3.0
8,600
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
2.22
mean magnitude
5,148
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 31.12.1934 18:45 | 10 km | 360 km |
| 7.2 | 04.04.2010 22:40 | 5.5 km | 373 km |
| 7.1 | 16.10.1999 09:46 | 2.3 km | 409 km |
| 7.1 | 21.11.1915 00:13 | 35 km | 371 km |
| 6.9 | 19.05.1940 04:36 | 10 km | 376 km |
| 6.6 | 24.01.1903 05:27 | — | 410 km |
| 6.6 | 30.12.1934 13:52 | 10 km | 357 km |
| 6.5 | 15.10.1979 23:16 | 11.6 km | 387 km |
| 6.5 | 07.08.1966 17:36 | 17.1 km | 372 km |
| 6.4 | 14.02.1956 18:33 | 15 km | 466 km |
| 6.3 | 17.11.1902 19:50 | — | 388 km |
| 6.3 | 09.06.1980 03:28 | 1.4 km | 355 km |
| 6.3 | 15.02.1956 01:20 | 15 km | 477 km |
| 6.3 | 19.04.1906 00:30 | — | 357 km |
| 6.2 | 25.01.1906 20:32 | — | 117 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 22:57 | 13.9 km | 395 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2026 22:54 | 10 km | 391 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 22:52 | 12.1 km | 389 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 22:24 | 8.5 km | 378 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 02:21 | 6.8 km | 424 km |
| 1.6 | 30.07.2026 21:40 | 9.9 km | 356 km |
| 1.2 | 29.07.2026 06:25 | 18.8 km | 339 km |
| 1.0 | 21.07.2026 22:34 | 16.6 km | 331 km |
| 1.3 | 21.07.2026 17:29 | 23.1 km | 328 km |
| 1.2 | 20.07.2026 20:00 | -0.2 km | 304 km |
| 1.6 | 09.07.2026 17:42 | -0.2 km | 304 km |
| 1.8 | 04.07.2026 22:29 | 17.4 km | 315 km |
| 1.3 | 04.07.2026 12:52 | 10.5 km | 333 km |
| 1.9 | 03.07.2026 21:24 | 11.5 km | 338 km |
| 1.5 | 01.07.2026 07:42 | 3.1 km | 375 km |
| 2.2 | 01.07.2026 07:02 | 18.7 km | 330 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2026 22:48 | 6.6 km | 390 km |
| 3.2 | 18.06.2026 22:44 | 5.6 km | 396 km |
| 3.4 | 18.06.2026 08:13 | 12.9 km | 373 km |
| 0.9 | 18.06.2026 05:43 | 13.3 km | 355 km |
| 1.6 | 15.06.2026 03:42 | 8.4 km | 334 km |
| 1.7 | 09.06.2026 23:58 | 3.3 km | 390 km |
| 1.4 | 09.06.2026 20:52 | 15.4 km | 343 km |
| 1.3 | 02.06.2026 12:58 | 20.7 km | 315 km |
| 1.7 | 01.06.2026 16:17 | 8.2 km | 334 km |
| 3.5 | 30.05.2026 09:18 | 17.5 km | 375 km |
| 2.6 | 20.05.2026 23:21 | 8.7 km | 334 km |
| 3.1 | 19.05.2026 10:30 | 10 km | 387 km |
| 3.2 | 19.05.2026 09:42 | 17.5 km | 391 km |
| 1.9 | 16.05.2026 23:24 | 10.6 km | 333 km |
| 2.4 | 15.05.2026 15:34 | 10 km | 230 km |
| 3.2 | 13.05.2026 21:36 | 4.8 km | 376 km |
| 1.9 | 13.05.2026 03:21 | 18.6 km | 305 km |
| 3.3 | 12.05.2026 22:07 | 6.9 km | 375 km |
| 3.2 | 12.05.2026 21:41 | 6.3 km | 375 km |
| 2.1 | 12.05.2026 21:30 | 6.3 km | 333 km |
| 0.6 | 09.05.2026 09:32 | 17.8 km | 337 km |
| 3.8 | 08.05.2026 07:50 | 3.8 km | 380 km |
| 1.6 | 03.05.2026 07:08 | 1.3 km | 384 km |
| 0.6 | 02.05.2026 09:57 | 11.4 km | 359 km |
| 1.4 | 02.05.2026 08:31 | 15.2 km | 359 km |
| 2.1 | 24.04.2026 18:47 | 16 km | 226 km |
| 1.4 | 22.04.2026 07:13 | 9.2 km | 331 km |
| 1.6 | 22.04.2026 06:52 | 11.3 km | 334 km |
| 1.3 | 20.04.2026 03:49 | 20.5 km | 328 km |
| 1.7 | 12.04.2026 07:41 | 12.6 km | 363 km |
| 1.8 | 07.04.2026 21:45 | 10.2 km | 324 km |
| 2.7 | 07.04.2026 04:24 | 9.7 km | 141 km |
| 1.6 | 03.04.2026 22:26 | 16 km | 412 km |
| 1.6 | 01.04.2026 22:06 | 3.5 km | 340 km |
| 1.9 | 31.03.2026 18:40 | 16.6 km | 309 km |
| 1.5 | 30.03.2026 21:26 | 17.2 km | 334 km |
| 1.9 | 30.03.2026 20:38 | 16 km | 327 km |
| 1.2 | 27.03.2026 17:34 | -0.2 km | 307 km |
| 1.6 | 26.03.2026 23:05 | 11.5 km | 333 km |
| 1.2 | 26.03.2026 11:17 | 21 km | 318 km |
| 2.9 | 18.03.2026 19:57 | 11.8 km | 299 km |
| 1.8 | 17.03.2026 16:05 | 1.1 km | 346 km |
| 1.9 | 17.03.2026 10:44 | 6 km | 299 km |
| 1.1 | 16.03.2026 06:33 | 17.1 km | 337 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.