3.6
6,172
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.56
mean magnitude
3,776
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 | 26.07.1971 01:23 | 43 km | 211 km |
| 8.0 | 14.07.1971 06:11 | 35 km | 142 km |
| 7.9 | 22.01.2017 04:30 | 156.5 km | 132 km |
| 7.9 | 17.12.2016 10:51 | 105.2 km | 186 km |
| 7.8 | 16.11.2000 07:42 | 27.5 km | 209 km |
| 7.8 | 06.05.1919 19:41 | 35 km | 150 km |
| 7.7 | 16.08.1995 10:27 | 40.2 km | 128 km |
| 7.7 | 18.03.1983 09:05 | 84.4 km | 162 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1939 02:18 | 35 km | 227 km |
| 7.6 | 09.09.2005 07:26 | 94.5 km | 183 km |
| 7.6 | 29.09.1946 03:02 | 50 km | 186 km |
| 7.6 | 23.04.1953 16:24 | 35 km | 251 km |
| 7.6 | 20.07.1975 14:37 | 32.3 km | 179 km |
| 7.5 | 01.04.2007 20:47 | 15.3 km | 256 km |
| 7.5 | 19.04.2014 13:28 | 39.8 km | 186 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 09.07.2026 22:11 | 41.8 km | 212 km |
| 3.8 | 07.07.2026 12:13 | 89.1 km | 99 km |
| 3.7 | 05.07.2026 15:11 | 106.1 km | 117 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2026 20:01 | 70.6 km | 127 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 11:32 | 75.1 km | 211 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 03:34 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 4.3 | 25.06.2026 03:33 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 3.9 | 24.06.2026 06:17 | 39.7 km | 173 km |
| 4.7 | 17.06.2026 17:30 | 76.1 km | 146 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 17:30 | 50.4 km | 136 km |
| 3.4 | 17.06.2026 13:56 | 434.7 km | 101 km |
| 3.7 | 13.06.2026 16:52 | 427.7 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 02.06.2026 14:09 | 139.8 km | 116 km |
| 3.6 | 29.05.2026 21:11 | 115.9 km | 128 km |
| 3.9 | 09.05.2026 21:33 | 128.2 km | 104 km |
| 3.6 | 09.05.2026 08:23 | 96.9 km | 113 km |
| 3.8 | 07.05.2026 01:36 | 86.2 km | 94 km |
| 5.2 | 07.05.2026 01:22 | 97.5 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 16:38 | 0 km | 233 km |
| 3.7 | 06.05.2026 12:40 | 127.7 km | 97 km |
| 5.0 | 06.05.2026 09:43 | 99 km | 96 km |
| 4.4 | 01.05.2026 07:20 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.2 | 01.05.2026 07:20 | 0 km | 152 km |
| 3.8 | 26.04.2026 05:08 | 0 km | 174 km |
| 4.2 | 19.04.2026 14:59 | 78.4 km | 254 km |
| 3.2 | 17.04.2026 02:51 | 418.8 km | 96 km |
| 5.2 | 04.04.2026 16:23 | 98 km | 170 km |
| 3.5 | 03.04.2026 13:49 | 186.6 km | 109 km |
| 5.4 | 29.03.2026 18:09 | 36 km | 149 km |
| 3.7 | 29.03.2026 05:27 | 96.4 km | 227 km |
| 4.7 | 06.03.2026 19:03 | 159.9 km | 116 km |
| 4.3 | 22.02.2026 09:29 | 80.4 km | 231 km |
| 4.3 | 18.02.2026 10:23 | 83.9 km | 133 km |
| 3.9 | 17.02.2026 03:06 | 53.7 km | 197 km |
| 5.0 | 29.01.2026 20:28 | 64.2 km | 125 km |
| 3.5 | 19.01.2026 07:07 | 126.2 km | 183 km |
| 3.1 | 14.01.2026 09:42 | 0 km | 146 km |
| 4.3 | 13.01.2026 21:03 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.7 | 12.01.2026 16:24 | 96.5 km | 220 km |
| 4.0 | 03.01.2026 07:06 | 376.8 km | 126 km |
| 4.9 | 30.12.2025 11:22 | 0 km | 225 km |
| 4.4 | 19.12.2025 23:07 | 21.3 km | 182 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2025 22:35 | 432.5 km | 133 km |
| 4.0 | 16.12.2025 15:49 | 97.7 km | 222 km |
| 4.2 | 16.12.2025 07:43 | 0 km | 209 km |
| 4.9 | 10.12.2025 13:30 | 69.6 km | 142 km |
| 4.2 | 04.12.2025 12:16 | 127.3 km | 106 km |
| 4.5 | 03.12.2025 17:36 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 3.6 | 02.12.2025 16:36 | 171.9 km | 176 km |
| 4.9 | 02.12.2025 01:56 | 144.1 km | 124 km |
| 5.2 | 29.11.2025 06:05 | 165.3 km | 244 km |
| 3.7 | 22.11.2025 22:56 | 148.6 km | 105 km |
| 3.5 | 22.11.2025 06:40 | 59.8 km | 156 km |
| 4.0 | 14.11.2025 08:14 | 181.2 km | 102 km |
| 3.8 | 29.10.2025 23:55 | 101.3 km | 134 km |
| 5.0 | 28.10.2025 09:13 | 25.5 km | 177 km |
| 4.9 | 24.10.2025 06:39 | 76.8 km | 165 km |
| 3.6 | 24.10.2025 06:39 | 30.3 km | 133 km |
| 5.0 | 19.10.2025 09:55 | 51.8 km | 235 km |
| 5.4 | 14.10.2025 19:32 | 451.7 km | 189 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.