4.2
1,092
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.15
mean magnitude
666
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 28.03.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 201 km |
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 345 km |
| 7.3 | 03.12.1930 18:51 | 10 km | 296 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 400 km |
| 7.2 | 05.05.1930 13:46 | 35 km | 339 km |
| 7.1 | 16.07.1956 15:07 | 34.3 km | 206 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1938 04:28 | 75 km | 267 km |
| 7.0 | 08.07.1975 12:04 | 106.8 km | 97 km |
| 6.9 | 05.01.1991 14:57 | 21.4 km | 354 km |
| 6.9 | 13.04.2016 13:55 | 151.4 km | 286 km |
| 6.8 | 11.11.2012 01:12 | 14.2 km | 281 km |
| 6.8 | 24.08.2016 10:34 | 88.2 km | 57 km |
| 6.7 | 28.03.2025 06:32 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.1906 11:18 | 35 km | 41 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 29.07.2026 14:02 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 5.1 | 17.07.2026 01:26 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2026 22:39 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.7 | 09.07.2026 02:59 | 113 km | 185 km |
| 3.3 | 06.07.2026 12:19 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 4.4 | 17.06.2026 04:16 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 4.0 | 13.06.2026 18:01 | 8 km | 204 km |
| 3.7 | 04.06.2026 15:39 | 119.8 km | 206 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2026 09:28 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 4.3 | 25.05.2026 17:20 | 4 km | 132 km |
| 4.0 | 16.05.2026 01:10 | 100 km | 278 km |
| 3.8 | 10.05.2026 19:36 | 56.8 km | 82 km |
| 5.0 | 10.05.2026 19:36 | 54.2 km | 85 km |
| 3.0 | 05.05.2026 16:16 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2026 08:50 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 3.6 | 25.04.2026 15:15 | 98 km | 90 km |
| 3.1 | 13.04.2026 07:58 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2026 05:18 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 3.0 | 08.04.2026 14:08 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2026 01:15 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2026 13:06 | 0 km | 174 km |
| 4.6 | 05.03.2026 13:48 | 66.9 km | 181 km |
| 3.2 | 05.03.2026 13:48 | 58.2 km | 183 km |
| 4.4 | 28.02.2026 07:24 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 5.0 | 25.02.2026 16:51 | 121 km | 273 km |
| 3.6 | 21.02.2026 11:31 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 3.9 | 16.02.2026 22:50 | 38.6 km | 106 km |
| 3.7 | 16.02.2026 20:40 | 70 km | 252 km |
| 3.7 | 15.02.2026 02:47 | 118.9 km | 166 km |
| 3.8 | 10.02.2026 19:05 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 5.0 | 03.02.2026 15:51 | 50 km | 99 km |
| 5.8 | 03.02.2026 15:34 | 50 km | 96 km |
| 4.2 | 03.02.2026 06:12 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.7 | 02.02.2026 00:04 | 93.4 km | 254 km |
| 3.1 | 25.01.2026 14:30 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 3.9 | 25.01.2026 10:43 | 0 km | 258 km |
| 3.0 | 22.01.2026 17:34 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.9 | 15.01.2026 12:12 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 3.7 | 14.01.2026 15:48 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 4.5 | 08.01.2026 14:56 | 65 km | 203 km |
| 3.2 | 08.01.2026 14:56 | 0 km | 140 km |
| 4.8 | 01.01.2026 13:19 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 3.4 | 07.12.2025 21:33 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 3.6 | 07.12.2025 09:46 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 02.12.2025 11:01 | 0 km | 216 km |
| 4.8 | 01.12.2025 18:55 | 98.9 km | 266 km |
| 3.3 | 25.11.2025 13:45 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 3.6 | 18.11.2025 10:24 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 4.2 | 21.10.2025 17:31 | 88.3 km | 223 km |
| 4.4 | 16.10.2025 04:36 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 4.5 | 13.10.2025 05:40 | 105.6 km | 215 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2025 00:23 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2025 17:15 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.4 | 02.10.2025 21:09 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 3.7 | 24.09.2025 12:18 | 0 km | 231 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2025 23:19 | 141.5 km | 114 km |
| 3.8 | 14.09.2025 14:56 | 59.1 km | 124 km |
| 4.0 | 10.09.2025 12:55 | 0 km | 121 km |
| 3.7 | 10.09.2025 11:54 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 4.3 | 05.09.2025 23:47 | 76.8 km | 285 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.