3.5
1,437
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.94
mean magnitude
1,134
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 25.04.2015 06:11 | 13.4 km | 399 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2015 07:05 | 12.3 km | 529 km |
| 7.2 | 28.08.1916 06:39 | 20 km | 287 km |
| 6.8 | 17.10.1944 18:36 | 20 km | 510 km |
| 6.8 | 27.05.1936 06:19 | 15 km | 281 km |
| 6.8 | 19.10.1991 21:23 | 16.1 km | 449 km |
| 6.7 | 25.08.2008 13:22 | 23.9 km | 507 km |
| 6.7 | 10.10.1956 15:31 | 15 km | 324 km |
| 6.7 | 25.04.2015 06:45 | 14.7 km | 412 km |
| 6.5 | 29.07.1980 14:58 | 17.5 km | 271 km |
| 6.5 | 29.10.1944 00:11 | 20 km | 487 km |
| 6.5 | 28.03.1999 19:05 | 23.8 km | 387 km |
| 6.5 | 02.06.1927 16:37 | 35 km | 407 km |
| 6.5 | 14.04.1957 07:11 | 15 km | 511 km |
| 6.5 | 14.10.1911 23:23 | 20 km | 405 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 15:08 | 25 km | 216 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 07:57 | 212.1 km | 433 km |
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 06:55 | 5 km | 399 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 21:22 | 30 km | 219 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 22:44 | 8 km | 422 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:45 | 280.1 km | 444 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 05:59 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 00:01 | 9.5 km | 289 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 11:18 | 0.4 km | 402 km |
| 3.4 | 26.07.2026 08:14 | 10 km | 374 km |
| 3.2 | 22.07.2026 18:22 | 38.5 km | 418 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:55 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 2.8 | 20.07.2026 14:22 | 5 km | 422 km |
| 4.5 | 19.07.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.4 | 17.07.2026 10:33 | 10 km | 366 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 18:23 | 258.9 km | 183 km |
| 3.8 | 13.07.2026 20:51 | 97.9 km | 269 km |
| 4.4 | 11.07.2026 21:23 | 10 km | 522 km |
| 3.1 | 04.07.2026 03:30 | 280.4 km | 338 km |
| 3.7 | 01.07.2026 09:45 | 19.4 km | 216 km |
| 2.9 | 01.07.2026 06:19 | 28 km | 381 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 23:51 | 25 km | 208 km |
| 3.5 | 23.06.2026 08:31 | 8 km | 350 km |
| 3.9 | 21.06.2026 08:47 | 30 km | 281 km |
| 3.9 | 19.06.2026 07:36 | 10 km | 363 km |
| 2.8 | 18.06.2026 20:33 | 5 km | 336 km |
| 3.9 | 17.06.2026 18:45 | 214.3 km | 317 km |
| 3.7 | 15.06.2026 08:45 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 4.3 | 11.06.2026 20:29 | 124.9 km | 243 km |
| 3.1 | 06.06.2026 20:21 | 5 km | 333 km |
| 4.4 | 05.06.2026 18:53 | 138.8 km | 360 km |
| 4.1 | 05.06.2026 15:11 | 225.2 km | 290 km |
| 2.6 | 01.06.2026 01:59 | 5 km | 297 km |
| 4.4 | 28.05.2026 00:03 | 10 km | 400 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2026 10:23 | 161.1 km | 220 km |
| 3.5 | 21.05.2026 12:09 | 284.3 km | 440 km |
| 2.9 | 20.05.2026 05:46 | 12 km | 288 km |
| 3.5 | 20.05.2026 04:38 | 23.5 km | 174 km |
| 2.6 | 16.05.2026 15:12 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 4.4 | 05.05.2026 23:11 | 62.6 km | 349 km |
| 2.6 | 04.05.2026 09:00 | 6 km | 401 km |
| 3.1 | 22.04.2026 15:08 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 2.6 | 21.04.2026 04:36 | 5 km | 330 km |
| 3.0 | 20.04.2026 15:02 | 10 km | 396 km |
| 2.5 | 20.04.2026 12:56 | 5 km | 333 km |
| 2.8 | 19.04.2026 06:01 | 5 km | 344 km |
| 2.6 | 19.04.2026 05:16 | 5 km | 345 km |
| 3.1 | 19.04.2026 05:02 | 5 km | 339 km |
| 2.6 | 15.04.2026 03:45 | 267.3 km | 234 km |
| 2.5 | 14.04.2026 18:18 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 3.7 | 14.04.2026 01:37 | 5 km | 349 km |
| 3.7 | 13.04.2026 12:16 | 129.2 km | 200 km |
| 3.6 | 11.04.2026 00:59 | 10 km | 379 km |
| 3.3 | 10.04.2026 23:32 | 10 km | 379 km |
| 3.9 | 10.04.2026 06:45 | 0.5 km | 387 km |
| 3.7 | 05.04.2026 06:17 | 10 km | 335 km |
| 4.0 | 01.04.2026 15:25 | 219 km | 486 km |
| 3.4 | 01.04.2026 02:30 | 10 km | 513 km |
| 3.8 | 31.03.2026 20:37 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 3.6 | 29.03.2026 05:24 | 0 km | 490 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.