4.5
2,076
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1907–2026
record span
4.26
mean magnitude
1,929
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 27.10.1945 21:57 | — | 628 km |
| 8.1 | 30.05.1935 21:32 | 25 km | 104 km |
| 8.0 | 27.11.1945 21:56 | 15 km | 439 km |
| 7.8 | 24.09.2013 11:29 | 15.5 km | 174 km |
| 7.7 | 16.04.2013 10:44 | 63.1 km | 339 km |
| 7.2 | 18.01.2011 20:23 | 79.9 km | 154 km |
| 7.1 | 27.08.1931 15:27 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 7.1 | 27.02.1997 21:08 | 27 km | 301 km |
| 7.0 | 20.10.1909 23:41 | 35 km | 373 km |
| 7.0 | 06.02.1914 11:42 | 100 km | 126 km |
| 6.9 | 01.08.1966 21:03 | 22.9 km | 349 km |
| 6.9 | 05.08.1947 14:24 | 15 km | 428 km |
| 6.9 | 15.10.1928 14:19 | 35 km | 162 km |
| 6.9 | 24.08.1931 21:35 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 6.8 | 28.09.2013 07:34 | 18.7 km | 147 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 18.07.2026 18:26 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 3.3 | 08.07.2026 01:24 | 10 km | 396 km |
| 5.2 | 27.06.2026 03:06 | 10 km | 467 km |
| 3.7 | 27.06.2026 00:44 | 0 km | 402 km |
| 5.5 | 26.06.2026 11:48 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2026 05:57 | 10 km | 466 km |
| 3.6 | 14.06.2026 15:46 | 0 km | 550 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2026 22:09 | 135 km | 484 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2026 15:34 | 110 km | 484 km |
| 3.4 | 24.05.2026 19:12 | 41.3 km | 492 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 04:06 | 10 km | 484 km |
| 4.3 | 27.04.2026 05:27 | 10 km | 509 km |
| 3.9 | 22.04.2026 01:47 | 10 km | 463 km |
| 3.3 | 18.04.2026 08:49 | 0 km | 463 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2026 21:46 | 10 km | 498 km |
| 4.3 | 10.04.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 466 km |
| 4.2 | 09.04.2026 13:34 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.5 | 27.03.2026 07:35 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 3.5 | 26.03.2026 00:26 | 10 km | 457 km |
| 4.0 | 20.03.2026 05:48 | 0 km | 304 km |
| 3.3 | 04.03.2026 17:22 | 0 km | 130 km |
| 5.3 | 13.02.2026 06:30 | 0 km | 171 km |
| 3.7 | 26.01.2026 13:44 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 4.1 | 15.01.2026 08:05 | 0 km | 457 km |
| 3.4 | 17.12.2025 11:43 | 0 km | 442 km |
| 4.4 | 15.12.2025 19:51 | 10 km | 343 km |
| 3.6 | 13.12.2025 15:53 | 0 km | 441 km |
| 3.9 | 13.12.2025 13:14 | 0 km | 433 km |
| 3.4 | 07.11.2025 21:44 | 0 km | 308 km |
| 5.0 | 20.10.2025 05:42 | 0 km | 460 km |
| 4.9 | 05.10.2025 13:29 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 4.5 | 04.10.2025 17:29 | 40.9 km | 136 km |
| 4.9 | 03.10.2025 20:29 | 57.1 km | 143 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2025 04:33 | 10 km | 421 km |
| 3.7 | 17.09.2025 11:25 | 0 km | 422 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2025 08:04 | 0 km | 480 km |
| 3.7 | 07.08.2025 20:14 | 0 km | 366 km |
| 4.1 | 23.07.2025 02:14 | 10 km | 312 km |
| 4.3 | 14.07.2025 17:30 | 0 km | 173 km |
| 4.2 | 10.07.2025 02:00 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 4.7 | 09.07.2025 08:15 | 10 km | 525 km |
| 3.5 | 09.07.2025 08:15 | 0 km | 462 km |
| 3.2 | 09.07.2025 08:02 | 0 km | 332 km |
| 4.1 | 30.06.2025 11:10 | 10 km | 526 km |
| 3.8 | 29.06.2025 02:32 | 10 km | 479 km |
| 5.3 | 28.06.2025 22:24 | 10 km | 477 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2025 06:32 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 4.4 | 15.06.2025 18:12 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.6 | 14.06.2025 13:23 | 20.1 km | 423 km |
| 3.3 | 12.06.2025 14:32 | 28.5 km | 179 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 05:04 | 0 km | 366 km |
| 3.2 | 04.06.2025 18:42 | 10 km | 533 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2025 10:36 | 10 km | 518 km |
| 4.2 | 17.05.2025 10:56 | 0 km | 417 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2025 10:02 | 10 km | 493 km |
| 3.8 | 12.05.2025 07:56 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 4.0 | 09.05.2025 03:21 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.1 | 26.04.2025 10:10 | 10 km | 520 km |
| 4.2 | 25.04.2025 03:49 | 35 km | 247 km |
| 4.0 | 16.04.2025 01:13 | 43.1 km | 95 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.