4.2
2,579
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.46
mean magnitude
1,771
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 20.09.1935 01:46 | 30 km | 177 km |
| 7.8 | 07.10.1900 21:04 | 0 km | 331 km |
| 7.6 | 29.07.1917 21:52 | 35 km | 164 km |
| 7.6 | 08.09.2002 18:44 | 18 km | 89 km |
| 7.5 | 25.02.2018 17:44 | 29 km | 225 km |
| 7.4 | 15.12.1907 17:35 | 0 km | 126 km |
| 7.3 | 16.07.1980 19:56 | 84.6 km | 68 km |
| 7.2 | 24.06.1986 03:11 | 116.4 km | 116 km |
| 7.2 | 03.07.1918 06:52 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 7.1 | 25.06.1976 19:18 | 17.5 km | 320 km |
| 7.1 | 26.08.1906 06:01 | 15 km | 227 km |
| 7.1 | 07.08.1931 02:11 | 35 km | 128 km |
| 7.1 | 06.11.1952 19:47 | 52.1 km | 232 km |
| 7.1 | 27.04.1909 12:42 | 15 km | 161 km |
| 7.0 | 09.06.1925 13:40 | 25 km | 56 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 26.07.2026 11:58 | 13 km | 177 km |
| 4.1 | 18.07.2026 08:04 | 13 km | 195 km |
| 3.2 | 30.06.2026 17:12 | 7 km | 148 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2026 16:08 | 12 km | 201 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2026 14:29 | 19 km | 200 km |
| 3.7 | 26.06.2026 10:37 | 127 km | 5 km |
| 2.9 | 21.06.2026 13:57 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.4 | 21.06.2026 12:23 | 13 km | 163 km |
| 3.4 | 21.06.2026 08:57 | 8 km | 194 km |
| 4.1 | 18.06.2026 19:45 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 4.2 | 16.06.2026 16:18 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.4 | 12.06.2026 11:53 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 4.2 | 11.06.2026 02:40 | 0 km | 209 km |
| 3.9 | 08.06.2026 14:21 | 146.3 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 07.06.2026 22:54 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2026 04:27 | 111.1 km | 97 km |
| 3.3 | 02.06.2026 22:17 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 3.1 | 29.05.2026 04:17 | 41 km | 222 km |
| 3.6 | 23.05.2026 07:26 | 112.4 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 14.05.2026 07:26 | 43 km | 194 km |
| 3.1 | 11.05.2026 16:16 | 10 km | 203 km |
| 2.5 | 07.05.2026 18:24 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 2.7 | 30.04.2026 18:07 | 28 km | 201 km |
| 2.9 | 30.04.2026 11:49 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 3.2 | 30.04.2026 09:28 | 63 km | 211 km |
| 3.5 | 30.04.2026 09:01 | 53 km | 213 km |
| 3.8 | 24.04.2026 03:42 | 58.8 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 20.04.2026 03:47 | 140.7 km | 159 km |
| 3.8 | 11.04.2026 19:54 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 4.0 | 11.04.2026 06:42 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 4.1 | 09.04.2026 20:20 | 89.1 km | 177 km |
| 3.4 | 04.04.2026 07:22 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 3.5 | 29.03.2026 16:14 | 54.1 km | 148 km |
| 4.3 | 29.03.2026 14:08 | 12 km | 178 km |
| 3.2 | 22.03.2026 08:54 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 3.4 | 16.03.2026 20:26 | 13 km | 186 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2026 06:43 | 84.7 km | 3 km |
| 4.0 | 08.03.2026 11:14 | 65.5 km | 153 km |
| 3.9 | 03.03.2026 03:21 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 4.0 | 24.02.2026 10:03 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 2.8 | 20.02.2026 19:58 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.2026 01:39 | 107 km | 114 km |
| 3.8 | 15.02.2026 23:10 | 97.4 km | 60 km |
| 3.0 | 15.02.2026 18:36 | 9 km | 221 km |
| 3.1 | 15.02.2026 10:39 | 12 km | 217 km |
| 3.5 | 14.02.2026 11:56 | 162 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 13.02.2026 17:33 | 10 km | 25 km |
| 3.9 | 12.02.2026 21:59 | 0 km | 119 km |
| 3.1 | 02.02.2026 18:53 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 3.7 | 02.02.2026 16:18 | 116 km | 175 km |
| 3.4 | 30.01.2026 04:37 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 3.8 | 28.01.2026 06:55 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 4.0 | 22.01.2026 09:57 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 3.6 | 20.01.2026 13:06 | 119 km | 182 km |
| 4.9 | 16.01.2026 22:07 | 128.6 km | 106 km |
| 4.0 | 12.01.2026 10:34 | 0 km | 219 km |
| 4.1 | 08.01.2026 03:21 | 112.8 km | 84 km |
| 3.1 | 28.12.2025 02:27 | 35 km | 202 km |
| 4.1 | 26.12.2025 07:59 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 4.6 | 26.12.2025 05:25 | 10 km | 111 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.