2.1
25,180
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1906–2026
record span
1.91
mean magnitude
24,077
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 16.08.1931 11:40 | 10 km | 418 km |
| 5.8 | 16.07.1906 19:00 | — | 81 km |
| 5.8 | 15.11.1906 12:15 | — | 81 km |
| 5.5 | 12.07.1906 12:15 | — | 81 km |
| 5.5 | 17.09.1938 17:20 | 35 km | 271 km |
| 5.4 | 08.11.2023 10:27 | 8.8 km | 341 km |
| 5.3 | 23.08.2011 05:46 | 10 km | 347 km |
| 5.3 | 16.11.2022 21:32 | 8.3 km | 339 km |
| 5.3 | 23.01.1966 01:56 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 5.3 | 29.06.2014 04:59 | 11.5 km | 332 km |
| 5.2 | 04.05.2025 01:47 | 8.6 km | 317 km |
| 5.2 | 10.12.1967 19:30 | 0 km | 294 km |
| 5.1 | 05.01.1976 06:23 | 10 km | 275 km |
| 5.0 | 26.03.2020 15:16 | 9.6 km | 330 km |
| 5.0 | 15.02.2025 05:23 | 8.7 km | 328 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 04.08.2026 07:51 | 4.4 km | 320 km |
| 1.1 | 04.08.2026 06:03 | 0 km | 310 km |
| 1.7 | 04.08.2026 01:11 | 6 km | 314 km |
| 1.6 | 04.08.2026 00:37 | 6.5 km | 316 km |
| 1.4 | 04.08.2026 00:36 | 6.6 km | 313 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 22:51 | 7.9 km | 314 km |
| 1.9 | 03.08.2026 22:14 | 3 km | 331 km |
| 1.7 | 03.08.2026 19:43 | 6.6 km | 326 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 19:27 | 6 km | 316 km |
| 1.8 | 03.08.2026 19:11 | 8 km | 340 km |
| 1.2 | 03.08.2026 16:38 | 8.9 km | 313 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 16:17 | 7 km | 312 km |
| 1.5 | 03.08.2026 14:17 | 0 km | 338 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 14:06 | 8.5 km | 315 km |
| 1.5 | 03.08.2026 13:34 | 0 km | 334 km |
| 1.5 | 03.08.2026 12:58 | 2.5 km | 400 km |
| 1.6 | 03.08.2026 09:22 | 4 km | 317 km |
| 1.5 | 03.08.2026 09:18 | 4.3 km | 317 km |
| 1.2 | 03.08.2026 01:08 | 6.5 km | 350 km |
| 1.6 | 02.08.2026 23:58 | 4.9 km | 315 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 19:39 | 6.7 km | 326 km |
| 2.0 | 02.08.2026 17:56 | 6.1 km | 334 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 14:54 | 7.9 km | 322 km |
| 1.1 | 02.08.2026 14:43 | 7.9 km | 316 km |
| 0.8 | 02.08.2026 14:26 | 8.4 km | 313 km |
| 1.1 | 02.08.2026 14:25 | 7.6 km | 313 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 14:04 | 6.1 km | 317 km |
| 1.1 | 02.08.2026 12:22 | 1.9 km | 301 km |
| 1.1 | 02.08.2026 12:05 | 6.3 km | 351 km |
| 1.7 | 02.08.2026 10:03 | 7 km | 351 km |
| 1.2 | 02.08.2026 09:09 | 1.9 km | 351 km |
| 1.3 | 02.08.2026 08:54 | 2.2 km | 351 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 08:01 | 5.5 km | 350 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 07:13 | 6.8 km | 317 km |
| 1.7 | 02.08.2026 06:55 | 5.1 km | 325 km |
| 1.5 | 01.08.2026 23:25 | 6.1 km | 349 km |
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 21:52 | 5.8 km | 341 km |
| 1.6 | 01.08.2026 20:49 | 6.2 km | 318 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 18:06 | 2.1 km | 330 km |
| 1.6 | 01.08.2026 17:24 | 0 km | 339 km |
| 1.7 | 01.08.2026 15:33 | 6.1 km | 317 km |
| 0.8 | 01.08.2026 14:24 | 4.9 km | 341 km |
| 2.1 | 01.08.2026 13:15 | 5.9 km | 315 km |
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 12:29 | 14.9 km | 391 km |
| 1.1 | 01.08.2026 11:05 | 4.2 km | 388 km |
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 10:17 | 0 km | 325 km |
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 10:13 | 0 km | 347 km |
| 2.0 | 01.08.2026 05:50 | 0 km | 404 km |
| 1.5 | 31.07.2026 20:15 | 6.9 km | 318 km |
| 2.3 | 31.07.2026 18:41 | 5.9 km | 316 km |
| 1.4 | 31.07.2026 18:35 | 4.8 km | 354 km |
| 1.2 | 31.07.2026 12:47 | 7.8 km | 314 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 11:18 | 6.1 km | 323 km |
| 1.6 | 31.07.2026 10:30 | 6.1 km | 318 km |
| 1.8 | 31.07.2026 09:12 | 0 km | 373 km |
| 0.1 | 31.07.2026 06:34 | 0 km | 317 km |
| 1.5 | 31.07.2026 06:11 | 5.8 km | 316 km |
| 2.0 | 31.07.2026 04:50 | 3.6 km | 317 km |
| 1.5 | 31.07.2026 04:03 | 6.1 km | 360 km |
| 1.6 | 31.07.2026 03:26 | 6.1 km | 328 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.