1.6
1,312
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1903–2026
record span
1.76
mean magnitude
1,180
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 | 05.09.1944 04:38 | 35 km | 238 km |
| 5.6 | 24.12.1940 13:43 | 35 km | 389 km |
| 5.6 | 20.12.1940 07:27 | 35 km | 368 km |
| 5.2 | 13.02.1964 19:46 | 15 km | 318 km |
| 5.1 | 20.04.2002 10:50 | 8.7 km | 258 km |
| 5.1 | 10.02.1914 18:31 | — | 259 km |
| 5.0 | 10.04.1962 14:30 | 24 km | 274 km |
| 4.9 | 07.10.1983 10:18 | 9.2 km | 181 km |
| 4.7 | 05.04.2024 14:23 | 1 km | 238 km |
| 4.7 | 20.04.1931 19:54 | 5 km | 184 km |
| 4.7 | 12.08.1929 11:24 | 9 km | 213 km |
| 4.5 | 16.01.1994 01:49 | 7 km | 272 km |
| 4.5 | 19.01.1982 00:14 | 6 km | 352 km |
| 4.5 | 05.09.1944 08:51 | 1 km | 267 km |
| 4.5 | 15.04.1934 02:58 | — | 272 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 26.07.2026 04:39 | 6.7 km | 264 km |
| 1.3 | 12.07.2026 09:15 | 6.8 km | 302 km |
| 1.2 | 06.07.2026 06:00 | 3.2 km | 208 km |
| 0.7 | 28.06.2026 07:00 | 9.7 km | 257 km |
| 1.2 | 26.06.2026 07:51 | 14.4 km | 322 km |
| 1.4 | 18.06.2026 03:54 | 5 km | 336 km |
| 1.6 | 07.06.2026 04:32 | 3.2 km | 211 km |
| 1.5 | 01.06.2026 11:27 | 7.4 km | 257 km |
| 1.2 | 31.05.2026 11:56 | 9 km | 238 km |
| 1.8 | 19.05.2026 17:30 | 5 km | 243 km |
| 2.3 | 14.05.2026 00:27 | 6 km | 140 km |
| 1.5 | 03.05.2026 08:51 | 2.8 km | 337 km |
| 1.3 | 03.05.2026 08:50 | 5 km | 337 km |
| 2.5 | 26.04.2026 01:59 | 2.2 km | 115 km |
| 1.0 | 23.04.2026 02:10 | 5 km | 248 km |
| 1.4 | 13.04.2026 06:07 | 5 km | 353 km |
| 1.6 | 08.04.2026 17:41 | 4 km | 269 km |
| 1.8 | 05.04.2026 22:21 | 6.9 km | 120 km |
| 2.7 | 21.03.2026 13:08 | 8.9 km | 120 km |
| 1.4 | 21.03.2026 07:19 | 5 km | 154 km |
| 1.5 | 17.03.2026 18:30 | 5 km | 316 km |
| 1.9 | 15.03.2026 12:26 | 8.3 km | 310 km |
| 2.2 | 15.03.2026 12:21 | 7.1 km | 309 km |
| 1.4 | 12.03.2026 11:44 | 10.1 km | 241 km |
| 2.2 | 10.03.2026 14:17 | 10.4 km | 250 km |
| 1.3 | 09.03.2026 01:04 | 8.4 km | 250 km |
| 1.7 | 02.03.2026 03:10 | 5 km | 388 km |
| 1.4 | 27.02.2026 03:25 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 2.0 | 16.02.2026 00:50 | 7.4 km | 271 km |
| 1.5 | 13.02.2026 20:40 | 5 km | 239 km |
| 1.9 | 31.01.2026 06:09 | 6.9 km | 332 km |
| 1.5 | 31.01.2026 04:55 | 9.7 km | 338 km |
| 2.4 | 30.01.2026 20:42 | 7.5 km | 249 km |
| 1.5 | 29.01.2026 05:30 | 7 km | 210 km |
| 3.7 | 28.01.2026 03:59 | 5 km | 336 km |
| 1.8 | 28.01.2026 02:06 | 5 km | 116 km |
| 2.1 | 27.01.2026 09:39 | 3.2 km | 114 km |
| 1.8 | 27.01.2026 07:52 | 5 km | 112 km |
| 1.8 | 22.01.2026 17:10 | 5 km | 340 km |
| 1.9 | 07.01.2026 22:36 | 5 km | 308 km |
| 2.0 | 27.12.2025 15:52 | 8.3 km | 156 km |
| 1.9 | 27.12.2025 01:00 | 5 km | 282 km |
| 1.4 | 23.12.2025 08:24 | 5 km | 220 km |
| 1.5 | 10.12.2025 08:50 | 6.3 km | 328 km |
| 1.5 | 02.12.2025 00:39 | 5 km | 241 km |
| 1.6 | 02.12.2025 00:16 | 5 km | 251 km |
| 1.8 | 22.11.2025 06:57 | 9.3 km | 160 km |
| 1.8 | 22.11.2025 04:22 | 7.2 km | 245 km |
| 1.9 | 11.11.2025 13:55 | 6.6 km | 341 km |
| 2.3 | 10.11.2025 08:12 | 8.3 km | 345 km |
| 1.8 | 02.11.2025 01:06 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 2.2 | 22.10.2025 23:19 | 7.8 km | 131 km |
| 1.6 | 20.10.2025 18:46 | 6.2 km | 243 km |
| 1.6 | 14.10.2025 04:53 | 3.2 km | 134 km |
| 2.7 | 14.10.2025 03:39 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 1.6 | 05.10.2025 01:46 | 5.8 km | 124 km |
| 1.5 | 05.10.2025 01:44 | 5 km | 123 km |
| 1.0 | 25.09.2025 02:52 | 4.8 km | 207 km |
| 1.8 | 22.09.2025 06:35 | 7.7 km | 90 km |
| 1.2 | 01.09.2025 09:18 | 11.7 km | 273 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.