4.7
1,896
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1908–2026
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
1,481
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 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 173 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 323 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 351 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 292 km |
| 7.2 | 18.02.1911 18:41 | 15 km | 345 km |
| 7.2 | 07.12.2015 07:50 | 14.2 km | 313 km |
| 6.9 | 23.10.1908 20:14 | 220 km | 254 km |
| 6.8 | 19.11.1996 10:44 | 19.1 km | 309 km |
| 6.6 | 12.07.1910 07:36 | 120 km | 175 km |
| 6.6 | 24.09.1943 11:31 | 120 km | 107 km |
| 6.6 | 25.03.1990 14:17 | 5 km | 212 km |
| 6.5 | 20.06.1925 13:04 | 230 km | 307 km |
| 6.5 | 20.01.1931 09:27 | 220 km | 307 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 10:46 | 13.9 km | 183 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 04:26 | 9 km | 191 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 25.07.2026 18:54 | 57.2 km | 100 km |
| 4.0 | 30.06.2026 14:58 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 14.06.2026 15:08 | 0 km | 7 km |
| 3.7 | 08.06.2026 21:11 | 76.9 km | 123 km |
| 3.8 | 02.06.2026 20:01 | 140 km | 201 km |
| 3.7 | 04.05.2026 06:29 | 16 km | 193 km |
| 3.6 | 29.04.2026 22:24 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 4.3 | 23.04.2026 03:22 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 3.3 | 19.04.2026 13:48 | 0 km | 112 km |
| 4.3 | 17.04.2026 10:31 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 4.1 | 02.04.2026 00:11 | 0 km | 90 km |
| 4.8 | 27.03.2026 04:52 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 4.7 | 27.03.2026 04:40 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 27.03.2026 03:01 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 4.0 | 26.03.2026 23:21 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 26.03.2026 21:30 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 5.0 | 26.03.2026 21:02 | 10 km | 100 km |
| 2.8 | 17.03.2026 10:49 | 10 km | 254 km |
| 4.3 | 10.03.2026 06:16 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 3.1 | 27.02.2026 19:23 | 0 km | 28 km |
| 4.2 | 14.02.2026 04:06 | 0 km | 147 km |
| 3.3 | 13.02.2026 12:51 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.0 | 29.01.2026 16:36 | 5 km | 212 km |
| 4.0 | 22.01.2026 02:18 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 3.9 | 19.01.2026 06:32 | 59.7 km | 121 km |
| 5.7 | 19.01.2026 06:21 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.9 | 19.01.2026 00:58 | 5 km | 181 km |
| 4.3 | 18.01.2026 22:08 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 3.4 | 14.01.2026 19:17 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 13.01.2026 11:51 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 4.4 | 09.01.2026 13:30 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 5.2 | 08.01.2026 16:59 | 16.4 km | 172 km |
| 5.2 | 06.01.2026 19:17 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.4 | 04.01.2026 02:33 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 3.7 | 31.12.2025 14:05 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 3.5 | 27.12.2025 08:11 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 3.7 | 10.12.2025 23:01 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 3.6 | 05.12.2025 05:09 | 40 km | 252 km |
| 4.2 | 04.12.2025 00:21 | 10 km | 176 km |
| 4.3 | 03.12.2025 14:45 | 47.4 km | 83 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2025 19:24 | 12 km | 200 km |
| 3.7 | 20.11.2025 10:16 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 4.3 | 16.11.2025 21:45 | 0 km | 150 km |
| 4.4 | 16.11.2025 21:28 | 0 km | 155 km |
| 3.4 | 16.11.2025 19:56 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 4.3 | 14.11.2025 09:56 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 4.0 | 12.11.2025 07:34 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 3.6 | 09.11.2025 21:12 | 90 km | 140 km |
| 4.3 | 01.11.2025 12:12 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.8 | 21.10.2025 05:59 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 3.1 | 20.10.2025 21:56 | 10 km | 229 km |
| 4.4 | 20.10.2025 01:56 | 180 km | 219 km |
| 3.6 | 19.10.2025 21:57 | 59.2 km | 216 km |
| 5.0 | 19.10.2025 13:59 | 55.3 km | 211 km |
| 4.3 | 19.10.2025 05:42 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 4.4 | 18.10.2025 22:03 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 3.5 | 18.10.2025 10:51 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 4.5 | 17.10.2025 14:50 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.4 | 17.10.2025 13:23 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 4.0 | 17.10.2025 12:47 | 0 km | 205 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.