1.2
17,955
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.96
mean magnitude
13,406
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 03.10.1914 22:07 | 15 km | 254 km |
| 6.6 | 19.04.1938 10:59 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 6.5 | 03.02.2002 07:11 | 23 km | 168 km |
| 6.3 | 01.12.1907 00:00 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 6.2 | 27.06.1998 13:55 | 37.9 km | 239 km |
| 6.2 | 05.06.1927 08:24 | 120 km | 273 km |
| 6.2 | 05.06.1927 02:24 | 5 km | 273 km |
| 6.1 | 20.11.1924 20:27 | 15 km | 181 km |
| 6.1 | 25.06.1944 04:16 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 6.0 | 26.09.1921 09:26 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 6.0 | 11.09.1930 12:36 | 35 km | 196 km |
| 6.0 | 15.12.2000 16:44 | 11.3 km | 158 km |
| 5.9 | 28.05.1979 09:27 | 106.7 km | 198 km |
| 5.9 | 29.10.1909 16:03 | 15 km | 152 km |
| 5.8 | 09.12.1947 23:40 | 15 km | 229 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 03.08.2026 18:03 | 7 km | 161 km |
| 1.2 | 03.08.2026 13:34 | 7 km | 121 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 09:46 | 5 km | 189 km |
| 1.2 | 03.08.2026 09:02 | 7 km | 122 km |
| 0.8 | 03.08.2026 02:39 | 6.4 km | 64 km |
| 0.7 | 02.08.2026 19:03 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 1.6 | 02.08.2026 04:27 | 7 km | 80 km |
| 1.3 | 01.08.2026 08:25 | 21.5 km | 156 km |
| 1.3 | 01.08.2026 08:15 | 7 km | 155 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 04:37 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 2.0 | 31.07.2026 05:35 | 7 km | 75 km |
| 1.5 | 31.07.2026 05:33 | 1.7 km | 32 km |
| 2.3 | 31.07.2026 05:30 | 4.7 km | 81 km |
| 1.5 | 29.07.2026 20:49 | 7 km | 172 km |
| 1.3 | 28.07.2026 18:36 | 6.9 km | 152 km |
| 1.3 | 28.07.2026 11:18 | 7.9 km | 158 km |
| 0.7 | 28.07.2026 00:21 | 7 km | 135 km |
| 0.9 | 28.07.2026 00:07 | 7 km | 135 km |
| 0.8 | 27.07.2026 22:11 | 7 km | 42 km |
| 0.9 | 27.07.2026 14:38 | 7 km | 161 km |
| 0.9 | 27.07.2026 10:17 | 7 km | 162 km |
| 2.1 | 26.07.2026 13:52 | 7.9 km | 117 km |
| 1.5 | 26.07.2026 04:07 | 7 km | 82 km |
| 1.7 | 26.07.2026 03:21 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 1.8 | 25.07.2026 12:37 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 1.1 | 25.07.2026 11:11 | 6.9 km | 29 km |
| 1.5 | 25.07.2026 11:06 | 6.9 km | 29 km |
| 1.2 | 25.07.2026 09:38 | 2.8 km | 32 km |
| 1.1 | 25.07.2026 08:43 | 7.1 km | 171 km |
| 2.1 | 24.07.2026 08:30 | 7 km | 167 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 20:53 | 38.5 km | 140 km |
| 0.9 | 23.07.2026 08:50 | 7.6 km | 28 km |
| 1.3 | 21.07.2026 17:19 | 7 km | 63 km |
| 1.1 | 21.07.2026 17:16 | 9.4 km | 63 km |
| 1.3 | 20.07.2026 10:37 | 7 km | 24 km |
| 1.9 | 20.07.2026 06:29 | 7 km | 189 km |
| 1.5 | 17.07.2026 18:27 | 7.2 km | 64 km |
| 1.3 | 17.07.2026 09:39 | 7.1 km | 155 km |
| 1.1 | 17.07.2026 03:17 | 5.5 km | 167 km |
| 1.7 | 17.07.2026 02:53 | 7.2 km | 168 km |
| 1.4 | 16.07.2026 09:08 | 7 km | 160 km |
| 1.1 | 14.07.2026 09:00 | 7 km | 183 km |
| 1.3 | 13.07.2026 22:39 | 30.4 km | 200 km |
| 1.5 | 13.07.2026 00:15 | 7 km | 178 km |
| 1.3 | 13.07.2026 00:04 | 7 km | 179 km |
| 1.3 | 13.07.2026 00:00 | 7 km | 176 km |
| 2.4 | 12.07.2026 23:45 | 9.2 km | 178 km |
| 1.1 | 11.07.2026 18:21 | 7.9 km | 137 km |
| 1.1 | 11.07.2026 09:16 | 7 km | 160 km |
| 1.3 | 11.07.2026 00:18 | 31.9 km | 154 km |
| 1.5 | 11.07.2026 00:11 | 58.3 km | 194 km |
| 1.1 | 10.07.2026 09:55 | 7 km | 70 km |
| 0.8 | 10.07.2026 07:14 | 7 km | 175 km |
| 1.5 | 09.07.2026 13:07 | 7 km | 114 km |
| 1.5 | 09.07.2026 08:45 | 13.5 km | 156 km |
| 1.2 | 07.07.2026 06:21 | 7 km | 147 km |
| 1.1 | 06.07.2026 08:17 | 7 km | 136 km |
| 1.2 | 05.07.2026 12:38 | 7 km | 80 km |
| 1.4 | 03.07.2026 14:02 | 7.1 km | 154 km |
| 1.4 | 03.07.2026 13:41 | 7 km | 137 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.