1.8
45,535
recorded earthquakes
M5.7
largest
1917–2026
record span
1.34
mean magnitude
43,691
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | 03.09.2016 12:02 | 4.7 km | 206 km |
| 5.7 | 06.11.2011 03:53 | 7.5 km | 180 km |
| 5.1 | 13.02.2016 17:07 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 5.1 | 03.02.2024 05:24 | 10.5 km | 179 km |
| 5.0 | 08.11.2011 02:46 | 2.7 km | 177 km |
| 5.0 | 07.11.2016 01:44 | 6.6 km | 192 km |
| 5.0 | 05.11.2011 07:12 | 6.2 km | 182 km |
| 5.0 | 18.03.1979 23:19 | 5 km | 179 km |
| 4.9 | 30.11.2015 09:49 | 10.6 km | 175 km |
| 4.9 | 30.07.1925 12:17 | — | 234 km |
| 4.8 | 23.07.2026 10:21 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 4.8 | 19.11.2015 07:42 | 10.8 km | 155 km |
| 4.8 | 27.07.2015 18:12 | 9.6 km | 132 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2016 04:27 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.8 | 09.04.2018 10:22 | 10 km | 149 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 04.08.2026 00:15 | 5.8 km | 77 km |
| 1.0 | 03.08.2026 02:28 | 6.4 km | 82 km |
| 1.6 | 02.08.2026 21:22 | 14.6 km | 130 km |
| 0.8 | 02.08.2026 16:06 | 10.3 km | 78 km |
| 0.6 | 02.08.2026 11:01 | 9 km | 78 km |
| 1.4 | 02.08.2026 10:08 | 9.7 km | 80 km |
| 0.6 | 01.08.2026 06:08 | 7.8 km | 195 km |
| 0.9 | 01.08.2026 00:53 | 8.9 km | 83 km |
| 1.5 | 31.07.2026 19:00 | 0 km | 333 km |
| 1.3 | 31.07.2026 18:41 | 0 km | 243 km |
| 1.3 | 31.07.2026 17:09 | 0 km | 281 km |
| 1.4 | 31.07.2026 12:49 | 7.7 km | 85 km |
| 1.1 | 31.07.2026 04:36 | 6.9 km | 148 km |
| 0.3 | 30.07.2026 22:30 | 10.6 km | 80 km |
| 1.4 | 30.07.2026 21:24 | 0 km | 280 km |
| 1.0 | 30.07.2026 19:58 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 1.3 | 30.07.2026 18:43 | 0 km | 327 km |
| 1.7 | 30.07.2026 17:16 | 0 km | 304 km |
| 1.3 | 30.07.2026 16:15 | 0 km | 280 km |
| 0.3 | 30.07.2026 08:10 | 7.5 km | 81 km |
| 1.3 | 29.07.2026 23:30 | 19.8 km | 107 km |
| 0.8 | 29.07.2026 22:49 | 6.3 km | 181 km |
| 1.2 | 29.07.2026 21:56 | 7.7 km | 85 km |
| 1.2 | 29.07.2026 18:03 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 0.9 | 29.07.2026 17:57 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 1.4 | 29.07.2026 16:47 | 0 km | 162 km |
| 0.1 | 29.07.2026 16:08 | 6 km | 82 km |
| 1.2 | 29.07.2026 15:50 | 0 km | 331 km |
| 1.9 | 29.07.2026 09:14 | 17.5 km | 153 km |
| 0.5 | 29.07.2026 03:09 | 8 km | 83 km |
| 0.6 | 28.07.2026 20:13 | 7.7 km | 84 km |
| 1.3 | 28.07.2026 18:52 | 0 km | 197 km |
| 1.2 | 28.07.2026 18:40 | 0 km | 190 km |
| 1.5 | 28.07.2026 14:33 | 0 km | 282 km |
| 0.8 | 28.07.2026 04:18 | 7.8 km | 85 km |
| 0.8 | 28.07.2026 01:20 | 7.5 km | 83 km |
| 1.1 | 27.07.2026 22:11 | 0 km | 165 km |
| 1.0 | 27.07.2026 10:32 | 21.9 km | 246 km |
| 1.8 | 27.07.2026 10:01 | 20.4 km | 108 km |
| 1.0 | 27.07.2026 04:32 | 7.3 km | 151 km |
| 0.7 | 27.07.2026 02:56 | 11 km | 77 km |
| 0.3 | 27.07.2026 00:52 | 8.2 km | 82 km |
| 1.2 | 26.07.2026 22:00 | 7.7 km | 126 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2026 17:26 | 6.8 km | 245 km |
| 0.7 | 26.07.2026 16:49 | 5.2 km | 149 km |
| 1.0 | 26.07.2026 14:35 | 5.3 km | 249 km |
| 1.9 | 26.07.2026 13:17 | 21.3 km | 109 km |
| 1.0 | 26.07.2026 10:20 | 4.4 km | 107 km |
| 0.5 | 26.07.2026 09:09 | 11 km | 78 km |
| 0.6 | 26.07.2026 06:30 | 7.5 km | 80 km |
| 0.1 | 25.07.2026 22:30 | 9.7 km | 78 km |
| 1.2 | 25.07.2026 22:23 | 7.2 km | 82 km |
| 0.9 | 25.07.2026 22:18 | 7.3 km | 81 km |
| 0.7 | 25.07.2026 12:35 | 6.9 km | 84 km |
| 0.4 | 25.07.2026 05:42 | 7.2 km | 81 km |
| 0.4 | 25.07.2026 05:16 | 7.2 km | 80 km |
| 1.1 | 24.07.2026 22:18 | 0 km | 235 km |
| 1.2 | 24.07.2026 20:23 | 0 km | 328 km |
| 0.9 | 24.07.2026 20:02 | 7 km | 82 km |
| 1.8 | 24.07.2026 19:57 | 21.4 km | 107 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.