3.2
864
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.09
mean magnitude
505
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 | 12.09.2007 23:49 | 39.2 km | 247 km |
| 7.8 | 25.10.2010 14:42 | 22.9 km | 363 km |
| 7.6 | 25.06.1914 19:07 | 35 km | 265 km |
| 7.6 | 30.09.2009 10:16 | 91 km | 339 km |
| 7.5 | 09.06.1943 03:06 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 7.3 | 25.07.2004 14:35 | 580.8 km | 165 km |
| 7.2 | 08.06.1943 20:42 | 15 km | 148 km |
| 7.2 | 03.06.1909 18:40 | 35 km | 205 km |
| 7.2 | 25.02.2008 08:36 | 29 km | 325 km |
| 7.0 | 05.01.1900 19:00 | 0 km | 165 km |
| 6.8 | 01.07.1926 14:09 | 25 km | 231 km |
| 6.7 | 28.06.1926 03:23 | 15 km | 257 km |
| 6.7 | 21.05.1967 18:45 | 178.7 km | 195 km |
| 6.7 | 06.10.1995 18:09 | 29.8 km | 151 km |
| 6.7 | 01.06.2016 22:56 | 62.5 km | 239 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 08:12 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 15:05 | 67 km | 174 km |
| 2.6 | 24.07.2026 22:53 | 30 km | 213 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 17:05 | 184 km | 93 km |
| 4.3 | 11.07.2026 10:33 | 176 km | 164 km |
| 3.1 | 08.07.2026 11:17 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 2.9 | 06.07.2026 16:29 | 135 km | 128 km |
| 3.6 | 30.06.2026 09:33 | 49 km | 196 km |
| 3.5 | 09.06.2026 04:37 | 177 km | 152 km |
| 2.8 | 08.06.2026 18:04 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 4.4 | 29.05.2026 19:26 | 151.1 km | 133 km |
| 3.2 | 29.05.2026 19:19 | 197 km | 104 km |
| 3.2 | 29.05.2026 13:45 | 109 km | 139 km |
| 3.1 | 27.05.2026 14:53 | 126 km | 227 km |
| 3.1 | 24.05.2026 21:06 | 194 km | 117 km |
| 2.8 | 22.05.2026 00:28 | 67 km | 190 km |
| 2.9 | 19.05.2026 04:30 | 64 km | 176 km |
| 3.2 | 08.05.2026 16:21 | 137 km | 125 km |
| 2.7 | 08.05.2026 12:39 | 142 km | 136 km |
| 2.6 | 06.05.2026 19:59 | 91 km | 177 km |
| 4.0 | 01.05.2026 05:17 | 199.9 km | 186 km |
| 3.6 | 01.05.2026 03:34 | 156 km | 121 km |
| 3.0 | 29.04.2026 12:01 | 53 km | 187 km |
| 2.5 | 24.04.2026 18:21 | 241 km | 133 km |
| 3.0 | 24.04.2026 11:01 | 157 km | 177 km |
| 2.8 | 23.04.2026 23:13 | 3 km | 152 km |
| 3.0 | 19.04.2026 14:05 | 130 km | 143 km |
| 2.8 | 19.04.2026 13:44 | 205 km | 106 km |
| 3.1 | 18.04.2026 05:34 | 210 km | 71 km |
| 2.6 | 17.04.2026 02:23 | 11 km | 173 km |
| 3.6 | 15.04.2026 06:33 | 29 km | 215 km |
| 2.6 | 14.04.2026 20:48 | 137 km | 113 km |
| 2.5 | 14.04.2026 20:11 | 58 km | 189 km |
| 2.5 | 24.03.2026 16:26 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 4.5 | 24.03.2026 06:11 | 52.5 km | 240 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2026 18:39 | 166 km | 113 km |
| 5.2 | 07.03.2026 16:58 | 79 km | 173 km |
| 2.7 | 02.03.2026 14:12 | 162 km | 106 km |
| 2.7 | 01.03.2026 06:32 | 181 km | 125 km |
| 2.6 | 24.02.2026 14:22 | 124 km | 126 km |
| 2.7 | 23.02.2026 06:43 | 20 km | 142 km |
| 2.6 | 08.02.2026 05:38 | 98 km | 154 km |
| 3.5 | 06.02.2026 04:53 | 67 km | 183 km |
| 2.5 | 26.01.2026 09:54 | 16 km | 180 km |
| 2.7 | 23.01.2026 23:57 | 130 km | 141 km |
| 2.6 | 21.01.2026 07:22 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 4.9 | 19.01.2026 11:02 | 151.8 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 12.01.2026 23:27 | 151.5 km | 130 km |
| 2.7 | 12.01.2026 23:15 | 42 km | 207 km |
| 3.2 | 06.01.2026 11:05 | 58 km | 199 km |
| 2.8 | 04.01.2026 08:22 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 3.3 | 04.01.2026 06:01 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 3.7 | 04.01.2026 05:08 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 2.6 | 04.01.2026 04:55 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 2.7 | 04.01.2026 04:45 | 5 km | 182 km |
| 2.9 | 04.01.2026 04:42 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 2.6 | 29.12.2025 20:36 | 155 km | 133 km |
| 3.6 | 28.12.2025 19:33 | 157.2 km | 148 km |
| 4.1 | 24.12.2025 13:34 | 0 km | 236 km |
| 3.6 | 23.12.2025 01:02 | 146 km | 123 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.