3.4
24,175
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.18
mean magnitude
22,870
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 31.01.1906 15:36 | 20 km | 1227 km |
| 8.4 | 23.06.2001 20:33 | 15.6 km | 811 km |
| 8.2 | 09.06.1994 00:33 | 638 km | 964 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 1250 km |
| 8.1 | 17.10.1966 21:41 | 28.3 km | 403 km |
| 8.1 | 03.10.1974 14:21 | 15.1 km | 448 km |
| 8.0 | 12.12.1908 12:08 | 60 km | 628 km |
| 8.0 | 31.07.1970 17:08 | 647.1 km | 899 km |
| 8.0 | 26.05.2019 07:41 | 125.5 km | 368 km |
| 8.0 | 15.08.2007 23:40 | 39.3 km | 503 km |
| 7.9 | 31.05.1970 20:23 | 59.1 km | 419 km |
| 7.9 | 17.01.1922 03:50 | 475 km | 808 km |
| 7.8 | 06.08.1913 22:14 | 25 km | 820 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 1156 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 1238 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 15:11 | 20 km | 917 km |
| 5.2 | 03.08.2026 01:42 | 125.3 km | 108 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 17:09 | 139.3 km | 682 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 04:18 | 18.7 km | 1106 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 09:30 | 14 km | 886 km |
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 01:25 | 25 km | 1104 km |
| 4.3 | 31.07.2026 01:10 | 10 km | 1156 km |
| 5.6 | 31.07.2026 00:58 | 154.4 km | 115 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.2026 16:15 | 15 km | 650 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 09:57 | 127.4 km | 1151 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 17:06 | 141.6 km | 1117 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 14:34 | 25.3 km | 1107 km |
| 5.1 | 28.07.2026 13:24 | 20 km | 522 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 1103 km |
| 4.4 | 27.07.2026 22:36 | 125 km | 67 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 09:07 | 154.8 km | 1105 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2026 04:38 | 80 km | 925 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2026 22:27 | 168.5 km | 1117 km |
| 4.4 | 26.07.2026 15:49 | 5 km | 454 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2026 01:46 | 24 km | 1154 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2026 07:41 | 145 km | 1107 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2026 19:22 | 145.9 km | 1146 km |
| 3.9 | 23.07.2026 10:20 | 14 km | 1142 km |
| 4.7 | 23.07.2026 02:55 | 53.1 km | 455 km |
| 4.8 | 23.07.2026 02:38 | 93.2 km | 819 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 00:53 | 20 km | 1140 km |
| 3.9 | 21.07.2026 22:36 | 20 km | 1135 km |
| 4.8 | 21.07.2026 17:43 | 40 km | 518 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 12:35 | 171.1 km | 1066 km |
| 4.3 | 20.07.2026 11:51 | 73.1 km | 616 km |
| 5.6 | 19.07.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 323 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2026 15:26 | 89 km | 824 km |
| 2.8 | 15.07.2026 21:25 | 23.5 km | 1096 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2026 17:33 | 158.6 km | 1095 km |
| 3.8 | 15.07.2026 02:40 | 0 km | 627 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 08:49 | 37 km | 879 km |
| 5.4 | 14.07.2026 08:21 | 103.7 km | 709 km |
| 2.7 | 14.07.2026 00:48 | 89.9 km | 1119 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 17:52 | 106.2 km | 1102 km |
| 5.0 | 11.07.2026 07:58 | 10 km | 460 km |
| 3.6 | 11.07.2026 05:35 | 138 km | 625 km |
| 4.1 | 10.07.2026 16:57 | 203.6 km | 919 km |
| 3.7 | 09.07.2026 23:42 | 23.9 km | 975 km |
| 3.4 | 09.07.2026 22:24 | 5 km | 988 km |
| 2.8 | 09.07.2026 07:18 | 115.1 km | 1179 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 11:20 | 25 km | 908 km |
| 2.6 | 08.07.2026 09:36 | 107 km | 1187 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 4.7 | 08.07.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 3.6 | 07.07.2026 09:21 | 37 km | 966 km |
| 3.8 | 07.07.2026 08:34 | 10 km | 1094 km |
| 3.1 | 06.07.2026 12:16 | 112.9 km | 1184 km |
| 3.5 | 05.07.2026 22:41 | 17 km | 926 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2026 04:56 | 25.3 km | 1099 km |
| 2.5 | 04.07.2026 22:38 | 108.2 km | 1156 km |
| 3.9 | 04.07.2026 20:24 | 41.3 km | 841 km |
| 2.8 | 04.07.2026 15:11 | 18.5 km | 1100 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 13:48 | 17 km | 1068 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 05:49 | 122.4 km | 1161 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 01:39 | 90.7 km | 596 km |
Regions
Loreto4,350Arequipa4,239Tacna2,708Ucayali2,138Puno1,734Amazonas1,718Cusco Departament1,646Ica1,605Lima1,444Ayacucho1,443Moquegua1,304Huanuco1,214Piura1,055San Martín998Junín901Pasco792Tumbes644Huancavelica580Áncash560Apurímac511La Libertad482Cajamarca365Lambayeque276Madre de Dios216
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.