1.5
1,384
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.33
mean magnitude
829
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 20.06.1990 21:00 | 15.3 km | 253 km |
| 7.1 | 23.10.2011 10:41 | 7.6 km | 304 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 175 km |
| 7.0 | 24.11.1976 12:22 | 11.9 km | 275 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 199 km |
| 6.5 | 11.08.2012 12:23 | 8.7 km | 49 km |
| 6.4 | 27.04.1931 16:50 | 15 km | 165 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2012 12:34 | 18.9 km | 47 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1978 15:22 | 31.1 km | 194 km |
| 6.2 | 08.05.1930 15:35 | 15 km | 160 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1997 12:57 | 22.6 km | 112 km |
| 6.0 | 19.02.1924 06:59 | 35 km | 221 km |
| 6.0 | 28.09.1908 06:28 | 30 km | 243 km |
| 6.0 | 07.11.2019 22:47 | 13.4 km | 67 km |
| 5.9 | 09.07.1998 14:19 | 29 km | 177 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 22:19 | 7 km | 170 km |
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 15:24 | 27.5 km | 173 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 21:47 | 26.4 km | 173 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2026 11:39 | 6.8 km | 136 km |
| 2.3 | 23.07.2026 11:11 | 7.1 km | 143 km |
| 1.8 | 21.07.2026 21:50 | 6.3 km | 114 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 06:57 | 7.1 km | 132 km |
| 2.1 | 10.07.2026 06:34 | 6.5 km | 161 km |
| 2.0 | 06.07.2026 15:07 | 11.1 km | 148 km |
| 2.1 | 05.07.2026 10:17 | 6.7 km | 194 km |
| 2.9 | 05.07.2026 07:16 | 16.3 km | 176 km |
| 2.1 | 14.06.2026 01:54 | 7 km | 198 km |
| 3.7 | 01.06.2026 12:35 | 7 km | 191 km |
| 2.6 | 26.05.2026 20:07 | 7 km | 181 km |
| 2.7 | 20.05.2026 12:06 | 7 km | 144 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 13:49 | 7 km | 142 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2026 09:05 | 7 km | 146 km |
| 2.5 | 08.05.2026 08:18 | 7 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2026 03:47 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 2.5 | 24.04.2026 22:33 | 10.9 km | 200 km |
| 2.4 | 21.04.2026 14:32 | 6.9 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 17.04.2026 21:36 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 4.3 | 15.04.2026 09:00 | 0 km | 206 km |
| 3.1 | 03.04.2026 19:45 | 7 km | 170 km |
| 2.3 | 03.04.2026 19:18 | 7 km | 166 km |
| 1.7 | 02.04.2026 04:12 | 7.3 km | 167 km |
| 2.3 | 19.03.2026 09:19 | 7 km | 182 km |
| 3.1 | 09.03.2026 19:02 | 7 km | 210 km |
| 2.3 | 04.02.2026 07:19 | 6 km | 181 km |
| 3.5 | 03.02.2026 19:01 | 0 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 19.01.2026 17:46 | 4 km | 175 km |
| 1.8 | 07.01.2026 18:08 | 7 km | 162 km |
| 1.9 | 07.01.2026 16:43 | 7 km | 155 km |
| 2.7 | 30.12.2025 07:12 | 11.2 km | 154 km |
| 2.1 | 30.12.2025 06:47 | 7.4 km | 155 km |
| 3.2 | 30.12.2025 05:58 | 7 km | 154 km |
| 3.1 | 29.12.2025 18:11 | 7 km | 153 km |
| 2.4 | 25.12.2025 05:59 | 6.6 km | 203 km |
| 4.5 | 09.12.2025 17:16 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 2.1 | 20.11.2025 12:58 | 7 km | 155 km |
| 2.3 | 18.11.2025 18:53 | 7 km | 169 km |
| 1.9 | 12.11.2025 21:36 | 7.3 km | 175 km |
| 2.0 | 11.11.2025 21:42 | 13.1 km | 117 km |
| 2.3 | 08.11.2025 12:22 | 7 km | 119 km |
| 2.6 | 22.09.2025 10:32 | 6.3 km | 146 km |
| 2.1 | 15.09.2025 06:43 | 7.3 km | 166 km |
| 2.2 | 07.09.2025 16:42 | 8.2 km | 141 km |
| 3.3 | 14.08.2025 00:49 | 5 km | 173 km |
| 2.2 | 13.08.2025 22:03 | 5.8 km | 114 km |
| 2.7 | 11.08.2025 18:18 | 7 km | 122 km |
| 2.0 | 04.08.2025 13:40 | 7.2 km | 172 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2025 10:03 | 21 km | 179 km |
| 2.9 | 22.07.2025 02:33 | 7 km | 166 km |
| 2.6 | 12.07.2025 16:35 | 7 km | 191 km |
| 2.0 | 27.06.2025 01:32 | 7 km | 178 km |
| 2.9 | 07.06.2025 05:02 | 5.3 km | 167 km |
| 3.1 | 05.06.2025 12:47 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.7 | 04.06.2025 19:31 | 16.3 km | 182 km |
| 3.6 | 02.06.2025 03:51 | 16.6 km | 180 km |
| 1.9 | 27.05.2025 20:04 | 6.9 km | 176 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.