4.6
1,340
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1907–2026
record span
2.81
mean magnitude
871
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 | 309 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 295 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 168 km |
| 6.0 | 17.07.1944 10:53 | 15 km | 49 km |
| 5.8 | 25.04.1918 02:22 | 30 km | 188 km |
| 5.6 | 19.04.1947 17:39 | 15 km | 162 km |
| 5.5 | 31.08.1919 02:32 | 30 km | 188 km |
| 5.5 | 24.07.1991 09:45 | 27.1 km | 125 km |
| 5.4 | 31.03.1907 14:14 | 15 km | 99 km |
| 5.4 | 16.04.1963 18:47 | 70 km | 146 km |
| 5.4 | 17.02.1993 07:22 | 42 km | 65 km |
| 5.3 | 13.10.1949 10:28 | 70 km | 176 km |
| 5.3 | 22.11.2013 06:51 | 0 km | 147 km |
| 5.3 | 02.12.1941 05:02 | 30 km | 229 km |
| 5.3 | 02.11.1935 18:17 | 15 km | 220 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 20:27 | 35 km | 191 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 04:49 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 14:58 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 131 km |
| 2.8 | 20.07.2026 03:27 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 2.7 | 19.07.2026 23:00 | 7 km | 120 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 05:00 | 19.8 km | 123 km |
| 1.1 | 11.07.2026 01:28 | 7 km | 115 km |
| 2.1 | 28.06.2026 10:33 | 7.2 km | 86 km |
| 1.6 | 19.06.2026 22:09 | 5.3 km | 70 km |
| 1.8 | 10.06.2026 14:38 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 2.1 | 08.06.2026 01:52 | 7.4 km | 76 km |
| 2.7 | 03.06.2026 08:53 | 7.1 km | 119 km |
| 2.0 | 04.05.2026 09:06 | 6.9 km | 119 km |
| 2.4 | 30.04.2026 21:45 | 7 km | 62 km |
| 2.6 | 29.04.2026 15:11 | 14.4 km | 152 km |
| 1.5 | 28.04.2026 01:09 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 3.2 | 25.04.2026 01:37 | 7 km | 129 km |
| 2.6 | 08.04.2026 21:24 | 7 km | 86 km |
| 1.6 | 29.03.2026 23:37 | 10.8 km | 57 km |
| 1.5 | 29.03.2026 00:15 | 7.8 km | 151 km |
| 1.7 | 08.03.2026 01:46 | 6.8 km | 71 km |
| 2.5 | 03.03.2026 17:12 | 14.7 km | 175 km |
| 1.6 | 24.02.2026 21:50 | 5.1 km | 48 km |
| 1.8 | 19.02.2026 07:49 | 7 km | 127 km |
| 2.0 | 27.01.2026 06:13 | 7.2 km | 99 km |
| 3.5 | 19.01.2026 04:48 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 2.2 | 12.01.2026 01:18 | 12.6 km | 136 km |
| 1.4 | 10.01.2026 23:33 | 5.8 km | 120 km |
| 4.0 | 08.01.2026 05:59 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 2.6 | 05.01.2026 19:43 | 8.1 km | 73 km |
| 1.3 | 04.01.2026 21:08 | 7 km | 169 km |
| 1.9 | 18.12.2025 00:18 | 6.3 km | 17 km |
| 2.8 | 17.12.2025 10:54 | 7.2 km | 22 km |
| 2.4 | 11.12.2025 18:29 | 23.5 km | 66 km |
| 2.1 | 03.12.2025 00:41 | 7 km | 164 km |
| 2.8 | 27.11.2025 05:27 | 7 km | 70 km |
| 1.9 | 25.11.2025 19:42 | 7.1 km | 100 km |
| 1.9 | 25.11.2025 04:34 | 7 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 22.11.2025 16:29 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 3.0 | 15.11.2025 12:43 | 7.7 km | 76 km |
| 2.9 | 04.11.2025 19:44 | 6.6 km | 144 km |
| 3.2 | 01.11.2025 01:41 | 21 km | 113 km |
| 1.5 | 28.10.2025 20:11 | 7.1 km | 67 km |
| 3.2 | 26.10.2025 21:52 | 8 km | 170 km |
| 1.8 | 26.10.2025 01:45 | 7 km | 151 km |
| 2.2 | 18.10.2025 17:37 | 5.4 km | 145 km |
| 2.5 | 14.10.2025 22:08 | 7 km | 116 km |
| 1.9 | 06.10.2025 12:49 | 7 km | 134 km |
| 2.0 | 26.09.2025 02:52 | 7.1 km | 116 km |
| 1.3 | 24.09.2025 00:32 | 6.2 km | 82 km |
| 2.4 | 19.09.2025 00:41 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 2.0 | 15.09.2025 06:37 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 2.0 | 09.09.2025 19:40 | 25.3 km | 150 km |
| 4.3 | 04.09.2025 02:30 | 19 km | 146 km |
| 2.2 | 24.08.2025 12:11 | 16.4 km | 80 km |
| 1.1 | 23.08.2025 22:45 | 11.2 km | 82 km |
| 3.2 | 22.08.2025 23:23 | 7 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 22.08.2025 13:17 | 6.6 km | 78 km |
| 2.6 | 18.08.2025 19:46 | 27.2 km | 162 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.