5.4
1,646
recorded earthquakes
M8.4
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
1,090
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 | 373 km |
| 7.8 | 06.08.1913 22:14 | 25 km | 399 km |
| 7.7 | 24.08.1942 22:50 | 30 km | 326 km |
| 7.7 | 01.11.1947 14:58 | 20 km | 377 km |
| 7.7 | 15.08.1963 17:25 | 550 km | 305 km |
| 7.7 | 24.11.2015 22:50 | 621.4 km | 370 km |
| 7.6 | 19.08.1961 05:09 | 612.2 km | 318 km |
| 7.5 | 24.11.2015 22:45 | 609.3 km | 323 km |
| 7.5 | 26.07.1958 17:37 | 612.4 km | 301 km |
| 7.2 | 11.10.1922 14:49 | 75 km | 341 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 100 km | 334 km |
| 7.2 | 31.08.1961 01:48 | 597.5 km | 317 km |
| 7.2 | 26.05.2022 12:02 | 226.9 km | 263 km |
| 7.1 | 28.06.2024 05:36 | 19.6 km | 377 km |
| 7.1 | 16.02.1979 10:08 | 47.1 km | 368 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | 14.07.2026 08:21 | 103.7 km | 158 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 01:39 | 90.7 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 09:31 | 86.7 km | 173 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2026 18:49 | 0 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2026 14:44 | 132.2 km | 188 km |
| 3.5 | 02.06.2026 03:00 | 29 km | 113 km |
| 4.1 | 29.05.2026 12:25 | 95.4 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 24.05.2026 02:57 | 15 km | 229 km |
| 3.5 | 06.05.2026 07:25 | 36 km | 207 km |
| 3.8 | 08.04.2026 08:29 | 24 km | 235 km |
| 3.5 | 01.04.2026 14:29 | 12 km | 183 km |
| 3.7 | 24.03.2026 15:36 | 60.8 km | 181 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2026 07:33 | 115 km | 145 km |
| 5.0 | 12.03.2026 04:41 | 144.3 km | 222 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2026 22:45 | 11 km | 191 km |
| 4.3 | 27.02.2026 18:55 | 139.4 km | 212 km |
| 3.5 | 27.02.2026 13:01 | 20 km | 192 km |
| 3.4 | 15.02.2026 11:32 | 20 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 11.02.2026 05:03 | 91.2 km | 226 km |
| 3.6 | 09.02.2026 04:02 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2026 20:56 | 106 km | 298 km |
| 4.0 | 02.02.2026 13:04 | 153.5 km | 241 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2026 13:53 | 133.9 km | 209 km |
| 4.4 | 21.01.2026 19:17 | 71.6 km | 165 km |
| 3.7 | 15.01.2026 18:30 | 98.3 km | 223 km |
| 3.9 | 11.01.2026 21:51 | 150.2 km | 239 km |
| 4.6 | 09.01.2026 17:08 | 107.1 km | 126 km |
| 3.6 | 05.01.2026 10:17 | 9 km | 144 km |
| 3.5 | 18.12.2025 07:01 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2025 00:07 | 17 km | 52 km |
| 3.9 | 12.12.2025 07:17 | 107 km | 246 km |
| 3.5 | 11.12.2025 19:59 | 9 km | 38 km |
| 3.8 | 30.11.2025 12:40 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.8 | 19.11.2025 19:00 | 26 km | 208 km |
| 4.0 | 16.11.2025 00:30 | 0 km | 173 km |
| 4.3 | 14.11.2025 14:04 | 101.5 km | 304 km |
| 3.5 | 14.11.2025 02:41 | 15 km | 72 km |
| 3.9 | 10.11.2025 19:38 | 87.9 km | 311 km |
| 3.4 | 15.10.2025 11:44 | 9 km | 82 km |
| 4.6 | 10.10.2025 20:11 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 4.2 | 07.10.2025 20:52 | 87.6 km | 129 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2025 04:26 | 96 km | 271 km |
| 3.5 | 01.10.2025 16:08 | 12 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2025 03:12 | 119 km | 218 km |
| 4.5 | 26.09.2025 13:44 | 88.5 km | 209 km |
| 4.8 | 26.09.2025 02:39 | 87.2 km | 255 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2025 07:17 | 112 km | 265 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2025 02:45 | 205.9 km | 305 km |
| 3.4 | 04.09.2025 03:22 | 15 km | 152 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2025 00:53 | 16 km | 35 km |
| 4.4 | 22.08.2025 09:36 | 93.8 km | 287 km |
| 4.3 | 07.08.2025 07:59 | 85.2 km | 134 km |
| 3.6 | 30.07.2025 07:22 | 9 km | 128 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2025 23:52 | 188.9 km | 217 km |
| 4.3 | 16.07.2025 13:52 | 199.9 km | 237 km |
| 3.5 | 11.07.2025 16:03 | 17 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 09.07.2025 17:52 | 178 km | 201 km |
| 3.5 | 04.07.2025 01:22 | 8 km | 31 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2025 09:09 | 81.1 km | 130 km |
| 4.5 | 30.06.2025 08:44 | 84.2 km | 197 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.