2.1
9,600
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1905–2026
record span
2.88
mean magnitude
7,443
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 12.11.2017 18:18 | 20.1 km | 276 km |
| 7.3 | 20.06.1990 21:00 | 15.3 km | 680 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 552 km |
| 7.0 | 01.09.1962 19:20 | 15 km | 637 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:05 | 10 km | 721 km |
| 6.6 | 16.08.1958 19:13 | 15 km | 410 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 739 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.2002 02:58 | 16.3 km | 556 km |
| 6.5 | 13.12.1957 01:45 | 15 km | 402 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1978 15:22 | 31.1 km | 699 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 234 km |
| 6.2 | 15.07.1929 07:44 | 35 km | 561 km |
| 6.2 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 12.9 km | 382 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 308 km |
| 6.1 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 34.7 km | 277 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 02.08.2026 23:12 | 7 km | 464 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 22:19 | 7 km | 465 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 252 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 20:27 | 35 km | 232 km |
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 14:46 | 7 km | 458 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 00:09 | 7 km | 275 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 04:49 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 16:26 | 6.8 km | 285 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 14:58 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 1.8 | 29.07.2026 09:51 | 7.9 km | 584 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 23:34 | 7 km | 473 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 369 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2026 19:03 | 6.8 km | 505 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 07:40 | 7 km | 232 km |
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 4.8 | 20.07.2026 03:43 | 28 km | 296 km |
| 2.8 | 20.07.2026 03:27 | 7 km | 393 km |
| 2.7 | 19.07.2026 23:00 | 7 km | 331 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2026 04:26 | 8 km | 472 km |
| 5.1 | 19.07.2026 02:25 | 10 km | 465 km |
| 1.2 | 17.07.2026 08:57 | 9.8 km | 558 km |
| 3.1 | 16.07.2026 17:00 | 7 km | 361 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 05:00 | 19.8 km | 399 km |
| 2.1 | 13.07.2026 10:47 | 7 km | 501 km |
| 1.7 | 12.07.2026 15:21 | 7 km | 653 km |
| 1.5 | 11.07.2026 09:27 | 6.6 km | 564 km |
| 1.1 | 11.07.2026 01:28 | 7 km | 415 km |
| 1.4 | 09.07.2026 09:21 | 6.9 km | 566 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2026 15:22 | 10 km | 357 km |
| 2.8 | 08.07.2026 07:35 | 7 km | 451 km |
| 1.6 | 03.07.2026 19:40 | 7 km | 468 km |
| 2.0 | 02.07.2026 05:45 | 16 km | 506 km |
| 1.7 | 01.07.2026 14:21 | 4.4 km | 500 km |
| 2.0 | 01.07.2026 14:18 | 6.8 km | 498 km |
| 2.1 | 01.07.2026 14:16 | 11.7 km | 498 km |
| 2.1 | 01.07.2026 13:57 | 7.1 km | 498 km |
| 3.0 | 01.07.2026 13:05 | 18.4 km | 504 km |
| 1.7 | 30.06.2026 03:00 | 6.4 km | 636 km |
| 2.1 | 30.06.2026 02:48 | 7 km | 650 km |
| 2.2 | 29.06.2026 10:04 | 10.8 km | 467 km |
| 1.1 | 29.06.2026 01:26 | 8.6 km | 466 km |
| 2.1 | 28.06.2026 10:33 | 7.2 km | 388 km |
| 2.7 | 28.06.2026 06:23 | 10.1 km | 499 km |
| 2.2 | 28.06.2026 06:20 | 9.9 km | 499 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2026 21:31 | 10 km | 394 km |
| 2.5 | 24.06.2026 16:24 | 7 km | 389 km |
| 2.0 | 24.06.2026 07:05 | 7 km | 466 km |
| 2.7 | 21.06.2026 15:08 | 6.8 km | 314 km |
| 1.0 | 20.06.2026 06:21 | 7.6 km | 622 km |
| 1.6 | 19.06.2026 22:09 | 5.3 km | 369 km |
| 4.2 | 19.06.2026 01:58 | 10 km | 446 km |
| 2.4 | 11.06.2026 15:06 | 12.5 km | 469 km |
| 1.8 | 10.06.2026 14:38 | 7 km | 445 km |
| 3.0 | 08.06.2026 23:23 | 7 km | 405 km |
| 3.9 | 08.06.2026 09:37 | 0 km | 246 km |
| 1.8 | 08.06.2026 02:43 | 9.7 km | 582 km |
| 2.1 | 08.06.2026 01:52 | 7.4 km | 394 km |
| 2.7 | 03.06.2026 08:53 | 7.1 km | 441 km |
| 3.7 | 01.06.2026 12:35 | 7 km | 440 km |
| 4.2 | 01.06.2026 11:24 | 10 km | 260 km |
Regions
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.