3.7
604
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.49
mean magnitude
148
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 14.12.1901 22:57 | 0 km | 207 km |
| 7.4 | 17.03.1973 08:30 | 28.4 km | 94 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1907 23:52 | 35 km | 85 km |
| 7.2 | 24.02.1988 03:52 | 29.6 km | 101 km |
| 7.2 | 13.11.1925 12:14 | 20 km | 129 km |
| 7.2 | 03.05.1943 01:59 | 15 km | 68 km |
| 7.1 | 18.04.1907 20:59 | 35 km | 116 km |
| 7.1 | 29.08.1938 15:22 | 15 km | 138 km |
| 7.1 | 11.06.1996 18:22 | 28.6 km | 171 km |
| 7.1 | 11.01.1982 06:10 | 30.5 km | 100 km |
| 7.0 | 05.05.1995 03:53 | 23.2 km | 168 km |
| 7.0 | 05.11.1941 17:38 | 15 km | 55 km |
| 7.0 | 09.07.1907 18:54 | 60 km | 116 km |
| 7.0 | 12.03.1915 14:48 | 40 km | 142 km |
| 6.8 | 09.05.1941 05:32 | 15 km | 129 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 02:27 | 10 km | 7 km |
| 5.4 | 29.07.2026 15:10 | 46.3 km | 95 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 16:46 | 69 km | 17 km |
| 3.6 | 17.07.2026 12:33 | 16 km | 65 km |
| 3.9 | 14.07.2026 08:41 | 0 km | 71 km |
| 5.0 | 14.07.2026 07:18 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 5.3 | 14.07.2026 07:04 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 5.4 | 13.07.2026 00:54 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.1 | 08.07.2026 08:53 | 8 km | 67 km |
| 3.2 | 02.07.2026 05:22 | 11 km | 9 km |
| 3.8 | 01.07.2026 16:01 | 10 km | 7 km |
| 3.2 | 22.06.2026 16:16 | 95 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2026 18:51 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 3.8 | 06.06.2026 13:46 | 15 km | 17 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 16:54 | 1 km | 24 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 14:09 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 5.4 | 05.06.2026 13:57 | 14 km | 20 km |
| 3.1 | 05.06.2026 12:09 | 15 km | 8 km |
| 4.1 | 05.06.2026 11:22 | 12 km | 9 km |
| 3.3 | 30.05.2026 12:34 | 3 km | 23 km |
| 3.4 | 03.05.2026 16:25 | 8 km | 45 km |
| 4.0 | 23.04.2026 14:16 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.3 | 07.03.2026 18:25 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.1 | 03.03.2026 22:33 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.1 | 30.12.2025 01:53 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 3.1 | 24.12.2025 02:50 | 19 km | 69 km |
| 4.3 | 14.10.2025 05:28 | 94.7 km | 68 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2025 17:31 | 108 km | 75 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2025 23:11 | 33 km | 30 km |
| 3.8 | 31.08.2025 13:35 | 124 km | 64 km |
| 3.9 | 24.08.2025 19:51 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 3.3 | 02.07.2025 09:11 | 8 km | 51 km |
| 4.5 | 18.06.2025 13:47 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.4 | 18.06.2025 00:55 | 123.2 km | 29 km |
| 3.3 | 05.06.2025 13:17 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 4.5 | 05.06.2025 13:17 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2025 11:22 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 4.7 | 05.06.2025 11:11 | 35 km | 50 km |
| 4.8 | 29.05.2025 18:35 | 98.7 km | 50 km |
| 3.4 | 20.05.2025 18:10 | 8 km | 34 km |
| 3.3 | 15.03.2025 14:52 | 89 km | 55 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2025 22:26 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 3.9 | 03.03.2025 01:49 | 104 km | 57 km |
| 5.0 | 15.02.2025 00:28 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 4.1 | 15.01.2025 19:16 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 3.9 | 24.12.2024 14:37 | 232 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 22.12.2024 13:02 | 70 km | 42 km |
| 3.2 | 31.10.2024 04:22 | 50 km | 50 km |
| 6.0 | 01.10.2024 21:19 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2024 04:03 | 95 km | 48 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2024 16:46 | 10 km | 48 km |
| 5.1 | 27.08.2024 13:01 | 10.2 km | 84 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2024 18:13 | 19 km | 47 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2024 11:46 | 5 km | 59 km |
| 3.9 | 15.07.2024 21:20 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2024 01:19 | 135 km | 60 km |
| 3.7 | 25.05.2024 12:36 | 13 km | 45 km |
| 3.1 | 16.04.2024 06:25 | 1 km | 54 km |
| 3.5 | 12.04.2024 16:37 | 101 km | 32 km |
| 3.4 | 12.03.2024 11:37 | 1 km | 60 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.