2.5
3,454
recorded earthquakes
M6.7
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.70
mean magnitude
3,085
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 326 km |
| 6.7 | 14.05.1970 18:12 | 14.9 km | 25 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 153 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 224 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 241 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 109 km |
| 6.1 | 14.05.1970 09:20 | 10.5 km | 20 km |
| 6.0 | 29.06.1948 16:06 | 35 km | 123 km |
| 6.0 | 20.04.1966 16:42 | 27.2 km | 189 km |
| 6.0 | 20.02.1920 00:01 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 5.9 | 07.05.2012 04:40 | 17.4 km | 175 km |
| 5.8 | 11.10.2008 09:06 | 19.8 km | 52 km |
| 5.8 | 20.04.1913 03:13 | 15 km | 192 km |
| 5.7 | 15.08.1947 04:11 | 15 km | 148 km |
| 5.7 | 31.01.1999 05:07 | 18.7 km | 10 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 6.4 km | 237 km |
| 4.0 | 29.07.2026 01:41 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 09:53 | 5 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 19.07.2026 04:43 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 3.1 | 05.07.2026 01:58 | 47 km | 247 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2026 16:29 | 100 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 20.06.2026 23:52 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 4.8 | 12.06.2026 11:12 | 7 km | 244 km |
| 3.3 | 01.06.2026 14:54 | 5 km | 29 km |
| 4.0 | 27.05.2026 20:16 | 75 km | 74 km |
| 3.6 | 23.05.2026 05:04 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 19.05.2026 09:38 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 3.5 | 18.05.2026 12:13 | 20 km | 158 km |
| 2.8 | 10.05.2026 11:46 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 3.4 | 30.04.2026 14:04 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 3.4 | 15.04.2026 13:17 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 14.04.2026 05:19 | 15 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 07:17 | 15 km | 247 km |
| 3.5 | 10.04.2026 05:52 | 5 km | 105 km |
| 3.7 | 09.04.2026 05:12 | 5 km | 123 km |
| 3.7 | 08.04.2026 22:50 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 2.6 | 08.04.2026 21:49 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 3.3 | 08.04.2026 21:20 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 3.6 | 08.04.2026 20:41 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 2.7 | 08.04.2026 20:34 | 6.5 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 04.04.2026 12:58 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 12:56 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 3.4 | 27.03.2026 00:11 | 5 km | 112 km |
| 3.3 | 11.03.2026 12:49 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 3.7 | 09.03.2026 14:36 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 3.1 | 06.03.2026 17:35 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.5 | 06.03.2026 13:44 | 92.3 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 02.03.2026 12:52 | 2 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 01.03.2026 21:42 | 70 km | 39 km |
| 3.7 | 01.03.2026 01:01 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.9 | 23.02.2026 08:28 | 113.1 km | 104 km |
| 3.8 | 23.02.2026 02:47 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 3.5 | 11.02.2026 23:46 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 10.02.2026 21:02 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 3.5 | 10.02.2026 14:33 | 33 km | 102 km |
| 3.6 | 06.02.2026 12:41 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.3 | 26.01.2026 11:26 | 5 km | 90 km |
| 3.5 | 23.01.2026 00:44 | 60 km | 83 km |
| 4.1 | 21.01.2026 01:07 | 0 km | 259 km |
| 3.5 | 20.01.2026 04:18 | 40 km | 91 km |
| 4.0 | 18.01.2026 20:56 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 3.3 | 05.01.2026 11:29 | 70 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 01.01.2026 11:44 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.4 | 27.12.2025 08:20 | 60 km | 68 km |
| 2.7 | 16.12.2025 12:39 | 7 km | 208 km |
| 3.9 | 09.12.2025 18:18 | 5.9 km | 208 km |
| 3.9 | 07.12.2025 07:20 | 88.3 km | 61 km |
| 3.0 | 17.11.2025 18:43 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 3.3 | 07.11.2025 03:35 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.1 | 06.11.2025 15:03 | 65 km | 133 km |
| 4.0 | 01.11.2025 22:50 | 1 km | 255 km |
| 4.2 | 01.11.2025 14:03 | 3.9 km | 253 km |
| 3.6 | 12.10.2025 21:10 | 78.2 km | 59 km |
| 3.8 | 26.09.2025 11:19 | 31.3 km | 86 km |
| 3.6 | 20.09.2025 13:06 | 10.2 km | 33 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.