5.6
901
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1921–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
599
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 | 293 km |
| 8.0 | 15.08.2007 23:40 | 39.3 km | 267 km |
| 7.7 | 01.11.1947 14:58 | 20 km | 83 km |
| 7.5 | 24.05.1940 16:33 | 45 km | 283 km |
| 7.1 | 09.11.1974 12:59 | 4.9 km | 291 km |
| 6.7 | 15.05.1976 21:55 | 22.6 km | 54 km |
| 6.7 | 20.10.2006 10:48 | 31.7 km | 264 km |
| 6.6 | 19.11.1982 04:27 | 12.3 km | 119 km |
| 6.6 | 01.10.1969 05:05 | 6.8 km | 26 km |
| 6.5 | 09.01.1921 12:55 | 15 km | 207 km |
| 6.5 | 06.08.1933 02:54 | 100 km | 96 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.1937 06:20 | 15 km | 133 km |
| 6.3 | 28.03.1982 23:24 | 89.7 km | 172 km |
| 6.2 | 25.04.1939 12:53 | 150 km | 108 km |
| 6.2 | 05.01.1974 08:33 | 89.6 km | 164 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 19.07.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 4.7 | 08.07.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 4.2 | 01.06.2026 23:53 | 114.6 km | 90 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 23:57 | 18 km | 142 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2026 13:57 | 25 km | 109 km |
| 4.3 | 12.05.2026 22:47 | 17 km | 96 km |
| 3.4 | 12.05.2026 17:23 | 15 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 01.05.2026 08:13 | 90 km | 172 km |
| 3.8 | 21.04.2026 16:18 | 91.8 km | 87 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2026 23:57 | 71.8 km | 196 km |
| 3.6 | 05.04.2026 23:47 | 22 km | 176 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.2026 22:28 | 109 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2026 05:35 | 67 km | 182 km |
| 4.2 | 17.02.2026 14:16 | 90.4 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2026 18:20 | 117 km | 157 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2026 11:07 | 130 km | 64 km |
| 3.8 | 28.01.2026 16:34 | 14 km | 91 km |
| 3.5 | 07.01.2026 11:32 | 25 km | 142 km |
| 3.6 | 09.12.2025 18:56 | 16 km | 116 km |
| 3.7 | 03.12.2025 00:19 | 98 km | 181 km |
| 4.2 | 23.11.2025 17:50 | 107 km | 166 km |
| 3.9 | 20.11.2025 13:18 | 103.2 km | 95 km |
| 4.3 | 14.11.2025 14:04 | 101.5 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 06.11.2025 22:55 | 113 km | 110 km |
| 4.0 | 04.11.2025 08:44 | 89 km | 94 km |
| 3.6 | 29.10.2025 10:45 | 16 km | 88 km |
| 3.8 | 29.10.2025 09:45 | 18 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 26.10.2025 02:47 | 62 km | 201 km |
| 3.8 | 21.10.2025 16:56 | 19 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 20.10.2025 15:54 | 13 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 17.10.2025 02:07 | 85 km | 187 km |
| 4.0 | 20.09.2025 07:29 | 103 km | 93 km |
| 3.4 | 09.09.2025 18:27 | 15 km | 211 km |
| 4.0 | 02.09.2025 23:38 | 32 km | 48 km |
| 3.8 | 02.09.2025 15:05 | 14 km | 107 km |
| 3.8 | 30.08.2025 04:40 | 11 km | 114 km |
| 3.7 | 29.08.2025 21:43 | 13 km | 106 km |
| 3.8 | 29.08.2025 00:04 | 15 km | 123 km |
| 3.9 | 27.08.2025 12:26 | 26 km | 164 km |
| 3.6 | 23.08.2025 01:11 | 17 km | 114 km |
| 3.6 | 21.08.2025 20:25 | 16 km | 157 km |
| 4.3 | 17.08.2025 00:35 | 94 km | 112 km |
| 3.6 | 13.08.2025 17:58 | 14 km | 184 km |
| 3.8 | 10.08.2025 03:08 | 98 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2025 05:36 | 124 km | 138 km |
| 4.0 | 13.07.2025 10:07 | 106 km | 136 km |
| 3.4 | 11.07.2025 17:18 | 35 km | 113 km |
| 4.0 | 03.07.2025 04:57 | 118 km | 102 km |
| 4.5 | 30.06.2025 08:44 | 84.2 km | 166 km |
| 3.6 | 24.06.2025 03:07 | 15 km | 118 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2025 01:39 | 13 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 08.06.2025 17:12 | 12 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 06.06.2025 18:37 | 124 km | 128 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2025 17:24 | 56 km | 174 km |
| 3.7 | 21.05.2025 20:05 | 13 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 12.05.2025 00:37 | 62 km | 214 km |
| 3.6 | 07.05.2025 13:14 | 21 km | 86 km |
| 3.8 | 03.05.2025 23:41 | 13 km | 92 km |
| 3.5 | 03.05.2025 05:10 | 13 km | 75 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.