4.6
2,098
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.52
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 15.06.1911 14:25 | 150 km | 235 km |
| 7.7 | 18.11.1941 16:46 | 35 km | 213 km |
| 7.7 | 26.02.1961 18:10 | 35 km | 153 km |
| 7.5 | 01.04.1968 00:42 | 26.2 km | 268 km |
| 7.5 | 10.11.1909 06:13 | 140 km | 183 km |
| 7.5 | 02.11.1931 10:03 | 35 km | 203 km |
| 7.4 | 01.02.1916 07:36 | 15 km | 208 km |
| 7.1 | 08.08.2024 07:42 | 55.7 km | 160 km |
| 7.1 | 21.04.1969 07:19 | 26 km | 221 km |
| 7.1 | 05.11.1923 21:28 | 35 km | 188 km |
| 7.1 | 24.08.1904 20:59 | 35 km | 94 km |
| 7.1 | 18.07.1961 14:03 | 30.6 km | 180 km |
| 7.0 | 15.04.2016 16:25 | 7 km | 217 km |
| 7.0 | 13.07.1923 11:13 | 35 km | 76 km |
| 7.0 | 12.01.1914 09:28 | 50 km | 102 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 02.08.2026 10:00 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 5.0 | 30.07.2026 13:47 | 10 km | 212 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 06:15 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 00:56 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 5.4 | 29.07.2026 13:19 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 4.4 | 28.07.2026 10:09 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 5.2 | 28.07.2026 08:18 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 5.7 | 28.07.2026 08:08 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 6.8 | 28.07.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 3.7 | 28.07.2026 00:39 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 4.2 | 26.07.2026 17:00 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 5.1 | 16.07.2026 21:49 | 23 km | 108 km |
| 3.2 | 06.07.2026 16:27 | 50 km | 80 km |
| 4.3 | 24.06.2026 00:16 | 61.5 km | 143 km |
| 4.6 | 03.06.2026 19:03 | 160 km | 146 km |
| 4.6 | 03.06.2026 19:02 | 163.4 km | 142 km |
| 4.6 | 02.06.2026 20:58 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 4.2 | 25.05.2026 19:45 | 35.3 km | 157 km |
| 3.9 | 24.05.2026 00:18 | 138.2 km | 81 km |
| 3.7 | 21.05.2026 01:11 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 4.2 | 09.05.2026 04:07 | 10 km | 128 km |
| 4.2 | 07.05.2026 06:51 | 18.5 km | 195 km |
| 5.0 | 07.05.2026 06:39 | 0 km | 189 km |
| 3.3 | 25.04.2026 22:14 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 10.04.2026 21:28 | 42.2 km | 163 km |
| 3.4 | 10.04.2026 01:43 | 40 km | 146 km |
| 4.7 | 04.04.2026 16:14 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 4.3 | 03.04.2026 21:27 | 35 km | 163 km |
| 4.3 | 30.03.2026 18:43 | 53 km | 79 km |
| 4.4 | 23.03.2026 12:39 | 40.8 km | 162 km |
| 4.1 | 21.03.2026 15:45 | 41.9 km | 162 km |
| 4.5 | 21.03.2026 11:53 | 0 km | 145 km |
| 5.4 | 21.03.2026 11:12 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 3.4 | 20.03.2026 15:29 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 4.1 | 18.03.2026 09:33 | 0 km | 174 km |
| 4.4 | 18.03.2026 07:13 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.6 | 15.03.2026 18:39 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2026 14:10 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 3.5 | 05.03.2026 16:43 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 5.6 | 01.03.2026 09:00 | 130.5 km | 41 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2026 00:35 | 53.8 km | 124 km |
| 5.0 | 18.02.2026 02:27 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 5.5 | 04.02.2026 18:20 | 10 km | 177 km |
| 3.3 | 27.01.2026 22:26 | 20 km | 74 km |
| 4.3 | 17.01.2026 08:37 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 3.5 | 10.01.2026 23:17 | 164.4 km | 38 km |
| 3.3 | 28.12.2025 22:51 | 20 km | 179 km |
| 4.3 | 27.12.2025 09:35 | 51.6 km | 111 km |
| 3.3 | 21.12.2025 13:03 | 20 km | 150 km |
| 4.3 | 06.12.2025 08:15 | 52.8 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 05.11.2025 22:54 | 20 km | 170 km |
| 3.0 | 03.11.2025 10:46 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 4.2 | 03.11.2025 10:18 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 3.2 | 25.10.2025 05:12 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 3.1 | 24.10.2025 01:43 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 3.5 | 23.10.2025 14:36 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.0 | 21.10.2025 21:19 | 20 km | 179 km |
| 3.4 | 18.10.2025 23:43 | 0 km | 143 km |
| 3.2 | 14.10.2025 14:23 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 5.3 | 07.10.2025 21:38 | 0 km | 200 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.