0.9
85,412
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1909–2026
record span
1.11
mean magnitude
77,312
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 | 238 km |
| 6.9 | 28.10.1983 14:06 | 12.5 km | 408 km |
| 6.9 | 28.06.1925 01:21 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 6.5 | 31.03.2020 23:52 | 10.5 km | 461 km |
| 6.4 | 18.08.1959 15:26 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 6.4 | 28.06.1925 02:05 | — | 131 km |
| 6.2 | 23.11.1947 09:46 | 35 km | 252 km |
| 6.2 | 19.10.1935 04:48 | 35 km | 150 km |
| 6.1 | 12.07.1944 19:30 | 35 km | 482 km |
| 6.0 | 31.10.1935 18:37 | 35 km | 151 km |
| 5.9 | 12.10.1935 07:50 | 5 km | 150 km |
| 5.9 | 30.06.1975 18:54 | 4 km | 225 km |
| 5.8 | 06.07.2017 06:30 | 12.1 km | 190 km |
| 5.8 | 19.08.1959 04:04 | 15 km | 242 km |
| 5.6 | 26.07.2005 04:08 | 11.4 km | 241 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9 | 03.08.2026 17:35 | 5.2 km | 261 km |
| 1.4 | 03.08.2026 05:40 | 5 km | 235 km |
| 1.1 | 03.08.2026 05:38 | 3.6 km | 236 km |
| 0.9 | 03.08.2026 03:55 | 6.5 km | 234 km |
| 1.2 | 01.08.2026 22:37 | 10.9 km | 227 km |
| 0.9 | 01.08.2026 22:28 | 11.6 km | 227 km |
| 0.8 | 01.08.2026 22:24 | 11.6 km | 228 km |
| 1.3 | 01.08.2026 19:22 | 5.2 km | 233 km |
| 0.5 | 01.08.2026 17:20 | 2.5 km | 234 km |
| 0.5 | 01.08.2026 15:57 | 7.7 km | 225 km |
| 1.1 | 01.08.2026 10:54 | 2.2 km | 166 km |
| 0.5 | 01.08.2026 07:44 | 2.2 km | 224 km |
| 0.3 | 31.07.2026 23:09 | 3.8 km | 238 km |
| 0.2 | 31.07.2026 10:22 | 4.7 km | 219 km |
| 0.7 | 31.07.2026 10:13 | 5 km | 174 km |
| 0.3 | 31.07.2026 06:34 | 5.7 km | 241 km |
| 1.0 | 31.07.2026 06:21 | 7.5 km | 241 km |
| 1.4 | 31.07.2026 06:18 | 7.2 km | 240 km |
| 0.8 | 31.07.2026 05:36 | 7 km | 240 km |
| 0.7 | 31.07.2026 03:49 | 0.5 km | 203 km |
| 0.3 | 31.07.2026 03:37 | 4.5 km | 240 km |
| 0.3 | 31.07.2026 03:37 | 4.8 km | 240 km |
| 1.5 | 31.07.2026 03:21 | 5.4 km | 240 km |
| 0.6 | 31.07.2026 03:14 | 5.6 km | 240 km |
| 0.1 | 31.07.2026 03:11 | 5.5 km | 241 km |
| 0.2 | 30.07.2026 22:30 | 10.7 km | 232 km |
| 1.7 | 29.07.2026 18:27 | 5.8 km | 150 km |
| 0.6 | 29.07.2026 16:08 | 6 km | 224 km |
| 0.8 | 29.07.2026 09:02 | 6.9 km | 236 km |
| 0.2 | 29.07.2026 08:52 | 8.6 km | 235 km |
| 0.8 | 29.07.2026 00:51 | 11.1 km | 254 km |
| 1.4 | 28.07.2026 21:40 | -2 km | 223 km |
| 1.8 | 28.07.2026 19:02 | -2 km | 198 km |
| -0.1 | 28.07.2026 15:26 | 9.1 km | 227 km |
| -0.1 | 28.07.2026 12:38 | 5.5 km | 224 km |
| 1.2 | 28.07.2026 07:51 | 5.4 km | 192 km |
| 0.3 | 28.07.2026 03:04 | 12.1 km | 243 km |
| 1.4 | 27.07.2026 22:18 | 2 km | 463 km |
| 2.0 | 27.07.2026 20:37 | 13.5 km | 224 km |
| 1.0 | 27.07.2026 20:17 | -2 km | 237 km |
| -0.6 | 27.07.2026 11:21 | 8 km | 309 km |
| -0.1 | 27.07.2026 04:20 | 4.9 km | 174 km |
| 1.4 | 27.07.2026 03:40 | 14.7 km | 246 km |
| -0.2 | 26.07.2026 16:30 | 14.1 km | 301 km |
| 0.2 | 26.07.2026 09:29 | 5 km | 175 km |
| 0.7 | 25.07.2026 19:42 | 4.7 km | 230 km |
| 1.3 | 25.07.2026 18:45 | -2 km | 237 km |
| 0.1 | 25.07.2026 15:53 | 9 km | 234 km |
| 0.3 | 25.07.2026 11:49 | 4.9 km | 175 km |
| 0.5 | 24.07.2026 16:28 | 20 km | 118 km |
| 0.7 | 24.07.2026 16:17 | 5 km | 244 km |
| 1.6 | 24.07.2026 12:00 | 8.9 km | 226 km |
| -0.2 | 24.07.2026 11:16 | 2.7 km | 234 km |
| 0.4 | 24.07.2026 06:53 | 4.9 km | 278 km |
| 1.7 | 24.07.2026 04:08 | 1.4 km | 173 km |
| 1.3 | 23.07.2026 21:55 | 7 km | 224 km |
| 1.9 | 23.07.2026 19:24 | 7.1 km | 224 km |
| 1.1 | 23.07.2026 13:04 | 3 km | 108 km |
| 1.1 | 23.07.2026 10:04 | 11.7 km | 190 km |
| 0.6 | 23.07.2026 04:57 | 13.7 km | 240 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.