4.9
5,081
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.50
mean magnitude
3,621
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 06.02.2013 01:12 | 23.8 km | 234 km |
| 7.9 | 07.10.2009 22:18 | 35 km | 205 km |
| 7.8 | 07.10.2009 22:18 | 35 km | 178 km |
| 7.8 | 31.12.1966 18:23 | 58.6 km | 131 km |
| 7.8 | 17.12.1957 13:50 | 123.6 km | 166 km |
| 7.8 | 18.07.1934 19:40 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 7.7 | 17.07.1980 19:42 | 40.4 km | 222 km |
| 7.7 | 21.04.1997 12:02 | 54.2 km | 185 km |
| 7.6 | 07.10.2009 22:03 | 36 km | 239 km |
| 7.6 | 29.07.1900 06:59 | 0 km | 274 km |
| 7.5 | 17.09.1963 19:20 | 45 km | 219 km |
| 7.5 | 15.09.1963 00:46 | 35 km | 188 km |
| 7.5 | 04.11.1953 03:49 | 35 km | 243 km |
| 7.5 | 08.07.1980 23:19 | 34.9 km | 186 km |
| 7.4 | 07.10.2009 23:13 | 31.3 km | 247 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 23.07.2026 14:12 | 161.6 km | 121 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 22:18 | 208.5 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 09.07.2026 23:38 | 96.8 km | 174 km |
| 3.5 | 08.07.2026 08:32 | 170.1 km | 158 km |
| 3.4 | 06.07.2026 06:40 | 245.1 km | 133 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2026 06:00 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 3.8 | 22.06.2026 15:17 | 54.9 km | 170 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2026 21:31 | 99.4 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 11.06.2026 20:25 | 228.5 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 07.06.2026 05:33 | 212.2 km | 153 km |
| 3.6 | 05.06.2026 17:16 | 57.8 km | 207 km |
| 3.4 | 26.05.2026 10:23 | 318.3 km | 126 km |
| 3.4 | 21.05.2026 21:25 | 0 km | 93 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 18:09 | 0 km | 87 km |
| 3.4 | 12.04.2026 01:33 | 201.3 km | 156 km |
| 4.1 | 11.04.2026 13:59 | 53 km | 174 km |
| 3.6 | 09.04.2026 22:06 | 150.3 km | 113 km |
| 3.7 | 07.04.2026 13:22 | 119.6 km | 145 km |
| 3.5 | 29.03.2026 10:23 | 152.1 km | 109 km |
| 4.3 | 26.03.2026 03:30 | 35 km | 159 km |
| 4.9 | 25.03.2026 15:33 | 103 km | 146 km |
| 3.7 | 22.03.2026 05:06 | 123.7 km | 168 km |
| 4.1 | 21.03.2026 08:06 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 3.5 | 11.03.2026 12:07 | 274.5 km | 156 km |
| 4.0 | 06.03.2026 11:03 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 06.03.2026 06:19 | 190.1 km | 134 km |
| 4.1 | 28.02.2026 16:42 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 4.1 | 27.02.2026 15:45 | 170.3 km | 132 km |
| 5.1 | 25.02.2026 09:48 | 119.2 km | 163 km |
| 5.8 | 16.02.2026 19:23 | 42.1 km | 117 km |
| 3.8 | 14.02.2026 10:17 | 149.1 km | 150 km |
| 3.4 | 13.02.2026 17:25 | 176.4 km | 150 km |
| 3.6 | 03.02.2026 12:18 | 125.8 km | 157 km |
| 4.9 | 01.02.2026 09:19 | 35.6 km | 131 km |
| 3.6 | 01.02.2026 09:19 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 3.9 | 20.01.2026 08:18 | 0 km | 192 km |
| 5.2 | 19.01.2026 17:01 | 55.6 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 08.01.2026 14:14 | 317.9 km | 120 km |
| 3.9 | 07.01.2026 21:08 | 142.6 km | 162 km |
| 3.8 | 25.12.2025 22:29 | 303.1 km | 123 km |
| 3.8 | 23.12.2025 20:03 | 205.7 km | 148 km |
| 3.5 | 14.12.2025 20:46 | 375.3 km | 123 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2025 11:25 | 59 km | 181 km |
| 3.7 | 09.12.2025 05:44 | 0 km | 110 km |
| 3.7 | 05.12.2025 16:06 | 0 km | 177 km |
| 5.0 | 02.12.2025 22:57 | 209.9 km | 166 km |
| 3.8 | 15.11.2025 22:46 | 72.6 km | 130 km |
| 3.6 | 05.11.2025 17:48 | 0 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 05.11.2025 01:35 | 0 km | 182 km |
| 3.3 | 29.10.2025 23:13 | 330.9 km | 130 km |
| 6.0 | 25.10.2025 23:27 | 47 km | 170 km |
| 4.5 | 25.10.2025 17:30 | 60.3 km | 160 km |
| 3.5 | 23.10.2025 08:17 | 57.3 km | 142 km |
| 4.9 | 14.10.2025 20:48 | 143.2 km | 134 km |
| 4.7 | 03.10.2025 18:12 | 35 km | 187 km |
| 5.2 | 28.09.2025 18:41 | 68 km | 126 km |
| 3.4 | 19.09.2025 13:13 | 257.1 km | 96 km |
| 3.3 | 14.09.2025 04:18 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 3.6 | 07.09.2025 18:27 | 154.7 km | 160 km |
| 4.4 | 06.09.2025 12:46 | 55.5 km | 161 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.