3.7
2,076
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.35
mean magnitude
596
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 | 155 km |
| 7.4 | 17.03.1973 08:30 | 28.4 km | 199 km |
| 7.3 | 08.04.1942 15:40 | 15 km | 77 km |
| 7.3 | 20.08.1937 11:59 | 15 km | 197 km |
| 7.2 | 25.04.1972 19:30 | 42.7 km | 113 km |
| 7.1 | 14.11.1994 19:15 | 27.4 km | 73 km |
| 7.0 | 14.06.1990 07:40 | 25.2 km | 170 km |
| 7.0 | 15.06.1928 06:12 | 25 km | 7 km |
| 6.8 | 15.06.1928 17:16 | 15 km | 19 km |
| 6.8 | 05.02.1970 22:06 | 8.5 km | 91 km |
| 6.6 | 23.07.2021 20:48 | 120.9 km | 105 km |
| 6.6 | 29.08.1922 17:01 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 6.6 | 27.04.1919 00:22 | 15 km | 101 km |
| 6.5 | 20.09.1933 23:33 | 100 km | 23 km |
| 6.5 | 06.05.1939 17:00 | 110 km | 70 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 14.07.2026 01:59 | 112.3 km | 84 km |
| 3.2 | 10.07.2026 19:45 | 5 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 07.07.2026 20:37 | 145.7 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 04.07.2026 04:33 | 249.2 km | 58 km |
| 3.1 | 26.06.2026 20:35 | 20 km | 90 km |
| 3.3 | 13.06.2026 02:25 | 3 km | 22 km |
| 5.3 | 08.06.2026 04:53 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 3.1 | 14.05.2026 09:39 | 1 km | 86 km |
| 3.0 | 14.05.2026 06:30 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2026 22:02 | 3 km | 93 km |
| 3.3 | 11.04.2026 14:17 | 202 km | 81 km |
| 3.7 | 22.03.2026 17:49 | 6 km | 94 km |
| 4.1 | 22.03.2026 05:30 | 144.1 km | 83 km |
| 3.5 | 11.03.2026 19:55 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.8 | 11.03.2026 14:03 | 1 km | 20 km |
| 5.1 | 07.03.2026 16:04 | 182.8 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 26.02.2026 17:47 | 5 km | 36 km |
| 4.1 | 13.02.2026 11:56 | 113.2 km | 105 km |
| 4.2 | 09.02.2026 00:05 | 133.7 km | 104 km |
| 3.0 | 01.01.2026 17:38 | 35 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 09.12.2025 13:59 | 96 km | 87 km |
| 3.8 | 08.12.2025 11:59 | 73.8 km | 51 km |
| 3.3 | 06.12.2025 15:48 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 4.5 | 06.12.2025 15:48 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 3.6 | 24.11.2025 02:15 | 156.2 km | 91 km |
| 3.9 | 17.11.2025 09:54 | 237.5 km | 78 km |
| 3.6 | 03.11.2025 19:22 | 85.7 km | 95 km |
| 3.2 | 28.10.2025 19:10 | 2 km | 85 km |
| 4.8 | 25.10.2025 06:34 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.9 | 16.10.2025 11:02 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2025 05:08 | 5 km | 91 km |
| 3.5 | 06.10.2025 16:18 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.2 | 05.10.2025 12:54 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2025 04:08 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.3 | 19.09.2025 06:52 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2025 22:24 | 122.5 km | 5 km |
| 4.9 | 14.09.2025 18:57 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 3.2 | 07.09.2025 01:15 | 37 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 04.09.2025 13:16 | 10 km | 30 km |
| 3.0 | 03.09.2025 02:23 | 148 km | 93 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2025 13:56 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 3.7 | 29.08.2025 06:54 | 89.3 km | 80 km |
| 3.1 | 28.08.2025 16:52 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.0 | 25.08.2025 12:52 | 7 km | 18 km |
| 3.9 | 17.08.2025 01:27 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.9 | 16.08.2025 20:35 | 136.7 km | 104 km |
| 3.1 | 10.08.2025 13:42 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.4 | 27.07.2025 19:58 | 184.8 km | 112 km |
| 4.4 | 13.07.2025 04:24 | 196.7 km | 83 km |
| 3.3 | 05.07.2025 08:01 | 112 km | 93 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2025 09:57 | 4 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 25.06.2025 17:35 | 8 km | 81 km |
| 4.3 | 24.06.2025 22:24 | 10 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 23.06.2025 14:37 | 2 km | 21 km |
| 4.4 | 21.06.2025 12:21 | 10 km | 32 km |
| 4.3 | 18.06.2025 17:25 | 208.6 km | 92 km |
| 3.6 | 16.06.2025 15:19 | 86 km | 92 km |
| 5.1 | 09.06.2025 16:05 | 173.1 km | 99 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2025 12:29 | 96 km | 95 km |
| 4.3 | 24.05.2025 10:07 | 10 km | 69 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.