3.0
27,827
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.13
mean magnitude
25,929
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 01.02.1938 19:04 | 25 km | 153 km |
| 8.2 | 24.01.1965 00:11 | 15.2 km | 591 km |
| 7.8 | 30.08.1917 04:07 | 100 km | 336 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1998 14:10 | 16.5 km | 731 km |
| 7.7 | 02.11.1950 15:28 | 199.7 km | 189 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.1916 08:20 | 25 km | 654 km |
| 7.6 | 09.01.2023 17:47 | 112.4 km | 176 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.2006 16:58 | 398.4 km | 245 km |
| 7.6 | 06.11.1943 08:31 | 15 km | 408 km |
| 7.6 | 04.11.1963 01:17 | 65 km | 159 km |
| 7.5 | 10.10.2002 10:50 | 23.6 km | 615 km |
| 7.5 | 08.10.1950 03:23 | 20 km | 278 km |
| 7.5 | 03.06.1927 07:12 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 7.5 | 11.11.2004 21:26 | 17.7 km | 674 km |
| 7.4 | 22.06.1982 04:18 | 448.5 km | 516 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 19:32 | 4 km | 567 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 13:55 | 338 km | 259 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 08:57 | 30 km | 300 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 05:12 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 02:06 | 14 km | 398 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 01:20 | 15 km | 307 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 18:34 | 55 km | 278 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 18:25 | 12 km | 298 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 17:33 | 195 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 16:58 | 107 km | 302 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 15:56 | 45 km | 295 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 15:25 | 8 km | 388 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 13:54 | 11 km | 304 km |
| 3.8 | 02.08.2026 12:57 | 141 km | 126 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 10:09 | 35 km | 300 km |
| 3.9 | 02.08.2026 09:05 | 211 km | 146 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 07:37 | 5 km | 306 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 07:18 | 3 km | 315 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 07:14 | 45 km | 293 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 04:38 | 159 km | 80 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 03:59 | 16 km | 309 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 22:12 | 150 km | 330 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 22:10 | 5 km | 307 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 22:02 | 7 km | 313 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 16:09 | 11 km | 303 km |
| 4.2 | 01.08.2026 14:35 | 139.5 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 01.08.2026 14:13 | 176 km | 179 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 13:45 | 39 km | 292 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 12:30 | 12 km | 267 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 11:06 | 34 km | 282 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 10:06 | 17 km | 302 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 09:35 | 17 km | 299 km |
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 09:14 | 30 km | 295 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 09:05 | 181 km | 293 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 07:39 | 16 km | 303 km |
| 4.2 | 01.08.2026 06:11 | 77 km | 84 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 05:55 | 5 km | 307 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 05:06 | 95 km | 371 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 04:11 | 34 km | 273 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 03:35 | 24 km | 304 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 03:25 | 11 km | 298 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 02:30 | 10 km | 298 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 01:50 | 56 km | 297 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 01:37 | 13 km | 304 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 01:12 | 165 km | 222 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 00:52 | 19 km | 295 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 00:42 | 37 km | 300 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 00:19 | 144 km | 368 km |
| 2.8 | 31.07.2026 23:57 | 32 km | 296 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 23:54 | 38 km | 299 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 23:46 | 68 km | 295 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 23:41 | 30 km | 304 km |
| 3.0 | 31.07.2026 23:30 | 28 km | 301 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 23:28 | 13 km | 307 km |
| 5.1 | 31.07.2026 23:17 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 5.1 | 31.07.2026 23:15 | 3.9 km | 295 km |
| 3.5 | 31.07.2026 23:14 | 13 km | 308 km |
| 3.8 | 31.07.2026 22:18 | 13 km | 306 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 22:12 | 92 km | 284 km |
| 3.7 | 31.07.2026 22:02 | 19 km | 306 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.