3.1
822
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.57
mean magnitude
207
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 | 01.09.1923 02:58 | 15 km | 5 km |
| 7.9 | 11.03.2011 06:15 | 25.4 km | 184 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1923 02:46 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 7.4 | 21.01.1906 13:49 | 300 km | 180 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1923 03:03 | 35 km | 35 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1905 03:46 | 250 km | 157 km |
| 7.2 | 15.09.1916 07:01 | 100 km | 180 km |
| 6.9 | 25.11.1930 19:02 | 15 km | 42 km |
| 6.8 | 14.01.1924 20:50 | 15 km | 54 km |
| 6.7 | 29.09.1956 23:20 | 66.1 km | 89 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1923 09:26 | 35 km | 92 km |
| 6.7 | 14.01.1978 03:24 | 10.3 km | 67 km |
| 6.6 | 24.06.1986 02:53 | 58.8 km | 122 km |
| 6.6 | 21.09.1931 02:20 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 6.5 | 17.12.1987 02:08 | 45.1 km | 94 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 20.07.2026 17:23 | 20 km | 42 km |
| 4.2 | 26.06.2026 18:59 | 74.2 km | 73 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2026 14:17 | 20 km | 34 km |
| 5.3 | 26.06.2026 13:28 | 21.8 km | 38 km |
| 5.8 | 26.06.2026 03:46 | 52 km | 98 km |
| 5.4 | 16.06.2026 10:46 | 52 km | 87 km |
| 3.1 | 26.05.2026 00:18 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 24.05.2026 18:00 | 148.1 km | 40 km |
| 4.4 | 06.05.2026 10:06 | 111.8 km | 13 km |
| 4.0 | 05.04.2026 23:17 | 138.6 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 28.03.2026 10:36 | 35 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 14.03.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2026 11:01 | 20 km | 42 km |
| 4.1 | 29.01.2026 02:47 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 4.4 | 29.01.2026 01:40 | 40.2 km | 79 km |
| 4.5 | 29.01.2026 01:25 | 16.8 km | 67 km |
| 3.7 | 03.12.2025 00:39 | 117.7 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 21.11.2025 03:24 | 40 km | 56 km |
| 4.2 | 24.10.2025 06:47 | 76.7 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2025 03:48 | 101.1 km | 49 km |
| 3.5 | 24.09.2025 12:17 | 70 km | 54 km |
| 3.3 | 18.09.2025 15:24 | 70 km | 27 km |
| 3.9 | 26.08.2025 07:19 | 130 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2025 07:19 | 133 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 23.07.2025 12:49 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.1 | 20.07.2025 19:28 | 0 km | 37 km |
| 3.5 | 14.07.2025 05:56 | 30 km | 49 km |
| 4.2 | 13.06.2025 06:18 | 70 km | 73 km |
| 4.3 | 04.05.2025 03:35 | 77.8 km | 38 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2025 06:11 | 65.2 km | 68 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2025 23:47 | 75.8 km | 76 km |
| 4.2 | 20.02.2025 13:13 | 38.3 km | 41 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2025 02:58 | 155.7 km | 35 km |
| 4.2 | 10.01.2025 08:39 | 73.2 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 04.01.2025 23:51 | 20 km | 34 km |
| 3.7 | 04.01.2025 23:51 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 4.3 | 04.11.2024 15:10 | 76.4 km | 65 km |
| 4.3 | 25.10.2024 21:20 | 74.6 km | 43 km |
| 4.6 | 14.10.2024 10:45 | 71.2 km | 67 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2024 07:42 | 120 km | 41 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2024 02:28 | 37.9 km | 39 km |
| 3.9 | 27.08.2024 17:05 | 35 km | 26 km |
| 4.1 | 15.08.2024 11:20 | 26.2 km | 13 km |
| 3.6 | 14.08.2024 10:38 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 5.1 | 09.08.2024 10:57 | 30.3 km | 4 km |
| 4.2 | 05.08.2024 14:48 | 153.3 km | 19 km |
| 4.7 | 30.07.2024 16:47 | 121.2 km | 41 km |
| 5.1 | 04.07.2024 03:12 | 45.9 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 24.06.2024 14:24 | 55.7 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 23.06.2024 13:54 | 70.1 km | 70 km |
| 4.4 | 16.06.2024 10:16 | 74.9 km | 77 km |
| 3.8 | 03.06.2024 03:56 | 140 km | 28 km |
| 4.2 | 04.04.2024 02:15 | 103.1 km | 39 km |
| 5.2 | 21.03.2024 00:08 | 50.4 km | 80 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2024 09:49 | 73.1 km | 70 km |
| 3.6 | 06.03.2024 20:40 | 20 km | 42 km |
| 5.0 | 01.03.2024 16:49 | 24 km | 94 km |
| 4.3 | 18.02.2024 07:14 | 98.1 km | 62 km |
| 5.1 | 09.02.2024 08:42 | 159.3 km | 44 km |
| 4.1 | 04.02.2024 06:01 | 90.7 km | 47 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.