3.5
1,699
recorded earthquakes
M6.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.05
mean magnitude
1,411
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 11.01.2021 21:32 | 9.8 km | 1717 km |
| 6.7 | 26.11.1903 11:49 | 30 km | 1639 km |
| 6.7 | 27.12.2011 15:21 | 12.8 km | 1637 km |
| 6.7 | 26.02.2012 06:17 | 13 km | 1641 km |
| 6.6 | 04.04.1950 18:44 | 35 km | 1681 km |
| 6.6 | 11.04.1902 23:43 | 16 km | 1715 km |
| 6.6 | 29.04.1917 11:55 | 10 km | 1455 km |
| 6.6 | 29.08.1959 17:03 | 10 km | 1628 km |
| 6.3 | 27.12.1991 09:09 | 10.4 km | 1730 km |
| 6.3 | 27.08.2008 01:35 | 9.3 km | 1706 km |
| 6.1 | 23.03.1933 17:38 | 15 km | 1851 km |
| 6.1 | 06.05.1949 14:30 | 15 km | 1616 km |
| 6.0 | 06.08.1931 18:16 | 35 km | 1377 km |
| 6.0 | 25.12.1937 09:55 | 35 km | 1253 km |
| 6.0 | 26.05.1939 09:40 | 35 km | 1630 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 1716 km |
| 4.6 | 17.07.2026 21:09 | 10 km | 1645 km |
| 4.2 | 16.07.2026 00:34 | 10 km | 1407 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2026 02:18 | 10 km | 1681 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 11:36 | 0 km | 1579 km |
| 3.9 | 26.06.2026 16:42 | 10 km | 1640 km |
| 4.2 | 25.06.2026 06:55 | 0 km | 1506 km |
| 3.6 | 22.06.2026 06:51 | 0 km | 1583 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 12:07 | 10 km | 1407 km |
| 4.1 | 17.06.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 1404 km |
| 3.8 | 20.05.2026 13:58 | 10 km | 1673 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 14:40 | 10 km | 1578 km |
| 3.6 | 18.05.2026 23:00 | 10 km | 1580 km |
| 4.2 | 13.05.2026 16:09 | 10 km | 1406 km |
| 4.5 | 08.05.2026 02:57 | 10 km | 1588 km |
| 4.2 | 08.05.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 1578 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 1584 km |
| 4.2 | 01.05.2026 09:30 | 10 km | 1639 km |
| 4.2 | 24.04.2026 11:01 | 10 km | 1401 km |
| 4.1 | 05.04.2026 02:31 | 10 km | 1485 km |
| 3.9 | 03.04.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 1494 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 07:43 | 15.6 km | 1498 km |
| 3.7 | 29.03.2026 17:25 | 10 km | 1626 km |
| 3.5 | 17.03.2026 20:55 | 0 km | 1368 km |
| 3.8 | 17.03.2026 19:48 | 10 km | 1368 km |
| 3.7 | 26.02.2026 09:49 | 33 km | 1360 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 1680 km |
| 4.1 | 25.01.2026 21:51 | 0 km | 1405 km |
| 3.7 | 18.01.2026 20:29 | 10 km | 1417 km |
| 4.3 | 06.01.2026 05:14 | 10 km | 1366 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 11:19 | 0 km | 1391 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2025 10:19 | 0 km | 1399 km |
| 3.9 | 25.11.2025 09:23 | 10 km | 1593 km |
| 4.1 | 24.10.2025 17:05 | 10 km | 1422 km |
| 4.3 | 24.10.2025 12:20 | 10 km | 1428 km |
| 4.1 | 20.10.2025 17:13 | 10 km | 1499 km |
| 3.6 | 16.10.2025 10:38 | 10 km | 1484 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2025 00:48 | 10 km | 1459 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2025 14:06 | 0 km | 1466 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2025 23:37 | 10 km | 1606 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2025 01:04 | 10 km | 1505 km |
| 3.6 | 01.09.2025 10:57 | 0 km | 1365 km |
| 4.7 | 23.08.2025 19:38 | 10 km | 775 km |
| 4.0 | 19.07.2025 04:19 | 10 km | 1413 km |
| 3.7 | 12.06.2025 11:23 | 0 km | 1629 km |
| 3.3 | 07.06.2025 02:35 | 0 km | 1525 km |
| 3.8 | 04.06.2025 02:13 | 0 km | 1511 km |
| 4.2 | 10.05.2025 01:17 | 0 km | 1533 km |
| 4.1 | 06.05.2025 11:19 | 0 km | 1471 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2025 11:43 | 10 km | 1687 km |
| 3.5 | 14.04.2025 16:25 | 10 km | 1706 km |
| 4.2 | 10.04.2025 08:50 | 16.9 km | 1482 km |
| 4.0 | 04.04.2025 18:33 | 5 km | 1671 km |
| 4.0 | 03.03.2025 14:46 | 10 km | 1537 km |
| 5.1 | 01.03.2025 23:54 | 10 km | 555 km |
| 4.2 | 12.02.2025 01:39 | 10 km | 1437 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2025 18:09 | 10 km | 1437 km |
| 4.2 | 28.01.2025 22:54 | 10 km | 1664 km |
| 3.8 | 27.01.2025 21:05 | 10 km | 1645 km |
| 4.6 | 12.01.2025 06:35 | 0 km | 1673 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.