3.6
437
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1912–2026
record span
4.11
mean magnitude
364
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 1030 km |
| 7.3 | 03.12.1930 18:51 | 10 km | 809 km |
| 7.2 | 05.05.1930 13:46 | 35 km | 769 km |
| 6.8 | 24.03.2011 13:55 | 12.8 km | 863 km |
| 6.7 | 01.11.1935 16:22 | 15 km | 924 km |
| 6.7 | 02.05.1922 11:10 | 35 km | 857 km |
| 6.6 | 22.12.1925 05:05 | 15 km | 845 km |
| 6.3 | 16.05.2007 08:56 | 9.6 km | 838 km |
| 6.3 | 13.05.1935 19:53 | 35 km | 735 km |
| 6.2 | 16.05.1933 01:12 | 15 km | 852 km |
| 6.2 | 05.05.2014 11:08 | 15.2 km | 759 km |
| 6.2 | 12.02.1934 11:30 | 35 km | 750 km |
| 6.2 | 16.05.1995 21:48 | 16.5 km | 764 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1964 00:05 | 33.1 km | 1005 km |
| 6.1 | 20.11.2019 23:50 | 10.2 km | 713 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 28.07.2026 02:57 | 10 km | 601 km |
| 3.9 | 26.06.2026 19:04 | 7 km | 868 km |
| 3.3 | 25.06.2026 16:59 | 2 km | 868 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 16:57 | 10 km | 865 km |
| 3.6 | 23.06.2026 14:08 | 14 km | 640 km |
| 3.3 | 14.06.2026 20:07 | 10 km | 866 km |
| 3.8 | 16.05.2026 01:04 | 10 km | 785 km |
| 3.3 | 12.05.2026 06:57 | 10 km | 762 km |
| 3.6 | 04.05.2026 20:34 | 10 km | 472 km |
| 3.7 | 28.03.2026 22:22 | 1 km | 860 km |
| 3.8 | 25.03.2026 11:22 | 10 km | 798 km |
| 3.0 | 18.03.2026 22:31 | 2 km | 772 km |
| 3.6 | 18.03.2026 12:37 | 9 km | 616 km |
| 3.5 | 08.03.2026 10:41 | 1 km | 537 km |
| 3.2 | 08.03.2026 01:28 | 10 km | 482 km |
| 3.1 | 28.02.2026 09:08 | 1 km | 766 km |
| 3.3 | 17.02.2026 19:34 | 10 km | 834 km |
| 3.3 | 16.02.2026 02:37 | 3 km | 827 km |
| 3.4 | 13.02.2026 03:36 | 3 km | 845 km |
| 3.1 | 11.02.2026 19:28 | 1 km | 539 km |
| 3.1 | 11.02.2026 19:24 | 1 km | 538 km |
| 3.2 | 11.02.2026 19:07 | 2 km | 537 km |
| 4.0 | 17.01.2026 18:21 | 1 km | 868 km |
| 3.0 | 11.01.2026 13:09 | 10 km | 615 km |
| 3.6 | 29.12.2025 19:03 | 1 km | 694 km |
| 3.5 | 09.12.2025 14:02 | 1 km | 826 km |
| 3.5 | 09.12.2025 13:02 | 10 km | 736 km |
| 3.0 | 07.12.2025 20:21 | 10 km | 892 km |
| 4.0 | 27.11.2025 15:49 | 3 km | 328 km |
| 3.0 | 25.11.2025 12:23 | 10 km | 567 km |
| 3.2 | 18.11.2025 02:36 | 1 km | 585 km |
| 3.5 | 18.11.2025 02:34 | 10 km | 876 km |
| 3.9 | 16.11.2025 17:02 | 10 km | 842 km |
| 3.4 | 12.11.2025 16:26 | 0 km | 863 km |
| 3.1 | 26.10.2025 18:45 | 2 km | 873 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2025 13:39 | 4 km | 902 km |
| 3.0 | 17.10.2025 05:57 | 2 km | 852 km |
| 3.7 | 12.10.2025 22:07 | 10 km | 733 km |
| 3.2 | 07.10.2025 13:09 | 4 km | 748 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2025 23:01 | 1 km | 871 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2025 10:00 | 0 km | 618 km |
| 4.4 | 20.09.2025 16:27 | 6 km | 882 km |
| 3.2 | 19.09.2025 16:24 | 10 km | 778 km |
| 3.3 | 16.09.2025 18:39 | 10 km | 848 km |
| 3.1 | 16.09.2025 06:09 | 2 km | 853 km |
| 3.3 | 07.08.2025 20:47 | 10 km | 889 km |
| 3.8 | 07.08.2025 09:10 | 10 km | 875 km |
| 3.3 | 06.08.2025 07:53 | 10 km | 864 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2025 11:39 | 2 km | 809 km |
| 4.1 | 04.08.2025 06:23 | 10 km | 877 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2025 19:40 | 3 km | 883 km |
| 3.6 | 24.07.2025 14:39 | 4 km | 674 km |
| 3.6 | 24.07.2025 12:45 | 2 km | 811 km |
| 4.1 | 23.07.2025 23:45 | 10 km | 899 km |
| 4.2 | 30.06.2025 19:43 | 10 km | 896 km |
| 3.4 | 02.06.2025 07:07 | 10 km | 726 km |
| 3.7 | 01.06.2025 10:46 | 10 km | 910 km |
| 3.9 | 01.06.2025 00:07 | 10 km | 886 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2025 07:58 | 10 km | 894 km |
| 4.0 | 10.05.2025 12:29 | 7 km | 889 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.