3.4
706
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1934–2026
record span
4.14
mean magnitude
242
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 15.01.1934 08:43 | 15 km | 134 km |
| 7.9 | 25.04.2015 06:11 | 13.4 km | 271 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2015 07:05 | 12.3 km | 213 km |
| 7.1 | 07.01.2025 01:05 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 6.9 | 18.09.2011 12:40 | 29.6 km | 315 km |
| 6.8 | 20.08.1988 23:09 | 58.1 km | 121 km |
| 6.8 | 27.05.1936 06:19 | 15 km | 373 km |
| 6.7 | 26.04.2015 07:09 | 13.4 km | 204 km |
| 6.7 | 25.04.2015 06:45 | 14.7 km | 269 km |
| 6.2 | 19.11.1980 19:00 | 43.5 km | 338 km |
| 6.1 | 12.05.2015 07:36 | 13.8 km | 183 km |
| 6.1 | 25.04.2015 06:15 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 6.0 | 03.09.1998 18:15 | 8.6 km | 242 km |
| 5.9 | 12.01.1965 13:32 | 22.8 km | 260 km |
| 5.7 | 07.09.1936 02:30 | 15 km | 226 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 19:48 | 15 km | 216 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 18:14 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 3.9 | 17.06.2026 18:45 | 214.3 km | 254 km |
| 4.3 | 11.06.2026 20:29 | 124.9 km | 272 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2026 10:23 | 161.1 km | 320 km |
| 3.0 | 23.05.2026 02:12 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 21.05.2026 12:09 | 284.3 km | 274 km |
| 3.2 | 20.05.2026 07:33 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 2.8 | 18.05.2026 19:25 | 15 km | 195 km |
| 3.0 | 11.05.2026 20:29 | 5 km | 255 km |
| 2.5 | 28.04.2026 04:31 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 2.6 | 12.04.2026 23:21 | 15 km | 309 km |
| 3.9 | 10.04.2026 06:45 | 0.5 km | 288 km |
| 2.6 | 09.04.2026 22:23 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 2.8 | 09.04.2026 16:51 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.1 | 29.03.2026 03:14 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 4.0 | 24.03.2026 08:38 | 139 km | 266 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2026 11:27 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 4.3 | 21.03.2026 20:25 | 191.3 km | 76 km |
| 4.1 | 21.03.2026 15:16 | 14 km | 332 km |
| 3.9 | 19.03.2026 22:56 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 4.4 | 12.03.2026 16:17 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 2.5 | 03.03.2026 00:35 | 5 km | 305 km |
| 3.1 | 27.02.2026 20:17 | 5 km | 310 km |
| 2.5 | 27.02.2026 11:22 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 2.7 | 27.02.2026 06:32 | 5 km | 303 km |
| 2.5 | 26.02.2026 23:29 | 5 km | 259 km |
| 3.3 | 26.02.2026 21:33 | 0 km | 282 km |
| 3.3 | 26.02.2026 20:35 | 5 km | 153 km |
| 4.2 | 26.02.2026 16:40 | 5 km | 299 km |
| 3.4 | 26.02.2026 11:52 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 2.9 | 26.02.2026 08:08 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 3.9 | 26.02.2026 07:09 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 2.6 | 26.02.2026 06:42 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 4.4 | 26.02.2026 06:04 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 2.8 | 26.02.2026 00:13 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 2.8 | 25.02.2026 22:55 | 5 km | 287 km |
| 4.4 | 23.02.2026 16:29 | 236.9 km | 266 km |
| 4.2 | 23.02.2026 13:11 | 228.9 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 20.02.2026 22:11 | 6.7 km | 276 km |
| 2.5 | 15.02.2026 07:39 | 5 km | 306 km |
| 2.8 | 14.02.2026 08:46 | 5 km | 308 km |
| 2.5 | 12.02.2026 09:13 | 5 km | 306 km |
| 2.7 | 11.02.2026 20:25 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 2.7 | 11.02.2026 19:56 | 5 km | 311 km |
| 2.5 | 11.02.2026 00:44 | 5 km | 304 km |
| 3.3 | 10.02.2026 00:08 | 5 km | 309 km |
| 3.6 | 09.02.2026 22:55 | 7 km | 306 km |
| 3.3 | 09.02.2026 21:02 | 5 km | 304 km |
| 4.2 | 09.02.2026 12:00 | 15 km | 253 km |
| 2.5 | 08.02.2026 21:44 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 2.7 | 08.02.2026 06:56 | 5 km | 304 km |
| 2.5 | 08.02.2026 00:20 | 5 km | 309 km |
| 2.5 | 07.02.2026 19:18 | 5 km | 314 km |
| 2.8 | 07.02.2026 18:59 | 6 km | 294 km |
| 2.7 | 07.02.2026 16:15 | 6 km | 311 km |
| 3.3 | 07.02.2026 13:59 | 5 km | 312 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2026 13:24 | 31.4 km | 303 km |
| 4.3 | 07.02.2026 13:05 | 0 km | 280 km |
| 2.6 | 07.02.2026 00:42 | 5 km | 309 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.