5.0
5,077
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.44
mean magnitude
3,396
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 14.09.1906 16:04 | 35 km | 232 km |
| 7.6 | 02.10.1906 01:51 | 35 km | 265 km |
| 7.6 | 08.09.2002 18:44 | 18 km | 344 km |
| 7.6 | 10.09.2022 23:47 | 112.9 km | 179 km |
| 7.5 | 25.02.2018 17:44 | 29 km | 338 km |
| 7.3 | 12.05.1938 15:39 | 35 km | 259 km |
| 7.3 | 08.02.1987 18:33 | 33.2 km | 254 km |
| 7.3 | 16.07.1980 19:56 | 84.6 km | 242 km |
| 7.2 | 24.06.1986 03:11 | 116.4 km | 191 km |
| 7.2 | 15.05.1992 07:05 | 49.1 km | 258 km |
| 7.2 | 03.07.1918 06:52 | 15 km | 315 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.2019 21:19 | 140.4 km | 241 km |
| 7.1 | 22.12.1997 02:05 | 189.9 km | 265 km |
| 7.1 | 06.11.1952 19:47 | 52.1 km | 80 km |
| 7.1 | 17.09.1900 21:45 | 0 km | 265 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 22.07.2026 10:58 | 108.5 km | 221 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2026 06:58 | 0 km | 167 km |
| 4.0 | 04.07.2026 07:50 | 171.9 km | 175 km |
| 4.1 | 01.07.2026 21:48 | 178.3 km | 197 km |
| 4.3 | 26.06.2026 12:55 | 77.1 km | 73 km |
| 3.7 | 21.06.2026 06:33 | 143.4 km | 187 km |
| 3.6 | 18.06.2026 17:27 | 215.9 km | 148 km |
| 3.8 | 15.06.2026 01:03 | 85.8 km | 212 km |
| 3.7 | 12.06.2026 21:38 | 196.2 km | 167 km |
| 4.1 | 12.06.2026 02:24 | 81.2 km | 83 km |
| 3.8 | 09.06.2026 17:55 | 208.8 km | 172 km |
| 3.9 | 08.06.2026 14:21 | 146.3 km | 149 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2026 10:05 | 185.1 km | 160 km |
| 3.6 | 07.06.2026 01:55 | 180.7 km | 201 km |
| 3.4 | 04.06.2026 08:51 | 198.2 km | 190 km |
| 3.5 | 01.06.2026 21:16 | 297.7 km | 168 km |
| 3.5 | 31.05.2026 20:43 | 206.9 km | 156 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2026 14:35 | 101.6 km | 206 km |
| 3.6 | 23.05.2026 07:26 | 112.4 km | 201 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2026 04:48 | 175.3 km | 168 km |
| 4.0 | 18.05.2026 04:32 | 99 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 17.05.2026 15:19 | 171.5 km | 192 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2026 07:47 | 83.4 km | 37 km |
| 3.7 | 12.05.2026 07:30 | 219.2 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 11.05.2026 21:59 | 79.9 km | 48 km |
| 3.6 | 11.05.2026 20:01 | 103.9 km | 107 km |
| 4.9 | 10.05.2026 16:34 | 92.5 km | 29 km |
| 4.5 | 30.04.2026 05:59 | 17.5 km | 100 km |
| 3.7 | 28.04.2026 16:32 | 46.4 km | 160 km |
| 3.4 | 28.04.2026 09:16 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 3.5 | 24.04.2026 21:32 | 127.2 km | 189 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2026 17:34 | 118.4 km | 146 km |
| 4.2 | 20.04.2026 03:47 | 140.7 km | 153 km |
| 3.6 | 19.04.2026 16:48 | 180.4 km | 181 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2026 19:46 | 188.2 km | 186 km |
| 4.4 | 14.04.2026 23:09 | 48.3 km | 199 km |
| 3.7 | 13.04.2026 05:58 | 91.8 km | 137 km |
| 4.0 | 13.04.2026 02:03 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 3.9 | 11.04.2026 10:46 | 65 km | 99 km |
| 4.1 | 09.04.2026 20:20 | 89.1 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 07.04.2026 06:01 | 103 km | 111 km |
| 3.7 | 05.04.2026 17:17 | 181.8 km | 189 km |
| 4.1 | 04.04.2026 19:18 | 94.8 km | 157 km |
| 3.6 | 04.04.2026 13:40 | 161.2 km | 172 km |
| 3.8 | 02.04.2026 19:16 | 94.5 km | 151 km |
| 3.6 | 31.03.2026 10:09 | 0 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 29.03.2026 16:14 | 54.1 km | 168 km |
| 3.8 | 24.03.2026 22:59 | 169.1 km | 189 km |
| 3.9 | 22.03.2026 11:36 | 174.6 km | 188 km |
| 4.1 | 20.03.2026 18:32 | 126.9 km | 48 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2026 21:30 | 0 km | 207 km |
| 3.6 | 11.03.2026 17:56 | 181.5 km | 204 km |
| 3.8 | 10.03.2026 20:55 | 76.7 km | 65 km |
| 4.0 | 09.03.2026 15:35 | 196.5 km | 71 km |
| 3.9 | 09.03.2026 14:54 | 100.4 km | 204 km |
| 3.5 | 06.03.2026 19:44 | 152.2 km | 194 km |
| 4.3 | 27.02.2026 18:58 | 191.1 km | 187 km |
| 5.5 | 25.02.2026 11:14 | 77.5 km | 41 km |
| 5.7 | 21.02.2026 06:18 | 73.4 km | 42 km |
| 3.5 | 21.02.2026 05:03 | 56.1 km | 173 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.