3.5
1,368
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.08
mean magnitude
1,272
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 23.07.1905 02:46 | 15 km | 867 km |
| 8.0 | 09.07.1905 09:40 | 15 km | 752 km |
| 7.4 | 27.06.1957 00:09 | 25 km | 638 km |
| 7.0 | 11.07.1905 08:38 | 20 km | 829 km |
| 6.9 | 11.07.1905 08:39 | 15 km | 718 km |
| 6.9 | 14.07.1905 22:02 | 15 km | 713 km |
| 6.8 | 11.01.2021 21:32 | 9.8 km | 549 km |
| 6.7 | 26.11.1903 11:49 | 30 km | 101 km |
| 6.6 | 04.04.1950 18:44 | 35 km | 490 km |
| 6.6 | 11.04.1902 23:43 | 16 km | 311 km |
| 6.6 | 29.04.1917 11:55 | 10 km | 581 km |
| 6.6 | 29.08.1959 17:03 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 6.3 | 27.12.1991 09:09 | 10.4 km | 696 km |
| 6.3 | 27.08.2008 01:35 | 9.3 km | 323 km |
| 6.2 | 06.02.1957 20:34 | 10 km | 403 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 3.7 | 20.07.2026 03:45 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 11:30 | 10 km | 442 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2026 02:18 | 10 km | 438 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 11:36 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 3.9 | 26.06.2026 16:42 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 4.2 | 25.06.2026 06:55 | 0 km | 321 km |
| 3.6 | 22.06.2026 06:51 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 17.06.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.8 | 20.05.2026 13:58 | 10 km | 465 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 14:40 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.6 | 18.05.2026 23:00 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 3.8 | 13.05.2026 13:34 | 10 km | 416 km |
| 3.5 | 11.05.2026 13:02 | 0 km | 514 km |
| 4.5 | 08.05.2026 02:57 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 08.05.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 40 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.1 | 05.04.2026 02:31 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 3.9 | 03.04.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 07:43 | 15.6 km | 397 km |
| 3.5 | 17.03.2026 20:55 | 0 km | 338 km |
| 3.8 | 17.03.2026 19:48 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 3.7 | 14.02.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 672 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 550 km |
| 4.1 | 25.01.2026 21:51 | 0 km | 245 km |
| 3.5 | 25.01.2026 03:13 | 10 km | 556 km |
| 3.3 | 24.01.2026 19:50 | 0 km | 541 km |
| 3.7 | 18.01.2026 20:29 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 23:51 | 11.4 km | 552 km |
| 4.3 | 06.01.2026 05:14 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 11:19 | 0 km | 495 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2025 19:46 | 10 km | 559 km |
| 3.9 | 25.11.2025 09:23 | 10 km | 78 km |
| 4.1 | 24.10.2025 17:05 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 4.3 | 24.10.2025 12:20 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2025 02:19 | 10 km | 558 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2025 18:12 | 10 km | 689 km |
| 3.6 | 16.10.2025 10:38 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2025 00:48 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 10 km | 589 km |
| 3.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 0 km | 585 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2025 14:06 | 0 km | 297 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2025 23:37 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2025 01:04 | 10 km | 351 km |
| 3.6 | 01.09.2025 10:57 | 0 km | 358 km |
| 3.9 | 27.08.2025 11:44 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.6 | 20.07.2025 13:22 | 0 km | 442 km |
| 4.2 | 11.06.2025 06:22 | 10 km | 755 km |
| 3.5 | 09.06.2025 20:03 | 10 km | 446 km |
| 3.3 | 07.06.2025 02:35 | 0 km | 75 km |
| 3.6 | 04.06.2025 10:22 | 0 km | 671 km |
| 3.8 | 18.05.2025 10:03 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 4.8 | 18.05.2025 07:26 | 0 km | 696 km |
| 4.2 | 10.05.2025 01:17 | 0 km | 500 km |
| 4.0 | 02.05.2025 03:57 | 0 km | 582 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2025 11:43 | 10 km | 555 km |
| 3.5 | 14.04.2025 16:25 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 4.0 | 04.04.2025 18:33 | 5 km | 444 km |
| 3.7 | 25.03.2025 05:16 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 4.5 | 24.03.2025 04:31 | 3.9 km | 641 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.