4.3
1,605
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1913–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
1,122
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 | 03.10.1974 14:21 | 15.1 km | 301 km |
| 8.0 | 15.08.2007 23:40 | 39.3 km | 147 km |
| 7.8 | 06.08.1913 22:14 | 25 km | 315 km |
| 7.7 | 12.11.1996 16:59 | 30.9 km | 90 km |
| 7.7 | 24.08.1942 22:50 | 30 km | 116 km |
| 7.1 | 28.06.2024 05:36 | 19.6 km | 223 km |
| 7.1 | 14.01.2018 09:18 | 35.5 km | 207 km |
| 7.1 | 09.11.1974 12:59 | 4.9 km | 285 km |
| 7.0 | 25.09.2013 16:42 | 38.2 km | 216 km |
| 7.0 | 28.10.2011 18:54 | 29 km | 70 km |
| 6.9 | 03.10.1916 01:26 | 70 km | 155 km |
| 6.7 | 20.10.2006 10:48 | 31.7 km | 141 km |
| 6.6 | 25.06.1930 21:21 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 6.6 | 05.07.1943 21:07 | 35 km | 262 km |
| 6.5 | 09.01.1921 12:55 | 15 km | 176 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 20.07.2026 11:51 | 73.1 km | 63 km |
| 3.8 | 15.07.2026 02:40 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2026 15:43 | 63.4 km | 65 km |
| 3.6 | 31.05.2026 15:07 | 52 km | 51 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2026 06:51 | 59 km | 160 km |
| 3.5 | 24.05.2026 06:02 | 62 km | 19 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2026 07:59 | 77 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 20.05.2026 12:14 | 60 km | 18 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 22:18 | 62 km | 19 km |
| 5.8 | 19.05.2026 17:57 | 60 km | 17 km |
| 3.7 | 15.05.2026 05:25 | 75 km | 52 km |
| 3.6 | 14.05.2026 02:36 | 30 km | 75 km |
| 4.0 | 13.05.2026 19:49 | 36 km | 110 km |
| 4.2 | 10.05.2026 13:50 | 50 km | 70 km |
| 4.3 | 08.05.2026 17:14 | 0 km | 78 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 15:42 | 36 km | 115 km |
| 4.0 | 07.05.2026 12:11 | 37 km | 74 km |
| 4.0 | 02.05.2026 08:22 | 75 km | 61 km |
| 4.1 | 28.04.2026 07:54 | 103.4 km | 139 km |
| 4.5 | 25.04.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 4.3 | 20.04.2026 23:26 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.7 | 20.04.2026 22:42 | 23 km | 93 km |
| 5.0 | 16.04.2026 08:09 | 36.4 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 14.04.2026 04:46 | 40 km | 97 km |
| 4.4 | 24.03.2026 16:16 | 32.3 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 22.03.2026 11:36 | 52 km | 101 km |
| 4.0 | 18.03.2026 00:21 | 59 km | 25 km |
| 3.7 | 26.02.2026 07:23 | 40 km | 84 km |
| 4.0 | 25.02.2026 07:02 | 87 km | 97 km |
| 6.0 | 22.02.2026 22:36 | 31.5 km | 147 km |
| 3.8 | 05.02.2026 05:30 | 51 km | 83 km |
| 4.2 | 29.01.2026 07:51 | 0 km | 159 km |
| 4.2 | 24.01.2026 01:20 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 20.01.2026 07:37 | 56 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 19.01.2026 01:43 | 57 km | 190 km |
| 4.3 | 16.01.2026 03:46 | 52 km | 73 km |
| 4.1 | 12.01.2026 09:45 | 32 km | 106 km |
| 4.9 | 09.01.2026 21:36 | 110.9 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 09.01.2026 00:20 | 104 km | 108 km |
| 3.6 | 05.01.2026 17:07 | 0 km | 132 km |
| 3.5 | 03.01.2026 20:17 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 4.6 | 01.01.2026 23:30 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 4.5 | 01.01.2026 10:20 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 4.1 | 19.12.2025 14:30 | 83.8 km | 109 km |
| 3.7 | 14.12.2025 18:20 | 68 km | 139 km |
| 3.7 | 01.12.2025 23:39 | 54 km | 38 km |
| 4.4 | 25.11.2025 07:23 | 51 km | 52 km |
| 4.0 | 12.11.2025 11:43 | 92 km | 104 km |
| 3.7 | 08.11.2025 01:25 | 60 km | 122 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2025 06:02 | 32 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 27.10.2025 04:52 | 34 km | 137 km |
| 4.4 | 25.10.2025 21:04 | 53 km | 30 km |
| 3.6 | 25.10.2025 14:12 | 57 km | 17 km |
| 3.9 | 25.10.2025 04:23 | 53 km | 49 km |
| 4.0 | 12.10.2025 11:14 | 36 km | 100 km |
| 4.4 | 05.10.2025 04:01 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 25.09.2025 18:49 | 52 km | 81 km |
| 5.6 | 23.09.2025 17:39 | 12 km | 177 km |
| 5.0 | 22.09.2025 18:46 | 19.4 km | 175 km |
| 4.9 | 15.09.2025 01:52 | 90.9 km | 109 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.