4.1
5,709
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.83
mean magnitude
5,302
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 | — | 566 km |
| 7.3 | 16.09.1978 15:35 | 17.5 km | 470 km |
| 7.2 | 28.07.1981 17:22 | 12.5 km | 140 km |
| 6.8 | 22.09.1923 20:47 | 15 km | 22 km |
| 6.7 | 21.03.1977 21:18 | 19 km | 173 km |
| 6.6 | 04.03.1999 05:38 | 33.4 km | 89 km |
| 6.6 | 11.06.1981 07:24 | 17.7 km | 129 km |
| 6.6 | 14.03.1998 19:40 | 26.4 km | 136 km |
| 6.6 | 26.12.2003 01:56 | 18.8 km | 132 km |
| 6.5 | 06.11.1990 18:45 | 22.3 km | 168 km |
| 6.5 | 20.12.2010 18:42 | 14.8 km | 226 km |
| 6.4 | 18.04.1911 18:14 | 15 km | 171 km |
| 6.4 | 22.02.2005 02:25 | 10.8 km | 191 km |
| 6.4 | 11.06.1961 05:10 | 15 km | 270 km |
| 6.3 | 31.10.1956 14:03 | 15 km | 303 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 03.08.2026 22:15 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2026 01:37 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2026 03:39 | 49.4 km | 154 km |
| 4.3 | 26.07.2026 00:16 | 81 km | 66 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 07:29 | 24.5 km | 145 km |
| 3.3 | 03.07.2026 11:34 | 45.1 km | 178 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2026 11:09 | 47.7 km | 178 km |
| 3.6 | 21.06.2026 03:22 | 48.3 km | 80 km |
| 3.5 | 21.06.2026 03:21 | 53.6 km | 82 km |
| 3.8 | 08.06.2026 21:44 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 08.06.2026 21:08 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 21.05.2026 09:56 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 4.9 | 21.05.2026 09:56 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 3.6 | 19.05.2026 23:41 | 37 km | 239 km |
| 3.7 | 19.05.2026 23:40 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 3.6 | 16.05.2026 11:31 | 0 km | 153 km |
| 3.9 | 14.05.2026 07:47 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 3.9 | 06.05.2026 10:16 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2026 10:04 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 4.5 | 04.05.2026 20:39 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 3.7 | 05.04.2026 01:04 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 3.6 | 02.04.2026 10:09 | 55.3 km | 187 km |
| 3.2 | 07.03.2026 03:18 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2026 13:56 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.2 | 13.02.2026 19:33 | 52.4 km | 198 km |
| 4.0 | 13.02.2026 16:03 | 33 km | 106 km |
| 3.6 | 02.02.2026 20:10 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 4.0 | 01.02.2026 05:39 | 0 km | 170 km |
| 3.6 | 27.01.2026 00:11 | 0 km | 252 km |
| 3.8 | 22.01.2026 05:22 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 3.7 | 22.01.2026 03:21 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 4.8 | 13.01.2026 18:13 | 10 km | 315 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 10:38 | 0 km | 278 km |
| 4.0 | 24.12.2025 06:48 | 0 km | 300 km |
| 4.2 | 22.12.2025 13:13 | 10 km | 306 km |
| 3.9 | 19.12.2025 02:15 | 0 km | 311 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2025 05:50 | 12 km | 190 km |
| 4.1 | 12.12.2025 04:06 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2025 06:06 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 3.4 | 01.12.2025 04:26 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 4.8 | 27.11.2025 21:44 | 0 km | 357 km |
| 4.1 | 27.11.2025 21:41 | 0 km | 344 km |
| 3.1 | 24.11.2025 00:10 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 4.4 | 05.11.2025 12:22 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.6 | 01.11.2025 13:11 | 0 km | 322 km |
| 4.1 | 22.10.2025 17:22 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 4.4 | 03.10.2025 19:53 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2025 02:57 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 4.3 | 21.09.2025 10:42 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.3 | 10.09.2025 16:21 | 54.2 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 31.08.2025 19:56 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 5.6 | 05.08.2025 05:06 | 87.2 km | 217 km |
| 4.3 | 29.07.2025 06:39 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.1 | 30.06.2025 13:29 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2025 01:33 | 8 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 24.06.2025 16:03 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.1 | 23.06.2025 11:13 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 3.0 | 22.06.2025 05:05 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 3.5 | 22.06.2025 04:53 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 3.5 | 19.06.2025 08:13 | 0 km | 127 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.