3.0
977
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.70
mean magnitude
353
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 05.09.2012 14:42 | 20.7 km | 171 km |
| 7.6 | 22.04.1991 21:56 | 15.7 km | 239 km |
| 7.6 | 21.12.1939 20:54 | 25 km | 145 km |
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 108 km |
| 7.3 | 26.04.1916 02:21 | 35 km | 154 km |
| 7.3 | 25.03.1990 13:22 | 21.2 km | 166 km |
| 7.2 | 21.06.1900 20:52 | 0 km | 180 km |
| 7.2 | 30.12.1907 05:26 | 0 km | 216 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 08:02 | 35 km | 63 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1956 14:42 | 35 km | 228 km |
| 7.2 | 04.03.1924 10:07 | 15 km | 179 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1909 06:58 | 0 km | 154 km |
| 7.1 | 08.10.1901 02:16 | — | 221 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1967 08:00 | 168.8 km | 167 km |
| 7.0 | 19.11.1948 01:04 | 80 km | 181 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 04:21 | 8 km | 94 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 20:19 | 21 km | 82 km |
| 4.2 | 21.07.2026 07:13 | 149 km | 93 km |
| 2.5 | 17.07.2026 02:58 | 153 km | 86 km |
| 2.8 | 08.07.2026 12:53 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 2.6 | 08.07.2026 09:22 | 202 km | 84 km |
| 2.8 | 02.07.2026 20:10 | 11 km | 108 km |
| 2.8 | 02.07.2026 17:14 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 2.9 | 26.06.2026 11:53 | 300 km | 109 km |
| 2.8 | 22.06.2026 05:14 | 192 km | 82 km |
| 3.4 | 15.06.2026 09:37 | 43 km | 88 km |
| 5.0 | 10.06.2026 03:01 | 65.5 km | 154 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2026 16:06 | 164.1 km | 120 km |
| 3.4 | 09.06.2026 12:41 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 3.3 | 08.06.2026 01:14 | 300 km | 90 km |
| 3.3 | 08.06.2026 00:07 | 67 km | 58 km |
| 2.5 | 05.06.2026 21:40 | 13 km | 77 km |
| 2.7 | 13.05.2026 14:45 | 157 km | 68 km |
| 2.7 | 10.05.2026 12:45 | 136 km | 86 km |
| 3.2 | 06.05.2026 22:54 | 128 km | 85 km |
| 2.5 | 28.04.2026 21:06 | 6 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 28.04.2026 09:51 | 219 km | 89 km |
| 2.9 | 24.04.2026 18:37 | 3 km | 42 km |
| 2.6 | 21.04.2026 04:14 | 213 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 04.04.2026 10:53 | 200 km | 117 km |
| 2.5 | 02.04.2026 18:55 | 199 km | 90 km |
| 2.5 | 02.04.2026 14:24 | 150 km | 92 km |
| 2.6 | 27.03.2026 03:35 | 28 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 22.03.2026 11:11 | 14 km | 61 km |
| 2.5 | 20.03.2026 09:59 | 2 km | 90 km |
| 2.9 | 19.03.2026 13:58 | 120 km | 91 km |
| 3.1 | 13.03.2026 02:34 | 18 km | 93 km |
| 2.8 | 12.03.2026 08:58 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 2.9 | 11.03.2026 05:40 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 2.6 | 06.03.2026 12:51 | 154 km | 89 km |
| 2.5 | 26.02.2026 06:04 | 8 km | 69 km |
| 2.9 | 22.02.2026 07:17 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 2.5 | 13.02.2026 13:36 | 159 km | 99 km |
| 2.7 | 10.02.2026 04:37 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 2.6 | 27.01.2026 03:59 | 5 km | 91 km |
| 2.5 | 18.01.2026 03:14 | 9 km | 104 km |
| 3.8 | 02.01.2026 14:01 | 28 km | 91 km |
| 3.0 | 29.12.2025 18:13 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 2.5 | 26.12.2025 20:36 | 147 km | 82 km |
| 2.7 | 18.12.2025 23:31 | 148 km | 88 km |
| 2.5 | 13.12.2025 08:00 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 3.2 | 10.12.2025 00:22 | 3 km | 71 km |
| 2.5 | 01.12.2025 13:35 | 8 km | 86 km |
| 3.4 | 25.11.2025 11:30 | 208 km | 82 km |
| 4.5 | 22.11.2025 10:29 | 218.7 km | 79 km |
| 2.9 | 20.11.2025 12:42 | 9 km | 92 km |
| 3.2 | 19.11.2025 17:52 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.0 | 16.11.2025 00:47 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 2.5 | 08.11.2025 07:23 | 8 km | 92 km |
| 2.6 | 06.11.2025 20:58 | 6 km | 92 km |
| 4.9 | 03.11.2025 15:36 | 5.7 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 01.11.2025 22:41 | 201 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 29.10.2025 06:47 | 139 km | 88 km |
| 3.3 | 24.10.2025 11:37 | 4 km | 88 km |
| 3.2 | 24.10.2025 11:09 | 8 km | 90 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.