3.2
1,097
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.41
mean magnitude
572
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 | 138 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1923 02:46 | 15 km | 210 km |
| 7.5 | 01.01.2024 07:10 | 9.7 km | 166 km |
| 7.4 | 21.01.1906 13:49 | 300 km | 215 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1923 03:03 | 35 km | 174 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1905 03:46 | 250 km | 250 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 194 km |
| 7.0 | 28.06.1948 07:13 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 7.0 | 19.08.1961 05:33 | 15 km | 118 km |
| 6.9 | 25.11.1930 19:02 | 15 km | 154 km |
| 6.8 | 14.01.1924 20:50 | 15 km | 126 km |
| 6.7 | 12.01.1945 18:38 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 6.7 | 25.03.2007 00:41 | 7.4 km | 183 km |
| 6.7 | 14.01.1978 03:24 | 10.3 km | 183 km |
| 6.6 | 16.07.2007 01:13 | 15.1 km | 161 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 23:38 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 20:45 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 15:47 | 40 km | 115 km |
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 15:42 | 40 km | 119 km |
| 5.3 | 26.06.2026 13:28 | 21.8 km | 106 km |
| 4.5 | 19.06.2026 18:16 | 216.2 km | 78 km |
| 3.2 | 14.06.2026 08:39 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2026 01:20 | 40 km | 143 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2026 14:30 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.1 | 03.06.2026 23:50 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 3.5 | 03.06.2026 15:09 | 196.6 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 27.05.2026 07:10 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.5 | 26.05.2026 06:45 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2026 22:06 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.5 | 23.05.2026 19:15 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.6 | 19.05.2026 23:11 | 261.6 km | 93 km |
| 3.5 | 15.05.2026 22:27 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 08.05.2026 16:01 | 228.6 km | 36 km |
| 4.1 | 08.05.2026 03:36 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 02.05.2026 06:29 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 3.4 | 29.04.2026 07:45 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.2 | 26.04.2026 22:45 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 22.04.2026 17:42 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 21.04.2026 15:29 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 18.04.2026 08:47 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.6 | 18.04.2026 07:21 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.2 | 18.04.2026 06:33 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.2026 05:54 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.2026 04:20 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.0 | 17.04.2026 12:30 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 14.04.2026 07:52 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 4.0 | 14.04.2026 06:34 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 3.2 | 07.04.2026 10:52 | 10 km | 11 km |
| 3.3 | 29.03.2026 06:56 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.4 | 24.03.2026 13:11 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2026 19:25 | 0.9 km | 51 km |
| 3.3 | 12.03.2026 19:07 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 3.4 | 12.03.2026 11:33 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.8 | 23.02.2026 23:03 | 258 km | 136 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2026 11:01 | 20 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 06.02.2026 00:23 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 25.01.2026 06:43 | 0 km | 44 km |
| 3.7 | 17.01.2026 18:46 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2026 05:57 | 1.8 km | 47 km |
| 5.2 | 15.01.2026 05:48 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 15.01.2026 05:43 | 0 km | 50 km |
| 4.9 | 15.01.2026 05:40 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 25.12.2025 02:52 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 3.7 | 03.12.2025 00:39 | 117.7 km | 110 km |
| 3.1 | 30.11.2025 11:25 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 4.2 | 15.11.2025 18:50 | 260.8 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 13.11.2025 08:47 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.5 | 12.11.2025 06:50 | 40 km | 125 km |
| 3.4 | 13.10.2025 17:33 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2025 06:07 | 262.1 km | 52 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2025 01:42 | 60 km | 87 km |
| 3.0 | 21.09.2025 02:32 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 3.0 | 08.09.2025 10:24 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.3 | 07.09.2025 23:24 | 132.8 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 07.09.2025 01:51 | 40 km | 139 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.