3.6
1,225
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1909–2026
record span
4.44
mean magnitude
289
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 | 67 km |
| 7.9 | 11.03.2011 06:15 | 25.4 km | 164 km |
| 7.7 | 10.11.1930 13:35 | 30 km | 196 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1938 07:18 | 15 km | 206 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1923 02:46 | 15 km | 126 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1923 03:03 | 35 km | 103 km |
| 7.1 | 01.06.1923 17:24 | 15 km | 202 km |
| 6.9 | 25.11.1930 19:02 | 15 km | 108 km |
| 6.8 | 14.01.1924 20:50 | 15 km | 19 km |
| 6.7 | 29.09.1956 23:20 | 66.1 km | 95 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1923 09:26 | 35 km | 121 km |
| 6.7 | 11.04.2011 08:16 | 13.3 km | 157 km |
| 6.6 | 21.09.1931 02:20 | 15 km | 15 km |
| 6.5 | 07.02.1938 14:43 | 100 km | 58 km |
| 6.5 | 06.08.1924 14:22 | 75 km | 122 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 31.07.2026 02:40 | 100 km | 72 km |
| 3.0 | 16.07.2026 16:10 | 50 km | 56 km |
| 3.4 | 30.06.2026 15:33 | 60 km | 68 km |
| 3.2 | 28.06.2026 15:19 | 50 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 26.06.2026 19:30 | 50 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 26.06.2026 18:59 | 74.2 km | 77 km |
| 5.3 | 26.06.2026 13:28 | 21.8 km | 61 km |
| 5.8 | 26.06.2026 03:46 | 52 km | 106 km |
| 3.9 | 26.06.2026 02:48 | 49.8 km | 57 km |
| 3.1 | 20.06.2026 19:57 | 50 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 16.06.2026 20:06 | 70 km | 72 km |
| 3.0 | 16.06.2026 12:50 | 50 km | 56 km |
| 4.4 | 16.06.2026 10:55 | 42.4 km | 63 km |
| 5.4 | 16.06.2026 10:46 | 52 km | 43 km |
| 3.1 | 31.05.2026 18:10 | 80 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 24.05.2026 18:00 | 148.1 km | 30 km |
| 4.4 | 12.05.2026 00:02 | 34.3 km | 50 km |
| 4.4 | 07.05.2026 18:50 | 90.7 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 23.04.2026 14:53 | 70.8 km | 86 km |
| 3.7 | 08.04.2026 12:13 | 110 km | 24 km |
| 4.0 | 05.04.2026 23:17 | 138.6 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 05.04.2026 15:24 | 50 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 01.04.2026 16:28 | 60 km | 38 km |
| 4.9 | 01.04.2026 01:06 | 64.3 km | 52 km |
| 3.3 | 29.03.2026 06:56 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.5 | 15.03.2026 05:06 | 88.6 km | 39 km |
| 3.2 | 25.02.2026 20:24 | 50 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 25.02.2026 07:49 | 50 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 15.02.2026 02:52 | 47.1 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 09.02.2026 12:27 | 104.2 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2026 11:01 | 20 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 06.02.2026 15:58 | 87.4 km | 40 km |
| 3.1 | 30.01.2026 19:41 | 50 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 25.01.2026 02:46 | 63.1 km | 65 km |
| 3.5 | 29.12.2025 12:08 | 90 km | 19 km |
| 4.9 | 12.12.2025 10:05 | 67.7 km | 64 km |
| 3.0 | 09.12.2025 13:58 | 50 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 07.12.2025 22:45 | 60 km | 38 km |
| 4.0 | 21.11.2025 03:24 | 40 km | 72 km |
| 4.2 | 08.11.2025 21:24 | 73.9 km | 86 km |
| 3.7 | 04.11.2025 05:00 | 85.6 km | 57 km |
| 3.5 | 02.11.2025 14:15 | 40 km | 56 km |
| 4.7 | 26.10.2025 13:34 | 34.8 km | 83 km |
| 4.2 | 24.10.2025 06:47 | 76.7 km | 76 km |
| 3.5 | 24.09.2025 12:17 | 70 km | 58 km |
| 3.3 | 11.09.2025 05:12 | 70 km | 72 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2025 07:30 | 56.6 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 05.09.2025 12:00 | 56.8 km | 53 km |
| 3.9 | 26.08.2025 07:19 | 130 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2025 07:19 | 133 km | 37 km |
| 3.1 | 25.08.2025 03:58 | 60 km | 51 km |
| 4.5 | 23.08.2025 10:22 | 133.4 km | 38 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2025 13:58 | 116 km | 25 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2025 18:58 | 78 km | 63 km |
| 4.2 | 23.07.2025 01:21 | 82.3 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 30.06.2025 16:13 | 66.1 km | 54 km |
| 4.4 | 20.06.2025 10:54 | 73.8 km | 87 km |
| 4.2 | 13.06.2025 06:18 | 70 km | 87 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2025 23:15 | 69.5 km | 88 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2025 17:06 | 50 km | 65 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.