2.2
72,562
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1905–2026
record span
1.19
mean magnitude
48,958
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 18.08.1959 06:37 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 6.9 | 28.10.1983 14:06 | 12.5 km | 160 km |
| 6.9 | 28.06.1925 01:21 | 15 km | 234 km |
| 6.5 | 12.03.1934 15:05 | 10 km | 470 km |
| 6.5 | 31.03.2020 23:52 | 10.5 km | 142 km |
| 6.4 | 18.08.1959 15:26 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 6.4 | 28.06.1925 02:05 | — | 215 km |
| 6.2 | 23.11.1947 09:46 | 35 km | 204 km |
| 6.2 | 19.10.1935 04:48 | 35 km | 207 km |
| 6.1 | 12.07.1944 19:30 | 35 km | 154 km |
| 6.0 | 21.02.2008 14:16 | 8.9 km | 488 km |
| 6.0 | 31.10.1935 18:37 | 35 km | 200 km |
| 6.0 | 12.03.1934 18:20 | 35 km | 436 km |
| 5.9 | 28.03.1975 02:31 | 1.4 km | 406 km |
| 5.9 | 12.10.1935 07:50 | 5 km | 207 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | 03.08.2026 15:52 | 2.7 km | 404 km |
| 1.2 | 01.08.2026 22:37 | 10.9 km | 262 km |
| 0.9 | 01.08.2026 22:28 | 11.6 km | 261 km |
| 0.8 | 01.08.2026 22:24 | 11.6 km | 261 km |
| 0.5 | 01.08.2026 15:57 | 7.7 km | 257 km |
| 1.1 | 01.08.2026 10:54 | 2.2 km | 197 km |
| 0.3 | 31.07.2026 23:09 | 3.8 km | 218 km |
| 0.7 | 31.07.2026 10:13 | 5 km | 193 km |
| 0.7 | 31.07.2026 03:49 | 0.5 km | 145 km |
| 0.2 | 30.07.2026 22:30 | 10.7 km | 244 km |
| 2.3 | 30.07.2026 19:59 | -0.8 km | 272 km |
| 1.7 | 29.07.2026 18:27 | 5.8 km | 204 km |
| 1.4 | 28.07.2026 21:40 | -2 km | 191 km |
| 1.8 | 28.07.2026 19:02 | -2 km | 143 km |
| -0.1 | 28.07.2026 15:26 | 9.1 km | 249 km |
| -0.1 | 28.07.2026 12:38 | 5.5 km | 243 km |
| 1.5 | 28.07.2026 08:40 | 10.2 km | 407 km |
| 1.2 | 28.07.2026 07:51 | 5.4 km | 159 km |
| 0.3 | 28.07.2026 03:04 | 12.1 km | 204 km |
| 2.1 | 27.07.2026 22:59 | -0.8 km | 314 km |
| 1.4 | 27.07.2026 22:18 | 2 km | 266 km |
| 1.0 | 27.07.2026 20:17 | -2 km | 145 km |
| -0.6 | 27.07.2026 11:21 | 8 km | 248 km |
| 1.9 | 27.07.2026 07:54 | 10.3 km | 162 km |
| -0.1 | 27.07.2026 04:20 | 4.9 km | 193 km |
| 1.4 | 27.07.2026 03:40 | 14.7 km | 220 km |
| -0.2 | 26.07.2026 16:30 | 14.1 km | 224 km |
| 0.2 | 26.07.2026 09:29 | 5 km | 193 km |
| 0.7 | 25.07.2026 19:42 | 4.7 km | 191 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2026 18:45 | -2 km | 145 km |
| 0.1 | 25.07.2026 15:53 | 9 km | 218 km |
| 0.3 | 25.07.2026 11:49 | 4.9 km | 192 km |
| 0.5 | 24.07.2026 16:28 | 20 km | 248 km |
| 0.7 | 24.07.2026 16:17 | 5 km | 139 km |
| 1.6 | 24.07.2026 12:00 | 8.9 km | 194 km |
| -0.2 | 24.07.2026 11:16 | 2.7 km | 242 km |
| 0.4 | 24.07.2026 06:53 | 4.9 km | 187 km |
| 1.7 | 24.07.2026 04:08 | 1.4 km | 194 km |
| 1.3 | 23.07.2026 21:55 | 7 km | 195 km |
| 1.1 | 23.07.2026 13:04 | 3 km | 245 km |
| 1.1 | 23.07.2026 10:04 | 11.7 km | 197 km |
| 0.6 | 23.07.2026 04:57 | 13.7 km | 214 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 04:11 | -2.1 km | 407 km |
| 3.2 | 23.07.2026 03:12 | 5.2 km | 409 km |
| 1.3 | 22.07.2026 23:53 | 2.8 km | 124 km |
| 0.7 | 22.07.2026 16:15 | 15 km | 250 km |
| 2.0 | 22.07.2026 15:59 | 15.7 km | 249 km |
| 0.9 | 22.07.2026 14:53 | 12.9 km | 251 km |
| 0.8 | 22.07.2026 14:52 | 12.8 km | 250 km |
| 1.9 | 22.07.2026 12:39 | 6.3 km | 410 km |
| 1.4 | 22.07.2026 12:27 | 11.7 km | 161 km |
| 1.1 | 22.07.2026 10:06 | 15.1 km | 203 km |
| 1.3 | 22.07.2026 06:20 | 4.1 km | 246 km |
| 3.0 | 22.07.2026 06:09 | -1.9 km | 408 km |
| 0.4 | 21.07.2026 19:15 | 8.7 km | 234 km |
| 1.3 | 21.07.2026 14:18 | -2.6 km | 133 km |
| 1.1 | 21.07.2026 11:02 | 7.6 km | 258 km |
| -0.4 | 21.07.2026 09:48 | 7.9 km | 241 km |
| 1.1 | 21.07.2026 04:57 | 4.3 km | 217 km |
| 0.1 | 21.07.2026 02:25 | 10.8 km | 221 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.