4.3
1,987
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.33
mean magnitude
1,754
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 | 14.08.2012 02:59 | 590.7 km | 685 km |
| 7.7 | 28.02.1950 10:21 | 329 km | 1017 km |
| 7.5 | 31.01.1900 19:22 | 450 km | 870 km |
| 7.4 | 25.05.1907 14:02 | 600 km | 633 km |
| 7.3 | 05.09.1971 18:35 | 8.1 km | 914 km |
| 7.3 | 06.09.1911 00:54 | 350 km | 995 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.1990 04:50 | 613.9 km | 650 km |
| 7.1 | 14.04.1951 13:33 | 10 km | 750 km |
| 7.0 | 27.05.1995 13:03 | 17.5 km | 342 km |
| 7.0 | 21.04.1939 04:29 | 530 km | 776 km |
| 6.8 | 08.09.1971 11:48 | 14 km | 932 km |
| 6.8 | 04.08.2000 21:13 | 13.7 km | 693 km |
| 6.8 | 07.05.1987 03:05 | 440.9 km | 875 km |
| 6.8 | 18.05.1987 03:07 | 553.1 km | 833 km |
| 6.8 | 15.03.1924 10:31 | 15 km | 648 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:02 | 10 km | 380 km |
| 4.8 | 30.07.2026 08:08 | 13.7 km | 208 km |
| 3.5 | 01.07.2026 10:38 | 368.4 km | 953 km |
| 3.3 | 22.06.2026 21:20 | 396.5 km | 942 km |
| 3.3 | 04.05.2026 13:33 | 412.9 km | 928 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2026 09:41 | 10 km | 531 km |
| 4.1 | 02.04.2026 10:21 | 10 km | 631 km |
| 3.2 | 26.02.2026 20:07 | 477.4 km | 868 km |
| 3.4 | 18.02.2026 10:42 | 5 km | 857 km |
| 4.4 | 12.02.2026 14:56 | 0 km | 639 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2026 07:36 | 0 km | 615 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2026 07:24 | 10 km | 646 km |
| 5.8 | 11.02.2026 06:29 | 10 km | 622 km |
| 4.3 | 10.02.2026 00:07 | 10 km | 483 km |
| 4.7 | 08.02.2026 00:06 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 3.3 | 08.02.2026 00:06 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 5.3 | 28.01.2026 06:34 | 40.6 km | 925 km |
| 3.1 | 17.01.2026 01:57 | 0 km | 736 km |
| 5.6 | 12.01.2026 01:52 | 398 km | 948 km |
| 3.2 | 20.12.2025 00:04 | 425.6 km | 922 km |
| 3.3 | 12.12.2025 12:01 | 476.2 km | 840 km |
| 3.7 | 08.12.2025 04:58 | 361.4 km | 973 km |
| 3.6 | 27.11.2025 17:35 | 380.4 km | 937 km |
| 4.8 | 06.11.2025 10:54 | 10 km | 439 km |
| 4.1 | 23.09.2025 10:58 | 384.3 km | 920 km |
| 3.3 | 08.09.2025 10:45 | 429.9 km | 911 km |
| 4.3 | 23.08.2025 19:35 | 369.8 km | 966 km |
| 3.3 | 14.08.2025 01:46 | 395 km | 948 km |
| 4.2 | 15.07.2025 04:41 | 10 km | 848 km |
| 3.3 | 26.06.2025 03:02 | 396.3 km | 940 km |
| 4.1 | 11.06.2025 04:21 | 10 km | 633 km |
| 4.2 | 30.05.2025 11:24 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 4.3 | 01.05.2025 10:21 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 4.0 | 29.04.2025 20:55 | 388.2 km | 945 km |
| 4.9 | 28.03.2025 11:57 | 425.3 km | 918 km |
| 4.1 | 27.03.2025 18:12 | 331.4 km | 1034 km |
| 4.1 | 05.03.2025 20:06 | 502.8 km | 820 km |
| 4.4 | 28.01.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 986 km |
| 3.1 | 21.01.2025 06:17 | 472.7 km | 859 km |
| 3.1 | 23.12.2024 06:46 | 439.6 km | 906 km |
| 3.1 | 18.12.2024 16:59 | 443.7 km | 883 km |
| 3.4 | 18.12.2024 08:34 | 5 km | 670 km |
| 4.9 | 16.12.2024 23:42 | 0.1 km | 582 km |
| 4.4 | 04.12.2024 09:32 | 456 km | 876 km |
| 5.5 | 20.11.2024 15:09 | 437.3 km | 927 km |
| 5.4 | 05.11.2024 10:06 | 590.6 km | 786 km |
| 4.1 | 04.11.2024 23:09 | 15 km | 415 km |
| 4.6 | 03.11.2024 04:35 | 401.5 km | 931 km |
| 4.0 | 17.10.2024 12:40 | 5 km | 657 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2024 11:32 | 0 km | 358 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2024 12:18 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 3.9 | 19.08.2024 19:19 | 374.2 km | 962 km |
| 4.0 | 14.08.2024 18:19 | 616.5 km | 661 km |
| 6.5 | 10.08.2024 03:28 | 415.2 km | 908 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2024 05:17 | 385.7 km | 979 km |
| 4.0 | 18.07.2024 05:53 | 391.2 km | 951 km |
| 4.0 | 18.06.2024 18:46 | 10 km | 771 km |
| 4.4 | 15.06.2024 13:35 | 13.3 km | 909 km |
| 5.9 | 06.06.2024 11:07 | 626.4 km | 766 km |
| 3.8 | 30.05.2024 09:03 | 90 km | 764 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.