1,137
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 | 208 km |
| 8.1 | 12.12.1979 07:59 | 29.9 km | 271 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 208 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 82 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 114 km |
| 7.2 | 07.01.1901 00:29 | 0 km | 248 km |
| 7.1 | 04.08.1998 18:59 | 24.4 km | 20 km |
| 7.0 | 16.01.1956 23:37 | 20 km | 6 km |
| 7.0 | 01.06.1907 08:45 | 0 km | 220 km |
| 6.9 | 19.01.1958 14:43 | 27.5 km | 221 km |
| 6.9 | 18.05.2016 16:46 | 30.3 km | 142 km |
| 6.8 | 02.10.1933 15:29 | 15 km | 144 km |
| 6.8 | 30.06.1916 03:00 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 6.8 | 22.11.1983 14:21 | 40.9 km | 143 km |
| 6.8 | 23.10.1944 23:40 | 20 km | 176 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 01:25 | 25 km | 91 km |
| 4.3 | 31.07.2026 01:10 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2026 01:46 | 24 km | 96 km |
| 3.9 | 23.07.2026 10:20 | 14 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 00:53 | 20 km | 97 km |
| 3.9 | 21.07.2026 22:36 | 20 km | 80 km |
| 3.8 | 07.07.2026 08:34 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 13:48 | 17 km | 80 km |
| 3.6 | 30.06.2026 21:23 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 23.06.2026 15:05 | 11 km | 114 km |
| 3.3 | 22.06.2026 01:42 | 21 km | 70 km |
| 3.1 | 21.06.2026 04:09 | 23 km | 42 km |
| 3.6 | 20.06.2026 13:49 | 13 km | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 08.06.2026 16:03 | 21 km | 41 km |
| 3.8 | 08.06.2026 15:06 | 9 km | 138 km |
| 3.2 | 08.06.2026 06:06 | 57 km | 140 km |
| 3.6 | 22.05.2026 21:25 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 3.2 | 15.05.2026 00:22 | 26 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 05.05.2026 11:48 | 22 km | 80 km |
| 3.9 | 04.05.2026 08:26 | 31 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 23.04.2026 14:39 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 2.8 | 21.04.2026 09:16 | 99 km | 119 km |
| 3.3 | 07.04.2026 11:13 | 17 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2026 14:03 | 58 km | 134 km |
| 3.5 | 03.03.2026 13:59 | 94 km | 100 km |
| 4.2 | 15.02.2026 09:37 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.9 | 19.01.2026 07:03 | 16 km | 112 km |
| 3.6 | 15.01.2026 06:35 | 95 km | 93 km |
| 4.7 | 14.12.2025 20:23 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 09.12.2025 00:08 | 57 km | 40 km |
| 3.6 | 27.11.2025 05:46 | 48 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 19.11.2025 18:49 | 8 km | 115 km |
| 3.4 | 17.11.2025 21:02 | 13 km | 109 km |
| 3.0 | 17.11.2025 01:29 | 8 km | 129 km |
| 3.9 | 17.11.2025 01:01 | 16 km | 128 km |
| 3.9 | 31.10.2025 02:02 | 25 km | 112 km |
| 3.3 | 25.10.2025 23:50 | 27 km | 89 km |
| 3.5 | 22.10.2025 16:49 | 21 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 14.10.2025 14:09 | 20 km | 115 km |
| 3.9 | 07.10.2025 01:30 | 8 km | 44 km |
| 4.4 | 07.10.2025 01:27 | 38.2 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2025 14:52 | 12.9 km | 141 km |
| 2.8 | 29.09.2025 13:35 | 18 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 20.09.2025 00:19 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.9 | 20.09.2025 00:06 | 5 km | 41 km |
| 4.7 | 19.09.2025 22:33 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 4.6 | 19.09.2025 01:49 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 3.6 | 18.09.2025 22:12 | 5 km | 105 km |
| 4.3 | 18.09.2025 21:55 | 5 km | 124 km |
| 3.8 | 17.09.2025 21:57 | 5 km | 127 km |
| 2.6 | 17.09.2025 00:30 | 34 km | 74 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2025 03:54 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.3 | 16.09.2025 02:22 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.1 | 16.09.2025 01:04 | 9 km | 134 km |
| 3.8 | 15.09.2025 21:56 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.3 | 15.09.2025 20:34 | 5 km | 120 km |
| 3.5 | 15.09.2025 19:19 | 17 km | 123 km |
| 3.6 | 15.09.2025 18:08 | 20 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 15.09.2025 17:54 | 5 km | 116 km |
| 5.0 | 13.09.2025 23:59 | 0 km | 127 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.