4.5
20,614
recorded earthquakes
M9.0
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.29
mean magnitude
19,731
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 04.11.1952 16:58 | 21.6 km | 664 km |
| 8.9 | 29.07.2025 23:38 | 35 km | 701 km |
| 8.7 | 29.07.2025 23:24 | 35 km | 665 km |
| 8.5 | 03.02.1923 16:01 | 15 km | 466 km |
| 8.3 | 30.07.2025 01:45 | 85.3 km | 791 km |
| 8.2 | 04.11.1952 10:58 | — | 699 km |
| 8.2 | 18.09.2025 19:08 | 10 km | 884 km |
| 8.2 | 14.03.2018 10:54 | 0 km | 491 km |
| 8.0 | 04.05.1959 07:15 | 55 km | 604 km |
| 8.0 | 30.07.2025 01:40 | 10 km | 708 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 01:38 | 0 km | 858 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 05:19 | 10 km | 812 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 02:25 | 34.6 km | 725 km |
| 7.9 | 18.09.2025 18:58 | 27 km | 588 km |
| 7.8 | 10.04.1909 19:36 | 0 km | 883 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 03.08.2026 10:17 | 50 km | 823 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 23:35 | 10 km | 808 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2026 23:08 | 40 km | 892 km |
| 4.7 | 30.07.2026 22:24 | 64.1 km | 619 km |
| 5.1 | 30.07.2026 21:53 | 63.9 km | 625 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 02:38 | 50 km | 883 km |
| 5.5 | 28.07.2026 04:42 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 4.6 | 27.07.2026 05:54 | 62.1 km | 584 km |
| 4.8 | 26.07.2026 14:04 | 36.3 km | 429 km |
| 4.4 | 26.07.2026 06:27 | 21.5 km | 631 km |
| 4.3 | 25.07.2026 18:45 | 15.8 km | 775 km |
| 4.0 | 24.07.2026 17:49 | 52.1 km | 871 km |
| 5.1 | 24.07.2026 16:33 | 86.4 km | 808 km |
| 4.8 | 23.07.2026 17:42 | 41 km | 664 km |
| 4.5 | 23.07.2026 14:28 | 40.6 km | 901 km |
| 4.2 | 23.07.2026 11:35 | 40 km | 300 km |
| 4.5 | 22.07.2026 10:53 | 22.3 km | 693 km |
| 4.8 | 22.07.2026 08:10 | 51.2 km | 922 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2026 03:59 | 49.6 km | 686 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2026 01:34 | 60.9 km | 684 km |
| 4.4 | 21.07.2026 13:10 | 66.2 km | 789 km |
| 4.9 | 21.07.2026 04:40 | 10 km | 712 km |
| 4.1 | 20.07.2026 19:23 | 17.9 km | 647 km |
| 4.3 | 20.07.2026 19:19 | 40.6 km | 646 km |
| 4.9 | 20.07.2026 00:09 | 10 km | 761 km |
| 4.8 | 19.07.2026 19:28 | 45.5 km | 628 km |
| 4.2 | 19.07.2026 00:51 | 33.3 km | 798 km |
| 5.2 | 19.07.2026 00:39 | 30 km | 776 km |
| 4.4 | 17.07.2026 12:45 | 40.4 km | 539 km |
| 4.4 | 17.07.2026 11:31 | 40.9 km | 894 km |
| 3.7 | 16.07.2026 22:44 | 75.9 km | 784 km |
| 3.6 | 16.07.2026 12:42 | 25.9 km | 756 km |
| 3.7 | 16.07.2026 03:17 | 0 km | 721 km |
| 4.4 | 15.07.2026 12:38 | 10 km | 364 km |
| 3.2 | 15.07.2026 12:38 | 0 km | 347 km |
| 3.5 | 15.07.2026 03:58 | 0 km | 794 km |
| 4.0 | 15.07.2026 03:36 | 30.9 km | 772 km |
| 4.5 | 15.07.2026 02:48 | 10 km | 774 km |
| 4.6 | 15.07.2026 02:42 | 10 km | 778 km |
| 4.2 | 14.07.2026 16:11 | 90 km | 762 km |
| 4.3 | 13.07.2026 08:37 | 10 km | 611 km |
| 3.9 | 13.07.2026 00:52 | 0 km | 600 km |
| 3.9 | 12.07.2026 08:52 | 54.1 km | 395 km |
| 4.5 | 12.07.2026 08:02 | 0 km | 544 km |
| 4.2 | 12.07.2026 00:20 | 35 km | 800 km |
| 3.5 | 11.07.2026 23:15 | 88.3 km | 466 km |
| 3.7 | 11.07.2026 22:03 | 0 km | 768 km |
| 4.1 | 10.07.2026 20:56 | 4.1 km | 323 km |
| 4.2 | 09.07.2026 22:53 | 80.8 km | 926 km |
| 3.6 | 09.07.2026 22:38 | 82.7 km | 619 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 00:32 | 10 km | 927 km |
| 3.2 | 07.07.2026 18:45 | 157.9 km | 396 km |
| 3.6 | 06.07.2026 11:55 | 33.2 km | 290 km |
| 3.5 | 06.07.2026 10:16 | 36.3 km | 307 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2026 11:18 | 47.8 km | 791 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2026 04:53 | 0 km | 632 km |
| 3.8 | 02.07.2026 07:57 | 0 km | 662 km |
| 4.2 | 01.07.2026 20:55 | 0 km | 592 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2026 00:13 | 96 km | 702 km |
| 3.3 | 29.06.2026 19:29 | 26.4 km | 807 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.