3.0
14,813
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.00
mean magnitude
13,674
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 | 17.02.1996 05:59 | 46.4 km | 436 km |
| 8.1 | 20.09.1935 01:46 | 30 km | 438 km |
| 7.9 | 26.05.1914 14:22 | 15 km | 346 km |
| 7.8 | 01.06.1906 04:30 | 35 km | 284 km |
| 7.8 | 07.10.1900 21:04 | 0 km | 283 km |
| 7.7 | 10.01.1971 07:17 | 40.3 km | 288 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.1916 08:20 | 25 km | 293 km |
| 7.6 | 29.07.1917 21:52 | 35 km | 459 km |
| 7.6 | 13.01.1916 08:20 | 35 km | 108 km |
| 7.6 | 06.11.1943 08:31 | 15 km | 407 km |
| 7.5 | 10.10.2002 10:50 | 23.6 km | 514 km |
| 7.5 | 12.09.1979 05:17 | 30 km | 395 km |
| 7.5 | 28.05.1968 13:27 | 66.5 km | 292 km |
| 7.5 | 26.10.1926 03:44 | 35 km | 293 km |
| 7.4 | 03.01.2009 22:33 | 34.6 km | 664 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 19:32 | 4 km | 324 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 19:25 | 78 km | 348 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 19:18 | 10 km | 428 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 18:20 | 97 km | 303 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 18:12 | 22 km | 315 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 16:27 | 10 km | 308 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 15:48 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 11:39 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 02:03 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 01:43 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 00:39 | 24 km | 414 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 21:19 | 7 km | 272 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 21:16 | 11 km | 297 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2026 20:56 | 14 km | 286 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 20:43 | 19 km | 269 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 19:02 | 91 km | 282 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 17:52 | 8 km | 292 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 17:05 | 59 km | 344 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 16:56 | 7 km | 298 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 16:47 | 8 km | 285 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 14:20 | 19 km | 312 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 14:09 | 22 km | 474 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 12:53 | 5 km | 420 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 12:13 | 5 km | 381 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 12:10 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 11:33 | 10 km | 388 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 07:09 | 29 km | 256 km |
| 3.9 | 02.08.2026 05:44 | 28 km | 208 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 04:58 | 10 km | 306 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 03:10 | 10 km | 409 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 01:20 | 26 km | 363 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 23:47 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 4.5 | 01.08.2026 21:26 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 20:58 | 5 km | 299 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 19:46 | 25 km | 327 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 19:03 | 44 km | 337 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 18:34 | 10 km | 387 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 18:25 | 11 km | 393 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 17:17 | 10 km | 313 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 16:24 | 49 km | 329 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 16:03 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 15:42 | 12 km | 299 km |
| 3.2 | 01.08.2026 15:11 | 4 km | 430 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 14:34 | 9 km | 242 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 14:30 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 01:01 | 20 km | 299 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 00:58 | 10 km | 257 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 22:36 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 19:56 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 2.8 | 31.07.2026 19:50 | 10 km | 384 km |
| 3.8 | 31.07.2026 19:00 | 27 km | 329 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 18:50 | 17 km | 304 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 18:19 | 33 km | 58 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 15:58 | 12 km | 311 km |
| 3.8 | 31.07.2026 14:45 | 10 km | 414 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 12:19 | 10 km | 353 km |
| 3.0 | 31.07.2026 11:02 | 10 km | 413 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 10:01 | 10 km | 408 km |
| 3.9 | 31.07.2026 09:49 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 09:36 | 8 km | 278 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.