2.9
2,782
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.76
mean magnitude
1,900
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 08.08.2007 17:04 | 288.3 km | 92 km |
| 7.3 | 27.02.1903 00:43 | 0 km | 220 km |
| 7.2 | 01.04.1943 14:18 | 35 km | 244 km |
| 7.1 | 23.07.1943 14:53 | 60 km | 307 km |
| 7.0 | 15.12.1963 19:34 | 661.5 km | 233 km |
| 7.0 | 02.09.2009 07:55 | 61.6 km | 97 km |
| 6.8 | 25.10.2000 09:32 | 43.9 km | 231 km |
| 6.6 | 14.09.1944 06:38 | 35 km | 205 km |
| 6.5 | 15.12.2017 16:47 | 100.6 km | 96 km |
| 6.5 | 02.11.1979 15:53 | 58.8 km | 106 km |
| 6.4 | 21.12.1999 14:14 | 65.4 km | 228 km |
| 6.4 | 09.10.1985 01:15 | 158.2 km | 73 km |
| 6.4 | 24.03.1948 05:19 | 35 km | 236 km |
| 6.4 | 17.05.1974 20:55 | 136.3 km | 109 km |
| 6.2 | 13.07.1933 14:23 | 70 km | 159 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 00:13 | 128 km | 67 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 07:57 | 89 km | 100 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 03:28 | 289 km | 40 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 15:40 | 28 km | 115 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 11:17 | 32 km | 166 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 19:17 | 5 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 29.07.2026 18:49 | 15 km | 128 km |
| 4.8 | 28.07.2026 09:21 | 144.8 km | 104 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 16:29 | 3 km | 161 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 15:37 | 4 km | 43 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 10:32 | 9 km | 107 km |
| 2.9 | 26.07.2026 13:45 | 260 km | 156 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 19:51 | 33 km | 120 km |
| 2.9 | 25.07.2026 05:33 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 3.0 | 24.07.2026 22:39 | 30 km | 155 km |
| 2.5 | 24.07.2026 21:25 | 7 km | 158 km |
| 2.9 | 24.07.2026 19:25 | 25 km | 150 km |
| 2.9 | 22.07.2026 05:52 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 11:50 | 81 km | 77 km |
| 2.5 | 20.07.2026 18:23 | 23 km | 124 km |
| 2.6 | 20.07.2026 14:33 | 14 km | 143 km |
| 2.9 | 19.07.2026 19:19 | 8 km | 147 km |
| 2.5 | 19.07.2026 17:37 | 17 km | 146 km |
| 2.6 | 19.07.2026 11:14 | 36 km | 127 km |
| 3.0 | 19.07.2026 10:08 | 36 km | 148 km |
| 2.7 | 19.07.2026 08:50 | 29 km | 154 km |
| 2.8 | 19.07.2026 08:47 | 25 km | 147 km |
| 5.0 | 19.07.2026 08:11 | 40 km | 134 km |
| 3.2 | 18.07.2026 17:23 | 5 km | 152 km |
| 3.3 | 17.07.2026 12:30 | 21 km | 131 km |
| 2.7 | 15.07.2026 12:49 | 33 km | 114 km |
| 2.6 | 13.07.2026 02:38 | 14 km | 152 km |
| 3.1 | 11.07.2026 16:20 | 31 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 11.07.2026 12:47 | 49 km | 127 km |
| 3.9 | 10.07.2026 04:57 | 30 km | 126 km |
| 3.4 | 10.07.2026 01:58 | 35 km | 119 km |
| 2.6 | 09.07.2026 18:00 | 33 km | 148 km |
| 2.6 | 09.07.2026 05:22 | 5 km | 11 km |
| 2.7 | 09.07.2026 05:11 | 5 km | 8 km |
| 2.5 | 08.07.2026 16:50 | 13 km | 119 km |
| 3.1 | 07.07.2026 21:07 | 23 km | 108 km |
| 2.6 | 07.07.2026 13:06 | 8 km | 106 km |
| 2.9 | 07.07.2026 11:35 | 28 km | 108 km |
| 2.7 | 06.07.2026 19:11 | 127 km | 153 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2026 20:54 | 34 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 22:34 | 93 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 03.07.2026 06:42 | 58 km | 128 km |
| 2.6 | 01.07.2026 15:14 | 40 km | 141 km |
| 3.2 | 30.06.2026 20:57 | 27 km | 113 km |
| 2.7 | 29.06.2026 18:26 | 12 km | 173 km |
| 2.6 | 27.06.2026 17:54 | 100 km | 170 km |
| 2.6 | 23.06.2026 21:49 | 140 km | 153 km |
| 2.5 | 23.06.2026 21:08 | 6 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 23.06.2026 20:47 | 4 km | 64 km |
| 2.5 | 19.06.2026 18:40 | 28 km | 149 km |
| 2.8 | 17.06.2026 14:57 | 23 km | 119 km |
| 2.6 | 15.06.2026 14:33 | 13 km | 60 km |
| 2.9 | 13.06.2026 22:13 | 9 km | 54 km |
| 2.5 | 13.06.2026 21:43 | 6 km | 52 km |
| 2.7 | 13.06.2026 13:18 | 41 km | 116 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.