5.6
1,444
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1908–2026
record span
4.19
mean magnitude
1,014
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 | 219 km |
| 8.1 | 03.10.1974 14:21 | 15.1 km | 113 km |
| 8.0 | 12.12.1908 12:08 | 60 km | 284 km |
| 8.0 | 15.08.2007 23:40 | 39.3 km | 178 km |
| 7.7 | 01.11.1947 14:58 | 20 km | 232 km |
| 7.5 | 24.05.1940 16:33 | 45 km | 118 km |
| 7.1 | 09.11.1974 12:59 | 4.9 km | 117 km |
| 6.7 | 24.05.1940 21:57 | 45 km | 124 km |
| 6.7 | 20.10.2006 10:48 | 31.7 km | 181 km |
| 6.6 | 19.11.1982 04:27 | 12.3 km | 252 km |
| 6.6 | 01.10.1969 05:05 | 6.8 km | 172 km |
| 6.5 | 06.08.1933 02:54 | 100 km | 157 km |
| 6.4 | 23.09.1995 22:31 | 62.9 km | 221 km |
| 6.4 | 04.06.1970 04:09 | 47.5 km | 299 km |
| 6.4 | 30.01.2012 05:10 | 34.2 km | 290 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 19.07.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.9 | 06.06.2026 16:30 | 47.1 km | 115 km |
| 4.2 | 01.06.2026 23:53 | 114.6 km | 148 km |
| 3.7 | 29.05.2026 00:43 | 51 km | 94 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2026 01:51 | 21 km | 185 km |
| 3.6 | 25.05.2026 06:51 | 59 km | 146 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 23:57 | 18 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 09:04 | 57 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 14.05.2026 14:19 | 42 km | 108 km |
| 3.6 | 14.05.2026 10:41 | 39 km | 104 km |
| 4.0 | 01.05.2026 08:13 | 90 km | 75 km |
| 3.8 | 21.04.2026 16:18 | 91.8 km | 152 km |
| 3.5 | 13.04.2026 04:40 | 56 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 13.04.2026 00:29 | 47 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2026 17:12 | 61 km | 66 km |
| 3.4 | 12.04.2026 14:05 | 47 km | 75 km |
| 3.5 | 10.04.2026 02:28 | 51 km | 100 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2026 23:57 | 71.8 km | 99 km |
| 3.6 | 05.04.2026 23:47 | 22 km | 74 km |
| 3.8 | 03.04.2026 20:01 | 70 km | 54 km |
| 3.4 | 03.04.2026 17:25 | 48 km | 104 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 12:09 | 57 km | 148 km |
| 4.0 | 01.04.2026 00:48 | 43 km | 163 km |
| 3.4 | 29.03.2026 17:49 | 42 km | 96 km |
| 3.7 | 26.03.2026 05:32 | 58 km | 118 km |
| 3.5 | 25.03.2026 02:21 | 60 km | 74 km |
| 3.5 | 22.03.2026 11:03 | 43 km | 100 km |
| 3.5 | 21.03.2026 01:11 | 45 km | 88 km |
| 3.7 | 20.03.2026 04:00 | 84 km | 38 km |
| 3.5 | 19.03.2026 08:27 | 46 km | 96 km |
| 3.6 | 18.03.2026 18:04 | 46 km | 93 km |
| 3.7 | 18.03.2026 12:20 | 46 km | 93 km |
| 3.7 | 17.03.2026 12:03 | 48 km | 96 km |
| 4.0 | 11.03.2026 22:00 | 0 km | 154 km |
| 3.5 | 11.03.2026 16:12 | 39 km | 82 km |
| 3.8 | 08.03.2026 19:11 | 32 km | 102 km |
| 3.4 | 05.03.2026 12:06 | 50 km | 101 km |
| 3.5 | 04.03.2026 05:46 | 54 km | 84 km |
| 3.4 | 27.02.2026 04:47 | 52 km | 124 km |
| 3.5 | 26.02.2026 23:48 | 52 km | 102 km |
| 4.0 | 26.02.2026 23:21 | 61.5 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 25.02.2026 07:02 | 87 km | 198 km |
| 6.0 | 22.02.2026 22:36 | 31.5 km | 190 km |
| 3.6 | 20.02.2026 22:28 | 109 km | 149 km |
| 3.6 | 19.02.2026 05:35 | 67 km | 77 km |
| 3.5 | 18.02.2026 11:53 | 49 km | 120 km |
| 4.2 | 14.02.2026 14:15 | 44 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2026 06:17 | 53 km | 75 km |
| 3.8 | 17.01.2026 08:12 | 47 km | 79 km |
| 3.5 | 08.01.2026 04:57 | 57 km | 67 km |
| 3.5 | 07.01.2026 11:32 | 25 km | 102 km |
| 3.7 | 05.01.2026 13:34 | 51 km | 88 km |
| 4.2 | 01.01.2026 16:28 | 68 km | 91 km |
| 3.9 | 31.12.2025 20:34 | 51 km | 122 km |
| 4.5 | 28.12.2025 13:09 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 3.3 | 28.12.2025 13:09 | 0 km | 177 km |
| 3.5 | 27.12.2025 14:22 | 62 km | 75 km |
| 3.5 | 27.12.2025 06:17 | 54 km | 117 km |
| 4.4 | 27.12.2025 00:35 | 56.2 km | 157 km |
| 3.6 | 17.12.2025 11:57 | 56 km | 74 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.