1.6
2,619
recorded earthquakes
M4.8
largest
1985–2026
record span
1.70
mean magnitude
2,133
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 12.08.2007 07:47 | 7.9 km | 85 km |
| 4.5 | 23.02.2015 16:16 | 11 km | 108 km |
| 4.2 | 12.05.2002 01:39 | 11.4 km | 87 km |
| 4.1 | 28.04.2008 05:25 | 5.2 km | 89 km |
| 4.0 | 24.10.2002 19:18 | 16.2 km | 90 km |
| 3.9 | 04.04.2010 23:13 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 3.9 | 08.02.1998 15:33 | 6.8 km | 123 km |
| 3.8 | 03.05.2007 11:46 | 0 km | 43 km |
| 3.8 | 25.04.2020 21:19 | 2 km | 102 km |
| 3.8 | 10.04.1985 00:35 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.8 | 13.05.1986 18:38 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.8 | 24.05.1988 04:42 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 3.8 | 20.02.1989 03:25 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.7 | 01.04.2015 13:32 | 7 km | 49 km |
| 3.7 | 01.04.2001 08:20 | 14.8 km | 109 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 12.07.2026 16:41 | 1 km | 98 km |
| 1.6 | 10.07.2026 17:31 | 0 km | 123 km |
| 1.5 | 29.06.2026 01:13 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 1.8 | 07.06.2026 04:20 | 17.7 km | 69 km |
| 1.8 | 29.05.2026 12:32 | 8 km | 28 km |
| 1.6 | 28.05.2026 18:03 | 1.1 km | 88 km |
| 1.8 | 21.05.2026 06:44 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 1.6 | 20.05.2026 10:27 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 2.1 | 15.05.2026 15:49 | 2.2 km | 56 km |
| 1.5 | 28.04.2026 18:21 | 5.3 km | 83 km |
| 1.9 | 24.04.2026 16:07 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 1.7 | 24.04.2026 01:18 | 29.3 km | 70 km |
| 1.6 | 03.04.2026 02:52 | 10.8 km | 100 km |
| 1.6 | 22.03.2026 21:02 | 0.7 km | 117 km |
| 2.2 | 16.03.2026 05:50 | 21.2 km | 80 km |
| 1.5 | 13.03.2026 02:52 | 0 km | 71 km |
| 1.7 | 11.03.2026 01:19 | 0 km | 96 km |
| 1.6 | 08.03.2026 19:00 | 9.9 km | 64 km |
| 1.8 | 03.03.2026 23:37 | 8.6 km | 103 km |
| 1.9 | 15.02.2026 04:36 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 1.9 | 06.02.2026 04:05 | 17.6 km | 63 km |
| 1.7 | 18.01.2026 14:54 | 5.4 km | 96 km |
| 1.6 | 18.01.2026 04:04 | 5.1 km | 87 km |
| 2.2 | 10.01.2026 05:53 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 2.2 | 07.01.2026 08:18 | 2.8 km | 79 km |
| 1.8 | 06.01.2026 19:45 | 21.6 km | 57 km |
| 1.5 | 29.12.2025 02:35 | 10.6 km | 79 km |
| 1.5 | 26.12.2025 00:02 | 6 km | 100 km |
| 1.9 | 29.11.2025 10:43 | 5.3 km | 47 km |
| 2.3 | 24.11.2025 06:47 | 18.5 km | 24 km |
| 1.7 | 17.11.2025 05:39 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 1.6 | 14.11.2025 19:51 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 2.0 | 14.11.2025 06:35 | 1.7 km | 75 km |
| 2.3 | 13.11.2025 14:43 | 2 km | 74 km |
| 2.2 | 02.11.2025 08:33 | 0.9 km | 85 km |
| 1.7 | 31.10.2025 07:37 | 0 km | 86 km |
| 2.0 | 25.10.2025 15:04 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 1.8 | 24.10.2025 03:35 | 14.2 km | 63 km |
| 1.6 | 19.10.2025 10:50 | 1.1 km | 99 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2025 19:41 | 3.2 km | 107 km |
| 1.6 | 03.10.2025 17:27 | 0.2 km | 80 km |
| 1.8 | 27.09.2025 12:59 | 0 km | 63 km |
| 2.0 | 01.09.2025 17:55 | 2 km | 118 km |
| 2.3 | 18.08.2025 15:58 | 10.7 km | 87 km |
| 1.8 | 18.08.2025 04:41 | 6.5 km | 105 km |
| 2.2 | 13.08.2025 11:08 | 8 km | 116 km |
| 2.0 | 30.07.2025 00:40 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 2.0 | 17.07.2025 16:34 | 1.3 km | 81 km |
| 1.7 | 11.07.2025 19:35 | 13.8 km | 105 km |
| 2.3 | 03.07.2025 14:07 | 0.9 km | 92 km |
| 2.0 | 27.06.2025 04:25 | 9.3 km | 90 km |
| 1.5 | 15.06.2025 02:46 | 21.6 km | 100 km |
| 2.2 | 14.06.2025 22:48 | 2.7 km | 123 km |
| 1.8 | 22.05.2025 22:44 | 19.2 km | 100 km |
| 1.8 | 21.05.2025 18:55 | 21.4 km | 100 km |
| 1.6 | 21.05.2025 17:17 | 22.4 km | 100 km |
| 2.2 | 21.05.2025 16:08 | 15 km | 66 km |
| 1.5 | 16.05.2025 03:17 | 20.2 km | 101 km |
| 1.5 | 16.05.2025 03:14 | 20.8 km | 100 km |
| 1.5 | 15.05.2025 22:52 | 20.2 km | 100 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.