3.1
308
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.65
mean magnitude
195
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 | 223 km |
| 6.9 | 26.09.1905 01:25 | 20 km | 252 km |
| 6.6 | 27.02.1906 19:41 | 15 km | 118 km |
| 6.4 | 22.06.1945 18:00 | 20 km | 184 km |
| 6.2 | 09.10.1914 02:39 | 20 km | 190 km |
| 6.0 | 10.07.1947 10:19 | 60 km | 268 km |
| 5.6 | 12.09.1951 20:41 | 15 km | 221 km |
| 5.6 | 14.01.1929 09:45 | 15 km | 184 km |
| 5.5 | 23.08.1980 21:50 | 16.4 km | 212 km |
| 5.5 | 26.04.1986 07:35 | 19.1 km | 158 km |
| 5.5 | 23.08.1980 21:36 | 12.4 km | 220 km |
| 5.4 | 05.12.1975 07:37 | 23.3 km | 229 km |
| 5.3 | 07.01.1976 00:24 | 30.6 km | 220 km |
| 5.2 | 30.10.1975 14:20 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 5.2 | 01.04.1996 08:08 | 44.8 km | 188 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 03:43 | 8 km | 161 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 11:36 | 20 km | 112 km |
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 04:49 | 5 km | 185 km |
| 3.4 | 26.07.2026 01:12 | 11 km | 163 km |
| 2.6 | 23.07.2026 15:32 | 5 km | 165 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2026 22:59 | 28.2 km | 209 km |
| 2.7 | 13.07.2026 15:14 | 5 km | 170 km |
| 2.6 | 10.07.2026 20:19 | 5 km | 178 km |
| 2.9 | 28.06.2026 21:23 | 5 km | 174 km |
| 3.2 | 27.06.2026 06:08 | 5 km | 171 km |
| 2.6 | 10.06.2026 23:37 | 7 km | 167 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2026 03:24 | 5 km | 171 km |
| 2.5 | 07.06.2026 10:12 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 18:22 | 5 km | 181 km |
| 2.8 | 05.06.2026 17:33 | 5 km | 177 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 16:34 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 3.2 | 25.05.2026 10:09 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 2.5 | 19.05.2026 19:55 | 32.2 km | 128 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2026 09:23 | 7 km | 163 km |
| 2.7 | 01.04.2026 03:27 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 2.8 | 30.03.2026 23:03 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 2.8 | 22.03.2026 14:36 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 2.8 | 12.03.2026 05:27 | 5 km | 178 km |
| 3.8 | 25.02.2026 17:56 | 96.2 km | 37 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2026 20:26 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2026 22:50 | 360.1 km | 167 km |
| 3.6 | 24.01.2026 10:19 | 5 km | 164 km |
| 2.9 | 20.01.2026 20:57 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.6 | 05.01.2026 07:27 | 5 km | 164 km |
| 2.8 | 16.12.2025 20:52 | 5 km | 157 km |
| 2.9 | 06.11.2025 06:06 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2025 20:04 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 4.2 | 29.09.2025 16:32 | 98.7 km | 49 km |
| 3.9 | 18.09.2025 18:52 | 117.6 km | 127 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2025 19:02 | 29 km | 192 km |
| 4.0 | 19.08.2025 23:09 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 4.1 | 18.08.2025 15:58 | 10 km | 186 km |
| 3.5 | 11.07.2025 00:53 | 5 km | 166 km |
| 3.6 | 13.04.2025 03:48 | 0 km | 145 km |
| 3.4 | 09.03.2025 08:13 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 2.7 | 01.03.2025 09:21 | 5 km | 171 km |
| 3.7 | 23.02.2025 03:12 | 7 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 18.01.2025 10:21 | 5 km | 181 km |
| 3.4 | 07.01.2025 11:44 | 5 km | 150 km |
| 3.1 | 25.12.2024 12:37 | 5 km | 185 km |
| 3.4 | 19.12.2024 11:55 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 3.3 | 06.12.2024 20:56 | 5 km | 149 km |
| 3.3 | 15.10.2024 06:31 | 5 km | 162 km |
| 2.8 | 28.09.2024 18:40 | 5 km | 180 km |
| 3.8 | 04.09.2024 18:29 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.5 | 13.08.2024 10:14 | 5 km | 165 km |
| 2.9 | 09.08.2024 11:17 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 3.6 | 09.08.2024 04:23 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2024 16:46 | 7 km | 80 km |
| 2.6 | 14.07.2024 10:44 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.6 | 13.07.2024 08:57 | 5 km | 158 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2024 20:25 | 5 km | 191 km |
| 3.2 | 25.04.2024 12:40 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 3.8 | 26.02.2024 15:53 | 40 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 02.01.2024 06:03 | 5.8 km | 203 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.