3.5
2,719
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.01
mean magnitude
2,409
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 23.07.1905 02:46 | 15 km | 596 km |
| 8.1 | 04.12.1957 03:37 | 30 km | 386 km |
| 8.0 | 09.07.1905 09:40 | 15 km | 516 km |
| 7.9 | 10.08.1931 21:18 | 10 km | 1059 km |
| 7.4 | 04.08.1914 22:41 | 15 km | 1003 km |
| 7.2 | 27.09.2003 11:33 | 10.3 km | 1271 km |
| 7.2 | 18.08.1931 14:21 | 10 km | 1064 km |
| 7.2 | 19.10.1938 04:13 | 10 km | 1103 km |
| 7.1 | 01.02.1903 09:34 | 0 km | 461 km |
| 7.0 | 05.01.1967 00:14 | 15.8 km | 164 km |
| 7.0 | 11.07.1905 08:38 | 20 km | 577 km |
| 6.9 | 11.07.1905 08:39 | 15 km | 553 km |
| 6.9 | 07.04.1958 19:13 | 30 km | 436 km |
| 6.9 | 14.07.1905 22:02 | 15 km | 483 km |
| 6.8 | 03.12.1960 04:24 | 20 km | 422 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 541 km |
| 3.6 | 26.07.2026 00:08 | 9.7 km | 422 km |
| 3.0 | 24.07.2026 08:36 | 14 km | 1048 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2026 15:51 | 10 km | 1041 km |
| 3.7 | 20.07.2026 03:45 | 10 km | 564 km |
| 3.7 | 17.07.2026 00:13 | 10 km | 561 km |
| 4.0 | 14.07.2026 15:01 | 10 km | 1288 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 11:30 | 10 km | 544 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2026 02:18 | 10 km | 556 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 21:07 | 0 km | 568 km |
| 4.0 | 31.05.2026 11:03 | 0 km | 709 km |
| 3.7 | 31.05.2026 11:03 | 0 km | 687 km |
| 3.5 | 31.05.2026 04:22 | 10 km | 378 km |
| 4.1 | 29.05.2026 06:55 | 10 km | 1290 km |
| 3.8 | 20.05.2026 13:58 | 10 km | 571 km |
| 4.5 | 18.05.2026 08:32 | 38.2 km | 1297 km |
| 3.7 | 17.05.2026 13:45 | 0 km | 812 km |
| 4.0 | 15.05.2026 08:55 | 10 km | 931 km |
| 3.8 | 13.05.2026 13:34 | 10 km | 385 km |
| 3.6 | 08.05.2026 11:38 | 10 km | 817 km |
| 3.5 | 03.05.2026 23:30 | 36.1 km | 830 km |
| 4.1 | 03.05.2026 10:00 | 10 km | 1295 km |
| 4.2 | 01.05.2026 09:30 | 10 km | 811 km |
| 4.0 | 26.04.2026 04:30 | 10 km | 818 km |
| 4.3 | 26.04.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 813 km |
| 5.5 | 26.04.2026 04:23 | 13 km | 816 km |
| 3.7 | 25.04.2026 09:40 | 10 km | 1127 km |
| 3.9 | 22.04.2026 11:11 | 10 km | 812 km |
| 4.2 | 07.04.2026 16:07 | 10 km | 744 km |
| 4.2 | 02.04.2026 07:39 | 10 km | 1277 km |
| 3.7 | 29.03.2026 17:25 | 10 km | 884 km |
| 3.9 | 16.03.2026 03:19 | 10 km | 1191 km |
| 3.5 | 13.03.2026 10:14 | 0 km | 807 km |
| 3.5 | 11.03.2026 12:11 | 0 km | 1281 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2026 17:00 | 10 km | 331 km |
| 4.3 | 22.02.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 1010 km |
| 3.6 | 22.02.2026 01:13 | 10 km | 942 km |
| 3.7 | 14.02.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 604 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 595 km |
| 3.7 | 09.02.2026 06:24 | 10 km | 588 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2026 13:18 | 5 km | 368 km |
| 3.5 | 03.02.2026 16:07 | 10 km | 1000 km |
| 3.3 | 01.02.2026 10:04 | 10 km | 686 km |
| 3.9 | 28.01.2026 10:05 | 10 km | 697 km |
| 3.5 | 25.01.2026 03:13 | 10 km | 554 km |
| 3.6 | 18.01.2026 17:13 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 4.5 | 14.01.2026 03:44 | 10 km | 718 km |
| 3.7 | 11.01.2026 13:32 | 10 km | 897 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 23:51 | 11.4 km | 566 km |
| 3.7 | 05.01.2026 15:58 | 10 km | 973 km |
| 4.7 | 01.01.2026 19:26 | 9.4 km | 1124 km |
| 3.3 | 01.01.2026 19:26 | 0 km | 1118 km |
| 3.9 | 24.12.2025 10:38 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 3.7 | 23.12.2025 11:39 | 0 km | 464 km |
| 4.1 | 23.12.2025 08:42 | 10 km | 350 km |
| 3.6 | 15.12.2025 22:39 | 10 km | 529 km |
| 4.1 | 12.12.2025 03:04 | 0 km | 1278 km |
| 4.5 | 10.12.2025 12:41 | 10 km | 1295 km |
| 3.9 | 03.12.2025 00:10 | 0 km | 312 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2025 19:46 | 10 km | 580 km |
Regions
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.