3.4
399
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1914–2026
record span
3.82
mean magnitude
246
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 11.07.1976 20:41 | 8.8 km | 190 km |
| 7.2 | 28.05.1914 03:23 | 70 km | 36 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1974 01:18 | 13.4 km | 176 km |
| 6.5 | 25.05.2023 03:05 | 9.7 km | 136 km |
| 6.4 | 29.03.1925 21:12 | 15 km | 146 km |
| 6.4 | 30.11.1935 03:39 | 35 km | 169 km |
| 6.3 | 20.04.1985 18:23 | 33.6 km | 104 km |
| 6.3 | 04.04.1978 21:11 | 17 km | 123 km |
| 6.2 | 08.03.1930 03:45 | 35 km | 90 km |
| 6.1 | 26.02.2000 18:24 | 71.2 km | 40 km |
| 6.0 | 04.07.2009 06:49 | 46.9 km | 111 km |
| 5.9 | 29.07.2015 00:10 | 13.4 km | 148 km |
| 5.9 | 02.05.1991 07:01 | 35.1 km | 128 km |
| 5.8 | 01.07.1978 08:53 | 69.1 km | 29 km |
| 5.8 | 02.03.2011 18:50 | 34.3 km | 166 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 07:10 | 22 km | 101 km |
| 3.2 | 21.07.2026 08:21 | 2 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 19.07.2026 02:28 | 15 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 07.07.2026 16:43 | 36 km | 32 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 13:21 | 29 km | 126 km |
| 2.7 | 28.05.2026 09:26 | 51 km | 114 km |
| 3.3 | 27.05.2026 17:27 | 25 km | 125 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2026 13:07 | 9 km | 71 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 13:14 | 20 km | 101 km |
| 3.8 | 14.05.2026 16:16 | 31 km | 26 km |
| 3.3 | 22.04.2026 08:39 | 53 km | 23 km |
| 4.7 | 17.04.2026 13:54 | 15 km | 63 km |
| 2.9 | 08.04.2026 09:34 | 52 km | 35 km |
| 3.9 | 08.04.2026 07:00 | 47 km | 36 km |
| 3.1 | 24.03.2026 10:23 | 16 km | 103 km |
| 3.0 | 15.03.2026 16:39 | 58 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 29.01.2026 13:41 | 33 km | 45 km |
| 4.4 | 12.01.2026 04:29 | 114 km | 106 km |
| 3.1 | 30.11.2025 16:27 | 36 km | 113 km |
| 3.3 | 31.10.2025 00:58 | 0 km | 118 km |
| 3.5 | 27.10.2025 14:36 | 63 km | 57 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2025 17:51 | 45 km | 107 km |
| 3.6 | 04.10.2025 23:48 | 171 km | 84 km |
| 3.3 | 26.09.2025 00:22 | 15 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 18.07.2025 07:38 | 50 km | 86 km |
| 4.4 | 05.03.2025 04:53 | 85.4 km | 25 km |
| 2.8 | 29.04.2024 05:50 | 26.2 km | 104 km |
| 2.9 | 27.04.2024 17:47 | 14.7 km | 106 km |
| 3.2 | 19.04.2024 10:04 | 14 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 14.04.2024 03:55 | 15.4 km | 96 km |
| 3.0 | 23.03.2024 07:48 | 13.4 km | 77 km |
| 4.4 | 09.03.2024 19:52 | 22.8 km | 26 km |
| 3.5 | 02.03.2024 17:06 | 12.7 km | 120 km |
| 4.2 | 01.03.2024 03:15 | 66 km | 116 km |
| 3.3 | 12.01.2024 03:15 | 5 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 28.12.2023 00:50 | 35.9 km | 106 km |
| 2.9 | 22.12.2023 18:31 | 24.4 km | 114 km |
| 3.2 | 19.12.2023 00:35 | 47.4 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 20.11.2023 23:58 | 8.1 km | 52 km |
| 3.0 | 20.11.2023 18:58 | 13.5 km | 67 km |
| 2.8 | 18.11.2023 08:11 | 31.2 km | 89 km |
| 3.2 | 18.11.2023 05:57 | 33.2 km | 90 km |
| 3.4 | 15.11.2023 21:14 | 21.5 km | 54 km |
| 2.8 | 22.10.2023 14:20 | 1.2 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2023 11:54 | 63.4 km | 116 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2023 04:24 | 20.1 km | 15 km |
| 3.9 | 06.09.2023 09:19 | 27 km | 127 km |
| 3.0 | 04.09.2023 17:00 | 37.6 km | 60 km |
| 5.5 | 29.08.2023 04:59 | 35.4 km | 95 km |
| 3.1 | 10.08.2023 21:55 | 12.5 km | 107 km |
| 4.2 | 06.08.2023 05:02 | 3.5 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2023 08:03 | 9.5 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2023 00:51 | 49.1 km | 73 km |
| 3.5 | 24.07.2023 15:55 | 48.8 km | 40 km |
| 2.5 | 19.07.2023 23:17 | 24.1 km | 104 km |
| 2.9 | 16.07.2023 06:21 | 29.5 km | 119 km |
| 2.6 | 15.07.2023 19:01 | 5 km | 123 km |
| 2.8 | 12.07.2023 06:31 | 56.8 km | 59 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2023 03:04 | 40.3 km | 31 km |
| 2.7 | 11.07.2023 03:16 | 4 km | 124 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.