3.4
543
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1918–2026
record span
3.86
mean magnitude
328
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 | 306 km |
| 7.9 | 25.04.2015 06:11 | 13.4 km | 524 km |
| 7.5 | 08.07.1918 10:22 | 15 km | 305 km |
| 7.2 | 02.07.1930 21:03 | 15 km | 291 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2015 07:05 | 12.3 km | 419 km |
| 6.9 | 18.09.2011 12:40 | 29.6 km | 382 km |
| 6.9 | 09.09.1923 22:03 | 15 km | 297 km |
| 6.8 | 20.08.1988 23:09 | 58.1 km | 288 km |
| 6.7 | 26.04.2015 07:09 | 13.4 km | 419 km |
| 6.4 | 30.03.1921 10:26 | 15 km | 361 km |
| 6.2 | 19.11.1980 19:00 | 43.5 km | 344 km |
| 6.2 | 21.03.1935 00:04 | 80 km | 167 km |
| 6.1 | 12.05.2015 07:36 | 13.8 km | 390 km |
| 6.1 | 25.04.2015 06:15 | 10 km | 435 km |
| 6.0 | 03.09.1998 18:15 | 8.6 km | 393 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 19:48 | 15 km | 304 km |
| 3.5 | 22.07.2026 21:43 | 5 km | 337 km |
| 3.4 | 15.07.2026 11:24 | 10 km | 316 km |
| 2.7 | 14.07.2026 10:24 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 2.5 | 08.07.2026 13:22 | 5 km | 336 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 11:03 | 5 km | 338 km |
| 2.8 | 01.07.2026 01:44 | 5 km | 331 km |
| 2.5 | 30.06.2026 22:14 | 5 km | 327 km |
| 2.5 | 20.06.2026 21:47 | 11 km | 348 km |
| 2.7 | 20.06.2026 09:53 | 12 km | 345 km |
| 3.3 | 17.06.2026 16:14 | 7 km | 326 km |
| 2.6 | 16.06.2026 11:47 | 15 km | 277 km |
| 3.0 | 15.06.2026 16:47 | 16 km | 368 km |
| 3.1 | 09.06.2026 10:54 | 12 km | 221 km |
| 5.6 | 07.06.2026 17:36 | 36 km | 409 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2026 19:08 | 11 km | 309 km |
| 3.0 | 23.05.2026 02:12 | 10 km | 123 km |
| 2.5 | 21.05.2026 03:00 | 6 km | 342 km |
| 2.7 | 20.05.2026 21:04 | 8 km | 306 km |
| 3.2 | 20.05.2026 07:33 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 3.1 | 19.05.2026 23:33 | 5 km | 306 km |
| 2.8 | 18.05.2026 19:25 | 15 km | 344 km |
| 3.1 | 16.05.2026 08:36 | 20 km | 178 km |
| 2.6 | 13.05.2026 04:14 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 2.5 | 12.05.2026 16:17 | 5 km | 320 km |
| 3.1 | 09.05.2026 09:10 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 4.4 | 09.05.2026 09:10 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 3.3 | 29.04.2026 15:47 | 5 km | 342 km |
| 2.5 | 28.04.2026 04:31 | 10 km | 334 km |
| 3.2 | 22.04.2026 10:37 | 5 km | 331 km |
| 2.9 | 18.04.2026 15:41 | 291.4 km | 293 km |
| 3.2 | 14.04.2026 19:08 | 5 km | 185 km |
| 2.5 | 10.04.2026 06:23 | 5 km | 342 km |
| 2.7 | 06.04.2026 17:42 | 10 km | 317 km |
| 2.6 | 05.04.2026 18:16 | 5 km | 331 km |
| 4.3 | 04.04.2026 11:30 | 5.3 km | 336 km |
| 2.6 | 29.03.2026 11:15 | 10 km | 330 km |
| 4.1 | 29.03.2026 03:14 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 3.5 | 28.03.2026 17:10 | 10 km | 371 km |
| 2.9 | 21.03.2026 06:29 | 5 km | 302 km |
| 2.7 | 19.03.2026 23:07 | 10 km | 334 km |
| 3.9 | 19.03.2026 22:56 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2026 08:19 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 3.7 | 11.03.2026 08:19 | 0 km | 294 km |
| 2.7 | 04.03.2026 02:25 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 2.5 | 03.03.2026 00:35 | 5 km | 337 km |
| 3.2 | 01.03.2026 11:06 | 5 km | 344 km |
| 2.5 | 27.02.2026 11:22 | 10 km | 336 km |
| 5.1 | 27.02.2026 07:52 | 33.9 km | 250 km |
| 2.7 | 27.02.2026 06:32 | 5 km | 335 km |
| 3.8 | 27.02.2026 05:28 | 502.6 km | 127 km |
| 2.5 | 26.02.2026 23:29 | 5 km | 280 km |
| 4.0 | 26.02.2026 22:40 | 5 km | 346 km |
| 3.3 | 26.02.2026 21:33 | 0 km | 327 km |
| 4.2 | 26.02.2026 16:40 | 5 km | 337 km |
| 3.4 | 26.02.2026 11:52 | 10 km | 320 km |
| 3.9 | 26.02.2026 07:09 | 10 km | 337 km |
| 2.6 | 26.02.2026 06:42 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 4.4 | 26.02.2026 06:04 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 3.2 | 25.02.2026 19:31 | 10 km | 160 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.