5.4
1,734
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.21
mean magnitude
1,200
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 09.06.1994 00:33 | 638 km | 298 km |
| 7.7 | 15.08.1963 17:25 | 550 km | 156 km |
| 7.6 | 07.07.2001 09:38 | 24.5 km | 327 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 405 km |
| 7.5 | 26.07.1958 17:37 | 612.4 km | 203 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 100 km | 206 km |
| 7.2 | 26.05.2022 12:02 | 226.9 km | 53 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1988 23:19 | 30.7 km | 336 km |
| 7.0 | 15.01.1958 19:14 | 64 km | 293 km |
| 7.0 | 01.03.2019 08:50 | 265.2 km | 53 km |
| 6.9 | 10.01.1994 15:53 | 607.1 km | 210 km |
| 6.8 | 21.05.1979 22:22 | 228.5 km | 43 km |
| 6.8 | 24.05.1991 20:50 | 122.8 km | 178 km |
| 6.8 | 09.04.1928 17:34 | 25 km | 177 km |
| 6.7 | 26.06.2001 04:18 | 25.9 km | 347 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | 14.07.2026 08:21 | 103.7 km | 171 km |
| 4.1 | 10.07.2026 16:57 | 203.6 km | 90 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 08:50 | 119 km | 229 km |
| 3.1 | 04.06.2026 17:19 | 165.6 km | 255 km |
| 3.0 | 04.06.2026 12:37 | 161.9 km | 260 km |
| 2.6 | 03.06.2026 01:00 | 153.7 km | 241 km |
| 3.6 | 27.05.2026 02:42 | 187.5 km | 183 km |
| 3.5 | 24.05.2026 02:57 | 15 km | 130 km |
| 4.2 | 12.05.2026 18:32 | 181.8 km | 206 km |
| 3.4 | 09.05.2026 02:49 | 142.7 km | 240 km |
| 3.4 | 05.05.2026 12:43 | 16 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 03.05.2026 08:19 | 9 km | 190 km |
| 3.5 | 02.05.2026 03:46 | 16 km | 120 km |
| 3.5 | 01.05.2026 09:33 | 20 km | 248 km |
| 3.4 | 30.04.2026 12:36 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 3.1 | 26.04.2026 07:30 | 177.4 km | 235 km |
| 2.7 | 06.04.2026 01:52 | 188.1 km | 233 km |
| 3.5 | 01.04.2026 14:29 | 12 km | 136 km |
| 5.0 | 12.03.2026 04:41 | 144.3 km | 142 km |
| 3.5 | 11.03.2026 23:52 | 170.8 km | 262 km |
| 4.4 | 25.02.2026 11:35 | 210.1 km | 101 km |
| 5.0 | 15.02.2026 06:03 | 102.4 km | 183 km |
| 3.3 | 07.02.2026 12:37 | 147.2 km | 236 km |
| 3.8 | 03.02.2026 02:08 | 191.8 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 26.01.2026 06:31 | 199.9 km | 96 km |
| 4.4 | 13.01.2026 14:03 | 227.2 km | 146 km |
| 4.2 | 18.12.2025 02:19 | 177.2 km | 246 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2025 23:49 | 134.2 km | 233 km |
| 3.0 | 03.12.2025 10:22 | 146.2 km | 254 km |
| 3.6 | 30.11.2025 07:53 | 124.5 km | 250 km |
| 3.6 | 12.11.2025 22:30 | 185.8 km | 240 km |
| 4.3 | 11.11.2025 07:45 | 95.3 km | 182 km |
| 3.0 | 10.11.2025 05:31 | 161 km | 260 km |
| 4.1 | 02.11.2025 12:47 | 105.1 km | 194 km |
| 2.7 | 20.10.2025 10:59 | 156.2 km | 254 km |
| 4.5 | 18.10.2025 23:16 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2025 02:02 | 245.2 km | 128 km |
| 4.5 | 22.09.2025 11:30 | 260.7 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2025 02:45 | 205.9 km | 79 km |
| 4.3 | 21.09.2025 17:21 | 239.9 km | 54 km |
| 4.4 | 21.09.2025 15:12 | 134.9 km | 260 km |
| 4.0 | 17.09.2025 01:42 | 70 km | 265 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2025 20:07 | 97.1 km | 273 km |
| 3.5 | 11.09.2025 18:14 | 11 km | 247 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2025 13:42 | 198.4 km | 220 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2025 17:03 | 192.6 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 10.08.2025 08:36 | 172.5 km | 119 km |
| 3.5 | 10.08.2025 08:25 | 16 km | 239 km |
| 4.3 | 09.08.2025 09:34 | 166.1 km | 241 km |
| 4.2 | 09.08.2025 04:29 | 183.7 km | 193 km |
| 3.4 | 04.08.2025 22:33 | 156.7 km | 261 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2025 01:59 | 200.7 km | 162 km |
| 4.7 | 30.07.2025 03:49 | 168.5 km | 258 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2025 23:52 | 188.9 km | 99 km |
| 4.2 | 19.07.2025 16:25 | 216 km | 114 km |
| 4.3 | 16.07.2025 13:52 | 199.9 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 15.07.2025 10:07 | 86.2 km | 287 km |
| 3.8 | 10.07.2025 18:22 | 12 km | 232 km |
| 4.0 | 09.07.2025 17:52 | 178 km | 146 km |
| 4.3 | 08.07.2025 03:13 | 179 km | 156 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.