1.6
2,772
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1906–2026
record span
1.77
mean magnitude
1,174
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 | 26.12.1939 23:57 | 20 km | 168 km |
| 6.8 | 13.09.1924 14:34 | 15 km | 143 km |
| 6.6 | 30.10.1983 04:12 | 11.1 km | 127 km |
| 6.0 | 28.12.1906 00:00 | 30 km | 106 km |
| 6.0 | 31.05.1946 03:12 | 35 km | 116 km |
| 6.0 | 24.10.1954 00:44 | — | 126 km |
| 5.9 | 21.11.1939 08:48 | 15 km | 116 km |
| 5.6 | 03.01.1952 06:03 | 20 km | 114 km |
| 5.6 | 31.07.1931 00:02 | 35 km | 87 km |
| 5.2 | 31.07.1931 00:25 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 4.8 | 18.10.1988 12:35 | 5.6 km | 77 km |
| 4.8 | 26.07.1925 02:53 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 4.5 | 29.06.1988 02:31 | 6 km | 65 km |
| 4.5 | 15.11.2024 09:02 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 4.4 | 13.09.1987 01:23 | 7 km | 42 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 01.08.2026 06:32 | 7 km | 38 km |
| 1.9 | 26.07.2026 22:31 | 7 km | 3 km |
| 1.5 | 25.07.2026 08:50 | 1.6 km | 59 km |
| 2.3 | 20.07.2026 17:25 | 15.7 km | 56 km |
| 0.8 | 08.07.2026 03:31 | 7 km | 71 km |
| 1.5 | 18.06.2026 18:41 | 9.5 km | 60 km |
| 2.0 | 15.06.2026 11:24 | 2 km | 61 km |
| 2.2 | 15.06.2026 11:21 | 17.2 km | 65 km |
| 1.1 | 01.06.2026 04:56 | 7 km | 54 km |
| 1.4 | 18.05.2026 19:52 | 7 km | 29 km |
| 0.9 | 06.05.2026 09:34 | 7 km | 56 km |
| 1.4 | 24.04.2026 12:24 | 7 km | 69 km |
| 2.2 | 15.04.2026 16:32 | 6.9 km | 73 km |
| 0.8 | 14.04.2026 07:46 | 6.8 km | 55 km |
| 1.1 | 07.04.2026 11:19 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 1.0 | 30.03.2026 09:29 | 7 km | 38 km |
| 1.3 | 18.03.2026 00:53 | 7.6 km | 24 km |
| 1.2 | 05.03.2026 10:33 | 7.2 km | 36 km |
| 1.1 | 19.02.2026 09:43 | 5.1 km | 40 km |
| 1.0 | 17.02.2026 09:59 | 6.9 km | 24 km |
| 2.1 | 16.02.2026 11:51 | 7.1 km | 55 km |
| 1.3 | 08.02.2026 05:01 | 7.2 km | 39 km |
| 0.9 | 29.01.2026 10:54 | 7 km | 48 km |
| 1.1 | 28.01.2026 11:36 | 7 km | 49 km |
| 0.9 | 27.01.2026 10:26 | 6.8 km | 38 km |
| 1.2 | 29.12.2025 09:38 | 7 km | 37 km |
| 1.1 | 24.12.2025 09:06 | 7 km | 56 km |
| 0.7 | 09.12.2025 09:45 | 7 km | 39 km |
| 0.7 | 02.12.2025 10:17 | 7.4 km | 58 km |
| 1.7 | 25.11.2025 06:38 | 7.1 km | 20 km |
| 1.7 | 17.11.2025 07:10 | 7 km | 34 km |
| 1.0 | 07.11.2025 00:55 | 6.9 km | 15 km |
| 1.6 | 06.11.2025 23:37 | 7.9 km | 16 km |
| 1.1 | 05.11.2025 23:06 | 6.7 km | 50 km |
| 1.9 | 05.11.2025 15:09 | 15.4 km | 50 km |
| 1.0 | 22.10.2025 07:26 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2025 08:54 | 7.1 km | 52 km |
| 1.7 | 30.09.2025 01:31 | 6.6 km | 43 km |
| 1.7 | 17.09.2025 16:49 | 14.9 km | 48 km |
| 1.6 | 15.08.2025 21:05 | 7 km | 55 km |
| 1.0 | 15.08.2025 06:27 | 7 km | 70 km |
| 0.6 | 31.07.2025 12:42 | 6.4 km | 72 km |
| 2.1 | 27.07.2025 04:34 | 7 km | 75 km |
| 0.6 | 24.06.2025 11:19 | 7 km | 47 km |
| 0.9 | 03.06.2025 09:52 | 6.8 km | 35 km |
| 1.1 | 01.06.2025 01:25 | 10.2 km | 50 km |
| 1.6 | 24.05.2025 12:13 | 7 km | 54 km |
| 1.0 | 14.05.2025 11:11 | 7 km | 22 km |
| 2.0 | 12.05.2025 11:09 | 7 km | 33 km |
| 1.2 | 10.05.2025 08:58 | 7 km | 51 km |
| 1.0 | 18.04.2025 09:55 | 7.1 km | 37 km |
| 1.4 | 17.04.2025 06:03 | 8.3 km | 36 km |
| 1.0 | 16.04.2025 23:42 | 7 km | 17 km |
| 1.2 | 14.04.2025 09:27 | 7 km | 17 km |
| 3.1 | 05.04.2025 22:48 | 7.1 km | 52 km |
| 0.9 | 27.03.2025 08:46 | 21.4 km | 54 km |
| 1.3 | 25.03.2025 03:40 | 6.9 km | 57 km |
| 0.8 | 22.03.2025 14:25 | 6.6 km | 38 km |
| 1.2 | 20.03.2025 22:18 | 7.8 km | 22 km |
| 0.9 | 11.03.2025 14:08 | 7 km | 56 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.