4.8
4,239
recorded earthquakes
M8.4
largest
1913–2026
record span
4.25
mean magnitude
3,381
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | 23.06.2001 20:33 | 15.6 km | 73 km |
| 7.8 | 06.08.1913 22:14 | 25 km | 107 km |
| 7.7 | 12.11.1996 16:59 | 30.9 km | 299 km |
| 7.7 | 24.08.1942 22:50 | 30 km | 228 km |
| 7.6 | 07.07.2001 09:38 | 24.5 km | 207 km |
| 7.2 | 11.10.1922 14:49 | 75 km | 43 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 100 km | 152 km |
| 7.2 | 26.05.2022 12:02 | 226.9 km | 304 km |
| 7.1 | 28.06.2024 05:36 | 19.6 km | 155 km |
| 7.1 | 16.02.1979 10:08 | 47.1 km | 77 km |
| 7.1 | 14.01.2018 09:18 | 35.5 km | 175 km |
| 7.1 | 06.01.1922 14:11 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1988 23:19 | 30.7 km | 175 km |
| 7.0 | 15.01.1958 19:14 | 64 km | 104 km |
| 7.0 | 25.09.2013 16:42 | 38.2 km | 176 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 23.07.2026 02:38 | 93.2 km | 51 km |
| 5.4 | 14.07.2026 08:21 | 103.7 km | 235 km |
| 3.9 | 04.07.2026 20:24 | 41.3 km | 83 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 08:50 | 119 km | 283 km |
| 4.8 | 17.06.2026 16:37 | 138.1 km | 147 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2026 14:44 | 132.2 km | 161 km |
| 4.2 | 28.05.2026 07:02 | 50 km | 53 km |
| 3.6 | 26.05.2026 17:34 | 30 km | 133 km |
| 3.7 | 26.05.2026 14:47 | 15 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 25.05.2026 16:31 | 33 km | 156 km |
| 3.5 | 24.05.2026 02:57 | 15 km | 213 km |
| 3.5 | 23.05.2026 12:13 | 15 km | 69 km |
| 3.8 | 23.05.2026 06:42 | 37 km | 74 km |
| 3.6 | 23.05.2026 02:07 | 25 km | 146 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2026 17:55 | 43 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2026 02:30 | 37 km | 151 km |
| 3.6 | 16.05.2026 15:16 | 67 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2026 11:08 | 52 km | 113 km |
| 3.7 | 12.05.2026 19:42 | 22 km | 166 km |
| 3.1 | 12.05.2026 06:03 | 56.9 km | 68 km |
| 4.1 | 11.05.2026 19:09 | 29 km | 256 km |
| 3.5 | 10.05.2026 13:15 | 22 km | 181 km |
| 3.5 | 06.05.2026 18:41 | 39 km | 149 km |
| 4.1 | 04.05.2026 05:08 | 62 km | 162 km |
| 3.5 | 02.05.2026 03:46 | 16 km | 230 km |
| 4.0 | 01.05.2026 23:51 | 25 km | 157 km |
| 3.5 | 01.05.2026 09:33 | 20 km | 266 km |
| 3.8 | 30.04.2026 02:56 | 35 km | 138 km |
| 3.5 | 27.04.2026 09:53 | 13 km | 114 km |
| 3.5 | 18.04.2026 10:58 | 62 km | 134 km |
| 3.5 | 18.04.2026 09:49 | 91 km | 78 km |
| 3.6 | 17.04.2026 01:50 | 43 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 14.04.2026 04:46 | 40 km | 277 km |
| 3.8 | 08.04.2026 08:29 | 24 km | 190 km |
| 3.6 | 04.04.2026 14:39 | 80 km | 148 km |
| 4.0 | 28.03.2026 13:18 | 32 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 27.03.2026 15:41 | 32 km | 107 km |
| 3.7 | 24.03.2026 15:36 | 60.8 km | 138 km |
| 4.6 | 22.03.2026 15:06 | 169 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2026 11:36 | 78 km | 137 km |
| 5.0 | 12.03.2026 04:41 | 144.3 km | 204 km |
| 4.0 | 07.03.2026 00:28 | 17 km | 241 km |
| 3.9 | 06.03.2026 20:00 | 19 km | 233 km |
| 3.5 | 05.03.2026 08:53 | 19 km | 42 km |
| 4.3 | 27.02.2026 18:55 | 139.4 km | 117 km |
| 3.8 | 22.02.2026 19:07 | 23 km | 142 km |
| 3.5 | 20.02.2026 18:48 | 119.4 km | 81 km |
| 3.8 | 18.02.2026 02:22 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 3.7 | 16.02.2026 03:59 | 76 km | 191 km |
| 5.0 | 15.02.2026 06:03 | 102.4 km | 171 km |
| 3.8 | 15.02.2026 02:14 | 17 km | 221 km |
| 3.6 | 11.02.2026 05:03 | 91.2 km | 168 km |
| 3.9 | 09.02.2026 23:10 | 41 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 08.02.2026 13:10 | 92 km | 191 km |
| 3.5 | 07.02.2026 17:28 | 20 km | 144 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2026 20:56 | 106 km | 147 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2026 13:04 | 153.5 km | 97 km |
| 3.9 | 31.01.2026 01:09 | 64.8 km | 201 km |
| 4.1 | 31.01.2026 00:34 | 18 km | 249 km |
| 3.9 | 30.01.2026 00:53 | 50 km | 149 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.