3.0
1,430
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1908–2026
record span
3.64
mean magnitude
994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 28.07.1957 08:40 | 37.8 km | 286 km |
| 7.6 | 16.12.1911 19:14 | 30 km | 330 km |
| 7.5 | 11.10.1945 16:52 | 90 km | 217 km |
| 7.5 | 26.03.1908 23:03 | 25 km | 334 km |
| 7.4 | 23.12.1937 13:18 | 25 km | 295 km |
| 7.3 | 14.09.1995 14:04 | 18.1 km | 302 km |
| 7.3 | 11.05.1962 14:11 | 25 km | 330 km |
| 7.3 | 14.12.1950 14:15 | 35 km | 298 km |
| 7.1 | 24.10.1980 14:53 | 61.9 km | 144 km |
| 7.1 | 19.09.2017 18:14 | 49.8 km | 123 km |
| 7.1 | 19.05.1962 14:58 | 25 km | 337 km |
| 7.0 | 19.11.1912 13:55 | 80 km | 225 km |
| 6.9 | 15.06.1999 20:42 | 59.1 km | 129 km |
| 6.9 | 06.10.1937 09:47 | 100 km | 151 km |
| 6.7 | 28.08.1973 09:50 | 80.3 km | 193 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 06:32 | 14.4 km | 125 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2026 20:26 | 59.7 km | 152 km |
| 3.9 | 23.07.2026 03:08 | 12.7 km | 49 km |
| 3.4 | 20.07.2026 22:52 | 60.8 km | 170 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2026 10:58 | 5 km | 162 km |
| 3.3 | 16.07.2026 20:52 | 57.4 km | 142 km |
| 3.3 | 12.07.2026 09:22 | 2 km | 148 km |
| 3.6 | 06.07.2026 16:40 | 87.1 km | 121 km |
| 3.7 | 06.07.2026 10:24 | 5 km | 70 km |
| 3.6 | 05.07.2026 09:35 | 3.4 km | 79 km |
| 3.2 | 01.07.2026 10:23 | 65.2 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 29.06.2026 10:48 | 57.6 km | 145 km |
| 3.5 | 29.06.2026 09:16 | 61.9 km | 162 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2026 20:12 | 59.5 km | 175 km |
| 3.3 | 27.06.2026 09:45 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 3.5 | 25.06.2026 17:35 | 53.7 km | 140 km |
| 3.5 | 24.06.2026 22:01 | 79.5 km | 139 km |
| 3.8 | 18.06.2026 09:47 | 3.8 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2026 09:19 | 5 km | 170 km |
| 3.3 | 17.06.2026 22:01 | 51.4 km | 69 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 09:04 | 49.8 km | 142 km |
| 3.0 | 14.06.2026 09:25 | 4 km | 144 km |
| 3.5 | 09.06.2026 22:12 | 3 km | 122 km |
| 3.4 | 08.06.2026 08:40 | 57.9 km | 148 km |
| 3.1 | 06.06.2026 10:35 | 55.5 km | 106 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 19:44 | 54.5 km | 142 km |
| 3.4 | 03.06.2026 18:42 | 46.5 km | 188 km |
| 4.1 | 28.05.2026 06:10 | 59.8 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 26.05.2026 10:54 | 35.7 km | 110 km |
| 3.3 | 16.05.2026 08:39 | 54.8 km | 158 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2026 22:24 | 64.8 km | 147 km |
| 3.7 | 08.05.2026 21:14 | 4 km | 179 km |
| 4.3 | 03.05.2026 06:35 | 29.6 km | 160 km |
| 3.5 | 01.05.2026 10:57 | 54.9 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 29.04.2026 19:18 | 10.7 km | 121 km |
| 3.2 | 25.04.2026 09:02 | 43.9 km | 169 km |
| 3.8 | 25.04.2026 08:23 | 27.6 km | 76 km |
| 3.3 | 15.04.2026 10:15 | 74.6 km | 211 km |
| 3.1 | 14.04.2026 19:40 | 58.3 km | 211 km |
| 3.6 | 12.04.2026 21:44 | 60.9 km | 150 km |
| 3.4 | 11.04.2026 09:53 | 53.6 km | 143 km |
| 3.2 | 08.04.2026 19:16 | 51 km | 146 km |
| 3.5 | 04.04.2026 22:52 | 11.3 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 02.04.2026 10:43 | 44.4 km | 155 km |
| 3.0 | 31.03.2026 09:08 | 56.3 km | 153 km |
| 3.3 | 24.03.2026 19:44 | 62.8 km | 163 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 02:43 | 63.7 km | 178 km |
| 4.0 | 12.03.2026 23:27 | 4.1 km | 34 km |
| 3.7 | 12.03.2026 20:42 | 67.8 km | 172 km |
| 3.0 | 11.03.2026 08:46 | 43.4 km | 122 km |
| 4.0 | 08.03.2026 10:26 | 12.2 km | 158 km |
| 3.7 | 01.03.2026 09:14 | 7 km | 72 km |
| 3.3 | 26.02.2026 22:26 | 54.7 km | 143 km |
| 3.2 | 15.02.2026 21:59 | 50 km | 154 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2026 18:33 | 62.1 km | 180 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2026 21:57 | 67.8 km | 120 km |
| 3.0 | 06.02.2026 10:14 | 59.9 km | 168 km |
| 3.0 | 25.01.2026 22:00 | 44.7 km | 139 km |
| 3.4 | 21.01.2026 21:56 | 13.9 km | 35 km |
| 3.9 | 17.01.2026 21:48 | 62.4 km | 150 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.