4.6
16,687
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.00
mean magnitude
11,796
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 08.09.2017 04:49 | 51.1 km | 229 km |
| 7.8 | 23.09.1902 20:18 | 0 km | 85 km |
| 7.7 | 06.08.1942 23:37 | 35 km | 293 km |
| 7.5 | 19.04.1902 02:23 | 0 km | 286 km |
| 7.5 | 30.03.1914 00:41 | 150 km | 86 km |
| 7.5 | 23.10.1950 16:13 | 65.3 km | 221 km |
| 7.5 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 345 km |
| 7.4 | 14.01.1903 01:48 | — | 326 km |
| 7.4 | 07.11.2012 16:35 | 38.7 km | 250 km |
| 7.3 | 29.04.1970 14:01 | 56.5 km | 206 km |
| 7.2 | 10.09.1993 19:12 | 23.4 km | 185 km |
| 7.2 | 14.12.1935 22:05 | 35 km | 174 km |
| 7.2 | 17.07.2026 14:48 | 30 km | 190 km |
| 7.2 | 30.03.1914 00:41 | 15 km | 261 km |
| 7.2 | 21.10.1995 02:38 | 163.7 km | 139 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 04.08.2026 07:07 | 10 km | 248 km |
| 4.3 | 04.08.2026 05:58 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 4.2 | 04.08.2026 02:40 | 65.4 km | 232 km |
| 4.2 | 03.08.2026 22:05 | 23.9 km | 198 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 21:03 | 53.9 km | 138 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 20:28 | 42.5 km | 169 km |
| 4.2 | 03.08.2026 19:39 | 44.3 km | 192 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 10:44 | 93.6 km | 146 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 08:37 | 71.6 km | 149 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 08:07 | 195.4 km | 173 km |
| 4.0 | 03.08.2026 07:48 | 17.6 km | 246 km |
| 4.2 | 03.08.2026 07:38 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 07:32 | 149.9 km | 211 km |
| 4.4 | 03.08.2026 06:52 | 8.3 km | 244 km |
| 4.1 | 03.08.2026 04:49 | 91.6 km | 141 km |
| 3.9 | 02.08.2026 10:11 | 117.6 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 01.08.2026 23:39 | 79.7 km | 138 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 23:35 | 35 km | 233 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 23:22 | 35 km | 223 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 22:07 | 66.4 km | 196 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 08:21 | 11.9 km | 240 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 04:56 | 156.9 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 31.07.2026 21:20 | 91.3 km | 165 km |
| 4.2 | 31.07.2026 20:19 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 4.3 | 31.07.2026 19:57 | 68 km | 157 km |
| 4.3 | 31.07.2026 17:37 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 5.2 | 31.07.2026 16:15 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 12:49 | 165.6 km | 170 km |
| 4.2 | 31.07.2026 10:49 | 93.6 km | 154 km |
| 3.5 | 31.07.2026 10:24 | 93.4 km | 162 km |
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 23:42 | 34.7 km | 202 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 20:49 | 8.4 km | 247 km |
| 4.9 | 30.07.2026 18:20 | 31 km | 214 km |
| 3.7 | 30.07.2026 09:34 | 69.5 km | 169 km |
| 3.8 | 30.07.2026 09:11 | 73 km | 171 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 08:59 | 117 km | 196 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 08:40 | 5.6 km | 157 km |
| 5.0 | 30.07.2026 06:58 | 70 km | 264 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2026 01:51 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 4.5 | 29.07.2026 23:17 | 35 km | 204 km |
| 3.8 | 29.07.2026 21:02 | 32.2 km | 140 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2026 17:54 | 46.4 km | 240 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 10:14 | 129.8 km | 192 km |
| 3.9 | 29.07.2026 08:57 | 1 km | 157 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2026 03:53 | 35 km | 224 km |
| 4.4 | 29.07.2026 00:40 | 35 km | 232 km |
| 3.8 | 28.07.2026 21:56 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 4.7 | 28.07.2026 16:14 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.5 | 28.07.2026 10:50 | 88.6 km | 173 km |
| 3.8 | 28.07.2026 10:15 | 11.4 km | 180 km |
| 4.2 | 28.07.2026 08:25 | 21 km | 226 km |
| 5.6 | 28.07.2026 05:35 | 30 km | 218 km |
| 4.0 | 27.07.2026 22:31 | 18.3 km | 234 km |
| 3.4 | 27.07.2026 21:14 | 86.2 km | 142 km |
| 3.8 | 27.07.2026 09:37 | 84.4 km | 153 km |
| 3.9 | 27.07.2026 09:24 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2026 03:30 | 16.1 km | 251 km |
| 3.8 | 26.07.2026 22:43 | 68.6 km | 157 km |
| 3.6 | 26.07.2026 22:33 | 73.4 km | 198 km |
| 4.2 | 26.07.2026 20:16 | 192.7 km | 262 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.