4.6
730
recorded earthquakes
M7.5
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
165
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 180 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1956 14:42 | 35 km | 84 km |
| 7.2 | 30.12.1907 05:26 | 0 km | 56 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 08:02 | 35 km | 135 km |
| 7.1 | 08.10.1901 02:14 | 0 km | 177 km |
| 7.1 | 08.10.1901 02:16 | — | 125 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1967 08:00 | 168.8 km | 9 km |
| 7.0 | 05.11.1926 07:55 | 15 km | 138 km |
| 6.9 | 09.10.2004 21:26 | 48.6 km | 106 km |
| 6.8 | 02.10.1932 02:59 | 30 km | 101 km |
| 6.8 | 03.04.1990 22:57 | 46.4 km | 98 km |
| 6.8 | 19.02.1954 21:34 | 35 km | 109 km |
| 6.7 | 19.02.1954 00:40 | 35 km | 135 km |
| 6.7 | 03.03.1996 16:37 | 75.2 km | 119 km |
| 6.6 | 21.04.2022 07:42 | 31.8 km | 128 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 02.08.2026 16:09 | 136.5 km | 37 km |
| 4.2 | 24.07.2026 10:25 | 143 km | 46 km |
| 2.6 | 17.07.2026 19:58 | 2 km | 38 km |
| 5.3 | 26.06.2026 11:57 | 124 km | 81 km |
| 3.3 | 21.06.2026 12:47 | 144 km | 43 km |
| 2.6 | 16.06.2026 02:12 | 7 km | 55 km |
| 2.5 | 03.06.2026 17:59 | 12 km | 42 km |
| 3.0 | 15.05.2026 13:17 | 90 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 09.05.2026 07:25 | 110 km | 48 km |
| 2.9 | 06.05.2026 06:35 | 158 km | 41 km |
| 2.5 | 02.05.2026 14:10 | 6 km | 33 km |
| 3.2 | 02.05.2026 12:38 | 9 km | 33 km |
| 2.7 | 01.05.2026 10:46 | 42 km | 33 km |
| 2.6 | 29.04.2026 01:57 | 5 km | 42 km |
| 2.5 | 29.04.2026 01:54 | 11 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 22.04.2026 21:35 | 16 km | 38 km |
| 3.1 | 12.04.2026 03:53 | 5 km | 33 km |
| 3.0 | 11.04.2026 08:00 | 143 km | 20 km |
| 2.9 | 28.03.2026 19:37 | 173 km | 35 km |
| 5.5 | 26.03.2026 17:15 | 163.7 km | 61 km |
| 4.7 | 23.03.2026 02:10 | 89 km | 53 km |
| 2.5 | 19.03.2026 02:56 | 7 km | 34 km |
| 3.0 | 19.03.2026 02:03 | 7 km | 34 km |
| 4.5 | 19.03.2026 01:55 | 15 km | 35 km |
| 3.4 | 19.03.2026 01:55 | 7 km | 34 km |
| 4.4 | 19.03.2026 01:47 | 8.9 km | 32 km |
| 4.9 | 11.03.2026 16:37 | 203 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 10.03.2026 15:23 | 9 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 04.03.2026 00:05 | 185 km | 38 km |
| 5.0 | 19.02.2026 03:00 | 83.4 km | 52 km |
| 4.2 | 07.01.2026 00:43 | 158.8 km | 60 km |
| 5.1 | 02.01.2026 01:30 | 66.7 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 26.12.2025 05:04 | 174 km | 45 km |
| 4.2 | 21.12.2025 17:42 | 83.7 km | 55 km |
| 4.9 | 16.12.2025 04:55 | 100.7 km | 59 km |
| 4.1 | 14.12.2025 08:23 | 120.1 km | 42 km |
| 2.8 | 02.12.2025 05:44 | 57 km | 32 km |
| 3.2 | 29.11.2025 22:23 | 1 km | 40 km |
| 5.2 | 17.11.2025 17:23 | 117.8 km | 55 km |
| 2.9 | 13.11.2025 01:33 | 153 km | 48 km |
| 2.7 | 09.11.2025 09:23 | 7 km | 40 km |
| 2.9 | 30.10.2025 18:56 | 156 km | 53 km |
| 2.5 | 25.10.2025 21:15 | 31 km | 35 km |
| 3.1 | 23.10.2025 05:40 | 115 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 14.09.2025 11:32 | 3 km | 30 km |
| 3.1 | 08.09.2025 21:03 | 122 km | 57 km |
| 4.4 | 05.09.2025 21:48 | 195 km | 32 km |
| 2.6 | 03.09.2025 16:50 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 2.9 | 01.09.2025 23:35 | 146 km | 31 km |
| 3.6 | 28.08.2025 12:44 | 132 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 23.08.2025 09:15 | 45 km | 10 km |
| 2.7 | 21.08.2025 02:30 | 6 km | 21 km |
| 3.0 | 18.08.2025 14:02 | 141 km | 40 km |
| 2.7 | 17.08.2025 23:27 | 136 km | 45 km |
| 3.7 | 17.08.2025 06:01 | 74 km | 48 km |
| 4.7 | 02.08.2025 03:54 | 76.5 km | 63 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2025 17:43 | 15 km | 46 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2025 14:45 | 160 km | 45 km |
| 3.5 | 16.07.2025 20:48 | 300 km | 30 km |
| 4.4 | 03.07.2025 08:28 | 99.6 km | 62 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.