2.6
12,740
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1908–2026
record span
3.61
mean magnitude
10,697
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 19.08.1977 06:08 | 33 km | 446 km |
| 7.8 | 17.06.1996 11:22 | 596.7 km | 262 km |
| 7.7 | 12.12.1992 05:29 | 26.7 km | 113 km |
| 7.5 | 11.11.2004 21:26 | 17.7 km | 340 km |
| 7.4 | 22.06.1982 04:18 | 448.5 km | 499 km |
| 7.3 | 14.12.2021 03:20 | 14.2 km | 210 km |
| 7.3 | 20.10.1938 02:19 | 90 km | 97 km |
| 7.2 | 14.02.1952 03:38 | 25 km | 524 km |
| 7.0 | 24.05.1990 20:09 | 597.2 km | 309 km |
| 7.0 | 27.08.1977 07:12 | 24.6 km | 388 km |
| 7.0 | 09.05.1922 13:50 | 35 km | 370 km |
| 7.0 | 26.03.1930 07:12 | 10 km | 457 km |
| 7.0 | 27.02.2015 13:45 | 559.1 km | 243 km |
| 7.0 | 22.06.1966 20:29 | 521.5 km | 374 km |
| 6.9 | 18.10.1964 12:32 | 581 km | 315 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 07:42 | 31 km | 324 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 05:51 | 87 km | 244 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 04:35 | 13 km | 188 km |
| 2.9 | 04.08.2026 02:35 | 56 km | 95 km |
| 3.5 | 04.08.2026 00:51 | 47 km | 179 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 21:03 | 5 km | 288 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 19:52 | 17 km | 337 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 14:28 | 18 km | 159 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 13:13 | 7 km | 288 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 09:34 | 160 km | 274 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 01:59 | 4 km | 288 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 00:20 | 5 km | 284 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 20:37 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 14:58 | 9 km | 149 km |
| 4.6 | 02.08.2026 14:17 | 51.4 km | 148 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 12:36 | 74 km | 314 km |
| 3.7 | 02.08.2026 12:34 | 23 km | 76 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 09:24 | 9 km | 315 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 04:17 | 17 km | 179 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 20:36 | 104 km | 326 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 18:59 | 119 km | 193 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 18:06 | 77 km | 49 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 16:43 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 14:54 | 32 km | 96 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 11:05 | 8 km | 309 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 08:02 | 48 km | 316 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 21:12 | 157 km | 250 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 20:59 | 88 km | 111 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 12:20 | 163 km | 271 km |
| 2.8 | 31.07.2026 08:25 | 37 km | 288 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 03:20 | 5 km | 312 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 02:45 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 2.8 | 31.07.2026 02:10 | 154 km | 306 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 00:52 | 9 km | 284 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 22:00 | 32 km | 313 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 21:40 | 163 km | 272 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 20:21 | 99 km | 367 km |
| 2.5 | 30.07.2026 19:02 | 29 km | 193 km |
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 06:51 | 13 km | 288 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 00:44 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 2.9 | 29.07.2026 19:42 | 21 km | 243 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 18:30 | 182 km | 249 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 16:24 | 74 km | 223 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 13:38 | 135 km | 338 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 11:40 | 37 km | 293 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 05:45 | 24 km | 239 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 00:57 | 49 km | 290 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 09:28 | 72 km | 213 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 07:23 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 05:05 | 73 km | 248 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2026 23:19 | 32 km | 123 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 20:55 | 82 km | 242 km |
| 2.7 | 27.07.2026 17:42 | 49 km | 316 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 15:17 | 34 km | 291 km |
| 2.7 | 27.07.2026 14:15 | 34 km | 70 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 11:34 | 25 km | 287 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 11:19 | 37 km | 260 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 11:09 | 170 km | 267 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 08:16 | 27 km | 192 km |
| 2.7 | 27.07.2026 06:33 | 25 km | 324 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.