3.1
2,159
recorded earthquakes
M9.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.55
mean magnitude
636
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 11.03.2011 05:46 | 19.7 km | 236 km |
| 7.9 | 05.11.1938 08:43 | 35 km | 182 km |
| 7.9 | 11.03.2011 06:15 | 25.4 km | 155 km |
| 7.8 | 05.11.1938 10:50 | 35 km | 189 km |
| 7.7 | 10.11.1930 13:35 | 30 km | 157 km |
| 7.7 | 06.11.1938 08:53 | 30 km | 195 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1938 07:18 | 15 km | 156 km |
| 7.6 | 12.06.1978 08:14 | 48.5 km | 194 km |
| 7.6 | 16.06.1964 04:01 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 7.3 | 16.03.2022 14:36 | 49.6 km | 143 km |
| 7.3 | 15.01.1908 12:56 | 35 km | 151 km |
| 7.2 | 16.01.1961 07:20 | 30 km | 203 km |
| 7.2 | 18.06.1933 21:37 | 30 km | 225 km |
| 7.2 | 11.03.1945 21:37 | 50 km | 173 km |
| 7.2 | 06.11.1938 21:38 | 25 km | 210 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 06:00 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.7 | 31.07.2026 09:10 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.7 | 30.07.2026 11:51 | 70 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2026 14:45 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 3.0 | 20.07.2026 02:25 | 100 km | 41 km |
| 3.6 | 13.07.2026 17:59 | 161.9 km | 80 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2026 03:42 | 0 km | 89 km |
| 3.7 | 05.07.2026 17:55 | 50 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 04.07.2026 17:03 | 50 km | 94 km |
| 4.7 | 02.07.2026 11:48 | 145.9 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 30.06.2026 03:08 | 70 km | 80 km |
| 3.6 | 26.06.2026 17:33 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.1 | 24.06.2026 04:32 | 0 km | 75 km |
| 3.0 | 24.06.2026 04:28 | 0 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 24.06.2026 04:24 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 01.06.2026 15:51 | 53.2 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 18.05.2026 20:14 | 80 km | 47 km |
| 4.3 | 05.05.2026 19:35 | 89.7 km | 65 km |
| 3.7 | 03.05.2026 14:42 | 20 km | 106 km |
| 3.6 | 26.04.2026 15:59 | 90 km | 106 km |
| 3.0 | 17.04.2026 04:38 | 50 km | 102 km |
| 4.2 | 24.03.2026 14:03 | 53.6 km | 112 km |
| 3.6 | 23.03.2026 06:10 | 70 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 10.03.2026 06:28 | 60.2 km | 95 km |
| 3.2 | 06.03.2026 13:16 | 50 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2026 12:18 | 70 km | 71 km |
| 4.9 | 13.02.2026 04:58 | 172.2 km | 113 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2026 22:39 | 80 km | 62 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.8 | 03.02.2026 09:03 | 57.8 km | 96 km |
| 4.1 | 23.01.2026 21:19 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 3.1 | 13.01.2026 00:15 | 30 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 05.01.2026 03:27 | 50 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 29.12.2025 21:00 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.7 | 18.12.2025 13:57 | 51.9 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 13.12.2025 22:52 | 58.6 km | 100 km |
| 3.8 | 03.12.2025 23:37 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 29.11.2025 12:23 | 113.5 km | 27 km |
| 3.3 | 23.11.2025 10:09 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 3.3 | 11.11.2025 23:59 | 60 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 06.11.2025 14:38 | 50 km | 102 km |
| 4.5 | 30.10.2025 08:00 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 4.4 | 30.10.2025 07:55 | 51.1 km | 91 km |
| 3.6 | 28.10.2025 22:50 | 60 km | 99 km |
| 4.4 | 26.10.2025 03:04 | 0 km | 106 km |
| 3.5 | 25.10.2025 16:09 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 21.10.2025 08:23 | 20 km | 116 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2025 21:39 | 114.8 km | 52 km |
| 5.2 | 07.10.2025 00:30 | 52.8 km | 106 km |
| 6.0 | 04.10.2025 15:21 | 54.2 km | 129 km |
| 4.6 | 03.10.2025 06:20 | 64.6 km | 101 km |
| 4.2 | 15.09.2025 19:00 | 185.8 km | 116 km |
| 3.4 | 28.08.2025 23:10 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 4.3 | 28.08.2025 19:54 | 91.7 km | 115 km |
| 3.7 | 23.08.2025 08:33 | 120 km | 32 km |
| 3.9 | 23.08.2025 08:32 | 128 km | 20 km |
| 3.3 | 15.08.2025 18:25 | 20 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2025 09:12 | 78.9 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 25.07.2025 03:16 | 63.6 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 23.07.2025 03:13 | 69.9 km | 101 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.