4.5
4,901
recorded earthquakes
M6.7
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.91
mean magnitude
4,134
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | 21.03.1977 21:18 | 19 km | 383 km |
| 6.6 | 10.04.1972 02:06 | 18.9 km | 113 km |
| 6.5 | 06.11.1990 18:45 | 22.3 km | 266 km |
| 6.4 | 18.04.1911 18:14 | 15 km | 333 km |
| 6.4 | 11.06.1961 05:10 | 15 km | 224 km |
| 6.3 | 31.10.1956 14:03 | 15 km | 262 km |
| 6.3 | 22.07.2018 20:59 | 19.5 km | 270 km |
| 6.3 | 04.02.1934 13:27 | 15 km | 205 km |
| 6.3 | 09.04.2013 11:52 | 12.8 km | 178 km |
| 6.3 | 24.04.1949 04:22 | 15 km | 396 km |
| 6.2 | 09.05.1927 10:31 | 35 km | 355 km |
| 6.2 | 09.01.1905 06:14 | 15 km | 379 km |
| 6.2 | 06.05.1999 23:00 | 23.3 km | 107 km |
| 6.2 | 23.08.1930 10:53 | 15 km | 267 km |
| 6.2 | 28.11.1933 11:09 | 10 km | 388 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 23.07.2026 07:58 | 10 km | 205 km |
| 3.3 | 03.07.2026 11:34 | 45.1 km | 282 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2026 11:09 | 47.7 km | 286 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 19.06.2026 02:54 | 0 km | 327 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2026 06:48 | 0 km | 161 km |
| 3.7 | 11.06.2026 06:19 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 3.8 | 05.06.2026 15:38 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 3.9 | 29.05.2026 10:58 | 0 km | 198 km |
| 3.7 | 21.05.2026 09:56 | 10 km | 353 km |
| 4.9 | 21.05.2026 09:56 | 10 km | 359 km |
| 3.9 | 21.05.2026 00:17 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 3.6 | 16.05.2026 11:31 | 0 km | 268 km |
| 3.3 | 06.05.2026 05:37 | 0 km | 125 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2026 20:39 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 4.5 | 04.05.2026 20:39 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 4.1 | 25.04.2026 15:47 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 3.6 | 11.04.2026 08:41 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 4.1 | 09.04.2026 19:06 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.3 | 07.04.2026 07:39 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2026 00:50 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 07:38 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 05:47 | 0 km | 242 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 05:24 | 10 km | 248 km |
| 3.7 | 20.03.2026 05:01 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2026 03:30 | 0 km | 271 km |
| 4.5 | 17.03.2026 06:59 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2026 11:22 | 0 km | 262 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2026 17:53 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.7 | 06.03.2026 06:06 | 0 km | 242 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2026 13:56 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 4.1 | 03.03.2026 06:54 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 4.0 | 25.02.2026 15:38 | 0 km | 223 km |
| 4.1 | 23.02.2026 05:02 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 4.1 | 22.02.2026 19:11 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 3.5 | 19.02.2026 03:43 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 3.9 | 19.02.2026 03:21 | 0 km | 268 km |
| 4.3 | 18.02.2026 14:08 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.0 | 17.02.2026 08:07 | 0 km | 234 km |
| 3.3 | 16.02.2026 13:32 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 3.7 | 13.02.2026 19:50 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 4.2 | 13.02.2026 19:44 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 5.0 | 13.02.2026 11:08 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 4.4 | 13.02.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.8 | 13.02.2026 10:33 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 3.3 | 11.02.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 231 km |
| 3.9 | 08.02.2026 12:40 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 3.7 | 08.02.2026 06:03 | 0 km | 243 km |
| 4.8 | 04.02.2026 17:17 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 3.3 | 04.02.2026 14:52 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 3.9 | 02.02.2026 21:43 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 4.0 | 01.02.2026 05:39 | 0 km | 293 km |
| 5.3 | 01.02.2026 05:11 | 10 km | 231 km |
| 4.0 | 28.01.2026 15:17 | 0 km | 266 km |
| 5.1 | 23.01.2026 11:18 | 10 km | 254 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2026 03:45 | 10 km | 185 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2025 17:56 | 169.4 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 24.12.2025 06:48 | 0 km | 327 km |
| 4.1 | 23.12.2025 22:43 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2025 23:52 | 10 km | 212 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.