3.8
842
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.92
mean magnitude
735
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 26.01.2001 03:16 | 16 km | 503 km |
| 7.1 | 27.02.1997 21:08 | 27 km | 669 km |
| 7.0 | 20.10.1909 23:41 | 35 km | 478 km |
| 6.9 | 01.08.1966 21:03 | 22.9 km | 635 km |
| 6.9 | 26.09.1905 01:25 | 20 km | 273 km |
| 6.8 | 19.10.1991 21:23 | 16.1 km | 673 km |
| 6.7 | 10.10.1956 15:31 | 15 km | 423 km |
| 6.5 | 23.05.1919 06:10 | 35 km | 440 km |
| 6.5 | 07.02.1966 04:26 | 10.1 km | 554 km |
| 6.4 | 01.09.1928 06:09 | 35 km | 421 km |
| 6.4 | 07.02.1966 23:06 | 12.3 km | 562 km |
| 6.4 | 10.10.1952 18:47 | 35 km | 585 km |
| 6.3 | 01.10.1923 08:16 | 15 km | 464 km |
| 6.3 | 21.07.1956 15:32 | 15 km | 527 km |
| 6.1 | 24.02.1949 23:02 | 35 km | 626 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 07:57 | 212.1 km | 336 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 22:44 | 8 km | 387 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:45 | 280.1 km | 594 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 17:11 | 5 km | 389 km |
| 3.8 | 30.07.2026 04:01 | 234.4 km | 332 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2026 13:56 | 174.7 km | 511 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 11:18 | 0.4 km | 377 km |
| 3.2 | 22.07.2026 18:22 | 38.5 km | 457 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 00:32 | 7.1 km | 359 km |
| 2.8 | 20.07.2026 14:22 | 5 km | 400 km |
| 3.4 | 16.07.2026 08:53 | 25 km | 488 km |
| 3.9 | 16.07.2026 08:51 | 28 km | 497 km |
| 3.8 | 13.07.2026 20:51 | 97.9 km | 427 km |
| 3.6 | 28.06.2026 16:09 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 5.2 | 27.06.2026 03:06 | 10 km | 590 km |
| 5.5 | 26.06.2026 11:48 | 10 km | 591 km |
| 3.3 | 24.06.2026 12:17 | 5 km | 247 km |
| 3.3 | 23.06.2026 16:57 | 10 km | 379 km |
| 3.3 | 17.06.2026 07:09 | 10 km | 494 km |
| 3.0 | 15.06.2026 03:02 | 10 km | 500 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2026 22:09 | 135 km | 528 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2026 15:34 | 110 km | 525 km |
| 2.7 | 02.06.2026 05:29 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 4.4 | 28.05.2026 00:03 | 10 km | 397 km |
| 3.8 | 18.05.2026 17:37 | 16.3 km | 252 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 04:06 | 10 km | 510 km |
| 4.4 | 05.05.2026 23:11 | 62.6 km | 404 km |
| 3.3 | 03.05.2026 21:30 | 11 km | 469 km |
| 3.2 | 01.05.2026 06:35 | 15 km | 489 km |
| 3.0 | 29.04.2026 15:07 | 5 km | 347 km |
| 3.0 | 28.04.2026 05:29 | 10 km | 443 km |
| 3.9 | 22.04.2026 01:47 | 10 km | 527 km |
| 3.0 | 20.04.2026 15:02 | 10 km | 584 km |
| 3.7 | 17.04.2026 09:32 | 5.5 km | 404 km |
| 3.0 | 13.04.2026 15:59 | 14 km | 400 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2026 21:46 | 10 km | 546 km |
| 4.3 | 10.04.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 556 km |
| 2.5 | 29.03.2026 01:23 | 5 km | 368 km |
| 2.5 | 29.03.2026 01:17 | 5 km | 364 km |
| 3.9 | 13.03.2026 17:22 | 10 km | 507 km |
| 2.8 | 09.03.2026 01:31 | 5 km | 317 km |
| 3.5 | 07.03.2026 01:02 | 5 km | 175 km |
| 3.4 | 05.03.2026 19:16 | 5 km | 462 km |
| 4.4 | 28.02.2026 11:21 | 23.9 km | 132 km |
| 2.8 | 26.02.2026 18:44 | 5 km | 210 km |
| 3.2 | 24.02.2026 17:55 | 5 km | 247 km |
| 3.2 | 22.02.2026 14:14 | 6.7 km | 338 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2026 20:26 | 10 km | 400 km |
| 3.9 | 03.02.2026 07:03 | 136.8 km | 205 km |
| 2.8 | 01.02.2026 05:04 | 10 km | 408 km |
| 3.0 | 30.01.2026 13:51 | 5 km | 244 km |
| 3.2 | 29.01.2026 21:21 | 5 km | 456 km |
| 3.5 | 29.01.2026 08:26 | 10 km | 516 km |
| 2.8 | 19.01.2026 03:14 | 5 km | 405 km |
| 4.1 | 16.01.2026 19:52 | 12 km | 500 km |
| 3.4 | 14.01.2026 07:19 | 5 km | 396 km |
| 3.7 | 25.12.2025 23:00 | 10 km | 461 km |
| 3.4 | 23.12.2025 21:23 | 5 km | 174 km |
| 3.3 | 21.12.2025 06:43 | 5 km | 374 km |
| 3.4 | 17.12.2025 11:43 | 0 km | 582 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.