3.6
8,942
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.67
mean magnitude
7,159
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 09.10.1995 15:35 | 27.4 km | 522 km |
| 8.0 | 19.09.1985 13:17 | 15.6 km | 700 km |
| 7.9 | 18.06.1932 10:12 | 15 km | 553 km |
| 7.9 | 03.06.1932 10:36 | 15 km | 572 km |
| 7.8 | 16.05.1900 20:12 | 0 km | 452 km |
| 7.7 | 19.09.2022 18:05 | 14.6 km | 636 km |
| 7.6 | 30.01.1973 21:01 | 47 km | 645 km |
| 7.6 | 07.06.1911 11:02 | 30 km | 707 km |
| 7.6 | 15.04.1941 19:09 | 30 km | 647 km |
| 7.5 | 22.01.2003 02:06 | 16.7 km | 524 km |
| 7.3 | 20.01.1900 06:33 | 0 km | 452 km |
| 7.2 | 10.04.1906 21:18 | 0 km | 150 km |
| 7.1 | 11.01.1997 20:28 | 41 km | 669 km |
| 7.1 | 17.12.1905 05:27 | 0 km | 460 km |
| 7.1 | 30.11.1934 02:05 | 15 km | 409 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 22:42 | 31.7 km | 530 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 22:23 | 10 km | 508 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 22:59 | 6.2 km | 553 km |
| 4.1 | 02.08.2026 05:51 | 47.5 km | 629 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 21:26 | 5.1 km | 425 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 21:06 | 87.9 km | 550 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 20:39 | 5.5 km | 508 km |
| 3.5 | 31.07.2026 09:15 | 10 km | 425 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 21:44 | 2.3 km | 538 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 09:47 | 15.5 km | 400 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 20:58 | 52.3 km | 515 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 19:48 | 29.6 km | 554 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 21:17 | 6 km | 516 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 20:22 | 6.6 km | 391 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2026 08:44 | 14.1 km | 522 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 22:46 | 66 km | 510 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2026 22:11 | 7 km | 476 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2026 21:41 | 26.8 km | 542 km |
| 3.2 | 24.07.2026 09:43 | 99.6 km | 529 km |
| 3.4 | 23.07.2026 10:15 | 47 km | 451 km |
| 3.3 | 20.07.2026 21:48 | 15.7 km | 551 km |
| 3.4 | 20.07.2026 21:36 | 4 km | 534 km |
| 3.6 | 20.07.2026 09:57 | 16.1 km | 391 km |
| 4.1 | 19.07.2026 11:54 | 14.8 km | 540 km |
| 3.2 | 19.07.2026 10:37 | 13.1 km | 503 km |
| 3.4 | 17.07.2026 09:23 | 5 km | 558 km |
| 3.1 | 17.07.2026 07:37 | 74.3 km | 526 km |
| 3.4 | 16.07.2026 19:42 | 21 km | 510 km |
| 3.4 | 16.07.2026 09:52 | 16.8 km | 395 km |
| 3.2 | 15.07.2026 22:46 | 7.1 km | 531 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2026 20:36 | 16.9 km | 576 km |
| 4.1 | 15.07.2026 07:06 | 5 km | 182 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 21:51 | 28.8 km | 569 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 09:12 | 28.6 km | 574 km |
| 3.6 | 13.07.2026 07:07 | 16.1 km | 448 km |
| 3.1 | 13.07.2026 07:05 | 22.8 km | 548 km |
| 3.3 | 13.07.2026 05:58 | 22.8 km | 468 km |
| 3.3 | 12.07.2026 20:57 | 8.4 km | 525 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2026 19:56 | 9.8 km | 532 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2026 18:57 | 10 km | 369 km |
| 3.7 | 11.07.2026 17:58 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2026 18:31 | 30.9 km | 479 km |
| 3.6 | 09.07.2026 21:56 | 10 km | 357 km |
| 3.7 | 09.07.2026 19:46 | 10 km | 331 km |
| 3.3 | 09.07.2026 10:42 | 23.9 km | 552 km |
| 3.2 | 08.07.2026 19:58 | 8.6 km | 540 km |
| 3.3 | 08.07.2026 19:10 | 8.7 km | 540 km |
| 3.6 | 07.07.2026 21:14 | 14.7 km | 463 km |
| 3.0 | 06.07.2026 07:34 | 6.9 km | 606 km |
| 3.3 | 06.07.2026 07:12 | 14.7 km | 530 km |
| 3.1 | 06.07.2026 07:08 | 36.4 km | 562 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2026 21:50 | 15.2 km | 505 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 21:47 | 44.2 km | 545 km |
| 3.2 | 04.07.2026 14:44 | 45.5 km | 488 km |
| 3.1 | 02.07.2026 18:21 | 28.6 km | 543 km |
| 3.4 | 01.07.2026 09:25 | 13.1 km | 488 km |
| 3.3 | 30.06.2026 22:47 | 4.1 km | 506 km |
| 3.3 | 30.06.2026 21:12 | 7.2 km | 527 km |
| 3.2 | 29.06.2026 22:57 | 3.5 km | 513 km |
| 3.0 | 29.06.2026 05:27 | 10.4 km | 459 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.