3.1
3,259
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.09
mean magnitude
2,449
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 13.11.2016 11:02 | 16 km | 128 km |
| 7.5 | 16.06.1929 22:47 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 7.1 | 23.05.1968 17:24 | 19 km | 198 km |
| 7.0 | 09.03.1929 10:50 | 20 km | 60 km |
| 7.0 | 03.09.2010 16:35 | 2.1 km | 13 km |
| 6.8 | 15.11.1901 20:15 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 6.7 | 18.06.1994 03:25 | 16.1 km | 57 km |
| 6.5 | 16.08.2013 02:31 | 13.8 km | 265 km |
| 6.5 | 21.07.2013 05:09 | 16.3 km | 287 km |
| 6.5 | 22.05.1948 19:21 | 15 km | 145 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.1929 15:30 | 15 km | 197 km |
| 6.4 | 14.11.2016 00:34 | 16.5 km | 155 km |
| 6.3 | 22.06.1929 18:39 | 15 km | 203 km |
| 6.3 | 13.11.2016 11:32 | 14.7 km | 200 km |
| 6.3 | 26.06.1946 12:34 | 15 km | 30 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 24.07.2026 15:53 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 02:16 | 5 km | 151 km |
| 3.7 | 16.07.2026 21:57 | 29.4 km | 170 km |
| 4.3 | 12.07.2026 16:31 | 0 km | 174 km |
| 3.6 | 08.07.2026 12:37 | 5 km | 54 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2026 07:01 | 62.2 km | 220 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2026 04:54 | 12 km | 100 km |
| 3.0 | 27.06.2026 15:13 | 6.5 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 06:31 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 00:02 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 3.0 | 16.06.2026 12:02 | 5 km | 172 km |
| 3.3 | 13.06.2026 08:53 | 5.3 km | 96 km |
| 3.1 | 11.06.2026 12:14 | 5 km | 78 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2026 06:15 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 3.1 | 08.06.2026 22:42 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 4.5 | 08.06.2026 13:19 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 3.3 | 03.06.2026 08:03 | 7.2 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 31.05.2026 04:41 | 5 km | 200 km |
| 4.5 | 29.05.2026 22:56 | 14.6 km | 283 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2026 06:04 | 5 km | 79 km |
| 3.5 | 29.05.2026 03:31 | 5 km | 80 km |
| 3.4 | 24.05.2026 23:01 | 3.4 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 24.05.2026 21:43 | 5 km | 161 km |
| 3.3 | 24.05.2026 17:42 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 3.4 | 19.05.2026 03:11 | 5 km | 174 km |
| 3.2 | 08.05.2026 23:41 | 8 km | 111 km |
| 3.4 | 30.04.2026 11:17 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 21.04.2026 14:41 | 12 km | 174 km |
| 3.2 | 17.04.2026 21:10 | 5 km | 52 km |
| 3.9 | 15.04.2026 19:18 | 14.4 km | 220 km |
| 3.3 | 13.04.2026 22:44 | 10 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 11.04.2026 03:01 | 4.8 km | 9 km |
| 3.6 | 04.04.2026 12:10 | 5 km | 95 km |
| 3.8 | 02.04.2026 07:45 | 7.7 km | 16 km |
| 3.0 | 24.03.2026 18:54 | 28.4 km | 219 km |
| 3.4 | 24.03.2026 02:17 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 4.1 | 22.03.2026 05:54 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 3.7 | 19.03.2026 11:22 | 5 km | 50 km |
| 3.9 | 12.03.2026 03:05 | 15 km | 137 km |
| 3.1 | 08.03.2026 18:54 | 9 km | 70 km |
| 3.5 | 08.03.2026 15:32 | 136.2 km | 188 km |
| 3.2 | 18.02.2026 12:25 | 11.9 km | 198 km |
| 3.5 | 04.02.2026 05:54 | 36.8 km | 222 km |
| 3.1 | 31.01.2026 17:23 | 5 km | 203 km |
| 3.1 | 26.01.2026 23:01 | 55.4 km | 203 km |
| 3.5 | 26.01.2026 17:30 | 15.2 km | 199 km |
| 3.0 | 24.01.2026 20:05 | 30.1 km | 176 km |
| 3.3 | 22.01.2026 08:39 | 3.4 km | 198 km |
| 3.1 | 21.01.2026 13:16 | 4.2 km | 44 km |
| 3.4 | 18.01.2026 18:52 | 5 km | 111 km |
| 3.1 | 15.01.2026 20:37 | 10.1 km | 64 km |
| 3.0 | 12.01.2026 15:17 | 5 km | 3 km |
| 3.7 | 06.01.2026 18:51 | 20.3 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 02.01.2026 20:21 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.4 | 02.01.2026 19:32 | 14.8 km | 98 km |
| 3.4 | 02.01.2026 19:05 | 46.8 km | 178 km |
| 3.4 | 22.12.2025 02:47 | 11 km | 81 km |
| 3.4 | 11.12.2025 18:29 | 5 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 08.12.2025 16:37 | 5 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 07.12.2025 05:11 | 5 km | 156 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.