2.7
1,193
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.83
mean magnitude
959
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 | 04.04.1905 00:49 | 20 km | 157 km |
| 6.8 | 19.11.1996 10:44 | 19.1 km | 165 km |
| 6.8 | 19.01.1975 08:02 | 12.9 km | 198 km |
| 6.6 | 27.02.1906 19:41 | 15 km | 259 km |
| 6.4 | 22.06.1945 18:00 | 20 km | 194 km |
| 6.4 | 12.10.1920 06:54 | 20 km | 328 km |
| 6.3 | 15.11.1937 21:37 | 30 km | 115 km |
| 6.3 | 06.11.1946 19:56 | 25 km | 280 km |
| 6.3 | 20.11.2002 21:32 | 15.2 km | 310 km |
| 6.2 | 06.08.1926 22:45 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 6.2 | 09.10.1914 02:39 | 20 km | 190 km |
| 6.1 | 04.06.1975 02:24 | 12.8 km | 302 km |
| 6.1 | 28.04.1975 11:06 | 17.2 km | 297 km |
| 6.0 | 27.06.1955 10:14 | 15 km | 204 km |
| 6.0 | 26.06.1963 14:09 | 95 km | 280 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 04:49 | 5 km | 192 km |
| 2.6 | 23.07.2026 15:32 | 5 km | 213 km |
| 3.2 | 18.07.2026 23:13 | 16 km | 127 km |
| 2.7 | 13.07.2026 15:14 | 5 km | 207 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2026 14:24 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.3 | 13.07.2026 10:15 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 2.6 | 10.07.2026 20:19 | 5 km | 199 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 02:25 | 8 km | 183 km |
| 3.0 | 07.07.2026 08:15 | 5 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2026 07:40 | 15 km | 165 km |
| 3.7 | 30.06.2026 10:33 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 2.9 | 28.06.2026 21:23 | 5 km | 203 km |
| 3.2 | 27.06.2026 06:08 | 5 km | 207 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 13:20 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 3.1 | 20.06.2026 15:14 | 14 km | 108 km |
| 3.3 | 18.06.2026 21:47 | 11.7 km | 188 km |
| 2.6 | 10.06.2026 23:37 | 7 km | 210 km |
| 2.8 | 10.06.2026 14:34 | 5 km | 151 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2026 03:24 | 5 km | 206 km |
| 2.5 | 07.06.2026 10:12 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 18:22 | 5 km | 197 km |
| 2.8 | 05.06.2026 17:33 | 5 km | 201 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 16:34 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 2.6 | 04.06.2026 15:50 | 5 km | 180 km |
| 2.6 | 22.05.2026 15:58 | 15 km | 169 km |
| 2.5 | 22.05.2026 06:38 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 2.6 | 07.05.2026 08:40 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2026 09:23 | 7 km | 214 km |
| 3.0 | 28.04.2026 22:13 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 2.7 | 26.04.2026 16:49 | 5 km | 198 km |
| 3.3 | 24.04.2026 07:02 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 3.3 | 23.04.2026 10:56 | 5 km | 127 km |
| 2.6 | 21.04.2026 21:39 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 2.5 | 19.04.2026 00:18 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 3.3 | 18.04.2026 13:30 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 2.9 | 13.04.2026 23:25 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 3.0 | 12.04.2026 18:21 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 3.2 | 12.04.2026 10:10 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 3.0 | 11.04.2026 23:07 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.7 | 11.04.2026 22:52 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 2.6 | 10.04.2026 23:14 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.2 | 09.04.2026 02:19 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 2.6 | 01.04.2026 07:26 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 3.1 | 22.03.2026 21:30 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.5 | 21.03.2026 13:40 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 2.8 | 17.03.2026 10:49 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 2.8 | 12.03.2026 05:27 | 5 km | 201 km |
| 3.4 | 09.03.2026 22:16 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.2 | 05.03.2026 18:11 | 47.6 km | 160 km |
| 3.6 | 03.03.2026 17:46 | 3.3 km | 190 km |
| 3.1 | 03.03.2026 16:51 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 2.8 | 02.03.2026 23:18 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 01.03.2026 19:35 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2026 19:55 | 10 km | 164 km |
| 2.6 | 27.02.2026 19:24 | 15.2 km | 201 km |
| 3.2 | 23.02.2026 00:32 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 29.01.2026 16:36 | 5 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 21.01.2026 14:45 | 80 km | 84 km |
| 3.4 | 20.01.2026 17:59 | 47 km | 181 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.