2.8
586
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.79
mean magnitude
398
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 | 01.01.1996 08:05 | 30.9 km | 399 km |
| 7.6 | 28.09.2018 10:02 | 15.9 km | 417 km |
| 7.5 | 19.05.1938 17:08 | 35 km | 328 km |
| 7.3 | 14.08.1968 22:14 | 16.8 km | 389 km |
| 7.1 | 23.02.1969 00:37 | 50.4 km | 547 km |
| 7.0 | 26.10.1957 14:17 | 20 km | 312 km |
| 6.8 | 19.04.1923 03:09 | 35 km | 199 km |
| 6.7 | 08.01.1984 15:24 | 30.3 km | 502 km |
| 6.6 | 02.03.1985 15:47 | 41 km | 502 km |
| 6.6 | 27.03.1970 18:36 | 22 km | 339 km |
| 6.6 | 21.05.1998 05:34 | 42.2 km | 363 km |
| 6.6 | 12.08.1915 07:36 | 60 km | 522 km |
| 6.5 | 14.05.1921 11:17 | 35 km | 286 km |
| 6.4 | 25.05.1907 11:50 | 35 km | 419 km |
| 6.4 | 01.03.1985 17:11 | 23.7 km | 493 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 04:47 | 10 km | 346 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 04:32 | 35 km | 181 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 04:22 | 3 km | 143 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 23:11 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 17:40 | 22 km | 267 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 12:01 | 4 km | 464 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 11:59 | 5 km | 457 km |
| 2.9 | 29.07.2026 07:43 | 10 km | 226 km |
| 4.3 | 25.07.2026 10:53 | 29 km | 302 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 04:29 | 11 km | 196 km |
| 3.2 | 18.07.2026 15:42 | 57 km | 204 km |
| 2.7 | 18.07.2026 04:20 | 17 km | 187 km |
| 2.9 | 17.07.2026 11:28 | 9 km | 117 km |
| 2.9 | 17.07.2026 07:52 | 3 km | 127 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2026 19:47 | 17 km | 195 km |
| 3.6 | 15.07.2026 19:11 | 14 km | 199 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 17:40 | 7 km | 207 km |
| 3.6 | 15.07.2026 17:37 | 18 km | 200 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 04:48 | 12 km | 350 km |
| 2.8 | 09.07.2026 23:30 | 5 km | 112 km |
| 2.6 | 09.07.2026 04:39 | 10 km | 362 km |
| 2.9 | 05.07.2026 04:22 | 9 km | 139 km |
| 2.6 | 21.06.2026 13:42 | 9 km | 335 km |
| 2.9 | 13.06.2026 04:47 | 6 km | 375 km |
| 2.9 | 13.06.2026 04:31 | 8 km | 361 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2026 14:27 | 8 km | 435 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2026 04:01 | 7 km | 165 km |
| 3.9 | 07.06.2026 20:35 | 18 km | 253 km |
| 2.9 | 06.06.2026 04:29 | 18 km | 210 km |
| 2.7 | 04.06.2026 06:30 | 8 km | 131 km |
| 2.5 | 23.05.2026 22:01 | 14 km | 178 km |
| 3.2 | 22.05.2026 10:42 | 8 km | 227 km |
| 2.7 | 17.05.2026 13:50 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 2.9 | 15.05.2026 17:53 | 6 km | 321 km |
| 2.6 | 15.05.2026 12:16 | 5 km | 205 km |
| 3.0 | 15.05.2026 07:50 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 2.5 | 10.05.2026 04:27 | 5 km | 154 km |
| 2.9 | 04.05.2026 04:29 | 3 km | 207 km |
| 2.9 | 03.05.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 369 km |
| 3.0 | 01.05.2026 10:07 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 2.6 | 01.05.2026 04:03 | 16 km | 135 km |
| 3.1 | 01.05.2026 00:54 | 3 km | 127 km |
| 2.6 | 01.05.2026 00:52 | 30 km | 204 km |
| 2.9 | 24.04.2026 04:01 | 28 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 20.04.2026 11:09 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 2.6 | 20.04.2026 07:31 | 15 km | 137 km |
| 2.8 | 20.04.2026 04:30 | 3 km | 352 km |
| 2.8 | 14.04.2026 15:31 | 4 km | 463 km |
| 2.5 | 14.04.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 2.7 | 13.04.2026 11:44 | 8 km | 335 km |
| 2.6 | 12.04.2026 14:37 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 2.5 | 12.04.2026 07:38 | 5 km | 208 km |
| 2.8 | 11.04.2026 05:27 | 7 km | 238 km |
| 2.7 | 11.04.2026 04:33 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 2.7 | 11.04.2026 04:24 | 5 km | 196 km |
| 2.7 | 09.04.2026 04:21 | 3 km | 199 km |
| 2.6 | 05.04.2026 04:21 | 15 km | 353 km |
| 2.6 | 05.04.2026 04:18 | 5 km | 190 km |
| 2.8 | 04.04.2026 04:38 | 6 km | 390 km |
| 2.8 | 04.04.2026 04:31 | 6 km | 177 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.