5.0
6,917
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
5,860
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 | 54 km |
| 7.6 | 02.10.1906 01:51 | 35 km | 75 km |
| 7.6 | 10.09.2022 23:47 | 112.9 km | 63 km |
| 7.5 | 26.02.1963 20:14 | 186.6 km | 124 km |
| 7.3 | 16.10.1987 20:48 | 40.6 km | 238 km |
| 7.3 | 12.05.1938 15:39 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 7.3 | 06.05.1947 20:30 | 35 km | 195 km |
| 7.3 | 08.02.1987 18:33 | 33.2 km | 106 km |
| 7.2 | 15.05.1992 07:05 | 49.1 km | 87 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.2019 21:19 | 140.4 km | 72 km |
| 7.1 | 22.12.1997 02:05 | 189.9 km | 161 km |
| 7.1 | 06.11.1952 19:47 | 52.1 km | 317 km |
| 7.1 | 17.09.1900 21:45 | 0 km | 214 km |
| 7.1 | 14.12.2011 05:04 | 128.5 km | 100 km |
| 7.1 | 17.07.2020 02:50 | 85.2 km | 167 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 22.07.2026 10:58 | 108.5 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2026 06:58 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 3.8 | 08.07.2026 21:36 | 122.7 km | 136 km |
| 4.0 | 04.07.2026 07:50 | 171.9 km | 135 km |
| 4.1 | 01.07.2026 21:48 | 178.3 km | 140 km |
| 4.6 | 28.06.2026 02:59 | 80.4 km | 77 km |
| 4.3 | 26.06.2026 12:55 | 77.1 km | 167 km |
| 3.8 | 22.06.2026 18:24 | 95 km | 53 km |
| 3.7 | 21.06.2026 06:33 | 143.4 km | 128 km |
| 3.5 | 19.06.2026 11:59 | 154.6 km | 127 km |
| 3.6 | 18.06.2026 17:27 | 215.9 km | 137 km |
| 3.8 | 15.06.2026 01:03 | 85.8 km | 99 km |
| 3.7 | 12.06.2026 21:38 | 196.2 km | 138 km |
| 3.8 | 09.06.2026 17:55 | 208.8 km | 138 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2026 10:05 | 185.1 km | 129 km |
| 3.6 | 07.06.2026 01:55 | 180.7 km | 142 km |
| 3.4 | 04.06.2026 08:51 | 198.2 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 01.06.2026 21:16 | 297.7 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 31.05.2026 20:43 | 206.9 km | 147 km |
| 4.4 | 30.05.2026 22:45 | 83.4 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 27.05.2026 09:33 | 63.6 km | 105 km |
| 3.6 | 27.05.2026 00:34 | 136.6 km | 98 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2026 16:00 | 170.8 km | 135 km |
| 3.4 | 25.05.2026 08:34 | 227.9 km | 135 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2026 14:35 | 101.6 km | 54 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2026 03:50 | 79.9 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 22.05.2026 19:32 | 75 km | 40 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2026 04:48 | 175.3 km | 129 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2026 03:14 | 56.2 km | 67 km |
| 4.4 | 17.05.2026 22:58 | 65 km | 73 km |
| 4.1 | 17.05.2026 15:19 | 171.5 km | 127 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2026 07:47 | 83.4 km | 203 km |
| 3.7 | 12.05.2026 07:30 | 219.2 km | 143 km |
| 3.7 | 11.05.2026 21:59 | 79.9 km | 192 km |
| 3.6 | 11.05.2026 20:01 | 103.9 km | 141 km |
| 4.9 | 10.05.2026 16:34 | 92.5 km | 218 km |
| 3.6 | 03.05.2026 22:47 | 184.7 km | 129 km |
| 4.1 | 29.04.2026 23:22 | 0 km | 192 km |
| 3.7 | 28.04.2026 16:32 | 46.4 km | 82 km |
| 3.4 | 28.04.2026 09:16 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 24.04.2026 21:32 | 127.2 km | 111 km |
| 3.7 | 23.04.2026 08:31 | 190.1 km | 149 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2026 17:34 | 118.4 km | 116 km |
| 3.5 | 19.04.2026 22:04 | 120.6 km | 24 km |
| 3.6 | 19.04.2026 16:48 | 180.4 km | 125 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2026 19:46 | 188.2 km | 119 km |
| 4.4 | 14.04.2026 23:09 | 48.3 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 13.04.2026 02:03 | 0 km | 167 km |
| 3.6 | 10.04.2026 07:02 | 153.1 km | 150 km |
| 3.7 | 07.04.2026 06:01 | 103 km | 129 km |
| 3.7 | 05.04.2026 17:17 | 181.8 km | 112 km |
| 4.1 | 04.04.2026 19:18 | 94.8 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 04.04.2026 13:40 | 161.2 km | 162 km |
| 4.0 | 04.04.2026 10:48 | 73 km | 38 km |
| 3.8 | 02.04.2026 19:16 | 94.5 km | 96 km |
| 3.7 | 28.03.2026 03:58 | 88.2 km | 61 km |
| 3.9 | 26.03.2026 03:31 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 3.8 | 24.03.2026 22:59 | 169.1 km | 119 km |
| 3.9 | 22.03.2026 11:36 | 174.6 km | 142 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2026 21:30 | 0 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.