2.9
1,164
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.15
mean magnitude
901
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 | 04.04.1905 00:49 | 20 km | 468 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 424 km |
| 7.1 | 27.02.1997 21:08 | 27 km | 412 km |
| 7.0 | 20.10.1909 23:41 | 35 km | 423 km |
| 6.9 | 01.08.1966 21:03 | 22.9 km | 363 km |
| 6.9 | 26.09.1905 01:25 | 20 km | 355 km |
| 6.6 | 27.02.1906 19:41 | 15 km | 378 km |
| 6.5 | 16.09.1956 08:37 | 10 km | 433 km |
| 6.5 | 23.05.1919 06:10 | 35 km | 144 km |
| 6.5 | 07.02.1966 04:26 | 10.1 km | 270 km |
| 6.4 | 22.06.1945 18:00 | 20 km | 416 km |
| 6.4 | 01.09.1928 06:09 | 35 km | 266 km |
| 6.4 | 07.02.1966 23:06 | 12.3 km | 238 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 10:46 | 13.9 km | 438 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 04:26 | 9 km | 430 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 20:07 | 5 km | 375 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 11:36 | 20 km | 214 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2026 22:59 | 28.2 km | 262 km |
| 5.2 | 27.06.2026 03:06 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 5.5 | 26.06.2026 11:48 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2026 05:57 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 3.5 | 24.06.2026 21:06 | 15 km | 429 km |
| 4.9 | 22.06.2026 20:14 | 308 km | 404 km |
| 3.6 | 14.06.2026 15:46 | 0 km | 308 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2026 22:09 | 135 km | 228 km |
| 4.4 | 09.06.2026 15:34 | 110 km | 228 km |
| 3.7 | 30.05.2026 06:27 | 10 km | 254 km |
| 3.5 | 26.05.2026 14:05 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.2 | 25.05.2026 10:09 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 04:06 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 4.1 | 03.05.2026 19:38 | 145 km | 101 km |
| 3.9 | 22.04.2026 01:47 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 4.1 | 10.04.2026 21:46 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 4.3 | 10.04.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 3.5 | 06.04.2026 16:41 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 4.1 | 28.03.2026 01:20 | 0 km | 232 km |
| 3.5 | 26.03.2026 00:26 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 2.8 | 22.03.2026 14:36 | 5 km | 299 km |
| 2.8 | 26.02.2026 18:44 | 5 km | 446 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2026 20:26 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 3.1 | 15.02.2026 22:06 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.9 | 03.02.2026 07:03 | 136.8 km | 289 km |
| 3.2 | 02.02.2026 00:05 | 21.4 km | 409 km |
| 4.8 | 02.02.2026 00:05 | 10 km | 406 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2026 22:50 | 360.1 km | 292 km |
| 3.0 | 15.01.2026 13:40 | 5 km | 422 km |
| 4.1 | 14.01.2026 19:17 | 0 km | 475 km |
| 3.9 | 01.01.2026 02:28 | 0 km | 435 km |
| 4.1 | 20.12.2025 04:37 | 0 km | 316 km |
| 3.4 | 17.12.2025 11:43 | 0 km | 271 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 10:24 | 212.2 km | 410 km |
| 3.6 | 13.12.2025 15:53 | 0 km | 270 km |
| 3.9 | 13.12.2025 13:14 | 0 km | 279 km |
| 4.4 | 06.12.2025 19:10 | 10 km | 387 km |
| 2.9 | 06.11.2025 06:06 | 5 km | 281 km |
| 4.0 | 29.10.2025 19:23 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 5.0 | 20.10.2025 05:42 | 0 km | 252 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.2025 14:53 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.2 | 29.09.2025 16:32 | 98.7 km | 308 km |
| 3.9 | 18.09.2025 18:52 | 117.6 km | 207 km |
| 3.7 | 17.09.2025 11:25 | 0 km | 288 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2025 08:04 | 0 km | 232 km |
| 3.3 | 15.09.2025 23:15 | 88.1 km | 413 km |
| 6.0 | 31.08.2025 19:17 | 8 km | 453 km |
| 3.7 | 19.08.2025 21:08 | 170 km | 164 km |
| 3.8 | 02.08.2025 19:10 | 10.4 km | 315 km |
| 4.7 | 09.07.2025 08:15 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.5 | 09.07.2025 08:15 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 4.1 | 30.06.2025 11:10 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 3.8 | 29.06.2025 05:51 | 15 km | 130 km |
| 3.8 | 29.06.2025 02:32 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 5.3 | 28.06.2025 22:24 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 3.6 | 28.06.2025 14:06 | 9 km | 325 km |
| 3.6 | 25.06.2025 01:21 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2025 01:21 | 0 km | 322 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.