2.5
129,263
recorded earthquakes
M8.4
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.10
mean magnitude
123,286
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | 23.06.2001 20:33 | 15.6 km | 7825 km |
| 8.3 | 19.08.1977 06:08 | 33 km | 12611 km |
| 8.2 | 09.06.1994 00:33 | 638 km | 7201 km |
| 8.2 | 30.04.1919 07:17 | 25 km | 18357 km |
| 8.2 | 19.08.2018 00:19 | 578.5 km | 18945 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 7537 km |
| 8.1 | 03.10.1974 14:21 | 15.1 km | 8271 km |
| 8.1 | 29.09.2009 17:48 | 23 km | 18296 km |
| 8.0 | 22.06.1977 12:08 | 58.2 km | 18708 km |
| 8.0 | 12.12.1908 12:08 | 60 km | 8307 km |
| 8.0 | 26.06.1917 05:49 | 15 km | 18470 km |
| 8.0 | 17.12.2024 01:53 | 34.7 km | 17861 km |
| 8.0 | 03.05.2006 15:26 | 40.9 km | 18544 km |
| 8.0 | 15.08.2007 23:40 | 39.3 km | 8168 km |
| 7.9 | 09.08.1901 13:01 | 0 km | 18097 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 06:30 | 126 km | 7320 km |
| 2.8 | 04.08.2026 05:25 | 136.3 km | 7297 km |
| 2.7 | 04.08.2026 04:08 | 134.4 km | 7322 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 00:36 | 136.9 km | 7316 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 20:34 | 134.4 km | 7321 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 19:14 | 118.9 km | 7355 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 17:24 | 88.6 km | 7365 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 12:04 | 135.2 km | 7337 km |
| 4.9 | 03.08.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 18792 km |
| 4.2 | 03.08.2026 10:40 | 10 km | 5137 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 09:46 | 135.9 km | 7310 km |
| 4.0 | 03.08.2026 06:56 | 90.5 km | 7363 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 03:26 | 101.1 km | 7360 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 2953 km |
| 4.3 | 03.08.2026 01:35 | 574.4 km | 18883 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 19:14 | 32.4 km | 4878 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 18:26 | 109.1 km | 7378 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 17:47 | 11.6 km | 13576 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 16:34 | 83.1 km | 7389 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 15:38 | 109.6 km | 7375 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 14:48 | 129.8 km | 7309 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 13:24 | 89.8 km | 7407 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 13:16 | 14.2 km | 7417 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 12:32 | 103.1 km | 7382 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 10:54 | 30.3 km | 7527 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 10:16 | 126.4 km | 7310 km |
| 3.5 | 02.08.2026 06:26 | 129.8 km | 7318 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 04:18 | 18.7 km | 7594 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 03:21 | 101 km | 7366 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 03:11 | 95.1 km | 7390 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 02:43 | 187.3 km | 7127 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 00:01 | 132.5 km | 7314 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 22:29 | 522.7 km | 18943 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 19:21 | 188 km | 7227 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 17:48 | 11.4 km | 7580 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 17:43 | 221.7 km | 7229 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 15:39 | 163.6 km | 7615 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 13:11 | 120.7 km | 7332 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 13:06 | 74.1 km | 7416 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 11:21 | 64.7 km | 7399 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 07:50 | 142.9 km | 7299 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 07:27 | 107.6 km | 7377 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 06:49 | 125.3 km | 7342 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 23:34 | 108.6 km | 7370 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 21:32 | 93.3 km | 7370 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 19:31 | 125.1 km | 7318 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 16:31 | 95.5 km | 7372 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 15:16 | 127.2 km | 7316 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 11:09 | 14 km | 7583 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 10:25 | 21.4 km | 7497 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 08:14 | 0 km | 4767 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 07:35 | 147.5 km | 7314 km |
| 4.5 | 31.07.2026 07:32 | 581 km | 18885 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 01:35 | 117.2 km | 7343 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 00:21 | 128 km | 7332 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 00:05 | 85.7 km | 7436 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 21:46 | 118.4 km | 7350 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 18:21 | 99.2 km | 7401 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 18:18 | 133.7 km | 7288 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 15:53 | 12.7 km | 7247 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.