3.2
65,075
recorded earthquakes
M8.4
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.12
mean magnitude
57,178
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 | 7754 km |
| 8.2 | 30.04.1919 07:17 | 25 km | 18172 km |
| 8.2 | 19.08.2018 00:19 | 578.5 km | 18755 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 7459 km |
| 8.0 | 17.12.2024 01:53 | 34.7 km | 17674 km |
| 8.0 | 03.05.2006 15:26 | 40.9 km | 18356 km |
| 7.9 | 26.12.1906 05:54 | 0 km | 7693 km |
| 7.9 | 09.08.1901 13:01 | 0 km | 17902 km |
| 7.9 | 13.05.1903 06:34 | 0 km | 17689 km |
| 7.9 | 06.09.2018 15:49 | 667 km | 18881 km |
| 7.9 | 16.06.1910 06:30 | 100 km | 17840 km |
| 7.8 | 08.09.1948 15:09 | 15 km | 18318 km |
| 7.8 | 14.12.1950 01:52 | 215.9 km | 18526 km |
| 7.8 | 06.08.1913 22:14 | 25 km | 7783 km |
| 7.8 | 01.01.1919 03:00 | 485 km | 18758 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 17:24 | 88.6 km | 7287 km |
| 4.9 | 03.08.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 18604 km |
| 4.0 | 03.08.2026 06:56 | 90.5 km | 7285 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 2911 km |
| 4.3 | 03.08.2026 01:35 | 574.4 km | 18692 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 18:26 | 109.1 km | 7305 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 16:34 | 83.1 km | 7311 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 13:24 | 89.8 km | 7333 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 13:16 | 14.2 km | 7342 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 12:32 | 103.1 km | 7307 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 10:54 | 30.3 km | 7446 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 04:18 | 18.7 km | 7519 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 03:21 | 101 km | 7289 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 03:11 | 95.1 km | 7316 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 22:29 | 522.7 km | 18750 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 13:06 | 74.1 km | 7337 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 11:21 | 64.7 km | 7323 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 07:27 | 107.6 km | 7300 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 21:32 | 93.3 km | 7291 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 11:09 | 14 km | 7508 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 08:14 | 0 km | 4718 km |
| 4.5 | 31.07.2026 07:32 | 581 km | 18693 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 00:05 | 85.7 km | 7360 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 18:21 | 99.2 km | 7327 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 12:46 | 245.2 km | 7097 km |
| 4.6 | 30.07.2026 06:04 | 97.8 km | 7291 km |
| 2.9 | 30.07.2026 03:32 | 109.5 km | 7323 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 00:26 | 24.8 km | 7384 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 13:43 | 107 km | 7312 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 09:57 | 127.4 km | 7332 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 04:30 | 30.9 km | 7348 km |
| 4.9 | 29.07.2026 04:07 | 524 km | 18830 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 04:01 | 128.2 km | 7249 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 01:08 | 117.3 km | 7295 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 00:48 | 101 km | 7264 km |
| 5.5 | 29.07.2026 00:48 | 10 km | 18243 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 17:06 | 141.6 km | 7352 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 14:34 | 25.3 km | 7510 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 12:52 | 104.5 km | 7269 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 7510 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 08:07 | 31.6 km | 7418 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 06:05 | 71.8 km | 7385 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 04:12 | 93.4 km | 7303 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2026 22:46 | 105.5 km | 7300 km |
| 4.7 | 27.07.2026 10:24 | 90.4 km | 7284 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 09:12 | 32.9 km | 7434 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 09:07 | 154.8 km | 7347 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2026 22:27 | 168.5 km | 7306 km |
| 3.3 | 26.07.2026 22:22 | 110.2 km | 7329 km |
| 3.2 | 26.07.2026 20:19 | 43.6 km | 7420 km |
| 2.9 | 26.07.2026 19:42 | 113.4 km | 7261 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2026 09:59 | 94.2 km | 7337 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 07:51 | 110.7 km | 7276 km |
| 2.7 | 26.07.2026 07:48 | 80 km | 7287 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2026 02:27 | 88.5 km | 7306 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2026 23:31 | 85.3 km | 7320 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 17:48 | 97.9 km | 7301 km |
| 2.9 | 25.07.2026 17:12 | 94.8 km | 7311 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 13:41 | 56.9 km | 7389 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2026 13:27 | 138.7 km | 7204 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.