4.7
25,338
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
22,510
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 13.10.1963 05:17 | 35 km | 451 km |
| 8.4 | 06.11.1958 22:58 | 35 km | 496 km |
| 8.3 | 30.07.2025 01:45 | 85.3 km | 721 km |
| 8.3 | 24.05.2013 05:44 | 607 km | 729 km |
| 8.3 | 15.11.2006 11:14 | 16.1 km | 407 km |
| 8.2 | 04.10.1994 13:23 | 29.2 km | 590 km |
| 8.2 | 07.09.1918 17:16 | 15 km | 269 km |
| 8.2 | 11.08.1969 21:27 | 30.1 km | 614 km |
| 8.1 | 07.09.1918 17:16 | 15 km | 496 km |
| 8.1 | 04.03.1952 01:22 | 45 km | 850 km |
| 8.1 | 13.01.2007 04:23 | 16.6 km | 499 km |
| 7.9 | 01.05.1915 05:00 | 30 km | 450 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 01:38 | 0 km | 716 km |
| 7.9 | 20.10.1963 00:53 | 28.2 km | 479 km |
| 7.9 | 03.12.1995 18:01 | 48.1 km | 485 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 14:39 | 35 km | 651 km |
| 4.9 | 03.08.2026 11:26 | 57.7 km | 515 km |
| 4.4 | 03.08.2026 09:50 | 33 km | 465 km |
| 4.9 | 02.08.2026 08:22 | 33.8 km | 523 km |
| 5.2 | 02.08.2026 00:13 | 80.7 km | 458 km |
| 5.2 | 01.08.2026 20:02 | 49.7 km | 460 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 06:48 | 35 km | 421 km |
| 4.4 | 29.07.2026 03:29 | 20 km | 556 km |
| 4.0 | 28.07.2026 17:43 | 39.7 km | 507 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2026 12:08 | 30.2 km | 567 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2026 08:33 | 31.8 km | 554 km |
| 4.3 | 26.07.2026 19:31 | 50 km | 485 km |
| 4.8 | 26.07.2026 18:00 | 54.4 km | 380 km |
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 14:16 | 546.1 km | 480 km |
| 4.2 | 26.07.2026 14:16 | 493.8 km | 446 km |
| 4.8 | 25.07.2026 23:40 | 31.7 km | 595 km |
| 4.4 | 25.07.2026 15:04 | 89 km | 359 km |
| 4.1 | 24.07.2026 01:19 | 49.6 km | 577 km |
| 4.7 | 23.07.2026 18:42 | 16.3 km | 566 km |
| 4.0 | 23.07.2026 08:49 | 80 km | 410 km |
| 4.9 | 22.07.2026 03:45 | 14.9 km | 483 km |
| 4.7 | 21.07.2026 02:25 | 90 km | 662 km |
| 4.3 | 21.07.2026 01:14 | 245 km | 314 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2026 23:18 | 302 km | 537 km |
| 4.3 | 20.07.2026 20:53 | 65 km | 350 km |
| 4.6 | 19.07.2026 04:58 | 126 km | 279 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2026 21:35 | 30 km | 446 km |
| 4.2 | 17.07.2026 01:23 | 100 km | 328 km |
| 3.9 | 15.07.2026 01:05 | 85.8 km | 509 km |
| 4.3 | 13.07.2026 03:26 | 60 km | 454 km |
| 4.2 | 12.07.2026 18:55 | 35 km | 537 km |
| 3.3 | 12.07.2026 14:13 | 0 km | 767 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2026 02:39 | 114.3 km | 703 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2026 13:15 | 423.2 km | 303 km |
| 4.1 | 11.07.2026 13:15 | 0 km | 304 km |
| 4.4 | 11.07.2026 05:00 | 125 km | 482 km |
| 4.5 | 09.07.2026 11:58 | 65.4 km | 503 km |
| 3.4 | 07.07.2026 17:37 | 235.2 km | 382 km |
| 4.0 | 07.07.2026 10:00 | 0 km | 488 km |
| 3.1 | 05.07.2026 23:22 | 535.8 km | 511 km |
| 3.9 | 05.07.2026 15:06 | 78.7 km | 569 km |
| 5.3 | 05.07.2026 07:37 | 76.9 km | 526 km |
| 4.1 | 05.07.2026 07:37 | 53.1 km | 524 km |
| 4.0 | 05.07.2026 02:23 | 62.1 km | 383 km |
| 3.3 | 03.07.2026 21:52 | 50.6 km | 406 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2026 10:37 | 65 km | 391 km |
| 3.2 | 03.07.2026 09:04 | 106.2 km | 365 km |
| 5.9 | 03.07.2026 08:22 | 36.5 km | 382 km |
| 3.3 | 02.07.2026 20:30 | 50 km | 653 km |
| 3.8 | 02.07.2026 10:30 | 78.6 km | 348 km |
| 3.5 | 01.07.2026 10:38 | 368.4 km | 381 km |
| 4.4 | 30.06.2026 00:46 | 29.8 km | 406 km |
| 3.1 | 30.06.2026 00:45 | 0 km | 406 km |
| 4.5 | 29.06.2026 22:24 | 35 km | 413 km |
| 3.9 | 29.06.2026 22:06 | 0 km | 419 km |
| 4.4 | 28.06.2026 14:36 | 86.6 km | 420 km |
| 3.8 | 27.06.2026 02:42 | 50.6 km | 529 km |
| 3.7 | 26.06.2026 02:02 | 87.2 km | 498 km |
| 4.1 | 26.06.2026 00:02 | 48.2 km | 499 km |
| 3.1 | 25.06.2026 17:59 | 0 km | 402 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.