3.4
2,798
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.23
mean magnitude
2,311
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 28.09.1906 15:24 | 100 km | 278 km |
| 7.5 | 22.02.2019 10:17 | 149.9 km | 93 km |
| 7.5 | 28.11.2021 10:52 | 118.5 km | 247 km |
| 7.4 | 27.07.1971 02:02 | 105.6 km | 64 km |
| 7.2 | 28.10.1997 06:15 | 121.6 km | 247 km |
| 7.1 | 12.08.2010 11:54 | 206.6 km | 142 km |
| 7.0 | 03.10.1995 01:51 | 26.3 km | 23 km |
| 6.8 | 23.11.1986 01:39 | 94.2 km | 117 km |
| 6.8 | 16.11.2007 03:12 | 123.1 km | 14 km |
| 6.7 | 17.05.1971 11:04 | 170.5 km | 105 km |
| 6.7 | 02.05.1995 06:06 | 108.4 km | 173 km |
| 6.5 | 18.11.1982 14:57 | 195.9 km | 165 km |
| 6.5 | 17.09.1965 11:13 | 187.6 km | 122 km |
| 6.5 | 24.01.1941 05:44 | 120 km | 143 km |
| 6.4 | 03.11.1963 03:10 | 25 km | 116 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 15:11 | 20 km | 127 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2026 15:26 | 89 km | 135 km |
| 4.3 | 30.06.2026 06:02 | 13 km | 48 km |
| 4.3 | 19.06.2026 04:50 | 146 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2026 06:27 | 186 km | 111 km |
| 3.9 | 23.05.2026 08:44 | 131.2 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2026 17:47 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2026 01:57 | 93 km | 58 km |
| 3.4 | 15.05.2026 02:35 | 20 km | 28 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 22:06 | 83.6 km | 138 km |
| 3.8 | 29.04.2026 22:25 | 91 km | 143 km |
| 3.7 | 25.04.2026 02:13 | 13 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 10.04.2026 14:15 | 176.4 km | 96 km |
| 3.0 | 29.03.2026 07:56 | 88 km | 99 km |
| 2.6 | 08.03.2026 03:22 | 11 km | 145 km |
| 3.5 | 02.03.2026 18:41 | 7 km | 102 km |
| 4.2 | 28.02.2026 04:28 | 59 km | 122 km |
| 3.4 | 26.02.2026 10:21 | 14 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 22.02.2026 16:37 | 21 km | 151 km |
| 3.2 | 17.02.2026 17:30 | 74 km | 64 km |
| 3.8 | 12.02.2026 21:52 | 119.9 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2026 08:20 | 179.7 km | 117 km |
| 2.9 | 30.01.2026 07:13 | 169 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 27.01.2026 17:58 | 199 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 18.01.2026 03:28 | 16 km | 77 km |
| 2.9 | 11.01.2026 04:25 | 13 km | 33 km |
| 5.5 | 08.01.2026 05:17 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.2 | 03.01.2026 08:46 | 10.3 km | 128 km |
| 4.6 | 03.01.2026 08:46 | 8.2 km | 134 km |
| 3.4 | 02.01.2026 20:59 | 152.7 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 16.12.2025 00:30 | 182.5 km | 126 km |
| 3.7 | 14.12.2025 20:23 | 165.2 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2025 09:40 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 3.7 | 06.12.2025 22:54 | 20 km | 154 km |
| 3.5 | 04.12.2025 09:47 | 8 km | 88 km |
| 3.9 | 23.11.2025 13:03 | 20 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 09.11.2025 15:59 | 13 km | 56 km |
| 4.9 | 06.11.2025 23:11 | 195.2 km | 150 km |
| 3.2 | 23.10.2025 00:52 | 13 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 22.10.2025 18:50 | 13 km | 85 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2025 01:43 | 114 km | 106 km |
| 4.2 | 26.09.2025 17:25 | 6.6 km | 48 km |
| 4.5 | 25.09.2025 23:40 | 171.3 km | 130 km |
| 4.0 | 25.09.2025 21:59 | 0 km | 28 km |
| 3.9 | 22.09.2025 04:30 | 5 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 20.09.2025 12:46 | 99.6 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 14.09.2025 13:31 | 5 km | 63 km |
| 3.8 | 13.09.2025 03:43 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.9 | 09.09.2025 08:27 | 95 km | 22 km |
| 5.4 | 03.09.2025 14:56 | 161.8 km | 113 km |
| 5.0 | 24.08.2025 10:50 | 94.4 km | 135 km |
| 3.7 | 31.07.2025 13:24 | 129 km | 125 km |
| 4.1 | 27.07.2025 07:36 | 171.4 km | 103 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2025 23:24 | 5 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 29.06.2025 21:50 | 1 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 18.06.2025 01:11 | 176 km | 102 km |
| 5.2 | 17.06.2025 02:46 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2025 23:08 | 16 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 10.06.2025 14:58 | 2 km | 28 km |
| 4.3 | 04.06.2025 16:44 | 10 km | 37 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.