3.2
2,643
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.04
mean magnitude
2,191
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 10.04.1906 21:22 | 15 km | 232 km |
| 7.2 | 16.10.1907 13:57 | 35 km | 285 km |
| 7.1 | 09.12.1901 02:17 | 0 km | 267 km |
| 7.1 | 12.12.1902 23:10 | 0 km | 421 km |
| 7.1 | 29.04.1954 11:34 | 10 km | 411 km |
| 7.1 | 02.05.1939 13:14 | 10 km | 437 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.2012 07:15 | 10 km | 383 km |
| 6.9 | 05.03.1901 10:45 | 0 km | 264 km |
| 6.9 | 12.06.1922 04:47 | 10 km | 455 km |
| 6.8 | 23.05.1918 11:57 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 6.8 | 20.11.1949 07:09 | 10 km | 339 km |
| 6.7 | 17.01.1931 02:50 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 6.7 | 17.08.1969 20:15 | 26.4 km | 307 km |
| 6.7 | 27.06.1945 13:08 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 6.7 | 12.07.1932 19:24 | 10 km | 257 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 16:44 | 2 km | 397 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 07:30 | 8.5 km | 401 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 21:50 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 5.1 | 02.08.2026 13:10 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 16:17 | 10 km | 401 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2026 09:41 | 16.1 km | 350 km |
| 4.2 | 15.07.2026 15:55 | 14.9 km | 349 km |
| 3.4 | 15.07.2026 09:28 | 7 km | 274 km |
| 4.0 | 14.07.2026 10:11 | 16 km | 351 km |
| 3.9 | 11.07.2026 18:30 | 2.9 km | 283 km |
| 3.1 | 11.07.2026 01:41 | 10 km | 393 km |
| 3.3 | 08.07.2026 09:15 | 26.9 km | 361 km |
| 3.8 | 06.07.2026 10:53 | 5.5 km | 275 km |
| 3.3 | 04.07.2026 19:54 | 7 km | 262 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 17:10 | 16 km | 182 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2026 11:32 | 6.7 km | 360 km |
| 4.4 | 30.06.2026 20:07 | 10 km | 360 km |
| 4.4 | 30.06.2026 19:54 | 0 km | 347 km |
| 6.1 | 30.06.2026 19:45 | 10 km | 388 km |
| 3.4 | 27.06.2026 20:29 | 3.6 km | 207 km |
| 3.0 | 27.06.2026 04:38 | 10 km | 400 km |
| 3.6 | 21.06.2026 06:31 | 0 km | 355 km |
| 3.8 | 15.06.2026 22:05 | 8.6 km | 257 km |
| 3.8 | 15.06.2026 08:13 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 3.5 | 13.06.2026 20:44 | 6.7 km | 271 km |
| 3.3 | 12.06.2026 20:16 | 11.4 km | 391 km |
| 4.3 | 12.06.2026 09:17 | 11.6 km | 269 km |
| 3.0 | 11.06.2026 20:35 | 6.1 km | 390 km |
| 3.5 | 11.06.2026 09:33 | 8.6 km | 391 km |
| 3.4 | 11.06.2026 06:46 | 8.2 km | 391 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2026 23:25 | 10 km | 390 km |
| 3.5 | 10.06.2026 20:22 | 10 km | 254 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2026 10:47 | 5.9 km | 263 km |
| 4.0 | 10.06.2026 06:46 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2026 03:29 | 6.8 km | 388 km |
| 3.2 | 09.06.2026 23:57 | 10.8 km | 389 km |
| 3.4 | 09.06.2026 07:48 | 6.8 km | 261 km |
| 3.9 | 07.06.2026 22:47 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2026 20:00 | 7.5 km | 267 km |
| 3.4 | 06.06.2026 08:18 | 7 km | 259 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2026 17:51 | 5 km | 301 km |
| 3.8 | 04.06.2026 09:40 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 4.0 | 02.06.2026 22:36 | 0 km | 436 km |
| 4.4 | 02.06.2026 21:39 | 0 km | 186 km |
| 4.1 | 02.06.2026 13:12 | 10 km | 359 km |
| 3.4 | 01.06.2026 10:56 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 3.1 | 31.05.2026 07:20 | 16.7 km | 248 km |
| 3.0 | 30.05.2026 20:46 | 14.5 km | 345 km |
| 4.1 | 29.05.2026 10:48 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2026 10:21 | 5.2 km | 238 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2026 05:56 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2026 03:42 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 3.8 | 28.05.2026 20:56 | 5.8 km | 267 km |
| 4.1 | 27.05.2026 09:34 | 16.1 km | 369 km |
| 4.3 | 16.05.2026 00:56 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 3.0 | 15.05.2026 21:46 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.2 | 12.05.2026 09:15 | 16.3 km | 328 km |
| 3.6 | 11.05.2026 07:17 | 16.8 km | 250 km |
| 4.3 | 11.05.2026 02:56 | 16.1 km | 232 km |
| 3.0 | 09.05.2026 17:29 | 44.2 km | 340 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.