2.3
1,043
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
2.04
mean magnitude
770
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 26.07.1945 10:32 | 35 km | 259 km |
| 5.2 | 21.02.1916 23:39 | — | 321 km |
| 4.6 | 29.04.2003 08:59 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 4.5 | 05.03.1914 20:05 | — | 95 km |
| 4.4 | 13.03.1964 01:20 | 40 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 01.01.1913 18:28 | — | 269 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.1974 08:52 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 4.1 | 15.02.2014 03:23 | 8.2 km | 161 km |
| 4.1 | 24.01.1903 01:15 | — | 209 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.1984 11:54 | 14.9 km | 297 km |
| 4.0 | 09.05.2022 05:32 | 5.5 km | 285 km |
| 3.9 | 18.06.2022 08:05 | 8.2 km | 106 km |
| 3.9 | 24.11.1957 20:06 | — | 259 km |
| 3.8 | 11.07.1986 14:26 | 13 km | 301 km |
| 3.7 | 13.07.1971 11:42 | — | 232 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 29.07.2026 15:01 | 2.5 km | 163 km |
| 1.4 | 21.07.2026 06:25 | 1.2 km | 293 km |
| 1.6 | 01.07.2026 10:10 | 6.1 km | 256 km |
| 2.1 | 29.06.2026 02:15 | 3.8 km | 259 km |
| 2.2 | 28.06.2026 14:56 | 4.4 km | 287 km |
| 2.1 | 17.06.2026 00:18 | 0 km | 314 km |
| 1.9 | 03.06.2026 06:58 | 10.5 km | 272 km |
| 1.9 | 29.05.2026 22:22 | 1.6 km | 259 km |
| 1.8 | 29.05.2026 22:05 | 6.8 km | 259 km |
| 1.9 | 28.05.2026 08:20 | 6.9 km | 162 km |
| 1.9 | 22.05.2026 15:41 | 17.7 km | 255 km |
| 2.1 | 16.05.2026 01:47 | 2.1 km | 173 km |
| 2.4 | 09.05.2026 08:01 | 3 km | 274 km |
| 2.3 | 08.05.2026 11:25 | 7.2 km | 275 km |
| 1.3 | 28.04.2026 08:39 | 3.1 km | 287 km |
| 1.7 | 21.04.2026 10:24 | 1.8 km | 276 km |
| 2.3 | 21.04.2026 09:18 | 5.5 km | 274 km |
| 2.0 | 30.03.2026 20:43 | 6.5 km | 105 km |
| 2.1 | 19.03.2026 06:32 | 4.5 km | 244 km |
| 2.1 | 16.03.2026 19:35 | 13.3 km | 296 km |
| 2.2 | 01.03.2026 18:55 | 4 km | 241 km |
| 3.0 | 26.02.2026 17:17 | 0.1 km | 241 km |
| 1.9 | 25.02.2026 15:10 | 0 km | 129 km |
| 1.8 | 16.02.2026 23:44 | 0 km | 242 km |
| 2.0 | 16.02.2026 04:57 | 3.6 km | 242 km |
| 2.8 | 13.02.2026 23:43 | 3.9 km | 243 km |
| 2.1 | 27.01.2026 20:32 | 4.8 km | 288 km |
| 2.7 | 20.01.2026 11:33 | 4.1 km | 284 km |
| 1.9 | 04.01.2026 05:49 | 0 km | 129 km |
| 2.1 | 28.12.2025 17:52 | 1.4 km | 88 km |
| 1.4 | 07.12.2025 03:41 | 9.5 km | 290 km |
| 2.0 | 28.11.2025 14:45 | 3.7 km | 287 km |
| 2.4 | 23.11.2025 11:37 | 5.5 km | 297 km |
| 1.5 | 13.11.2025 21:10 | 20.2 km | 311 km |
| 1.7 | 08.11.2025 18:47 | 4.8 km | 301 km |
| 1.8 | 02.10.2025 02:20 | 0 km | 206 km |
| 2.2 | 26.09.2025 20:19 | 5.5 km | 206 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2025 00:28 | 0 km | 210 km |
| 2.1 | 10.09.2025 18:40 | 0 km | 275 km |
| 2.3 | 27.08.2025 18:13 | 9.7 km | 301 km |
| 2.0 | 27.08.2025 08:23 | 0 km | 208 km |
| 2.4 | 26.08.2025 22:47 | 0.3 km | 208 km |
| 1.7 | 25.08.2025 21:04 | 5.5 km | 206 km |
| 2.0 | 25.08.2025 06:51 | 0 km | 208 km |
| 1.8 | 25.08.2025 02:20 | 0 km | 207 km |
| 2.0 | 23.08.2025 19:19 | 8 km | 207 km |
| 1.8 | 23.08.2025 07:39 | 2.8 km | 207 km |
| 2.4 | 23.08.2025 06:53 | 4.7 km | 207 km |
| 2.0 | 23.08.2025 05:21 | 0.1 km | 209 km |
| 1.9 | 23.08.2025 04:49 | 0.1 km | 209 km |
| 2.5 | 23.08.2025 04:41 | 2.7 km | 208 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2025 04:23 | 2.1 km | 208 km |
| 2.9 | 23.08.2025 04:17 | 6.8 km | 207 km |
| 2.0 | 21.08.2025 00:55 | 3.2 km | 209 km |
| 1.7 | 19.08.2025 07:08 | 0.2 km | 203 km |
| 2.2 | 19.08.2025 03:30 | 0 km | 208 km |
| 2.0 | 12.08.2025 23:11 | 12.1 km | 326 km |
| 1.9 | 03.08.2025 12:24 | 14.2 km | 288 km |
| 2.7 | 05.07.2025 15:22 | 3.5 km | 164 km |
| 2.1 | 29.06.2025 19:22 | 9.7 km | 301 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.