5.3
8,482
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.43
mean magnitude
5,661
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 | 314 km |
| 8.0 | 16.11.2000 04:54 | 32 km | 297 km |
| 7.8 | 17.11.2000 21:01 | 30.6 km | 208 km |
| 7.7 | 01.01.1916 13:20 | 35 km | 293 km |
| 7.7 | 30.05.1913 11:47 | 15 km | 214 km |
| 7.6 | 02.10.1906 01:51 | 35 km | 284 km |
| 7.6 | 23.04.1953 16:24 | 35 km | 337 km |
| 7.6 | 02.02.1920 11:22 | 35 km | 230 km |
| 7.6 | 14.05.2019 12:58 | 15.7 km | 323 km |
| 7.5 | 18.05.1905 13:45 | 0 km | 199 km |
| 7.5 | 17.08.1972 23:44 | 13.8 km | 324 km |
| 7.5 | 05.05.2015 01:44 | 29.6 km | 206 km |
| 7.5 | 28.12.1945 17:48 | 60 km | 39 km |
| 7.5 | 13.01.1941 16:27 | 15 km | 271 km |
| 7.5 | 29.03.2015 23:48 | 41.3 km | 296 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | 27.07.2026 14:33 | 105.9 km | 153 km |
| 4.0 | 16.07.2026 16:13 | 125.2 km | 98 km |
| 3.7 | 14.07.2026 04:57 | 59.2 km | 92 km |
| 3.8 | 11.07.2026 12:51 | 170 km | 182 km |
| 4.3 | 08.07.2026 11:23 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 3.1 | 05.07.2026 06:58 | 564.7 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 04.07.2026 10:29 | 112.4 km | 121 km |
| 5.3 | 30.06.2026 14:41 | 56.1 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 27.06.2026 13:36 | 66 km | 188 km |
| 3.9 | 27.06.2026 11:58 | 64.4 km | 171 km |
| 3.4 | 23.06.2026 19:27 | 55.8 km | 127 km |
| 3.8 | 23.06.2026 06:29 | 94.8 km | 181 km |
| 4.2 | 22.06.2026 10:58 | 107.5 km | 81 km |
| 3.9 | 19.06.2026 16:37 | 147.8 km | 164 km |
| 3.9 | 15.06.2026 22:18 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 4.3 | 14.06.2026 14:07 | 0 km | 140 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2026 17:28 | 155.5 km | 68 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2026 05:06 | 80.2 km | 166 km |
| 4.1 | 07.06.2026 03:28 | 40.3 km | 163 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2026 19:04 | 71.2 km | 137 km |
| 4.7 | 27.05.2026 12:38 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 3.4 | 27.05.2026 12:38 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 3.7 | 24.05.2026 08:13 | 139.4 km | 159 km |
| 4.1 | 24.05.2026 05:10 | 42.5 km | 154 km |
| 3.1 | 23.05.2026 13:40 | 43.7 km | 209 km |
| 4.6 | 23.05.2026 13:40 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2026 02:13 | 43.6 km | 121 km |
| 3.7 | 22.05.2026 09:03 | 98.3 km | 170 km |
| 4.0 | 20.05.2026 02:09 | 86.5 km | 138 km |
| 3.4 | 19.05.2026 13:20 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2026 04:02 | 88.6 km | 186 km |
| 4.8 | 17.05.2026 20:52 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.3 | 17.05.2026 20:51 | 0 km | 203 km |
| 3.3 | 17.05.2026 18:13 | 574 km | 109 km |
| 3.8 | 12.05.2026 05:20 | 44.7 km | 163 km |
| 3.6 | 10.05.2026 05:28 | 199.9 km | 168 km |
| 3.3 | 03.05.2026 21:31 | 175.1 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 02.05.2026 03:06 | 149.6 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 01.05.2026 09:53 | 82.1 km | 133 km |
| 3.6 | 30.04.2026 19:30 | 105.8 km | 108 km |
| 3.9 | 29.04.2026 22:24 | 139.4 km | 5 km |
| 3.8 | 29.04.2026 20:44 | 107.4 km | 165 km |
| 3.9 | 28.04.2026 06:24 | 0 km | 70 km |
| 3.7 | 21.04.2026 23:31 | 60.3 km | 211 km |
| 3.9 | 19.04.2026 12:03 | 156 km | 149 km |
| 4.4 | 17.04.2026 21:46 | 96.5 km | 173 km |
| 3.8 | 14.04.2026 20:39 | 71.9 km | 173 km |
| 4.1 | 14.04.2026 17:41 | 0 km | 184 km |
| 3.4 | 14.04.2026 15:51 | 47.2 km | 124 km |
| 3.8 | 06.04.2026 09:23 | 61.6 km | 131 km |
| 3.7 | 04.04.2026 17:28 | 63.4 km | 140 km |
| 3.8 | 02.04.2026 15:42 | 108 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 31.03.2026 08:43 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 4.5 | 28.03.2026 15:01 | 136.9 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 25.03.2026 23:58 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 4.1 | 24.03.2026 23:51 | 0 km | 206 km |
| 3.7 | 22.03.2026 18:04 | 117.3 km | 54 km |
| 4.1 | 14.03.2026 09:40 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.9 | 12.03.2026 02:12 | 121.7 km | 88 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2026 14:56 | 114.6 km | 117 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.