3.7
30,640
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
24,976
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 14.04.1924 16:20 | 15 km | 436 km |
| 8.2 | 15.08.1918 12:18 | 20 km | 350 km |
| 8.1 | 14.05.1932 13:11 | 15 km | 280 km |
| 8.0 | 02.12.1972 00:19 | 27.7 km | 427 km |
| 8.0 | 16.08.1976 16:11 | 12.9 km | 385 km |
| 7.9 | 14.03.1913 08:45 | 15 km | 293 km |
| 7.9 | 21.12.1939 21:00 | 35 km | 442 km |
| 7.8 | 07.06.2026 23:37 | 48 km | 316 km |
| 7.7 | 11.06.1972 16:41 | 317.8 km | 150 km |
| 7.7 | 01.04.1936 02:09 | 35 km | 202 km |
| 7.7 | 24.09.1957 08:21 | 35 km | 340 km |
| 7.6 | 23.07.2010 22:51 | 585.1 km | 425 km |
| 7.6 | 18.04.1990 13:39 | 25.9 km | 314 km |
| 7.6 | 10.08.1968 02:07 | 6.7 km | 204 km |
| 7.6 | 23.10.1914 06:18 | 35 km | 367 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 04.08.2026 04:29 | 20 km | 149 km |
| 3.8 | 04.08.2026 01:32 | 422 km | 164 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 21:37 | 7 km | 241 km |
| 2.5 | 03.08.2026 21:02 | 3 km | 286 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 20:03 | 22 km | 266 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 19:50 | 17 km | 307 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 18:47 | 33 km | 266 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 18:41 | 17 km | 230 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 17:04 | 41 km | 373 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 15:43 | 171 km | 309 km |
| 2.6 | 03.08.2026 14:00 | 16 km | 241 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 11:36 | 25 km | 178 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 11:16 | 35 km | 222 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 09:21 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 05:52 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 4.5 | 02.08.2026 22:48 | 9 km | 280 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 21:06 | 232 km | 354 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 17:32 | 149 km | 91 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 17:22 | 21 km | 200 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 17:07 | 50 km | 195 km |
| 4.7 | 02.08.2026 16:27 | 29.6 km | 199 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 15:48 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 15:42 | 13 km | 100 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 12:14 | 11 km | 236 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 10:59 | 2 km | 286 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 08:17 | 32 km | 223 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2026 06:53 | 10 km | 287 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 04:49 | 19 km | 239 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 04:24 | 180 km | 149 km |
| 3.7 | 02.08.2026 02:47 | 48 km | 319 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 02:46 | 46 km | 224 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 02:44 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.9 | 01.08.2026 20:08 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 20:05 | 11 km | 177 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 16:17 | 10 km | 270 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 16:14 | 17 km | 234 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 14:29 | 13 km | 196 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 13:17 | 10 km | 248 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 11:48 | 100 km | 159 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 11:45 | 11 km | 253 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 09:54 | 16 km | 295 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 08:09 | 48 km | 202 km |
| 3.6 | 01.08.2026 07:01 | 18 km | 216 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 06:51 | 22 km | 216 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 05:16 | 12 km | 154 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 03:59 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 03:42 | 35 km | 303 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 02:45 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.6 | 01.08.2026 02:11 | 32 km | 36 km |
| 3.5 | 01.08.2026 01:35 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 4.0 | 31.07.2026 22:47 | 8 km | 224 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 21:48 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 4.4 | 31.07.2026 21:23 | 68.8 km | 254 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 19:14 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 18:42 | 27 km | 240 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 18:13 | 22 km | 210 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 17:47 | 7 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 31.07.2026 17:44 | 6 km | 257 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 17:19 | 275 km | 230 km |
| 3.3 | 31.07.2026 16:01 | 18 km | 297 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.