3.9
3,302
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.08
mean magnitude
2,872
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 | 442 km |
| 7.7 | 28.03.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 403 km |
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 108 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.1931 20:09 | 15 km | 199 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 50 km |
| 7.3 | 29.07.1947 13:43 | 20 km | 494 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:41 | 15 km | 189 km |
| 7.2 | 06.08.1988 00:36 | 98.1 km | 74 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1938 04:28 | 75 km | 253 km |
| 7.1 | 23.10.1943 17:23 | 15 km | 294 km |
| 7.1 | 16.07.1956 15:07 | 34.3 km | 258 km |
| 7.0 | 31.08.1906 14:57 | 100 km | 317 km |
| 7.0 | 29.07.1970 10:16 | 73.5 km | 165 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 04.08.2026 02:56 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 23:05 | 105 km | 112 km |
| 3.6 | 30.07.2026 05:19 | 75 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 02:21 | 55 km | 206 km |
| 4.2 | 29.07.2026 14:02 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 4.0 | 28.07.2026 08:05 | 110 km | 85 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 09:31 | 10 km | 345 km |
| 4.7 | 25.07.2026 23:09 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 19:57 | 10 km | 315 km |
| 2.9 | 23.07.2026 23:35 | 112 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 23.07.2026 04:06 | 121 km | 141 km |
| 3.4 | 21.07.2026 23:43 | 59 km | 135 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:16 | 8 km | 143 km |
| 3.6 | 18.07.2026 13:17 | 96 km | 103 km |
| 3.4 | 18.07.2026 03:41 | 55 km | 102 km |
| 3.4 | 17.07.2026 17:14 | 107 km | 148 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2026 01:42 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 5.1 | 17.07.2026 01:26 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 3.6 | 16.07.2026 04:45 | 62.8 km | 161 km |
| 3.3 | 16.07.2026 01:16 | 18 km | 186 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 21:16 | 106 km | 278 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 10:20 | 28 km | 162 km |
| 3.4 | 13.07.2026 01:53 | 90 km | 132 km |
| 3.9 | 13.07.2026 01:02 | 80 km | 134 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2026 22:39 | 10 km | 210 km |
| 3.7 | 10.07.2026 13:29 | 102.1 km | 134 km |
| 3.7 | 09.07.2026 02:59 | 113 km | 267 km |
| 3.4 | 09.07.2026 02:37 | 15 km | 149 km |
| 2.8 | 08.07.2026 16:01 | 15 km | 176 km |
| 3.3 | 06.07.2026 12:19 | 10 km | 322 km |
| 3.4 | 06.07.2026 05:24 | 72 km | 133 km |
| 3.0 | 05.07.2026 18:15 | 121 km | 100 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 17:02 | 82 km | 266 km |
| 3.1 | 03.07.2026 13:38 | 70 km | 143 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2026 12:09 | 0 km | 155 km |
| 3.4 | 30.06.2026 17:12 | 14.4 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2026 22:13 | 59 km | 144 km |
| 3.2 | 28.06.2026 19:40 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 4.0 | 28.06.2026 12:06 | 83 km | 118 km |
| 3.0 | 26.06.2026 15:10 | 10 km | 287 km |
| 3.0 | 25.06.2026 19:05 | 110 km | 195 km |
| 3.3 | 24.06.2026 04:07 | 15 km | 91 km |
| 4.3 | 24.06.2026 03:58 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.4 | 23.06.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.1 | 20.06.2026 04:33 | 96.7 km | 81 km |
| 3.4 | 19.06.2026 22:59 | 80 km | 123 km |
| 2.6 | 18.06.2026 22:53 | 31 km | 163 km |
| 3.0 | 18.06.2026 16:33 | 28 km | 158 km |
| 4.5 | 18.06.2026 15:29 | 52.1 km | 147 km |
| 3.1 | 18.06.2026 15:29 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 3.3 | 18.06.2026 02:55 | 32 km | 143 km |
| 3.3 | 17.06.2026 18:04 | 118 km | 66 km |
| 3.2 | 17.06.2026 13:42 | 25 km | 122 km |
| 4.4 | 17.06.2026 04:16 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 2.9 | 15.06.2026 17:19 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.4 | 13.06.2026 22:50 | 21 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 13.06.2026 18:01 | 8 km | 288 km |
| 3.9 | 13.06.2026 02:13 | 112 km | 204 km |
| 3.5 | 11.06.2026 11:53 | 82 km | 214 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2026 23:42 | 100 km | 73 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.