5.2
1,214
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1925–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
784
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 | 17.10.1966 21:41 | 28.3 km | 303 km |
| 7.7 | 01.11.1947 14:58 | 20 km | 218 km |
| 7.5 | 24.05.1940 16:33 | 45 km | 255 km |
| 7.0 | 24.08.2011 17:46 | 149.3 km | 250 km |
| 6.8 | 10.11.1946 17:42 | 15 km | 210 km |
| 6.7 | 24.05.1940 21:57 | 45 km | 274 km |
| 6.6 | 19.11.1982 04:27 | 12.3 km | 192 km |
| 6.6 | 05.12.1974 11:57 | 156.1 km | 257 km |
| 6.6 | 03.04.1998 22:01 | 153.7 km | 214 km |
| 6.5 | 03.12.1989 14:16 | 156.5 km | 255 km |
| 6.5 | 06.08.1933 02:54 | 100 km | 183 km |
| 6.4 | 26.08.2008 21:00 | 156.1 km | 256 km |
| 6.4 | 01.05.1966 16:22 | 155.2 km | 233 km |
| 6.4 | 24.09.1963 16:30 | 64.1 km | 275 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.1937 06:20 | 15 km | 144 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 03.08.2026 01:42 | 125.3 km | 95 km |
| 5.6 | 31.07.2026 00:58 | 154.4 km | 202 km |
| 4.4 | 27.07.2026 22:36 | 125 km | 156 km |
| 4.7 | 08.07.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2026 02:00 | 132.3 km | 141 km |
| 5.3 | 03.06.2026 17:21 | 150.6 km | 225 km |
| 3.4 | 03.06.2026 02:51 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2026 01:51 | 21 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2026 12:03 | 15 km | 4 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2026 07:31 | 20 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2026 19:44 | 133 km | 71 km |
| 3.9 | 20.05.2026 00:28 | 29 km | 152 km |
| 3.4 | 04.05.2026 03:04 | 12 km | 60 km |
| 3.5 | 27.04.2026 23:36 | 14 km | 46 km |
| 3.6 | 27.04.2026 09:27 | 16 km | 80 km |
| 4.0 | 26.04.2026 19:23 | 124 km | 145 km |
| 4.0 | 26.04.2026 01:44 | 135 km | 165 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2026 09:53 | 200.9 km | 153 km |
| 3.5 | 23.04.2026 06:41 | 16 km | 119 km |
| 3.8 | 06.04.2026 16:01 | 48 km | 64 km |
| 3.6 | 31.03.2026 04:39 | 131.5 km | 103 km |
| 4.2 | 29.03.2026 04:05 | 130 km | 7 km |
| 3.8 | 20.03.2026 16:59 | 125 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 20.03.2026 02:49 | 12 km | 32 km |
| 3.8 | 16.03.2026 16:49 | 41 km | 159 km |
| 4.6 | 16.03.2026 09:19 | 24.3 km | 154 km |
| 4.4 | 13.03.2026 14:22 | 128.8 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 13.03.2026 11:12 | 137 km | 77 km |
| 4.1 | 26.02.2026 06:54 | 171 km | 212 km |
| 4.2 | 26.02.2026 04:01 | 124 km | 34 km |
| 3.5 | 22.02.2026 13:56 | 16 km | 113 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2026 00:53 | 41.7 km | 62 km |
| 4.7 | 16.02.2026 00:53 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 3.7 | 05.02.2026 00:20 | 16 km | 46 km |
| 4.0 | 03.02.2026 17:29 | 130 km | 129 km |
| 3.9 | 25.01.2026 20:29 | 130.3 km | 165 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2026 03:22 | 122 km | 194 km |
| 3.6 | 02.01.2026 04:08 | 16 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 31.12.2025 01:28 | 13 km | 61 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2025 16:11 | 104.3 km | 160 km |
| 4.3 | 26.12.2025 16:31 | 132.7 km | 161 km |
| 4.1 | 21.12.2025 08:23 | 128.5 km | 139 km |
| 4.3 | 16.12.2025 04:58 | 152 km | 167 km |
| 3.6 | 12.12.2025 01:05 | 33 km | 57 km |
| 5.0 | 01.12.2025 23:26 | 106.6 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 16.11.2025 11:35 | 19 km | 74 km |
| 4.3 | 31.10.2025 09:25 | 134 km | 136 km |
| 3.9 | 21.10.2025 05:24 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 20.10.2025 09:40 | 134 km | 72 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2025 18:09 | 53 km | 107 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2025 11:29 | 11 km | 46 km |
| 3.7 | 02.10.2025 17:16 | 16 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2025 02:06 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2025 20:48 | 122.6 km | 64 km |
| 4.2 | 14.09.2025 19:56 | 120.6 km | 80 km |
| 3.7 | 12.09.2025 02:11 | 24 km | 158 km |
| 4.9 | 10.09.2025 18:52 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 3.6 | 30.08.2025 09:28 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 28.08.2025 18:23 | 12 km | 24 km |
| 3.8 | 15.08.2025 16:37 | 19 km | 139 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.