2.3
2,741
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1904–2026
record span
1.68
mean magnitude
2,331
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 | 26.07.1945 10:32 | 35 km | 168 km |
| 5.2 | 09.08.2020 12:07 | 10 km | 179 km |
| 5.2 | 21.02.1916 23:39 | — | 239 km |
| 4.7 | 30.11.1973 07:48 | 3 km | 376 km |
| 4.5 | 03.11.1928 04:02 | 5 km | 285 km |
| 4.3 | 03.02.1972 23:11 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 4.3 | 01.01.1913 18:28 | — | 179 km |
| 4.3 | 02.01.1954 03:25 | — | 379 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.1974 08:52 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 4.2 | 27.03.1987 07:29 | 19.5 km | 395 km |
| 4.1 | 10.05.2025 13:04 | 21.8 km | 374 km |
| 4.1 | 15.02.2014 03:23 | 8.2 km | 259 km |
| 4.1 | 28.03.1913 21:50 | — | 363 km |
| 4.1 | 07.09.1956 13:35 | 5 km | 380 km |
| 4.0 | 05.03.1904 00:30 | — | 333 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 30.07.2026 10:34 | 12.9 km | 408 km |
| 2.4 | 30.07.2026 10:30 | 13.9 km | 409 km |
| 2.3 | 29.07.2026 15:01 | 2.5 km | 414 km |
| 1.5 | 27.07.2026 02:21 | 13.3 km | 406 km |
| 1.4 | 21.07.2026 06:25 | 1.2 km | 163 km |
| 2.0 | 18.07.2026 00:07 | 16.7 km | 400 km |
| 2.4 | 17.07.2026 21:43 | 17.3 km | 400 km |
| 2.2 | 09.07.2026 06:41 | 2.8 km | 351 km |
| 1.5 | 08.07.2026 01:03 | 18.9 km | 382 km |
| 2.0 | 07.07.2026 11:41 | 7.5 km | 397 km |
| 2.0 | 06.07.2026 09:49 | 17.7 km | 368 km |
| 2.1 | 06.07.2026 06:18 | 5.2 km | 305 km |
| 2.1 | 05.07.2026 03:05 | 0.1 km | 311 km |
| 1.9 | 04.07.2026 23:16 | 4.6 km | 161 km |
| 1.6 | 01.07.2026 10:10 | 6.1 km | 280 km |
| 2.1 | 29.06.2026 02:15 | 3.8 km | 182 km |
| 2.2 | 28.06.2026 14:56 | 4.4 km | 141 km |
| 1.8 | 21.06.2026 14:08 | 4.6 km | 273 km |
| 1.9 | 21.06.2026 02:00 | 5.5 km | 366 km |
| 2.0 | 13.06.2026 00:06 | 5.2 km | 274 km |
| 1.8 | 12.06.2026 19:15 | 16.8 km | 394 km |
| 2.1 | 12.06.2026 03:48 | 4.9 km | 273 km |
| 1.7 | 08.06.2026 10:36 | 5.3 km | 241 km |
| 2.4 | 08.06.2026 07:02 | 12.4 km | 416 km |
| 2.3 | 08.06.2026 02:48 | 18.9 km | 390 km |
| 1.9 | 03.06.2026 06:58 | 10.5 km | 150 km |
| 1.9 | 02.06.2026 03:42 | 4.4 km | 274 km |
| 1.8 | 30.05.2026 17:00 | 7.1 km | 387 km |
| 2.4 | 30.05.2026 16:58 | 8.7 km | 388 km |
| 1.9 | 29.05.2026 22:22 | 1.6 km | 181 km |
| 1.8 | 29.05.2026 22:05 | 6.8 km | 182 km |
| 1.9 | 28.05.2026 08:20 | 6.9 km | 265 km |
| 1.7 | 25.05.2026 23:41 | 15.8 km | 381 km |
| 1.9 | 22.05.2026 15:41 | 17.7 km | 164 km |
| 1.9 | 16.05.2026 08:39 | 4.2 km | 241 km |
| 2.1 | 16.05.2026 01:47 | 2.1 km | 273 km |
| 2.0 | 10.05.2026 08:24 | 14.4 km | 380 km |
| 2.2 | 10.05.2026 07:54 | 14.8 km | 380 km |
| 2.4 | 09.05.2026 08:01 | 3 km | 148 km |
| 2.3 | 08.05.2026 11:25 | 7.2 km | 146 km |
| 2.2 | 07.05.2026 04:26 | 4.9 km | 372 km |
| 1.9 | 03.05.2026 16:51 | 0.2 km | 273 km |
| 1.8 | 29.04.2026 12:24 | 7.9 km | 401 km |
| 1.3 | 28.04.2026 23:59 | 10 km | 410 km |
| 2.3 | 28.04.2026 16:26 | 23.6 km | 339 km |
| 1.3 | 28.04.2026 08:39 | 3.1 km | 140 km |
| 1.7 | 21.04.2026 10:24 | 1.8 km | 146 km |
| 2.3 | 21.04.2026 09:18 | 5.5 km | 148 km |
| 2.1 | 21.04.2026 02:43 | 23.4 km | 418 km |
| 2.0 | 20.04.2026 11:50 | 3.6 km | 69 km |
| 2.5 | 20.04.2026 05:58 | 4.6 km | 423 km |
| 1.7 | 17.04.2026 14:24 | 2.3 km | 70 km |
| 1.6 | 17.04.2026 13:27 | 0.1 km | 70 km |
| 2.4 | 17.04.2026 11:06 | 0.1 km | 70 km |
| 1.9 | 17.04.2026 00:45 | 0.1 km | 70 km |
| 1.9 | 16.04.2026 19:43 | 1 km | 70 km |
| 2.3 | 05.04.2026 18:46 | 0.1 km | 69 km |
| 2.2 | 05.04.2026 18:15 | 0.2 km | 70 km |
| 1.8 | 30.03.2026 08:11 | 7 km | 327 km |
| 2.2 | 24.03.2026 03:13 | 0.2 km | 311 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.