3.2
1,046
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
841
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 15.08.1950 14:09 | 15 km | 267 km |
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 326 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.1931 20:09 | 15 km | 57 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 130 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 279 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:41 | 15 km | 268 km |
| 7.2 | 06.08.1988 00:36 | 98.1 km | 242 km |
| 7.2 | 22.06.1923 06:44 | 25 km | 388 km |
| 7.0 | 31.08.1906 14:57 | 100 km | 105 km |
| 7.0 | 29.07.1970 10:16 | 73.5 km | 198 km |
| 7.0 | 12.12.1908 12:54 | 15 km | 109 km |
| 7.0 | 16.05.1941 07:14 | 25 km | 329 km |
| 6.9 | 05.01.1991 14:57 | 21.4 km | 315 km |
| 6.9 | 21.09.1930 23:04 | 15 km | 135 km |
| 6.8 | 11.11.2012 01:12 | 14.2 km | 385 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 16:53 | 8 km | 128 km |
| 4.7 | 25.07.2026 23:09 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:16 | 8 km | 304 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 21:16 | 106 km | 176 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 17:02 | 82 km | 127 km |
| 3.4 | 30.06.2026 17:12 | 14.4 km | 118 km |
| 3.0 | 25.06.2026 19:05 | 110 km | 145 km |
| 3.9 | 13.06.2026 02:13 | 112 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 11.06.2026 11:53 | 82 km | 138 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 00:06 | 13 km | 295 km |
| 3.4 | 01.06.2026 06:31 | 15 km | 275 km |
| 3.4 | 28.05.2026 04:25 | 112 km | 149 km |
| 3.3 | 15.05.2026 21:05 | 5 km | 205 km |
| 3.3 | 06.05.2026 22:45 | 94 km | 101 km |
| 4.2 | 06.05.2026 15:17 | 0 km | 329 km |
| 2.5 | 06.05.2026 10:23 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 4.0 | 05.05.2026 13:23 | 117 km | 173 km |
| 3.7 | 05.05.2026 04:10 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 3.9 | 29.04.2026 19:21 | 223.1 km | 159 km |
| 3.6 | 17.04.2026 08:53 | 101.7 km | 111 km |
| 3.5 | 13.04.2026 18:51 | 85 km | 142 km |
| 3.5 | 10.04.2026 22:10 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 3.6 | 06.04.2026 03:05 | 0 km | 106 km |
| 3.9 | 31.03.2026 15:45 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.0 | 08.03.2026 21:01 | 96 km | 135 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2026 14:13 | 5 km | 294 km |
| 3.3 | 25.02.2026 06:00 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.3 | 25.02.2026 06:00 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 4.7 | 25.02.2026 03:15 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 3.5 | 21.02.2026 23:48 | 65 km | 114 km |
| 3.4 | 15.02.2026 15:20 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 2.8 | 14.02.2026 07:44 | 80 km | 127 km |
| 3.4 | 07.02.2026 04:00 | 0 km | 161 km |
| 4.8 | 21.01.2026 21:43 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 3.8 | 21.01.2026 16:48 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 3.2 | 14.01.2026 06:26 | 0 km | 170 km |
| 4.2 | 29.12.2025 15:30 | 10 km | 23 km |
| 3.3 | 25.12.2025 15:19 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 4.2 | 18.12.2025 00:34 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.3 | 05.12.2025 14:53 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 3.0 | 25.10.2025 23:12 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2025 19:44 | 73 km | 153 km |
| 3.1 | 01.10.2025 20:49 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 16.09.2025 00:37 | 0 km | 128 km |
| 4.5 | 13.09.2025 05:39 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.3 | 31.08.2025 03:34 | 30 km | 136 km |
| 3.4 | 26.07.2025 05:57 | 85 km | 142 km |
| 4.5 | 01.07.2025 21:29 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 3.8 | 27.06.2025 13:47 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2025 13:02 | 25 km | 54 km |
| 3.8 | 22.06.2025 01:53 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 4.2 | 09.06.2025 23:31 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2025 15:13 | 87 km | 96 km |
| 4.3 | 05.06.2025 04:45 | 102.5 km | 87 km |
| 3.3 | 28.05.2025 17:22 | 80 km | 142 km |
| 3.5 | 25.05.2025 20:05 | 60 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 23.05.2025 00:07 | 20 km | 95 km |
| 4.7 | 16.05.2025 01:00 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 3.3 | 15.05.2025 08:01 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.4 | 15.05.2025 00:16 | 10 km | 179 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.