1.8
2,778
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1926–2026
record span
1.42
mean magnitude
2,116
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 29.03.1954 06:17 | 626.2 km | 282 km |
| 5.6 | 05.07.1930 23:11 | 35 km | 168 km |
| 5.4 | 18.05.1927 01:42 | 35 km | 143 km |
| 5.2 | 28.02.1926 22:12 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 4.6 | 20.03.1962 00:01 | 33 km | 42 km |
| 4.6 | 26.05.1985 18:05 | 9.3 km | 157 km |
| 4.5 | 26.12.1965 05:19 | 0 km | 49 km |
| 4.5 | 15.05.1985 11:00 | 15 km | 78 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.1998 19:26 | 2 km | 85 km |
| 4.4 | 07.11.2006 12:56 | 0 km | 82 km |
| 4.3 | 04.07.1994 13:38 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2003 20:34 | 13.4 km | 155 km |
| 4.2 | 12.09.1998 07:03 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 27.03.2010 13:37 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 4.1 | 27.02.2025 02:29 | 17.5 km | 91 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 08.07.2026 10:12 | 0 km | 119 km |
| 2.7 | 05.07.2026 04:27 | 2.2 km | 118 km |
| 1.8 | 02.07.2026 00:12 | 5.4 km | 129 km |
| 1.6 | 21.06.2026 21:50 | 0 km | 66 km |
| 2.6 | 19.06.2026 07:25 | 0 km | 39 km |
| 1.6 | 06.06.2026 15:14 | 24.1 km | 146 km |
| 2.0 | 01.06.2026 08:31 | 18.1 km | 110 km |
| 1.9 | 29.03.2026 09:23 | 2.2 km | 63 km |
| 1.8 | 19.03.2026 01:35 | 1.9 km | 132 km |
| 1.5 | 06.03.2026 12:39 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 2.1 | 20.02.2026 18:33 | 8.8 km | 90 km |
| 1.8 | 14.01.2026 03:06 | 0 km | 48 km |
| 1.7 | 10.01.2026 04:38 | 0 km | 74 km |
| 2.5 | 15.11.2025 08:53 | 0 km | 80 km |
| 1.6 | 25.10.2025 20:07 | 21.8 km | 146 km |
| 1.6 | 17.10.2025 14:47 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 1.8 | 15.09.2025 02:04 | 0 km | 69 km |
| 2.1 | 13.09.2025 00:14 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2025 15:40 | 6.5 km | 99 km |
| 2.0 | 17.07.2025 16:34 | 1.3 km | 125 km |
| 1.7 | 27.06.2025 18:58 | 23.2 km | 142 km |
| 1.5 | 15.06.2025 02:46 | 21.6 km | 141 km |
| 1.7 | 05.06.2025 20:35 | 21.9 km | 141 km |
| 1.8 | 22.05.2025 22:44 | 19.2 km | 139 km |
| 1.8 | 21.05.2025 18:55 | 21.4 km | 141 km |
| 1.6 | 21.05.2025 17:17 | 22.4 km | 141 km |
| 1.6 | 17.05.2025 01:59 | 6.1 km | 98 km |
| 1.8 | 17.05.2025 00:43 | 21.6 km | 139 km |
| 1.5 | 16.05.2025 03:17 | 20.2 km | 141 km |
| 1.5 | 16.05.2025 03:14 | 20.8 km | 141 km |
| 1.5 | 15.05.2025 23:06 | 22.2 km | 142 km |
| 1.5 | 15.05.2025 22:52 | 20.2 km | 140 km |
| 1.8 | 15.05.2025 22:45 | 22.9 km | 140 km |
| 1.5 | 15.05.2025 20:22 | 20.8 km | 142 km |
| 1.6 | 15.05.2025 00:17 | 21.7 km | 141 km |
| 1.5 | 28.04.2025 22:14 | 19.8 km | 138 km |
| 1.5 | 26.04.2025 04:57 | 24.4 km | 142 km |
| 1.5 | 26.04.2025 00:30 | 0.8 km | 131 km |
| 1.5 | 25.04.2025 11:34 | 24.1 km | 143 km |
| 1.6 | 25.04.2025 02:41 | 22.5 km | 140 km |
| 1.8 | 23.04.2025 02:31 | 19.7 km | 142 km |
| 1.7 | 20.04.2025 04:52 | 22 km | 140 km |
| 1.7 | 17.04.2025 00:32 | 17.9 km | 137 km |
| 1.5 | 16.04.2025 06:38 | 24.5 km | 136 km |
| 1.7 | 16.04.2025 04:32 | 25 km | 142 km |
| 1.7 | 16.04.2025 03:29 | 12.2 km | 143 km |
| 1.8 | 16.04.2025 02:12 | 15.1 km | 137 km |
| 1.8 | 15.04.2025 23:00 | 19.8 km | 142 km |
| 2.1 | 15.04.2025 21:23 | 21.2 km | 141 km |
| 1.6 | 09.04.2025 22:19 | 23.1 km | 138 km |
| 2.8 | 03.04.2025 14:19 | 0.2 km | 92 km |
| 1.5 | 28.02.2025 23:46 | 1 km | 58 km |
| 1.7 | 27.02.2025 03:49 | 3.3 km | 100 km |
| 4.1 | 27.02.2025 02:29 | 17.5 km | 91 km |
| 1.7 | 23.02.2025 23:01 | 21.5 km | 116 km |
| 1.5 | 09.01.2025 22:03 | 19.8 km | 123 km |
| 1.7 | 21.12.2024 01:00 | 1 km | 97 km |
| 1.9 | 21.10.2024 13:09 | 5.5 km | 51 km |
| 1.9 | 04.10.2024 11:01 | 0 km | 57 km |
| 1.6 | 31.08.2024 23:26 | 7.8 km | 97 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.