3.9
789
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.36
mean magnitude
333
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 23.09.1902 20:18 | 0 km | 161 km |
| 7.7 | 06.08.1942 23:37 | 35 km | 200 km |
| 7.5 | 19.04.1902 02:23 | 0 km | 189 km |
| 7.5 | 23.10.1950 16:13 | 65.3 km | 150 km |
| 7.5 | 30.03.1914 00:41 | 150 km | 162 km |
| 7.4 | 07.11.2012 16:35 | 38.7 km | 185 km |
| 7.3 | 29.04.1970 14:01 | 56.5 km | 184 km |
| 7.2 | 10.09.1993 19:12 | 23.4 km | 165 km |
| 7.2 | 14.12.1935 22:05 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 7.2 | 17.07.2026 14:48 | 30 km | 164 km |
| 7.1 | 09.12.1912 08:32 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 7.0 | 04.02.1921 08:22 | 15 km | 80 km |
| 7.0 | 14.06.2017 07:29 | 103.7 km | 85 km |
| 6.9 | 07.07.2014 11:23 | 73.5 km | 128 km |
| 6.8 | 14.03.1994 20:51 | 174.8 km | 108 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 29.07.2026 08:57 | 1 km | 53 km |
| 5.1 | 20.07.2026 10:53 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 7.2 | 17.07.2026 14:48 | 30 km | 164 km |
| 4.2 | 16.07.2026 19:02 | 130.2 km | 71 km |
| 3.3 | 13.07.2026 07:25 | 134 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 10.07.2026 20:59 | 228.4 km | 36 km |
| 3.8 | 06.07.2026 15:30 | 141 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 28.06.2026 03:16 | 1 km | 44 km |
| 3.9 | 27.06.2026 06:24 | 9.5 km | 46 km |
| 3.8 | 09.06.2026 08:57 | 162.6 km | 74 km |
| 4.2 | 09.06.2026 06:00 | 183.1 km | 75 km |
| 3.9 | 22.05.2026 20:14 | 171.6 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 07.05.2026 18:47 | 136.9 km | 83 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2026 06:10 | 166.2 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 25.04.2026 06:23 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 4.2 | 20.04.2026 13:33 | 178.9 km | 60 km |
| 3.9 | 19.04.2026 11:14 | 3 km | 66 km |
| 3.3 | 11.04.2026 09:16 | 210 km | 72 km |
| 2.9 | 04.04.2026 23:08 | 182 km | 41 km |
| 3.2 | 03.04.2026 00:04 | 171 km | 51 km |
| 3.0 | 21.03.2026 22:04 | 197 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 18.03.2026 08:07 | 204.4 km | 29 km |
| 5.0 | 15.03.2026 00:22 | 203.1 km | 25 km |
| 3.6 | 06.03.2026 17:44 | 148 km | 64 km |
| 3.8 | 06.03.2026 09:44 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 2.9 | 28.02.2026 15:50 | 190 km | 19 km |
| 2.8 | 26.02.2026 08:25 | 140 km | 71 km |
| 4.3 | 22.02.2026 17:15 | 277 km | 19 km |
| 4.0 | 19.02.2026 20:22 | 5 km | 88 km |
| 4.2 | 15.02.2026 02:55 | 100.4 km | 104 km |
| 3.1 | 02.02.2026 14:53 | 1 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 21.01.2026 06:05 | 3 km | 62 km |
| 4.1 | 20.01.2026 10:30 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 11.01.2026 08:21 | 165 km | 39 km |
| 3.1 | 19.12.2025 15:30 | 4 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 12.12.2025 09:25 | 4 km | 31 km |
| 3.5 | 11.12.2025 16:49 | 3 km | 67 km |
| 4.0 | 10.12.2025 10:18 | 1 km | 58 km |
| 5.8 | 28.11.2025 20:06 | 144.3 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2025 11:15 | 178.9 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 12.11.2025 20:19 | 9 km | 29 km |
| 3.8 | 04.11.2025 20:15 | 168.5 km | 84 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2025 20:17 | 172.9 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2025 04:16 | 182 km | 74 km |
| 2.8 | 03.10.2025 16:44 | 149 km | 66 km |
| 3.7 | 17.09.2025 07:54 | 140.9 km | 83 km |
| 3.9 | 15.09.2025 17:09 | 147 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 02.09.2025 18:53 | 214 km | 33 km |
| 3.0 | 24.08.2025 05:28 | 160 km | 64 km |
| 4.3 | 10.08.2025 15:14 | 216.4 km | 72 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2025 01:50 | 169.6 km | 66 km |
| 4.5 | 06.06.2025 00:07 | 192.3 km | 66 km |
| 4.4 | 31.05.2025 02:16 | 171 km | 61 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2025 22:09 | 169 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 10.05.2025 20:57 | 176.2 km | 67 km |
| 3.9 | 23.04.2025 10:50 | 218.8 km | 50 km |
| 4.4 | 19.04.2025 03:17 | 178.6 km | 70 km |
| 4.1 | 16.04.2025 10:23 | 151.2 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 04.04.2025 05:18 | 172 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 26.03.2025 06:07 | 222.5 km | 52 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.