3.6
898
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1931–2026
record span
3.94
mean magnitude
591
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 | 15.07.2009 09:22 | 19.1 km | 241 km |
| 7.2 | 21.08.2003 12:12 | 20.9 km | 207 km |
| 7.0 | 16.12.1938 17:21 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 7.0 | 03.09.2010 16:35 | 2.1 km | 277 km |
| 7.0 | 10.08.1993 00:51 | 24.2 km | 206 km |
| 6.8 | 15.10.2007 12:29 | 18.9 km | 180 km |
| 6.7 | 03.06.1988 23:27 | 76 km | 165 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1976 13:56 | 18.7 km | 170 km |
| 6.5 | 24.05.1960 14:46 | 15 km | 190 km |
| 6.5 | 02.08.1943 00:46 | 15 km | 210 km |
| 6.4 | 31.05.1989 05:54 | 26.9 km | 210 km |
| 6.3 | 26.06.1946 12:34 | 15 km | 261 km |
| 6.1 | 13.10.1947 07:31 | 15 km | 131 km |
| 6.1 | 21.08.2003 14:12 | 31.9 km | 210 km |
| 6.1 | 24.06.1984 13:29 | 5.1 km | 211 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 02:16 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 5.9 | 16.07.2026 09:14 | 52.7 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 23.06.2026 22:55 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 3.9 | 18.06.2026 15:08 | 6 km | 155 km |
| 3.1 | 12.06.2026 03:38 | 26.3 km | 59 km |
| 3.9 | 10.06.2026 00:45 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 3.2 | 28.05.2026 06:29 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 27.05.2026 21:35 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 19.05.2026 03:11 | 5 km | 116 km |
| 3.1 | 18.05.2026 02:17 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 3.0 | 09.05.2026 01:45 | 5 km | 152 km |
| 3.5 | 26.04.2026 12:30 | 5 km | 135 km |
| 3.3 | 21.04.2026 20:59 | 5 km | 163 km |
| 3.6 | 21.04.2026 14:41 | 12 km | 132 km |
| 3.0 | 20.04.2026 10:30 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.3 | 15.04.2026 23:27 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 3.9 | 15.04.2026 19:18 | 14.4 km | 98 km |
| 3.2 | 01.04.2026 19:35 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 3.0 | 27.03.2026 02:11 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 3.1 | 26.03.2026 08:14 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 3.5 | 10.03.2026 16:49 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2026 12:06 | 5 km | 110 km |
| 3.4 | 03.03.2026 13:28 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2026 13:52 | 5 km | 109 km |
| 4.2 | 27.02.2026 11:00 | 153.9 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 17.02.2026 12:02 | 5 km | 130 km |
| 3.5 | 15.02.2026 12:56 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 3.2 | 14.02.2026 13:05 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.6 | 08.02.2026 09:42 | 6.2 km | 64 km |
| 3.1 | 31.01.2026 17:23 | 5 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 24.01.2026 13:56 | 5.5 km | 154 km |
| 3.2 | 23.01.2026 09:03 | 69.1 km | 126 km |
| 3.3 | 22.01.2026 08:39 | 3.4 km | 140 km |
| 3.4 | 18.01.2026 18:52 | 5 km | 159 km |
| 3.2 | 11.12.2025 16:33 | 5.5 km | 147 km |
| 3.0 | 27.10.2025 12:44 | 5.9 km | 147 km |
| 3.1 | 26.10.2025 03:26 | 5 km | 144 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2025 16:51 | 3.8 km | 164 km |
| 3.3 | 17.10.2025 08:04 | 14.8 km | 135 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2025 15:06 | 5.9 km | 128 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2025 04:53 | 5.5 km | 113 km |
| 3.8 | 03.10.2025 12:26 | 5 km | 153 km |
| 3.5 | 24.09.2025 05:03 | 5.9 km | 147 km |
| 3.2 | 16.09.2025 07:11 | 5.5 km | 113 km |
| 3.3 | 24.08.2025 04:40 | 61.7 km | 141 km |
| 3.4 | 18.08.2025 11:48 | 4.4 km | 160 km |
| 3.3 | 13.08.2025 03:43 | 5 km | 141 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2025 20:10 | 5.5 km | 114 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2025 00:24 | 21.7 km | 75 km |
| 3.0 | 24.07.2025 22:29 | 59.4 km | 138 km |
| 4.1 | 21.07.2025 23:28 | 14.3 km | 148 km |
| 3.1 | 20.07.2025 13:25 | 5 km | 155 km |
| 3.0 | 12.07.2025 15:52 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2025 08:59 | 11 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 07.07.2025 01:01 | 12.1 km | 146 km |
| 3.2 | 28.06.2025 06:11 | 5 km | 162 km |
| 3.1 | 06.06.2025 07:42 | 5 km | 132 km |
| 3.4 | 26.05.2025 09:34 | 6.9 km | 134 km |
| 3.7 | 14.05.2025 22:02 | 2.9 km | 143 km |
| 3.0 | 03.05.2025 02:11 | 5 km | 138 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.