3.4
4,350
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.34
mean magnitude
2,939
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 31.07.1970 17:08 | 647.1 km | 350 km |
| 8.0 | 26.05.2019 07:41 | 125.5 km | 230 km |
| 7.9 | 31.05.1970 20:23 | 59.1 km | 776 km |
| 7.9 | 17.01.1922 03:50 | 475 km | 318 km |
| 7.6 | 09.11.1963 21:15 | 590.7 km | 596 km |
| 7.5 | 28.09.1906 15:24 | 100 km | 330 km |
| 7.5 | 26.09.2005 01:55 | 127.7 km | 314 km |
| 7.5 | 22.02.2019 10:17 | 149.9 km | 416 km |
| 7.5 | 28.11.2021 10:52 | 118.5 km | 326 km |
| 7.4 | 27.07.1971 02:02 | 105.6 km | 418 km |
| 7.4 | 28.04.1911 09:52 | 560 km | 615 km |
| 7.3 | 18.12.1921 15:29 | 540 km | 267 km |
| 7.3 | 14.05.1928 22:14 | 10 km | 544 km |
| 7.2 | 28.10.1997 06:15 | 121.6 km | 297 km |
| 7.1 | 06.03.1987 04:10 | 18.5 km | 649 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 15:11 | 20 km | 533 km |
| 5.2 | 03.08.2026 01:42 | 125.3 km | 515 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 17:09 | 139.3 km | 250 km |
| 5.6 | 31.07.2026 00:58 | 154.4 km | 449 km |
| 4.4 | 27.07.2026 22:36 | 125 km | 490 km |
| 4.4 | 26.07.2026 15:49 | 5 km | 388 km |
| 3.6 | 11.07.2026 05:35 | 138 km | 324 km |
| 4.3 | 01.07.2026 09:14 | 146.4 km | 374 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2026 02:00 | 132.3 km | 507 km |
| 4.3 | 30.06.2026 06:02 | 13 km | 488 km |
| 4.2 | 24.06.2026 16:25 | 152.6 km | 420 km |
| 4.3 | 19.06.2026 04:50 | 146 km | 387 km |
| 3.8 | 18.06.2026 05:12 | 139.8 km | 437 km |
| 3.7 | 16.06.2026 20:12 | 21 km | 560 km |
| 3.9 | 09.06.2026 18:17 | 0 km | 223 km |
| 3.9 | 03.06.2026 21:12 | 17 km | 424 km |
| 5.3 | 03.06.2026 17:21 | 150.6 km | 430 km |
| 3.6 | 02.06.2026 04:05 | 15 km | 439 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2026 09:08 | 191.6 km | 443 km |
| 3.3 | 29.05.2026 09:08 | 171.8 km | 439 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2026 06:27 | 186 km | 515 km |
| 3.6 | 23.05.2026 21:20 | 16 km | 453 km |
| 3.9 | 23.05.2026 08:44 | 131.2 km | 422 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2026 17:47 | 10 km | 447 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2026 19:44 | 133 km | 551 km |
| 3.9 | 10.05.2026 21:19 | 49 km | 379 km |
| 4.4 | 08.05.2026 17:50 | 10 km | 441 km |
| 4.3 | 05.05.2026 16:31 | 152 km | 358 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2026 10:50 | 37 km | 353 km |
| 4.0 | 28.04.2026 21:02 | 160 km | 443 km |
| 3.9 | 27.04.2026 17:11 | 0 km | 316 km |
| 3.6 | 27.04.2026 09:27 | 16 km | 558 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2026 09:53 | 200.9 km | 509 km |
| 3.9 | 25.04.2026 09:37 | 20 km | 552 km |
| 3.7 | 25.04.2026 02:13 | 13 km | 518 km |
| 3.6 | 18.04.2026 23:56 | 134.9 km | 414 km |
| 4.0 | 16.04.2026 06:18 | 143.7 km | 396 km |
| 4.0 | 10.04.2026 14:15 | 176.4 km | 521 km |
| 4.5 | 02.04.2026 10:44 | 183.2 km | 452 km |
| 6.1 | 01.04.2026 11:20 | 124.6 km | 392 km |
| 3.6 | 31.03.2026 00:20 | 29 km | 396 km |
| 3.5 | 26.03.2026 18:10 | 171.7 km | 545 km |
| 4.2 | 26.03.2026 05:40 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2026 19:25 | 118 km | 345 km |
| 3.8 | 16.03.2026 16:49 | 41 km | 481 km |
| 3.4 | 15.03.2026 18:31 | 240.7 km | 516 km |
| 4.4 | 13.03.2026 14:22 | 128.8 km | 518 km |
| 4.0 | 13.03.2026 11:12 | 137 km | 534 km |
| 4.3 | 11.03.2026 00:38 | 146 km | 393 km |
| 4.3 | 09.03.2026 11:11 | 30 km | 402 km |
| 3.5 | 08.03.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 416 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2026 22:02 | 0 km | 392 km |
| 3.9 | 06.03.2026 01:40 | 130.3 km | 336 km |
| 3.7 | 05.03.2026 21:08 | 49 km | 430 km |
| 4.2 | 28.02.2026 04:28 | 59 km | 394 km |
| 4.1 | 26.02.2026 06:54 | 171 km | 446 km |
| 4.8 | 22.02.2026 06:43 | 102.2 km | 282 km |
| 3.2 | 17.02.2026 17:30 | 74 km | 468 km |
| 3.8 | 12.02.2026 21:52 | 119.9 km | 454 km |
| 4.1 | 06.02.2026 00:40 | 145 km | 259 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.