4.2
1,128
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.05
mean magnitude
795
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 | 55 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 107 km |
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 224 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 282 km |
| 7.3 | 03.12.1930 18:51 | 10 km | 369 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:41 | 15 km | 277 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1938 04:28 | 75 km | 242 km |
| 7.1 | 16.07.1956 15:07 | 34.3 km | 73 km |
| 7.0 | 08.07.1975 12:04 | 106.8 km | 130 km |
| 6.9 | 13.04.2016 13:55 | 151.4 km | 204 km |
| 6.9 | 05.01.1991 14:57 | 21.4 km | 229 km |
| 6.8 | 11.11.2012 01:12 | 14.2 km | 152 km |
| 6.8 | 24.08.2016 10:34 | 88.2 km | 149 km |
| 6.7 | 28.03.2025 06:32 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.1906 11:18 | 35 km | 147 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 29.07.2026 14:02 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 04:44 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 09:31 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 19:57 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 4.2 | 23.07.2026 04:06 | 121 km | 242 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:16 | 8 km | 226 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2026 01:42 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 5.1 | 17.07.2026 01:26 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2026 22:39 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 3.7 | 10.07.2026 13:29 | 102.1 km | 251 km |
| 3.7 | 09.07.2026 02:59 | 113 km | 136 km |
| 3.3 | 06.07.2026 12:19 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 3.0 | 26.06.2026 15:10 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 4.3 | 24.06.2026 03:58 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 23.06.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.4 | 17.06.2026 04:16 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 13.06.2026 18:01 | 8 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 04.06.2026 15:39 | 119.8 km | 154 km |
| 3.2 | 30.05.2026 20:22 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 29.05.2026 17:30 | 0 km | 238 km |
| 3.1 | 29.05.2026 17:21 | 30 km | 251 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2026 01:07 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 3.2 | 26.05.2026 23:39 | 120 km | 236 km |
| 3.1 | 25.05.2026 17:29 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 25.05.2026 17:20 | 4 km | 72 km |
| 3.3 | 24.05.2026 20:51 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 3.6 | 22.05.2026 06:38 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 19.05.2026 07:04 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 13.05.2026 11:04 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 3.1 | 11.05.2026 01:45 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 3.0 | 05.05.2026 16:16 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 3.0 | 03.05.2026 18:06 | 7 km | 206 km |
| 3.5 | 03.05.2026 12:01 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 01.05.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2026 16:53 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2026 08:50 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 3.3 | 28.04.2026 14:03 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.1 | 27.04.2026 04:31 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.6 | 25.04.2026 15:15 | 98 km | 118 km |
| 3.3 | 25.04.2026 01:49 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 4.2 | 21.04.2026 00:08 | 102.5 km | 226 km |
| 3.1 | 13.04.2026 07:58 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.1 | 12.04.2026 05:18 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.6 | 11.04.2026 22:59 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 3.3 | 09.04.2026 23:55 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 3.2 | 09.04.2026 14:00 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.0 | 08.04.2026 14:08 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2026 01:15 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 07.04.2026 12:10 | 10 km | 28 km |
| 3.0 | 03.04.2026 16:44 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.8 | 03.04.2026 16:32 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2026 13:06 | 0 km | 33 km |
| 4.2 | 23.03.2026 11:44 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.3 | 21.03.2026 13:55 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 3.4 | 20.03.2026 10:20 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 4.1 | 15.03.2026 08:30 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 3.2 | 13.03.2026 16:59 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 4.4 | 28.02.2026 07:24 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.5 | 27.02.2026 15:29 | 50 km | 266 km |
| 5.0 | 25.02.2026 16:51 | 121 km | 198 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.