3.1
1,503
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.02
mean magnitude
784
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 | 142 km |
| 7.5 | 16.06.1929 22:47 | 20 km | 68 km |
| 7.1 | 23.05.1968 17:24 | 19 km | 64 km |
| 7.0 | 09.03.1929 10:50 | 20 km | 182 km |
| 6.8 | 15.11.1901 20:15 | 0 km | 179 km |
| 6.7 | 18.06.1994 03:25 | 16.1 km | 207 km |
| 6.5 | 16.08.2013 02:31 | 13.8 km | 124 km |
| 6.5 | 21.07.2013 05:09 | 16.3 km | 144 km |
| 6.5 | 22.05.1948 19:21 | 15 km | 128 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.1929 15:30 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 6.4 | 14.11.2016 00:34 | 16.5 km | 137 km |
| 6.3 | 22.06.1929 18:39 | 15 km | 42 km |
| 6.3 | 03.07.2012 10:36 | 239 km | 171 km |
| 6.3 | 13.11.2016 11:32 | 14.7 km | 126 km |
| 6.2 | 19.06.1929 09:17 | 15 km | 49 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 21:25 | 79.3 km | 8 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2026 19:24 | 184.7 km | 21 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2026 08:35 | 2.2 km | 61 km |
| 3.5 | 14.07.2026 20:39 | 197.8 km | 24 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2026 07:01 | 62.2 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2026 10:46 | 127.3 km | 11 km |
| 4.1 | 01.07.2026 06:26 | 195.8 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 27.06.2026 12:39 | 183.3 km | 69 km |
| 3.1 | 24.06.2026 04:53 | 114.4 km | 42 km |
| 3.3 | 16.06.2026 18:53 | 152.7 km | 23 km |
| 3.3 | 15.06.2026 14:39 | 156.9 km | 119 km |
| 3.1 | 09.06.2026 02:32 | 196.1 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 02.06.2026 12:07 | 49.1 km | 50 km |
| 3.3 | 22.05.2026 05:00 | 195.5 km | 26 km |
| 3.8 | 10.05.2026 11:04 | 102 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 10.05.2026 08:55 | 83.1 km | 14 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2026 22:57 | 144 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 29.04.2026 14:55 | 428.9 km | 64 km |
| 3.5 | 15.04.2026 07:29 | 192.2 km | 23 km |
| 3.5 | 08.03.2026 15:32 | 136.2 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2026 12:03 | 150 km | 9 km |
| 3.2 | 18.02.2026 04:44 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.0 | 16.02.2026 06:17 | 162.8 km | 19 km |
| 3.6 | 10.02.2026 21:09 | 1.9 km | 51 km |
| 3.2 | 03.02.2026 20:28 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.1 | 30.01.2026 13:49 | 87.7 km | 47 km |
| 3.1 | 26.01.2026 23:01 | 55.4 km | 46 km |
| 3.5 | 26.01.2026 17:30 | 15.2 km | 85 km |
| 3.0 | 24.01.2026 20:05 | 30.1 km | 82 km |
| 3.3 | 23.01.2026 05:41 | 142.6 km | 116 km |
| 3.0 | 17.01.2026 23:18 | 81.2 km | 50 km |
| 3.4 | 02.01.2026 19:05 | 46.8 km | 113 km |
| 3.2 | 27.12.2025 16:41 | 58.7 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 17.12.2025 00:58 | 106 km | 33 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 11:27 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 08.12.2025 20:27 | 58.3 km | 63 km |
| 3.3 | 06.12.2025 05:50 | 63.8 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 02.12.2025 11:51 | 163 km | 118 km |
| 3.3 | 12.11.2025 09:50 | 246.7 km | 61 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2025 00:01 | 63.1 km | 67 km |
| 3.2 | 20.10.2025 17:06 | 5 km | 34 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2025 15:22 | 5 km | 28 km |
| 3.1 | 02.10.2025 21:17 | 10.1 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 22.09.2025 06:44 | 80.3 km | 2 km |
| 3.6 | 20.09.2025 07:52 | 9 km | 29 km |
| 3.6 | 16.09.2025 11:01 | 96.9 km | 27 km |
| 3.5 | 08.09.2025 03:50 | 6.7 km | 25 km |
| 3.1 | 07.09.2025 06:10 | 129.5 km | 122 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2025 01:05 | 82.2 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 31.08.2025 07:39 | 74.7 km | 42 km |
| 3.1 | 28.08.2025 21:54 | 201.6 km | 34 km |
| 3.3 | 24.08.2025 17:04 | 87.6 km | 19 km |
| 3.7 | 21.08.2025 20:37 | 142.7 km | 108 km |
| 3.6 | 20.08.2025 03:57 | 103.5 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 18.08.2025 23:52 | 17.6 km | 65 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2025 17:57 | 137 km | 139 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2025 11:15 | 194.9 km | 27 km |
| 4.0 | 27.07.2025 07:11 | 92.9 km | 73 km |
| 4.1 | 23.07.2025 21:12 | 92 km | 24 km |
| 3.1 | 18.07.2025 10:47 | 83.9 km | 17 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.