4.0
880
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.78
mean magnitude
451
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 | 261 km |
| 7.6 | 16.12.1911 19:14 | 30 km | 247 km |
| 7.5 | 21.09.1985 01:37 | 25.9 km | 274 km |
| 7.5 | 11.10.1945 16:52 | 90 km | 237 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1979 11:07 | 18.5 km | 251 km |
| 7.4 | 22.02.1943 09:20 | 20 km | 286 km |
| 7.3 | 18.04.2014 14:27 | 24.4 km | 268 km |
| 7.2 | 25.10.1981 03:22 | 25.4 km | 287 km |
| 7.1 | 19.09.2017 18:14 | 49.8 km | 152 km |
| 7.1 | 24.10.1980 14:53 | 61.9 km | 201 km |
| 7.0 | 19.11.1912 13:55 | 80 km | 56 km |
| 6.9 | 06.10.1937 09:47 | 100 km | 114 km |
| 6.6 | 06.07.1964 07:22 | 85.8 km | 165 km |
| 6.5 | 28.06.1938 19:17 | 110 km | 156 km |
| 6.5 | 21.04.1945 17:14 | 100 km | 101 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 03.08.2026 03:01 | 52.2 km | 153 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 21:46 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 06:32 | 14.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2026 10:58 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 3.3 | 17.07.2026 09:05 | 45.7 km | 154 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 08:16 | 52.2 km | 160 km |
| 3.3 | 12.07.2026 09:22 | 2 km | 78 km |
| 3.5 | 05.07.2026 09:57 | 2.1 km | 71 km |
| 3.6 | 05.07.2026 09:35 | 3.4 km | 120 km |
| 3.3 | 27.06.2026 09:45 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2026 09:19 | 5 km | 116 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 09:04 | 49.8 km | 147 km |
| 3.0 | 14.06.2026 09:25 | 4 km | 79 km |
| 3.2 | 06.06.2026 10:46 | 56.3 km | 126 km |
| 3.3 | 28.05.2026 20:42 | 14.8 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 25.05.2026 11:34 | 54.5 km | 136 km |
| 3.5 | 29.04.2026 19:18 | 10.7 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2026 21:30 | 5 km | 177 km |
| 3.2 | 14.04.2026 20:18 | 3 km | 128 km |
| 3.4 | 23.03.2026 20:46 | 56.5 km | 156 km |
| 3.2 | 19.02.2026 22:11 | 5 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2026 21:57 | 67.8 km | 142 km |
| 3.3 | 10.02.2026 10:15 | 50.5 km | 157 km |
| 4.0 | 28.01.2026 03:46 | 45.3 km | 176 km |
| 3.2 | 15.01.2026 09:24 | 10.3 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 29.12.2025 21:11 | 7.4 km | 133 km |
| 3.4 | 28.12.2025 10:05 | 56.8 km | 141 km |
| 3.4 | 25.12.2025 22:04 | 58.1 km | 117 km |
| 3.3 | 22.12.2025 22:09 | 36.4 km | 124 km |
| 3.5 | 18.12.2025 22:12 | 56.9 km | 127 km |
| 4.2 | 13.12.2025 08:27 | 48.7 km | 152 km |
| 4.0 | 12.12.2025 15:13 | 56 km | 173 km |
| 3.3 | 29.11.2025 08:04 | 57.4 km | 122 km |
| 4.0 | 27.11.2025 22:33 | 5.1 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 25.11.2025 22:12 | 0 km | 151 km |
| 3.3 | 19.11.2025 17:38 | 55.5 km | 141 km |
| 3.2 | 02.11.2025 22:09 | 23.1 km | 124 km |
| 3.9 | 30.10.2025 16:47 | 12.4 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 26.10.2025 10:59 | 40.8 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 25.10.2025 03:16 | 2.1 km | 57 km |
| 3.7 | 22.10.2025 21:39 | 16.1 km | 125 km |
| 3.0 | 26.09.2025 06:21 | 56 km | 123 km |
| 3.0 | 24.09.2025 10:33 | 57.7 km | 149 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2025 23:58 | 45.9 km | 170 km |
| 3.4 | 18.09.2025 21:52 | 4 km | 140 km |
| 3.3 | 12.09.2025 20:36 | 53.5 km | 140 km |
| 3.8 | 08.09.2025 18:02 | 27.8 km | 81 km |
| 3.5 | 26.08.2025 22:02 | 58.4 km | 144 km |
| 3.2 | 10.08.2025 08:41 | 56.7 km | 128 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2025 22:22 | 12.5 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2025 17:59 | 53.5 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2025 19:25 | 3.1 km | 75 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2025 22:14 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.7 | 17.07.2025 05:23 | 3.2 km | 99 km |
| 3.4 | 12.07.2025 20:18 | 73.4 km | 147 km |
| 3.7 | 05.07.2025 09:44 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 19.06.2025 06:17 | 57.1 km | 170 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2025 02:43 | 47.3 km | 163 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2025 09:27 | 57.3 km | 113 km |
| 3.4 | 15.06.2025 05:55 | 49.5 km | 154 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.