4.8
3,783
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1917–2026
record span
4.41
mean magnitude
2,608
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 01.04.2007 20:39 | 14.5 km | 64 km |
| 7.9 | 22.01.2017 04:30 | 156.5 km | 267 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1939 02:18 | 35 km | 179 km |
| 7.6 | 20.07.1975 14:37 | 32.3 km | 232 km |
| 7.5 | 01.04.2007 20:47 | 15.3 km | 137 km |
| 7.5 | 19.04.2014 13:28 | 39.8 km | 243 km |
| 7.4 | 01.02.1974 03:12 | 31.1 km | 144 km |
| 7.3 | 31.01.1974 23:30 | 22 km | 115 km |
| 7.3 | 20.07.1975 19:54 | 28.4 km | 189 km |
| 7.2 | 29.01.1932 13:41 | 15 km | 318 km |
| 7.2 | 06.12.1952 10:41 | 15 km | 67 km |
| 7.2 | 19.04.1936 05:07 | 20 km | 43 km |
| 7.2 | 14.10.1991 15:58 | 30.5 km | 216 km |
| 7.2 | 29.04.1996 14:40 | 46.7 km | 249 km |
| 7.1 | 29.07.1977 11:15 | 16 km | 142 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 03.08.2026 13:14 | 35 km | 95 km |
| 3.6 | 09.07.2026 22:11 | 41.8 km | 185 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 11:32 | 75.1 km | 192 km |
| 4.1 | 30.05.2026 07:12 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 16:38 | 0 km | 179 km |
| 3.8 | 20.04.2026 03:40 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 3.9 | 19.04.2026 22:39 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 4.2 | 19.04.2026 14:59 | 78.4 km | 124 km |
| 3.4 | 14.04.2026 04:11 | 146.2 km | 129 km |
| 4.5 | 01.04.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 3.1 | 01.04.2026 16:55 | 0 km | 140 km |
| 4.2 | 01.04.2026 13:13 | 134.3 km | 135 km |
| 3.7 | 29.03.2026 05:27 | 96.4 km | 146 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.2026 21:25 | 75 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 22.02.2026 09:29 | 80.4 km | 158 km |
| 3.9 | 17.02.2026 03:06 | 53.7 km | 194 km |
| 3.5 | 12.02.2026 17:07 | 167.4 km | 162 km |
| 3.9 | 11.02.2026 21:07 | 0 km | 130 km |
| 3.7 | 02.02.2026 18:54 | 71.2 km | 98 km |
| 3.6 | 02.02.2026 17:29 | 0 km | 64 km |
| 3.7 | 12.01.2026 16:24 | 96.5 km | 174 km |
| 3.2 | 03.01.2026 02:39 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 4.9 | 30.12.2025 11:22 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 4.0 | 16.12.2025 15:49 | 97.7 km | 174 km |
| 4.2 | 16.12.2025 07:43 | 0 km | 176 km |
| 4.0 | 07.12.2025 20:39 | 0 km | 66 km |
| 3.7 | 02.12.2025 21:57 | 0 km | 93 km |
| 5.2 | 29.11.2025 06:05 | 165.3 km | 127 km |
| 4.2 | 04.11.2025 04:58 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 3.8 | 21.10.2025 20:16 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 5.0 | 19.10.2025 09:55 | 51.8 km | 161 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2025 03:27 | 103.7 km | 183 km |
| 4.0 | 25.09.2025 14:34 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 4.9 | 20.09.2025 14:06 | 89.9 km | 142 km |
| 4.0 | 20.09.2025 14:02 | 113.1 km | 173 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2025 06:32 | 0 km | 153 km |
| 4.5 | 14.09.2025 05:18 | 126.7 km | 139 km |
| 4.6 | 11.09.2025 23:26 | 76 km | 96 km |
| 4.2 | 07.09.2025 01:06 | 126.4 km | 185 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.2025 12:57 | 0 km | 169 km |
| 4.3 | 01.09.2025 19:58 | 35 km | 191 km |
| 3.8 | 26.08.2025 08:54 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2025 07:36 | 0 km | 109 km |
| 4.1 | 28.06.2025 19:40 | 130.7 km | 146 km |
| 4.8 | 17.06.2025 03:20 | 70.5 km | 157 km |
| 5.0 | 07.06.2025 04:44 | 83.9 km | 154 km |
| 4.6 | 23.05.2025 11:31 | 111.9 km | 150 km |
| 4.4 | 18.05.2025 11:25 | 116.9 km | 121 km |
| 4.5 | 03.05.2025 15:50 | 51.5 km | 129 km |
| 5.7 | 02.05.2025 10:59 | 43 km | 110 km |
| 4.2 | 26.04.2025 19:30 | 150.8 km | 197 km |
| 4.9 | 10.04.2025 17:16 | 65.5 km | 182 km |
| 5.0 | 26.03.2025 06:45 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 5.0 | 21.03.2025 17:08 | 83 km | 156 km |
| 4.4 | 05.03.2025 03:41 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 5.4 | 23.02.2025 04:17 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.6 | 23.02.2025 01:46 | 101 km | 121 km |
| 5.2 | 23.02.2025 01:46 | 35 km | 133 km |
| 4.5 | 23.02.2025 01:39 | 35 km | 147 km |
| 5.6 | 23.02.2025 01:31 | 35 km | 118 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.