3.2
1,020
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.50
mean magnitude
332
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 | 96 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1923 02:46 | 15 km | 148 km |
| 7.4 | 21.01.1906 13:49 | 300 km | 107 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1923 03:03 | 35 km | 109 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1905 03:46 | 250 km | 139 km |
| 7.1 | 01.01.1984 09:03 | 377.9 km | 211 km |
| 7.0 | 28.06.1948 07:13 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 7.0 | 14.08.1909 06:31 | 35 km | 214 km |
| 7.0 | 08.10.1915 15:36 | 170 km | 181 km |
| 7.0 | 19.08.1961 05:33 | 15 km | 181 km |
| 6.9 | 02.06.1929 21:38 | 350.4 km | 171 km |
| 6.9 | 25.11.1930 19:02 | 15 km | 75 km |
| 6.8 | 14.01.1924 20:50 | 15 km | 130 km |
| 6.7 | 12.01.1945 18:38 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 6.7 | 14.01.1978 03:24 | 10.3 km | 92 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 15:47 | 40 km | 55 km |
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 15:42 | 40 km | 92 km |
| 3.1 | 20.07.2026 17:23 | 20 km | 69 km |
| 3.6 | 02.07.2026 11:13 | 30 km | 86 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2026 14:17 | 20 km | 77 km |
| 5.3 | 26.06.2026 13:28 | 21.8 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2026 01:20 | 40 km | 101 km |
| 3.1 | 26.05.2026 00:18 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 24.05.2026 18:00 | 148.1 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 08.05.2026 03:36 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 3.3 | 29.03.2026 06:56 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 16.03.2026 11:37 | 127.2 km | 102 km |
| 3.1 | 14.03.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2026 08:36 | 20 km | 52 km |
| 4.1 | 07.02.2026 11:01 | 20 km | 69 km |
| 3.1 | 26.01.2026 00:19 | 30 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 13.01.2026 01:21 | 40 km | 77 km |
| 3.7 | 03.12.2025 00:39 | 117.7 km | 46 km |
| 3.9 | 30.11.2025 14:55 | 40 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 17.11.2025 20:52 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.2 | 17.11.2025 20:27 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.0 | 06.11.2025 14:05 | 20 km | 52 km |
| 3.4 | 23.10.2025 12:33 | 20 km | 52 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2025 01:42 | 60 km | 93 km |
| 4.1 | 07.09.2025 01:51 | 40 km | 92 km |
| 3.4 | 30.08.2025 18:49 | 20 km | 51 km |
| 3.9 | 26.08.2025 07:19 | 130 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2025 07:19 | 133 km | 101 km |
| 3.9 | 18.08.2025 14:12 | 40 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 18.08.2025 12:57 | 40 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 14.08.2025 14:18 | 20 km | 22 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2025 23:44 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 4.3 | 23.07.2025 12:49 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 20.07.2025 19:28 | 0 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2025 13:25 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 20.02.2025 13:13 | 38.3 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2025 02:58 | 155.7 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 27.01.2025 16:38 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 4.0 | 04.01.2025 23:51 | 20 km | 77 km |
| 3.7 | 04.01.2025 23:51 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 5.0 | 19.11.2024 18:36 | 248.9 km | 111 km |
| 4.3 | 25.10.2024 21:20 | 74.6 km | 117 km |
| 3.9 | 22.09.2024 21:53 | 30 km | 10 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2024 07:42 | 120 km | 98 km |
| 4.0 | 01.09.2024 02:28 | 37.9 km | 72 km |
| 4.1 | 15.08.2024 11:20 | 26.2 km | 87 km |
| 3.6 | 14.08.2024 10:38 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 5.1 | 09.08.2024 10:57 | 30.3 km | 98 km |
| 4.2 | 05.08.2024 14:48 | 153.3 km | 100 km |
| 3.8 | 03.06.2024 03:56 | 140 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 30.05.2024 16:58 | 40 km | 44 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2024 02:54 | 20 km | 66 km |
| 4.7 | 27.04.2024 20:43 | 295 km | 85 km |
| 3.6 | 06.03.2024 20:40 | 20 km | 69 km |
| 5.1 | 09.02.2024 08:42 | 159.3 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 03.02.2024 06:09 | 24.1 km | 83 km |
| 4.7 | 27.11.2023 20:35 | 297.4 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 15.11.2023 01:27 | 190 km | 57 km |
| 4.3 | 10.11.2023 01:00 | 111.1 km | 116 km |
| 4.2 | 24.10.2023 12:29 | 166.3 km | 72 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.