2.3
254,320
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1904–2026
record span
1.95
mean magnitude
251,227
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 29.11.1975 14:47 | 10 km | 1256 km |
| 6.9 | 04.05.2018 22:32 | 7.5 km | 1265 km |
| 6.8 | 21.09.1908 06:31 | 0 km | 1287 km |
| 6.7 | 15.10.2006 17:07 | 16.3 km | 1145 km |
| 6.7 | 21.09.1908 06:35 | — | 1270 km |
| 6.7 | 11.06.2018 09:11 | 5 km | 1255 km |
| 6.6 | 23.01.1938 08:32 | 10 km | 1113 km |
| 6.6 | 16.11.1983 16:13 | 6.2 km | 1228 km |
| 6.5 | 26.04.1973 20:26 | 24.9 km | 1234 km |
| 6.4 | 26.06.1989 03:27 | 3.2 km | 1263 km |
| 6.4 | 28.03.1915 18:56 | — | 1231 km |
| 6.4 | 06.10.1929 07:51 | 10 km | 1192 km |
| 6.3 | 21.08.1951 10:57 | 10 km | 1189 km |
| 6.2 | 02.11.1918 10:01 | — | 1242 km |
| 6.2 | 04.05.1905 02:37 | — | 1270 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 04.08.2026 06:57 | 34.8 km | 1235 km |
| 2.0 | 04.08.2026 01:48 | 27.5 km | 1220 km |
| 2.3 | 04.08.2026 01:29 | 33.3 km | 1244 km |
| 1.7 | 04.08.2026 00:39 | 34.3 km | 1233 km |
| 1.9 | 03.08.2026 22:32 | 27.4 km | 1234 km |
| 1.8 | 03.08.2026 16:09 | 30 km | 1239 km |
| 1.8 | 03.08.2026 10:28 | 10.1 km | 1272 km |
| 2.0 | 03.08.2026 10:20 | 31.4 km | 1233 km |
| 1.7 | 03.08.2026 08:23 | 4.4 km | 1227 km |
| 1.7 | 03.08.2026 08:17 | 7.4 km | 1261 km |
| 2.0 | 03.08.2026 04:32 | 30.3 km | 1244 km |
| 1.9 | 03.08.2026 04:31 | 30.4 km | 1238 km |
| 1.8 | 03.08.2026 04:11 | 28.9 km | 1238 km |
| 2.5 | 02.08.2026 23:04 | 12.6 km | 1177 km |
| 2.0 | 02.08.2026 22:15 | 33 km | 1233 km |
| 1.9 | 02.08.2026 21:55 | 1.6 km | 1233 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 20:41 | 30.8 km | 1233 km |
| 1.4 | 02.08.2026 18:15 | 44.7 km | 1214 km |
| 2.0 | 02.08.2026 15:12 | -3.4 km | 1199 km |
| 1.9 | 02.08.2026 09:39 | 8.2 km | 1215 km |
| 1.9 | 02.08.2026 09:20 | 32.1 km | 1232 km |
| 1.7 | 02.08.2026 08:57 | 28.1 km | 1233 km |
| 1.9 | 02.08.2026 08:15 | 38.3 km | 1218 km |
| 1.6 | 02.08.2026 07:55 | 40.1 km | 1236 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 06:30 | 8.2 km | 1273 km |
| 1.8 | 02.08.2026 03:15 | 0.9 km | 1252 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 00:43 | 21.2 km | 1249 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 23:08 | 30.5 km | 1238 km |
| 2.5 | 01.08.2026 21:40 | 12.3 km | 1251 km |
| 2.0 | 01.08.2026 18:44 | 40.8 km | 1253 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 14:25 | 29.4 km | 1245 km |
| 2.0 | 01.08.2026 14:09 | 1.8 km | 1277 km |
| 1.9 | 01.08.2026 13:34 | 31.1 km | 1233 km |
| 1.9 | 01.08.2026 13:12 | 31.8 km | 1248 km |
| 2.4 | 01.08.2026 10:46 | 38.1 km | 1247 km |
| 1.5 | 01.08.2026 02:40 | 5.9 km | 1251 km |
| 1.9 | 31.07.2026 19:47 | 28.6 km | 1234 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 18:09 | 31.6 km | 1244 km |
| 1.9 | 31.07.2026 17:55 | 28 km | 1233 km |
| 1.8 | 31.07.2026 15:46 | 29.9 km | 1235 km |
| 1.9 | 31.07.2026 15:10 | 32.3 km | 1243 km |
| 2.2 | 31.07.2026 14:53 | 32.4 km | 1243 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 14:08 | 28.6 km | 1233 km |
| 2.4 | 31.07.2026 11:36 | 30.7 km | 1243 km |
| 1.8 | 31.07.2026 09:12 | 31.2 km | 1253 km |
| 1.8 | 31.07.2026 06:34 | 31.6 km | 1232 km |
| 1.8 | 31.07.2026 06:24 | 32.3 km | 1235 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 03:14 | 29.7 km | 1242 km |
| 1.7 | 30.07.2026 18:22 | 7.5 km | 1230 km |
| 1.7 | 30.07.2026 17:29 | 33.2 km | 1235 km |
| 1.9 | 30.07.2026 10:43 | 32.9 km | 1231 km |
| 2.1 | 30.07.2026 08:29 | 30.2 km | 1233 km |
| 2.1 | 30.07.2026 04:10 | 41.6 km | 1275 km |
| 1.8 | 29.07.2026 22:56 | 4.6 km | 1226 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 21:01 | 5.9 km | 1182 km |
| 2.0 | 29.07.2026 19:13 | 5.3 km | 1253 km |
| 1.7 | 29.07.2026 18:51 | 33 km | 1251 km |
| 1.8 | 29.07.2026 18:03 | 2 km | 1229 km |
| 3.0 | 29.07.2026 16:56 | 34 km | 1249 km |
| 1.8 | 29.07.2026 15:31 | 29.6 km | 1244 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.