3.7
421
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.11
mean magnitude
307
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 03.12.1930 18:51 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 7.2 | 05.05.1930 13:46 | 35 km | 47 km |
| 6.7 | 12.09.2016 15:07 | 9 km | 163 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.1906 11:18 | 35 km | 259 km |
| 6.6 | 08.08.1929 12:57 | 15 km | 130 km |
| 6.5 | 21.09.2003 18:16 | 15.8 km | 196 km |
| 6.2 | 16.05.1995 21:48 | 16.5 km | 52 km |
| 6.0 | 11.11.1996 09:22 | 62.4 km | 186 km |
| 5.9 | 11.01.2018 18:26 | 11.2 km | 24 km |
| 5.7 | 30.09.1978 09:04 | 24.3 km | 185 km |
| 5.7 | 19.08.1994 21:02 | 14 km | 34 km |
| 5.7 | 10.08.1931 10:21 | 35 km | 64 km |
| 5.7 | 19.08.1942 18:29 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 5.6 | 03.10.1979 11:35 | 40.3 km | 143 km |
| 5.6 | 06.09.1931 05:38 | 35 km | 38 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 16:46 | 5 km | 131 km |
| 3.0 | 22.07.2026 08:43 | 10 km | 92 km |
| 3.9 | 12.07.2026 08:07 | 10 km | 37 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2026 22:22 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.1 | 14.06.2026 10:39 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 4.0 | 11.06.2026 05:45 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2026 01:07 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 3.2 | 28.05.2026 11:14 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 5.2 | 18.05.2026 02:05 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 3.2 | 13.05.2026 11:04 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.0 | 05.05.2026 16:16 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 4.5 | 02.05.2026 05:33 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 4.0 | 01.05.2026 14:51 | 0 km | 178 km |
| 3.1 | 29.04.2026 06:01 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 06.04.2026 09:09 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.1 | 23.03.2026 07:06 | 10 km | 17 km |
| 3.9 | 23.03.2026 06:10 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.3 | 21.03.2026 13:55 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 3.8 | 27.02.2026 05:20 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 04.02.2026 19:38 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.0 | 26.01.2026 13:27 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 19.01.2026 18:56 | 0 km | 128 km |
| 3.6 | 19.01.2026 15:43 | 0 km | 124 km |
| 3.1 | 17.01.2026 11:19 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 3.1 | 16.01.2026 07:55 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 15.01.2026 06:53 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.6 | 12.01.2026 13:26 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 09.01.2026 08:06 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 06.01.2026 12:12 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.4 | 01.01.2026 12:10 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 25.12.2025 13:13 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 23.12.2025 05:19 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.3 | 11.12.2025 04:05 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 07.12.2025 16:03 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.4 | 06.12.2025 04:44 | 12 km | 107 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2025 13:45 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.7 | 16.11.2025 21:20 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2025 12:07 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 05.11.2025 10:31 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2025 07:34 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.9 | 17.10.2025 16:39 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2025 19:27 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2025 12:13 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.3 | 01.10.2025 23:40 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 3.4 | 28.09.2025 00:55 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.4 | 28.09.2025 00:55 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.0 | 18.09.2025 22:45 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 12.09.2025 15:20 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2025 00:41 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 3.5 | 07.09.2025 03:17 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 4.6 | 07.09.2025 03:17 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.3 | 06.09.2025 11:27 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.2 | 02.09.2025 08:58 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 29.08.2025 05:43 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2025 10:32 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 25.08.2025 11:20 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 3.0 | 21.08.2025 03:15 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 3.1 | 17.08.2025 14:44 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 3.3 | 10.08.2025 10:38 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 04.08.2025 07:40 | 10 km | 66 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.