5.2
2,138
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
1,894
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 01.11.1947 14:58 | 20 km | 241 km |
| 7.7 | 24.11.2015 22:50 | 621.4 km | 250 km |
| 7.6 | 09.11.1963 21:15 | 590.7 km | 196 km |
| 7.6 | 19.08.1961 05:09 | 612.2 km | 312 km |
| 7.5 | 24.11.2015 22:45 | 609.3 km | 289 km |
| 7.4 | 28.04.1911 09:52 | 560 km | 218 km |
| 7.2 | 31.08.1961 01:48 | 597.5 km | 294 km |
| 7.1 | 24.08.2018 09:04 | 625.5 km | 324 km |
| 7.0 | 05.05.1989 18:28 | 602.5 km | 241 km |
| 7.0 | 20.06.2003 06:19 | 562.2 km | 261 km |
| 7.0 | 24.08.2011 17:46 | 149.3 km | 241 km |
| 7.0 | 15.02.1967 16:11 | 602.7 km | 224 km |
| 6.9 | 17.10.1990 14:30 | 615.3 km | 325 km |
| 6.8 | 12.10.2002 20:09 | 532.5 km | 203 km |
| 6.8 | 09.07.1950 04:40 | 646 km | 281 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 03.08.2026 01:42 | 125.3 km | 290 km |
| 5.6 | 31.07.2026 00:58 | 154.4 km | 174 km |
| 4.4 | 27.07.2026 22:36 | 125 km | 180 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 4.7 | 08.07.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 4.3 | 01.07.2026 09:14 | 146.4 km | 244 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2026 02:00 | 132.3 km | 182 km |
| 4.2 | 24.06.2026 16:25 | 152.6 km | 178 km |
| 3.8 | 18.06.2026 05:12 | 139.8 km | 163 km |
| 5.3 | 03.06.2026 17:21 | 150.6 km | 175 km |
| 3.4 | 03.06.2026 02:51 | 15 km | 213 km |
| 4.2 | 01.06.2026 23:53 | 114.6 km | 315 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2026 09:08 | 191.6 km | 136 km |
| 3.3 | 29.05.2026 09:08 | 171.8 km | 135 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2026 01:51 | 21 km | 295 km |
| 3.6 | 23.05.2026 21:20 | 16 km | 328 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2026 12:03 | 15 km | 296 km |
| 4.0 | 23.05.2026 07:31 | 20 km | 180 km |
| 4.2 | 20.05.2026 19:44 | 133 km | 316 km |
| 3.9 | 20.05.2026 00:28 | 29 km | 150 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2026 13:57 | 25 km | 210 km |
| 4.3 | 12.05.2026 22:47 | 17 km | 224 km |
| 3.4 | 04.05.2026 03:04 | 12 km | 286 km |
| 4.0 | 28.04.2026 21:02 | 160 km | 269 km |
| 3.5 | 27.04.2026 23:36 | 14 km | 283 km |
| 4.0 | 26.04.2026 19:23 | 124 km | 178 km |
| 4.0 | 26.04.2026 01:44 | 135 km | 173 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2026 09:53 | 200.9 km | 164 km |
| 3.5 | 23.04.2026 06:41 | 16 km | 189 km |
| 3.6 | 18.04.2026 23:56 | 134.9 km | 206 km |
| 3.8 | 06.04.2026 16:01 | 48 km | 251 km |
| 4.5 | 02.04.2026 10:44 | 183.2 km | 152 km |
| 6.1 | 01.04.2026 11:20 | 124.6 km | 409 km |
| 3.6 | 31.03.2026 04:39 | 131.5 km | 217 km |
| 4.2 | 29.03.2026 04:05 | 130 km | 297 km |
| 3.8 | 20.03.2026 16:59 | 125 km | 250 km |
| 3.7 | 20.03.2026 02:49 | 12 km | 272 km |
| 3.8 | 16.03.2026 16:49 | 41 km | 188 km |
| 4.6 | 16.03.2026 09:19 | 24.3 km | 214 km |
| 4.4 | 13.03.2026 14:22 | 128.8 km | 200 km |
| 4.0 | 13.03.2026 11:12 | 137 km | 291 km |
| 4.3 | 11.03.2026 00:38 | 146 km | 248 km |
| 3.7 | 05.03.2026 21:08 | 49 km | 329 km |
| 4.1 | 26.02.2026 06:54 | 171 km | 167 km |
| 4.2 | 26.02.2026 04:01 | 124 km | 259 km |
| 3.5 | 22.02.2026 13:56 | 16 km | 205 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2026 00:53 | 41.7 km | 246 km |
| 4.7 | 16.02.2026 00:53 | 10 km | 236 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2026 18:20 | 117 km | 167 km |
| 4.0 | 05.02.2026 11:07 | 130 km | 255 km |
| 3.7 | 05.02.2026 00:20 | 16 km | 269 km |
| 4.0 | 03.02.2026 17:29 | 130 km | 202 km |
| 3.8 | 28.01.2026 16:34 | 14 km | 228 km |
| 3.9 | 25.01.2026 20:29 | 130.3 km | 172 km |
| 3.5 | 07.01.2026 11:32 | 25 km | 367 km |
| 3.6 | 02.01.2026 04:08 | 16 km | 233 km |
| 3.5 | 31.12.2025 01:28 | 13 km | 259 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2025 16:11 | 104.3 km | 239 km |
| 4.3 | 26.12.2025 16:31 | 132.7 km | 220 km |
| 4.1 | 21.12.2025 08:23 | 128.5 km | 240 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.