3.1
1,252
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.32
mean magnitude
682
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 | 253 km |
| 7.9 | 11.03.2011 06:15 | 25.4 km | 260 km |
| 7.7 | 10.11.1930 13:35 | 30 km | 271 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1938 07:18 | 15 km | 273 km |
| 7.6 | 16.06.1964 04:01 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 7.5 | 01.01.2024 07:10 | 9.7 km | 128 km |
| 7.1 | 20.03.2021 09:09 | 53.5 km | 262 km |
| 7.0 | 14.03.1914 20:00 | 15 km | 252 km |
| 7.0 | 11.05.1900 17:23 | 5 km | 239 km |
| 7.0 | 28.06.1948 07:13 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 6.9 | 13.06.2008 23:43 | 12.5 km | 240 km |
| 6.8 | 14.01.1924 20:50 | 15 km | 206 km |
| 6.7 | 25.03.2007 00:41 | 7.4 km | 190 km |
| 6.7 | 11.04.2011 08:16 | 13.3 km | 179 km |
| 6.6 | 16.07.2007 01:13 | 15.1 km | 25 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 06:00 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.6 | 13.07.2026 17:59 | 161.9 km | 46 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2026 03:42 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 4.7 | 02.07.2026 11:48 | 145.9 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 26.06.2026 17:33 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 3.1 | 24.06.2026 04:32 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 24.06.2026 04:28 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 3.2 | 24.06.2026 04:24 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 4.5 | 19.06.2026 18:16 | 216.2 km | 128 km |
| 3.5 | 03.06.2026 15:09 | 196.6 km | 111 km |
| 4.4 | 31.05.2026 20:54 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 27.05.2026 07:10 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.4 | 29.04.2026 07:45 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.2 | 26.04.2026 22:45 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 23.04.2026 14:39 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 22.04.2026 17:42 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.1 | 21.04.2026 15:29 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 18.04.2026 15:46 | 20 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 18.04.2026 07:21 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.2 | 18.04.2026 06:33 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.2026 05:54 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 4.9 | 18.04.2026 04:20 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 4.2 | 12.04.2026 23:54 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 18:32 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.2 | 25.02.2026 03:40 | 246.6 km | 84 km |
| 4.9 | 13.02.2026 04:58 | 172.2 km | 28 km |
| 3.5 | 06.02.2026 00:23 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 19.01.2026 19:09 | 20 km | 82 km |
| 5.2 | 15.01.2026 05:48 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 4.1 | 15.11.2025 13:03 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.7 | 26.10.2025 03:07 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 4.4 | 26.10.2025 03:04 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 4.2 | 15.09.2025 19:00 | 185.8 km | 9 km |
| 4.3 | 07.09.2025 23:24 | 132.8 km | 122 km |
| 3.9 | 23.08.2025 08:32 | 128 km | 124 km |
| 3.2 | 20.08.2025 08:26 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 3.7 | 24.07.2025 08:47 | 30 km | 82 km |
| 3.9 | 21.07.2025 19:05 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 20.07.2025 15:34 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 01.07.2025 09:46 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 4.0 | 10.06.2025 18:14 | 130.9 km | 77 km |
| 4.1 | 18.04.2025 16:02 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 5.0 | 18.04.2025 11:19 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 3.8 | 27.03.2025 00:55 | 0 km | 81 km |
| 3.8 | 24.03.2025 02:37 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.2 | 20.03.2025 09:15 | 176.2 km | 44 km |
| 3.9 | 14.03.2025 15:04 | 153.3 km | 66 km |
| 4.0 | 09.03.2025 01:06 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 3.7 | 10.02.2025 05:12 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 07.02.2025 05:03 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 3.7 | 23.01.2025 18:01 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 4.4 | 22.01.2025 23:09 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 4.9 | 22.01.2025 17:49 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.5 | 21.01.2025 21:06 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 3.5 | 21.12.2024 01:52 | 182.5 km | 37 km |
| 4.1 | 01.12.2024 23:39 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.5 | 17.11.2024 00:37 | 156.6 km | 116 km |
| 3.7 | 03.11.2024 09:58 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 4.2 | 09.10.2024 11:19 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 3.9 | 27.08.2024 08:13 | 10 km | 92 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.