2.5
13,316
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1900–2026
record span
2.57
mean magnitude
11,389
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 26.12.1939 23:57 | 20 km | 419 km |
| 7.0 | 29.04.1991 09:12 | 14.8 km | 29 km |
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 176 km |
| 6.7 | 14.05.1970 18:12 | 14.9 km | 327 km |
| 6.6 | 30.10.1983 04:12 | 11.1 km | 239 km |
| 6.5 | 16.07.1963 18:27 | 30 km | 175 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1940 22:23 | 50 km | 45 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 149 km |
| 6.3 | 21.10.1905 11:01 | 15 km | 162 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 222 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 59 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 197 km |
| 6.2 | 28.09.1906 05:50 | 30 km | 209 km |
| 6.1 | 14.05.1970 09:20 | 10.5 km | 321 km |
| 6.1 | 29.04.1991 18:30 | 9.6 km | 44 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 6.4 km | 193 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 04:05 | 15.1 km | 309 km |
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 11:07 | 6.6 km | 108 km |
| 1.6 | 01.08.2026 06:32 | 7 km | 218 km |
| 1.4 | 31.07.2026 20:27 | 7.1 km | 104 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2026 01:41 | 10 km | 314 km |
| 1.0 | 27.07.2026 10:12 | 5.8 km | 191 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 13:16 | 13.5 km | 115 km |
| 1.5 | 25.07.2026 08:50 | 1.6 km | 197 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 09:53 | 5 km | 239 km |
| 3.1 | 21.07.2026 20:34 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.5 | 21.07.2026 16:40 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 2.3 | 20.07.2026 17:25 | 15.7 km | 268 km |
| 2.2 | 19.07.2026 10:53 | 7 km | 132 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2026 04:43 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 1.6 | 11.07.2026 21:28 | 7.1 km | 107 km |
| 1.3 | 11.07.2026 00:25 | 11.5 km | 135 km |
| 1.5 | 10.07.2026 17:05 | 8.2 km | 111 km |
| 3.1 | 08.07.2026 03:35 | 8 km | 37 km |
| 1.5 | 06.07.2026 03:47 | 5.8 km | 106 km |
| 2.3 | 05.07.2026 18:40 | 29.2 km | 283 km |
| 1.9 | 05.07.2026 02:25 | 14.4 km | 139 km |
| 2.0 | 04.07.2026 04:49 | 8.9 km | 200 km |
| 2.8 | 03.07.2026 21:08 | 7 km | 109 km |
| 2.2 | 03.07.2026 04:51 | 8 km | 139 km |
| 3.3 | 03.07.2026 03:45 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 2.4 | 02.07.2026 20:38 | 7 km | 109 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2026 16:29 | 100 km | 187 km |
| 2.2 | 29.06.2026 20:50 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 1.9 | 28.06.2026 18:06 | 11.3 km | 119 km |
| 3.2 | 23.06.2026 04:07 | 29.7 km | 44 km |
| 2.1 | 22.06.2026 05:03 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 3.4 | 20.06.2026 23:52 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 2.0 | 20.06.2026 16:33 | 6.3 km | 112 km |
| 2.2 | 20.06.2026 16:32 | 14.8 km | 112 km |
| 2.0 | 20.06.2026 15:11 | 12.2 km | 156 km |
| 1.8 | 18.06.2026 20:41 | 7.6 km | 107 km |
| 1.5 | 18.06.2026 18:41 | 9.5 km | 198 km |
| 1.1 | 16.06.2026 12:55 | 7 km | 143 km |
| 2.0 | 15.06.2026 11:24 | 2 km | 197 km |
| 2.2 | 15.06.2026 11:21 | 17.2 km | 196 km |
| 1.9 | 15.06.2026 00:40 | 7.7 km | 109 km |
| 1.2 | 13.06.2026 01:52 | 7 km | 150 km |
| 1.1 | 06.06.2026 09:16 | 7 km | 155 km |
| 3.1 | 05.06.2026 13:07 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 3.3 | 02.06.2026 01:27 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 01.06.2026 14:54 | 5 km | 273 km |
| 3.1 | 31.05.2026 13:26 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 2.1 | 30.05.2026 13:36 | 7.6 km | 136 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2026 20:16 | 75 km | 227 km |
| 1.3 | 25.05.2026 05:24 | 6.8 km | 151 km |
| 2.0 | 24.05.2026 23:02 | 7 km | 103 km |
| 2.0 | 24.05.2026 03:33 | 20.3 km | 319 km |
| 2.1 | 21.05.2026 23:59 | 7.1 km | 139 km |
| 1.6 | 20.05.2026 21:31 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 2.1 | 20.05.2026 19:32 | 9.3 km | 70 km |
| 1.4 | 18.05.2026 19:52 | 7 km | 228 km |
| 2.1 | 15.05.2026 10:32 | 11.7 km | 145 km |
| 2.9 | 15.05.2026 00:07 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 0.9 | 14.05.2026 14:38 | 7 km | 151 km |
Regions
Samtskhe–Javakheti3,184Kvemo Kartli2,687Imereti1,500Kakheti1,252Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti1,159Shida Kartli1,083Adjara1,059Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti1,004Mtskheta-Mtianeti619Abkhazia453Guria429
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.