5.2
998
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.42
mean magnitude
746
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 | 26.05.2019 07:41 | 125.5 km | 200 km |
| 7.9 | 31.05.1970 20:23 | 59.1 km | 346 km |
| 7.5 | 28.09.1906 15:24 | 100 km | 252 km |
| 7.5 | 26.09.2005 01:55 | 127.7 km | 151 km |
| 7.5 | 28.11.2021 10:52 | 118.5 km | 286 km |
| 7.3 | 14.05.1928 22:14 | 10 km | 287 km |
| 7.2 | 28.10.1997 06:15 | 121.6 km | 302 km |
| 7.1 | 18.07.1928 19:05 | 35 km | 300 km |
| 7.0 | 24.08.2011 17:46 | 149.3 km | 239 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1983 12:07 | 119.3 km | 281 km |
| 6.9 | 05.04.1991 04:19 | 26.9 km | 125 km |
| 6.8 | 10.11.1946 17:42 | 15 km | 181 km |
| 6.8 | 19.06.1968 08:13 | 22.5 km | 175 km |
| 6.5 | 30.05.1990 02:34 | 18.6 km | 134 km |
| 6.5 | 13.04.1963 02:20 | 119.8 km | 90 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 03.08.2026 01:42 | 125.3 km | 194 km |
| 4.4 | 26.07.2026 15:49 | 5 km | 163 km |
| 3.6 | 23.05.2026 21:20 | 16 km | 128 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2026 19:44 | 133 km | 202 km |
| 3.9 | 10.05.2026 21:19 | 49 km | 73 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2026 10:50 | 37 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 28.04.2026 21:02 | 160 km | 184 km |
| 3.6 | 27.04.2026 09:27 | 16 km | 195 km |
| 4.0 | 16.04.2026 06:18 | 143.7 km | 86 km |
| 6.1 | 01.04.2026 11:20 | 124.6 km | 54 km |
| 3.6 | 31.03.2026 00:20 | 29 km | 62 km |
| 4.0 | 13.03.2026 11:12 | 137 km | 206 km |
| 4.3 | 09.03.2026 11:11 | 30 km | 101 km |
| 3.5 | 08.03.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 114 km |
| 3.6 | 08.03.2026 22:02 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 3.7 | 05.03.2026 21:08 | 49 km | 123 km |
| 4.8 | 25.01.2026 20:29 | 5 km | 178 km |
| 4.0 | 15.01.2026 03:22 | 122 km | 220 km |
| 4.0 | 08.01.2026 14:13 | 127 km | 189 km |
| 3.7 | 04.01.2026 22:17 | 17 km | 183 km |
| 3.5 | 06.12.2025 16:57 | 14 km | 137 km |
| 3.6 | 16.11.2025 11:35 | 19 km | 208 km |
| 3.6 | 09.11.2025 17:31 | 19 km | 174 km |
| 3.9 | 21.10.2025 05:24 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2025 18:09 | 53 km | 235 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2025 20:48 | 122.6 km | 226 km |
| 3.5 | 20.09.2025 04:33 | 17 km | 223 km |
| 4.9 | 13.09.2025 03:57 | 19.4 km | 146 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2025 18:52 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.9 | 10.09.2025 18:52 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.1 | 29.08.2025 07:56 | 131 km | 89 km |
| 3.6 | 18.08.2025 02:41 | 14 km | 71 km |
| 3.6 | 12.08.2025 17:40 | 21 km | 153 km |
| 4.1 | 09.08.2025 17:58 | 129 km | 219 km |
| 3.9 | 23.07.2025 05:35 | 27 km | 192 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2025 14:14 | 21 km | 153 km |
| 3.5 | 14.07.2025 08:31 | 20 km | 165 km |
| 4.0 | 11.07.2025 03:18 | 39 km | 191 km |
| 5.2 | 06.07.2025 11:27 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 03.07.2025 01:33 | 18 km | 213 km |
| 4.1 | 24.06.2025 14:04 | 141 km | 125 km |
| 4.2 | 11.06.2025 07:46 | 118 km | 65 km |
| 4.4 | 29.05.2025 11:34 | 127 km | 81 km |
| 4.3 | 23.05.2025 17:16 | 123.6 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 22.05.2025 11:02 | 12 km | 224 km |
| 4.0 | 02.05.2025 11:56 | 22 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 21.04.2025 22:23 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2025 11:19 | 109 km | 143 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2025 00:35 | 16 km | 187 km |
| 4.4 | 10.04.2025 06:24 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.1 | 09.04.2025 03:07 | 129 km | 17 km |
| 4.1 | 23.03.2025 15:32 | 15 km | 120 km |
| 4.3 | 18.03.2025 10:50 | 85.6 km | 217 km |
| 4.1 | 09.03.2025 11:06 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 3.5 | 25.12.2024 05:27 | 19 km | 193 km |
| 4.0 | 22.12.2024 21:34 | 127 km | 42 km |
| 3.5 | 22.12.2024 12:07 | 12 km | 85 km |
| 4.0 | 18.12.2024 13:33 | 148 km | 170 km |
| 3.5 | 17.12.2024 10:02 | 15 km | 221 km |
| 3.8 | 10.12.2024 05:45 | 18 km | 193 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.