1.4
986
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.00
mean magnitude
880
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 | 109 km |
| 5.2 | 21.02.1916 23:39 | — | 253 km |
| 4.8 | 12.06.1912 10:30 | — | 120 km |
| 4.5 | 05.03.1914 20:05 | — | 235 km |
| 4.4 | 13.03.1964 01:20 | 40 km | 231 km |
| 4.4 | 03.08.1959 06:08 | 1 km | 100 km |
| 4.3 | 03.02.1972 23:11 | 10 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 22.11.1974 05:25 | 12 km | 91 km |
| 4.3 | 01.01.1913 18:28 | — | 148 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.1974 08:52 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 4.2 | 11.11.2002 23:39 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.1914 07:04 | — | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 15.02.2014 03:23 | 8.2 km | 109 km |
| 4.1 | 24.01.1903 01:15 | — | 170 km |
| 4.1 | 21.08.1992 16:31 | 6.5 km | 103 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | 21.07.2026 06:25 | 1.2 km | 161 km |
| 2.1 | 05.07.2026 03:05 | 0.1 km | 286 km |
| 1.6 | 01.07.2026 10:10 | 6.1 km | 238 km |
| 2.1 | 29.06.2026 02:15 | 3.8 km | 137 km |
| 2.2 | 28.06.2026 14:56 | 4.4 km | 64 km |
| 1.9 | 03.06.2026 06:58 | 10.5 km | 99 km |
| 1.9 | 29.05.2026 22:22 | 1.6 km | 136 km |
| 1.8 | 29.05.2026 22:05 | 6.8 km | 136 km |
| 1.9 | 28.05.2026 08:20 | 6.9 km | 130 km |
| 1.9 | 22.05.2026 15:41 | 17.7 km | 65 km |
| 2.1 | 16.05.2026 01:47 | 2.1 km | 160 km |
| 2.4 | 09.05.2026 08:01 | 3 km | 100 km |
| 2.3 | 08.05.2026 11:25 | 7.2 km | 100 km |
| 1.3 | 28.04.2026 08:39 | 3.1 km | 65 km |
| 1.7 | 21.04.2026 10:24 | 1.8 km | 103 km |
| 2.3 | 21.04.2026 09:18 | 5.5 km | 100 km |
| 2.0 | 30.03.2026 20:43 | 6.5 km | 167 km |
| 2.2 | 24.03.2026 03:13 | 0.2 km | 285 km |
| 2.6 | 24.03.2026 00:04 | 0 km | 286 km |
| 2.1 | 19.03.2026 06:32 | 4.5 km | 57 km |
| 2.0 | 13.03.2026 07:48 | 10.5 km | 173 km |
| 2.2 | 01.03.2026 18:55 | 4 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 26.02.2026 17:17 | 0.1 km | 55 km |
| 1.9 | 25.02.2026 15:10 | 0 km | 166 km |
| 1.8 | 16.02.2026 23:44 | 0 km | 55 km |
| 2.0 | 16.02.2026 04:57 | 3.6 km | 56 km |
| 2.8 | 13.02.2026 23:43 | 3.9 km | 56 km |
| 1.8 | 12.02.2026 08:52 | 5.7 km | 108 km |
| 2.5 | 12.02.2026 02:00 | 3.4 km | 108 km |
| 1.6 | 11.02.2026 21:25 | 4.7 km | 107 km |
| 1.6 | 10.02.2026 15:06 | 0.1 km | 249 km |
| 1.6 | 09.02.2026 09:10 | 5.1 km | 107 km |
| 2.9 | 08.02.2026 03:37 | 5.9 km | 107 km |
| 2.2 | 03.02.2026 16:24 | 8.2 km | 103 km |
| 1.7 | 03.02.2026 11:50 | 3.8 km | 246 km |
| 2.1 | 27.01.2026 20:32 | 4.8 km | 66 km |
| 1.7 | 22.01.2026 21:47 | 2.2 km | 249 km |
| 2.7 | 20.01.2026 11:33 | 4.1 km | 63 km |
| 1.9 | 20.01.2026 07:19 | 2.4 km | 247 km |
| 1.9 | 04.01.2026 05:49 | 0 km | 124 km |
| 2.1 | 28.12.2025 17:52 | 1.4 km | 165 km |
| 2.0 | 28.11.2025 14:45 | 3.7 km | 64 km |
| 1.9 | 21.11.2025 10:49 | 5.2 km | 109 km |
| 1.8 | 10.11.2025 04:17 | 7.9 km | 106 km |
| 1.7 | 19.10.2025 00:54 | 0.1 km | 249 km |
| 1.8 | 02.10.2025 02:20 | 0 km | 128 km |
| 1.8 | 29.09.2025 08:08 | 12.8 km | 100 km |
| 2.2 | 26.09.2025 20:19 | 5.5 km | 130 km |
| 2.0 | 24.09.2025 18:03 | 0.5 km | 251 km |
| 1.7 | 20.09.2025 04:46 | 0.1 km | 251 km |
| 2.2 | 17.09.2025 09:12 | 0.1 km | 249 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2025 00:28 | 0 km | 140 km |
| 2.1 | 10.09.2025 18:40 | 0 km | 244 km |
| 2.0 | 27.08.2025 08:23 | 0 km | 128 km |
| 2.4 | 26.08.2025 22:47 | 0.3 km | 129 km |
| 1.7 | 25.08.2025 21:04 | 5.5 km | 129 km |
| 2.0 | 25.08.2025 06:51 | 0 km | 128 km |
| 1.8 | 25.08.2025 02:20 | 0 km | 129 km |
| 1.5 | 24.08.2025 16:56 | 2.8 km | 247 km |
| 2.0 | 23.08.2025 19:19 | 8 km | 130 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.