4.1
5,457
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.89
mean magnitude
5,099
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 | 27.10.1945 21:57 | — | 509 km |
| 7.2 | 28.07.1981 17:22 | 12.5 km | 366 km |
| 6.8 | 22.09.1923 20:47 | 15 km | 241 km |
| 6.7 | 21.03.1977 21:18 | 19 km | 60 km |
| 6.6 | 10.04.1972 02:06 | 18.9 km | 353 km |
| 6.6 | 04.03.1999 05:38 | 33.4 km | 177 km |
| 6.6 | 26.12.2003 01:56 | 18.8 km | 299 km |
| 6.5 | 06.11.1990 18:45 | 22.3 km | 131 km |
| 6.5 | 20.12.2010 18:42 | 14.8 km | 343 km |
| 6.4 | 11.06.1961 05:10 | 15 km | 163 km |
| 6.3 | 31.10.1956 14:03 | 15 km | 152 km |
| 6.3 | 22.07.2018 20:59 | 19.5 km | 114 km |
| 6.3 | 24.04.1949 04:22 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 6.3 | 07.11.1969 18:34 | 74.9 km | 406 km |
| 6.2 | 03.10.1947 06:13 | 35 km | 204 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 03.08.2026 22:15 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2026 01:37 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2026 03:39 | 49.4 km | 75 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 07:29 | 24.5 km | 196 km |
| 3.3 | 03.07.2026 11:34 | 45.1 km | 108 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2026 11:09 | 47.7 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 369 km |
| 3.6 | 21.06.2026 03:22 | 48.3 km | 170 km |
| 3.5 | 21.06.2026 03:21 | 53.6 km | 171 km |
| 3.8 | 08.06.2026 21:44 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2026 21:08 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.7 | 21.05.2026 09:56 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 4.9 | 21.05.2026 09:56 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.6 | 19.05.2026 23:41 | 37 km | 13 km |
| 3.7 | 19.05.2026 23:40 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 3.6 | 16.05.2026 11:31 | 0 km | 140 km |
| 3.9 | 06.05.2026 10:16 | 0 km | 122 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2026 10:04 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 06.05.2026 05:37 | 0 km | 320 km |
| 3.2 | 04.05.2026 20:39 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 4.5 | 04.05.2026 20:39 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 3.7 | 05.04.2026 01:04 | 0 km | 126 km |
| 3.6 | 02.04.2026 10:09 | 55.3 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 07:38 | 10 km | 335 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 05:47 | 0 km | 338 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 05:24 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2026 03:30 | 0 km | 249 km |
| 4.5 | 17.03.2026 06:59 | 10 km | 335 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2026 11:22 | 0 km | 230 km |
| 3.2 | 07.03.2026 03:18 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 3.7 | 06.03.2026 06:06 | 0 km | 341 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2026 13:56 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 4.1 | 03.03.2026 06:54 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.0 | 25.02.2026 15:38 | 0 km | 349 km |
| 4.1 | 23.02.2026 05:02 | 10 km | 341 km |
| 4.1 | 22.02.2026 19:11 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 3.5 | 19.02.2026 03:43 | 10 km | 335 km |
| 3.9 | 19.02.2026 03:21 | 0 km | 336 km |
| 4.3 | 18.02.2026 14:08 | 10 km | 376 km |
| 4.0 | 17.02.2026 08:07 | 0 km | 351 km |
| 3.7 | 13.02.2026 19:50 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 4.2 | 13.02.2026 19:44 | 0 km | 343 km |
| 4.2 | 13.02.2026 19:33 | 52.4 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 13.02.2026 16:03 | 33 km | 180 km |
| 5.0 | 13.02.2026 11:08 | 10 km | 337 km |
| 4.4 | 13.02.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 3.8 | 13.02.2026 10:33 | 10 km | 339 km |
| 3.3 | 11.02.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 329 km |
| 4.8 | 04.02.2026 17:17 | 10 km | 337 km |
| 3.3 | 04.02.2026 14:52 | 0 km | 345 km |
| 3.9 | 02.02.2026 21:43 | 10 km | 340 km |
| 3.6 | 02.02.2026 20:10 | 0 km | 119 km |
| 4.0 | 01.02.2026 05:39 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 5.3 | 01.02.2026 05:11 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 4.0 | 28.01.2026 15:17 | 0 km | 266 km |
| 3.6 | 27.01.2026 00:11 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 5.1 | 23.01.2026 11:18 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 3.8 | 22.01.2026 05:22 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.7 | 22.01.2026 03:21 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 10:38 | 0 km | 348 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.