3.6
1,175
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.04
mean magnitude
1,131
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 27.06.1957 00:09 | 25 km | 285 km |
| 6.7 | 26.11.1903 11:49 | 30 km | 498 km |
| 6.7 | 18.01.1967 05:34 | 16.6 km | 508 km |
| 6.6 | 29.04.1917 11:55 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 6.6 | 29.08.1959 17:03 | 10 km | 529 km |
| 6.4 | 14.09.1958 14:21 | 15 km | 513 km |
| 6.3 | 20.04.1989 22:59 | 29.1 km | 607 km |
| 6.3 | 05.01.1958 11:30 | 25 km | 520 km |
| 6.1 | 23.03.1933 17:38 | 15 km | 399 km |
| 6.1 | 06.05.1949 14:30 | 15 km | 320 km |
| 6.0 | 21.08.1994 15:56 | 11.1 km | 384 km |
| 6.0 | 26.05.1939 09:40 | 35 km | 400 km |
| 6.0 | 25.12.1937 09:55 | 35 km | 485 km |
| 6.0 | 06.08.1931 18:16 | 35 km | 436 km |
| 5.9 | 17.05.1989 05:04 | 24 km | 604 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 26.07.2026 00:08 | 9.7 km | 671 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 17:01 | 10 km | 580 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 11:36 | 0 km | 419 km |
| 4.2 | 25.06.2026 06:55 | 0 km | 220 km |
| 3.6 | 22.06.2026 06:51 | 0 km | 421 km |
| 4.1 | 17.06.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 406 km |
| 3.5 | 31.05.2026 04:22 | 10 km | 712 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 14:40 | 10 km | 477 km |
| 3.6 | 18.05.2026 23:00 | 10 km | 434 km |
| 3.5 | 11.05.2026 13:02 | 0 km | 227 km |
| 4.5 | 08.05.2026 02:57 | 10 km | 422 km |
| 4.2 | 08.05.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 442 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 422 km |
| 3.1 | 19.04.2026 10:22 | 0 km | 553 km |
| 4.1 | 05.04.2026 02:31 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 3.9 | 03.04.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 07:43 | 15.6 km | 197 km |
| 3.5 | 17.03.2026 20:55 | 0 km | 364 km |
| 3.8 | 17.03.2026 19:48 | 10 km | 370 km |
| 4.1 | 25.01.2026 21:51 | 0 km | 378 km |
| 3.3 | 24.01.2026 19:50 | 0 km | 315 km |
| 3.7 | 18.01.2026 20:29 | 10 km | 372 km |
| 4.3 | 06.01.2026 05:14 | 10 km | 382 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 11:19 | 0 km | 313 km |
| 3.9 | 25.11.2025 09:23 | 10 km | 402 km |
| 4.1 | 24.10.2025 17:05 | 10 km | 360 km |
| 4.3 | 24.10.2025 12:20 | 10 km | 347 km |
| 3.6 | 16.10.2025 10:38 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2025 00:48 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 4.0 | 06.10.2025 20:28 | 0 km | 506 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 10 km | 308 km |
| 3.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 0 km | 306 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2025 14:06 | 0 km | 273 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2025 23:37 | 10 km | 304 km |
| 3.7 | 06.09.2025 03:14 | 0 km | 517 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2025 01:04 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.6 | 01.09.2025 10:57 | 0 km | 359 km |
| 3.6 | 20.07.2025 13:22 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 4.3 | 02.07.2025 12:13 | 10 km | 580 km |
| 3.3 | 07.06.2025 02:35 | 0 km | 410 km |
| 4.8 | 18.05.2025 07:26 | 0 km | 319 km |
| 3.3 | 18.05.2025 05:52 | 0 km | 315 km |
| 4.0 | 14.04.2025 14:40 | 10 km | 594 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2025 19:37 | 0 km | 322 km |
| 3.5 | 06.04.2025 20:10 | 10 km | 333 km |
| 3.3 | 27.03.2025 11:29 | 0 km | 321 km |
| 3.7 | 25.03.2025 05:16 | 10 km | 521 km |
| 3.8 | 19.03.2025 14:21 | 10 km | 363 km |
| 3.6 | 15.03.2025 18:49 | 0 km | 458 km |
| 3.8 | 07.02.2025 18:09 | 10 km | 314 km |
| 4.0 | 06.01.2025 05:38 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 3.9 | 09.12.2024 14:20 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 4.4 | 05.12.2024 12:08 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 4.3 | 05.12.2024 12:00 | 20.2 km | 255 km |
| 3.9 | 24.11.2024 09:38 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 4.1 | 12.11.2024 12:22 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.2 | 08.11.2024 14:25 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 4.1 | 06.11.2024 00:51 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 4.1 | 02.11.2024 11:35 | 10 km | 256 km |
| 4.1 | 31.10.2024 00:49 | 0 km | 437 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.