4.1
48,102
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.73
mean magnitude
41,876
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 | 350 km |
| 7.9 | 15.04.1907 06:08 | 30 km | 137 km |
| 7.8 | 15.01.1931 01:50 | 35 km | 131 km |
| 7.8 | 28.07.1957 08:40 | 37.8 km | 307 km |
| 7.8 | 23.09.1902 20:18 | 0 km | 365 km |
| 7.8 | 29.11.1978 19:52 | 20.6 km | 126 km |
| 7.7 | 17.06.1928 03:19 | 20 km | 116 km |
| 7.6 | 30.07.1909 10:51 | 20 km | 351 km |
| 7.5 | 11.10.1945 16:52 | 90 km | 246 km |
| 7.5 | 09.10.1928 03:01 | 25 km | 175 km |
| 7.5 | 22.03.1928 04:17 | 15 km | 114 km |
| 7.5 | 20.03.2012 18:02 | 19.4 km | 242 km |
| 7.5 | 26.03.1908 23:03 | 25 km | 303 km |
| 7.4 | 30.09.1999 16:31 | 47.1 km | 148 km |
| 7.4 | 14.01.1903 01:47 | 0 km | 307 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 04.08.2026 08:07 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 4.2 | 04.08.2026 02:40 | 65.4 km | 289 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 22:36 | 23.6 km | 266 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 10:34 | 124.9 km | 144 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 08:07 | 195.4 km | 299 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 07:32 | 149.9 km | 231 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 07:05 | 7.1 km | 138 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2026 22:56 | 81.4 km | 87 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 22:46 | 145.9 km | 167 km |
| 3.9 | 02.08.2026 22:21 | 18.6 km | 186 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 22:12 | 26.9 km | 156 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 16:22 | 140.2 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 09:27 | 14.7 km | 230 km |
| 3.8 | 02.08.2026 09:20 | 150.4 km | 166 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 22:42 | 3.3 km | 235 km |
| 3.8 | 01.08.2026 22:12 | 10.6 km | 141 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 21:45 | 117.9 km | 150 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 11:04 | 40.5 km | 222 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 04:56 | 156.9 km | 261 km |
| 3.8 | 31.07.2026 22:09 | 11.4 km | 171 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 21:55 | 5 km | 259 km |
| 3.5 | 31.07.2026 21:49 | 115.3 km | 112 km |
| 3.4 | 31.07.2026 19:45 | 15.3 km | 191 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 12:49 | 165.6 km | 265 km |
| 3.5 | 31.07.2026 10:58 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 3.6 | 31.07.2026 08:59 | 29.7 km | 185 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 22:26 | 26.8 km | 203 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 20:03 | 5.1 km | 136 km |
| 3.6 | 30.07.2026 10:55 | 8 km | 221 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 10:36 | 114.4 km | 123 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 10:16 | 8.3 km | 160 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2026 10:10 | 154.4 km | 179 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 09:55 | 97.3 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 08:59 | 117 km | 239 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 22:36 | 114.8 km | 160 km |
| 3.6 | 29.07.2026 22:29 | 75.3 km | 240 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2026 22:13 | 123.8 km | 149 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 20:21 | 117.1 km | 172 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 20:16 | 65.8 km | 247 km |
| 3.4 | 29.07.2026 10:49 | 87.2 km | 152 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 10:30 | 27.8 km | 175 km |
| 3.6 | 29.07.2026 10:16 | 61.5 km | 222 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 10:14 | 129.8 km | 241 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2026 09:27 | 16.5 km | 208 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 09:07 | 9.5 km | 205 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 22:44 | 14.4 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 28.07.2026 22:06 | 3 km | 129 km |
| 3.5 | 28.07.2026 10:50 | 88.6 km | 312 km |
| 3.5 | 28.07.2026 10:34 | 72.5 km | 208 km |
| 3.6 | 28.07.2026 09:54 | 15 km | 236 km |
| 4.1 | 28.07.2026 09:30 | 87.2 km | 152 km |
| 3.3 | 27.07.2026 22:37 | 5.3 km | 297 km |
| 3.7 | 27.07.2026 21:44 | 9 km | 196 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2026 20:20 | 62.3 km | 126 km |
| 3.7 | 27.07.2026 11:01 | 61.6 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 27.07.2026 10:29 | 110 km | 108 km |
| 3.5 | 27.07.2026 09:51 | 103.9 km | 75 km |
| 3.9 | 27.07.2026 09:09 | 2.2 km | 180 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2026 09:06 | 15.8 km | 80 km |
| 3.5 | 27.07.2026 08:40 | 7.5 km | 243 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.