4.5
3,415
recorded earthquakes
M8.5
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.24
mean magnitude
2,381
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 03.02.1923 16:01 | 15 km | 1764 km |
| 8.3 | 24.05.2013 05:44 | 607 km | 1540 km |
| 7.8 | 22.11.1969 23:09 | 25.6 km | 1626 km |
| 7.8 | 05.12.1997 11:26 | 26 km | 1796 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1917 02:45 | 20 km | 1721 km |
| 7.6 | 15.12.1971 08:29 | 13.1 km | 1734 km |
| 7.5 | 31.07.1915 01:31 | 20 km | 1841 km |
| 7.5 | 28.12.1927 18:20 | 15 km | 1689 km |
| 7.4 | 27.06.1957 00:09 | 25 km | 1379 km |
| 7.3 | 18.03.1955 00:06 | 59.2 km | 1796 km |
| 7.3 | 24.11.2008 09:02 | 490.7 km | 1630 km |
| 7.3 | 15.09.1905 06:02 | 0 km | 1866 km |
| 7.3 | 03.02.1923 18:42 | 15 km | 1751 km |
| 7.2 | 13.11.1936 12:31 | 20 km | 1742 km |
| 7.2 | 20.12.2018 17:01 | 17.3 km | 1855 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 12.07.2026 08:02 | 0 km | 1216 km |
| 4.1 | 17.06.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 1655 km |
| 4.2 | 09.06.2026 12:03 | 0 km | 1108 km |
| 4.3 | 18.05.2026 07:07 | 63.8 km | 1703 km |
| 3.5 | 11.05.2026 13:02 | 0 km | 1460 km |
| 4.1 | 02.05.2026 04:07 | 10 km | 1385 km |
| 4.0 | 25.04.2026 13:46 | 44.5 km | 1763 km |
| 3.1 | 19.04.2026 10:22 | 0 km | 1160 km |
| 4.4 | 16.04.2026 18:00 | 33 km | 1399 km |
| 4.1 | 13.04.2026 20:23 | 23.6 km | 1726 km |
| 3.6 | 08.04.2026 14:30 | 71.3 km | 1745 km |
| 4.0 | 07.04.2026 21:38 | 57.6 km | 1697 km |
| 4.1 | 03.04.2026 11:03 | 272.2 km | 1642 km |
| 4.1 | 02.04.2026 10:21 | 10 km | 1081 km |
| 3.3 | 23.03.2026 14:21 | 0 km | 1128 km |
| 3.5 | 17.03.2026 20:55 | 0 km | 1548 km |
| 3.8 | 17.03.2026 19:48 | 10 km | 1559 km |
| 4.9 | 17.03.2026 11:05 | 10 km | 1042 km |
| 4.0 | 25.02.2026 12:07 | 82.7 km | 1718 km |
| 3.9 | 24.02.2026 06:15 | 0 km | 417 km |
| 4.4 | 12.02.2026 14:56 | 0 km | 1094 km |
| 3.4 | 11.02.2026 07:36 | 0 km | 1089 km |
| 4.0 | 11.02.2026 07:24 | 10 km | 1071 km |
| 5.8 | 11.02.2026 06:29 | 10 km | 1090 km |
| 3.8 | 09.02.2026 05:59 | 0 km | 1762 km |
| 5.0 | 03.02.2026 00:33 | 77.7 km | 1662 km |
| 3.8 | 03.02.2026 00:33 | 40.7 km | 1652 km |
| 3.7 | 30.01.2026 23:03 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 4.1 | 25.01.2026 21:51 | 0 km | 1628 km |
| 3.3 | 24.01.2026 19:50 | 0 km | 1402 km |
| 3.1 | 17.01.2026 01:57 | 0 km | 594 km |
| 3.8 | 12.01.2026 06:23 | 63.7 km | 1722 km |
| 3.5 | 12.01.2026 05:35 | 0 km | 1737 km |
| 3.8 | 12.01.2026 05:04 | 21.5 km | 1726 km |
| 4.3 | 06.01.2026 05:14 | 10 km | 1571 km |
| 3.5 | 26.12.2025 15:31 | 0 km | 1355 km |
| 3.3 | 26.12.2025 15:11 | 133.4 km | 1711 km |
| 3.7 | 25.12.2025 19:39 | 10 km | 1349 km |
| 4.9 | 25.12.2025 19:39 | 10 km | 1346 km |
| 4.0 | 24.12.2025 03:05 | 98.4 km | 1705 km |
| 3.6 | 19.12.2025 05:51 | 19.6 km | 1373 km |
| 4.2 | 18.12.2025 15:40 | 158.7 km | 1696 km |
| 4.1 | 18.12.2025 14:56 | 46.6 km | 1720 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 11:19 | 0 km | 1434 km |
| 3.5 | 01.12.2025 16:43 | 0 km | 466 km |
| 3.9 | 01.12.2025 14:55 | 0 km | 935 km |
| 3.4 | 29.11.2025 07:18 | 0 km | 422 km |
| 3.5 | 26.11.2025 00:00 | 149.7 km | 1710 km |
| 4.9 | 04.11.2025 19:31 | 3.7 km | 422 km |
| 3.8 | 01.11.2025 16:05 | 0 km | 260 km |
| 4.1 | 24.10.2025 17:05 | 10 km | 1634 km |
| 4.3 | 24.10.2025 12:20 | 10 km | 1628 km |
| 3.9 | 17.10.2025 09:51 | 0 km | 1145 km |
| 4.4 | 15.10.2025 19:24 | 64.9 km | 1718 km |
| 4.0 | 06.10.2025 20:28 | 0 km | 1232 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2025 02:23 | 153.5 km | 1705 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 10 km | 1380 km |
| 3.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 0 km | 1382 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2025 14:08 | 92.5 km | 1735 km |
| 4.0 | 17.09.2025 07:37 | 10 km | 1772 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.