4.5
9,764
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.19
mean magnitude
8,399
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 | 15.11.1921 20:36 | 240 km | 274 km |
| 7.7 | 07.07.1909 21:37 | 200 km | 298 km |
| 7.6 | 26.10.2015 09:09 | 216.7 km | 288 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 155 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1949 10:19 | 228.7 km | 306 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1965 15:53 | 215.3 km | 290 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 258 km |
| 7.4 | 30.12.1983 23:52 | 215.6 km | 289 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 256 km |
| 7.3 | 03.03.2002 12:08 | 204.8 km | 292 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 458 km |
| 7.2 | 06.10.1902 09:15 | 200 km | 308 km |
| 7.2 | 07.12.2015 07:50 | 14.2 km | 457 km |
| 7.1 | 21.04.1917 00:49 | 200 km | 296 km |
| 7.0 | 24.10.1908 21:16 | 220 km | 275 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 28.07.2026 06:57 | 132 km | 337 km |
| 4.6 | 27.07.2026 17:47 | 109.1 km | 285 km |
| 4.7 | 25.07.2026 18:54 | 57.2 km | 231 km |
| 4.1 | 25.07.2026 16:56 | 126 km | 318 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 10:18 | 209 km | 318 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2026 22:59 | 28.2 km | 252 km |
| 4.7 | 19.07.2026 22:58 | 91.8 km | 265 km |
| 4.2 | 17.07.2026 19:20 | 211 km | 296 km |
| 3.5 | 14.07.2026 03:22 | 208.6 km | 320 km |
| 3.9 | 03.07.2026 03:00 | 85.7 km | 257 km |
| 5.5 | 01.07.2026 17:57 | 198.8 km | 308 km |
| 4.0 | 30.06.2026 14:58 | 0 km | 300 km |
| 3.8 | 29.06.2026 11:33 | 193.3 km | 293 km |
| 4.1 | 28.06.2026 21:31 | 146.9 km | 282 km |
| 6.2 | 27.06.2026 13:34 | 203 km | 293 km |
| 3.3 | 24.06.2026 17:53 | 10 km | 288 km |
| 5.2 | 22.06.2026 10:22 | 209.1 km | 288 km |
| 3.7 | 21.06.2026 08:28 | 119.5 km | 271 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 02:01 | 115.2 km | 266 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 02:01 | 0 km | 156 km |
| 4.2 | 14.06.2026 17:54 | 205.4 km | 292 km |
| 3.4 | 14.06.2026 13:56 | 220.8 km | 328 km |
| 3.7 | 09.06.2026 16:03 | 0 km | 202 km |
| 3.5 | 06.06.2026 21:24 | 221.7 km | 319 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2026 23:04 | 105.3 km | 271 km |
| 3.4 | 05.06.2026 14:53 | 173.2 km | 296 km |
| 3.2 | 03.06.2026 00:56 | 222.3 km | 332 km |
| 3.8 | 02.06.2026 20:01 | 140 km | 117 km |
| 4.3 | 02.06.2026 04:02 | 202.3 km | 307 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2026 17:40 | 86.3 km | 278 km |
| 3.7 | 30.05.2026 06:27 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.6 | 30.05.2026 04:57 | 194.9 km | 307 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2026 04:37 | 223.3 km | 296 km |
| 3.8 | 26.05.2026 14:24 | 90.4 km | 280 km |
| 3.5 | 26.05.2026 14:05 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 3.2 | 25.05.2026 10:09 | 10 km | 344 km |
| 3.3 | 25.05.2026 03:03 | 242 km | 327 km |
| 3.3 | 23.05.2026 18:08 | 248.9 km | 296 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2026 08:49 | 101.2 km | 264 km |
| 3.5 | 14.05.2026 19:56 | 151.6 km | 221 km |
| 3.4 | 10.05.2026 06:36 | 205.7 km | 306 km |
| 3.3 | 08.05.2026 18:36 | 177.1 km | 282 km |
| 3.8 | 07.05.2026 19:43 | 223.4 km | 270 km |
| 3.4 | 06.05.2026 19:36 | 169.9 km | 287 km |
| 3.6 | 05.05.2026 16:59 | 123.4 km | 320 km |
| 3.7 | 04.05.2026 06:29 | 16 km | 131 km |
| 4.1 | 03.05.2026 19:38 | 145 km | 275 km |
| 4.1 | 28.04.2026 13:20 | 114.7 km | 264 km |
| 4.4 | 27.04.2026 21:00 | 104 km | 308 km |
| 4.3 | 23.04.2026 03:22 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 4.1 | 18.04.2026 22:18 | 191.6 km | 316 km |
| 4.2 | 18.04.2026 03:16 | 191.2 km | 293 km |
| 5.4 | 18.04.2026 02:54 | 191 km | 289 km |
| 3.9 | 15.04.2026 04:00 | 120.8 km | 287 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2026 23:54 | 142.3 km | 286 km |
| 3.8 | 11.04.2026 23:59 | 105.8 km | 317 km |
| 3.5 | 11.04.2026 00:49 | 70.8 km | 301 km |
| 3.8 | 08.04.2026 00:05 | 139.6 km | 279 km |
| 4.2 | 07.04.2026 20:04 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.7 | 07.04.2026 08:50 | 173.7 km | 274 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.