1.7
9,691
recorded earthquakes
M5.0
largest
1903–2026
record span
1.78
mean magnitude
4,451
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 25.03.1976 00:41 | 11 km | 196 km |
| 4.8 | 28.02.2011 05:00 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.1970 10:17 | 12 km | 325 km |
| 4.8 | 28.10.1923 17:10 | — | 180 km |
| 4.8 | 17.09.1938 03:34 | 1 km | 188 km |
| 4.8 | 07.05.1927 08:28 | — | 197 km |
| 4.7 | 04.11.1903 19:14 | — | 311 km |
| 4.7 | 03.03.1963 17:30 | 9 km | 284 km |
| 4.6 | 11.02.1965 03:40 | 18 km | 289 km |
| 4.6 | 04.11.1903 18:18 | — | 310 km |
| 4.6 | 17.12.1931 03:36 | — | 215 km |
| 4.5 | 01.01.1924 03:05 | — | 240 km |
| 4.5 | 23.05.1964 11:25 | 18 km | 276 km |
| 4.4 | 04.06.1967 16:14 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 4.4 | 25.01.1955 07:24 | 8 km | 258 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 08:39 | 8.8 km | 306 km |
| 1.3 | 29.07.2026 20:45 | 9.5 km | 295 km |
| 1.9 | 28.07.2026 15:18 | 4.1 km | 156 km |
| 1.9 | 27.07.2026 21:12 | 6.2 km | 216 km |
| 1.7 | 26.07.2026 15:36 | 4.5 km | 140 km |
| 2.0 | 24.07.2026 06:18 | 8.5 km | 307 km |
| 1.8 | 23.07.2026 21:02 | 9.2 km | 288 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 02:10 | 5.5 km | 313 km |
| 1.9 | 22.07.2026 17:28 | 9.9 km | 300 km |
| 1.5 | 22.07.2026 11:57 | 8.2 km | 302 km |
| 1.8 | 20.07.2026 08:43 | 1.8 km | 140 km |
| 2.4 | 20.07.2026 08:40 | 1 km | 140 km |
| 2.1 | 20.07.2026 01:28 | 3.8 km | 141 km |
| 1.8 | 18.07.2026 08:38 | 5.1 km | 172 km |
| 2.2 | 14.07.2026 04:18 | 10.8 km | 158 km |
| 1.9 | 13.07.2026 22:22 | 8.8 km | 306 km |
| 1.9 | 13.07.2026 18:53 | 11.1 km | 240 km |
| 1.9 | 11.07.2026 04:12 | 11.6 km | 208 km |
| 1.1 | 10.07.2026 20:02 | 9.1 km | 301 km |
| 1.9 | 10.07.2026 14:16 | 9.4 km | 302 km |
| 1.5 | 06.07.2026 17:37 | 0 km | 265 km |
| 1.6 | 05.07.2026 07:32 | 4 km | 158 km |
| 1.4 | 04.07.2026 04:10 | 8.6 km | 295 km |
| 1.4 | 01.07.2026 11:49 | 8.9 km | 306 km |
| 2.3 | 30.06.2026 15:28 | 8.8 km | 264 km |
| 2.0 | 29.06.2026 11:14 | 6.1 km | 308 km |
| 1.8 | 26.06.2026 01:56 | 8.2 km | 157 km |
| 1.1 | 23.06.2026 06:52 | 2.2 km | 56 km |
| 2.3 | 22.06.2026 16:24 | 2 km | 88 km |
| 1.3 | 22.06.2026 08:20 | 11.1 km | 304 km |
| 2.0 | 20.06.2026 08:09 | 10.6 km | 257 km |
| 2.2 | 19.06.2026 06:47 | 7.1 km | 275 km |
| 1.7 | 18.06.2026 01:12 | 14.3 km | 45 km |
| 2.3 | 18.06.2026 01:03 | 13.1 km | 46 km |
| 1.9 | 17.06.2026 08:31 | 9.3 km | 304 km |
| 1.9 | 17.06.2026 05:30 | 9.3 km | 305 km |
| 1.8 | 15.06.2026 20:02 | 7.8 km | 303 km |
| 2.2 | 15.06.2026 14:50 | 9.7 km | 303 km |
| 1.4 | 15.06.2026 10:47 | 7.5 km | 303 km |
| 1.6 | 15.06.2026 06:51 | 6 km | 301 km |
| 1.4 | 15.06.2026 06:19 | 7.3 km | 303 km |
| 1.8 | 15.06.2026 05:45 | 9 km | 302 km |
| 1.6 | 15.06.2026 02:04 | 8.6 km | 295 km |
| 2.1 | 15.06.2026 01:40 | 7.5 km | 303 km |
| 1.4 | 13.06.2026 01:30 | 8 km | 157 km |
| 1.4 | 11.06.2026 06:14 | 8.9 km | 295 km |
| 1.8 | 11.06.2026 00:33 | 7.6 km | 267 km |
| 1.5 | 08.06.2026 14:49 | 0 km | 266 km |
| 1.4 | 05.06.2026 15:21 | 7.7 km | 303 km |
| 1.6 | 04.06.2026 06:25 | 9.2 km | 296 km |
| 1.7 | 03.06.2026 09:40 | 10.4 km | 257 km |
| 1.5 | 01.06.2026 21:41 | 7.7 km | 254 km |
| 1.6 | 01.06.2026 16:00 | 10.9 km | 158 km |
| 1.7 | 01.06.2026 10:47 | 7.5 km | 304 km |
| 1.9 | 30.05.2026 23:18 | 12 km | 157 km |
| 1.4 | 27.05.2026 23:11 | 6 km | 306 km |
| 1.3 | 24.05.2026 22:41 | 8.6 km | 294 km |
| 1.6 | 24.05.2026 11:56 | 9.2 km | 303 km |
| 2.3 | 21.05.2026 04:54 | 5.1 km | 274 km |
| 1.2 | 19.05.2026 22:31 | 10.8 km | 305 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.