2.8
1,304
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.25
mean magnitude
628
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 07.07.2001 09:38 | 24.5 km | 132 km |
| 7.2 | 11.10.1922 14:49 | 75 km | 218 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 100 km | 114 km |
| 7.2 | 26.05.2022 12:02 | 226.9 km | 229 km |
| 7.1 | 16.02.1979 10:08 | 47.1 km | 194 km |
| 7.1 | 06.01.1922 14:11 | 15 km | 232 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1988 23:19 | 30.7 km | 155 km |
| 7.0 | 15.01.1958 19:14 | 64 km | 161 km |
| 7.0 | 01.03.2019 08:50 | 265.2 km | 257 km |
| 6.9 | 30.08.1906 02:38 | 60 km | 178 km |
| 6.8 | 21.05.1979 22:22 | 228.5 km | 168 km |
| 6.8 | 24.05.1991 20:50 | 122.8 km | 33 km |
| 6.8 | 03.04.1999 06:17 | 72.6 km | 176 km |
| 6.7 | 26.06.2001 04:18 | 25.9 km | 139 km |
| 6.6 | 11.05.1948 08:55 | 58.7 km | 65 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 12:35 | 171.1 km | 94 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 17:52 | 106.2 km | 126 km |
| 4.1 | 10.07.2026 16:57 | 203.6 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 08:50 | 119 km | 32 km |
| 4.8 | 17.06.2026 16:37 | 138.1 km | 135 km |
| 2.8 | 14.06.2026 10:25 | 106 km | 101 km |
| 2.6 | 03.06.2026 01:00 | 153.7 km | 105 km |
| 3.4 | 27.05.2026 11:14 | 60.1 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 15.05.2026 15:45 | 130 km | 130 km |
| 2.7 | 12.05.2026 00:18 | 169.8 km | 107 km |
| 3.4 | 09.05.2026 02:49 | 142.7 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 03.05.2026 08:19 | 9 km | 21 km |
| 3.5 | 02.05.2026 03:46 | 16 km | 112 km |
| 3.5 | 01.05.2026 09:33 | 20 km | 39 km |
| 2.9 | 23.04.2026 09:50 | 153.6 km | 120 km |
| 3.8 | 21.04.2026 04:13 | 54 km | 97 km |
| 3.7 | 13.04.2026 20:42 | 99.8 km | 100 km |
| 2.7 | 06.04.2026 01:52 | 188.1 km | 92 km |
| 4.4 | 27.03.2026 18:41 | 129.3 km | 110 km |
| 4.4 | 25.02.2026 11:35 | 210.1 km | 112 km |
| 3.7 | 16.02.2026 03:59 | 76 km | 84 km |
| 5.0 | 15.02.2026 06:03 | 102.4 km | 109 km |
| 3.3 | 07.02.2026 12:37 | 147.2 km | 93 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2026 06:31 | 199.9 km | 127 km |
| 4.1 | 16.01.2026 07:34 | 103.6 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 08.01.2026 21:47 | 74 km | 89 km |
| 3.7 | 30.12.2025 23:28 | 15 km | 90 km |
| 3.5 | 27.12.2025 09:39 | 52 km | 108 km |
| 3.5 | 12.12.2025 16:49 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2025 23:49 | 134.2 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 30.11.2025 07:53 | 124.5 km | 51 km |
| 3.7 | 16.11.2025 07:04 | 98 km | 94 km |
| 4.3 | 11.11.2025 07:45 | 95.3 km | 82 km |
| 4.1 | 02.11.2025 12:47 | 105.1 km | 36 km |
| 3.6 | 23.10.2025 05:46 | 29 km | 86 km |
| 4.5 | 18.10.2025 23:16 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 15.10.2025 00:05 | 53.7 km | 129 km |
| 3.6 | 28.09.2025 21:42 | 17 km | 85 km |
| 3.8 | 26.09.2025 23:50 | 13 km | 78 km |
| 4.4 | 21.09.2025 15:12 | 134.9 km | 88 km |
| 4.0 | 17.09.2025 01:42 | 70 km | 56 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2025 20:07 | 97.1 km | 65 km |
| 3.5 | 11.09.2025 18:14 | 11 km | 45 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2025 21:14 | 98 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2025 17:03 | 192.6 km | 110 km |
| 4.1 | 10.08.2025 08:36 | 172.5 km | 127 km |
| 3.5 | 10.08.2025 08:25 | 16 km | 43 km |
| 4.2 | 09.08.2025 04:29 | 183.7 km | 106 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2025 01:59 | 200.7 km | 89 km |
| 4.2 | 19.07.2025 16:25 | 216 km | 99 km |
| 4.1 | 15.07.2025 10:07 | 86.2 km | 79 km |
| 4.6 | 14.07.2025 19:37 | 112.3 km | 121 km |
| 3.8 | 10.07.2025 18:22 | 12 km | 22 km |
| 4.3 | 08.07.2025 03:13 | 179 km | 98 km |
| 2.8 | 05.07.2025 20:31 | 133.4 km | 142 km |
| 3.6 | 30.06.2025 18:24 | 15 km | 34 km |
| 3.6 | 18.06.2025 19:57 | 16 km | 95 km |
| 3.1 | 16.06.2025 09:52 | 227.5 km | 126 km |
| 4.2 | 02.06.2025 23:45 | 157.3 km | 112 km |
| 4.1 | 02.06.2025 12:46 | 127.8 km | 52 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.