5.0
2,769
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.65
mean magnitude
758
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 17.12.2024 01:53 | 34.7 km | 181 km |
| 7.9 | 13.05.1903 06:34 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 7.6 | 11.08.1965 22:31 | 34.7 km | 94 km |
| 7.6 | 20.05.1965 00:40 | 50 km | 112 km |
| 7.4 | 26.11.1999 13:21 | 31.1 km | 110 km |
| 7.4 | 13.08.1965 12:40 | 27 km | 111 km |
| 7.3 | 09.11.1910 06:02 | 20 km | 148 km |
| 7.3 | 30.03.2026 08:44 | 120 km | 57 km |
| 7.3 | 28.12.1973 13:41 | 15.1 km | 193 km |
| 7.3 | 11.10.1907 14:28 | 0 km | 116 km |
| 7.3 | 10.04.1909 05:23 | 0 km | 116 km |
| 7.3 | 04.02.1910 14:00 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 7.2 | 11.08.1965 03:40 | 18.7 km | 110 km |
| 7.2 | 06.08.1912 21:11 | 260 km | 193 km |
| 7.2 | 22.11.1911 23:05 | 200 km | 121 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 27.07.2026 20:10 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 4.7 | 24.07.2026 14:28 | 165 km | 45 km |
| 5.1 | 22.07.2026 21:42 | 10 km | 80 km |
| 3.6 | 16.07.2026 15:19 | 139.7 km | 42 km |
| 3.8 | 03.07.2026 03:36 | 115.5 km | 32 km |
| 3.6 | 01.07.2026 17:29 | 136.7 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 12.06.2026 01:53 | 133.7 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 09.06.2026 09:45 | 197.7 km | 26 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2026 11:43 | 278 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 17.05.2026 13:49 | 108.1 km | 28 km |
| 3.6 | 06.05.2026 10:44 | 110 km | 49 km |
| 5.0 | 22.04.2026 13:20 | 116.8 km | 37 km |
| 4.0 | 19.04.2026 05:47 | 0 km | 29 km |
| 4.1 | 13.04.2026 00:27 | 121.4 km | 49 km |
| 3.6 | 11.04.2026 15:52 | 142.1 km | 45 km |
| 4.3 | 06.04.2026 08:19 | 160.9 km | 40 km |
| 3.7 | 04.04.2026 17:10 | 126.8 km | 47 km |
| 3.8 | 30.03.2026 19:58 | 128.4 km | 29 km |
| 3.8 | 30.03.2026 10:59 | 114.4 km | 44 km |
| 4.3 | 30.03.2026 10:18 | 127.3 km | 50 km |
| 3.8 | 30.03.2026 10:01 | 117.4 km | 41 km |
| 3.7 | 30.03.2026 09:34 | 121.5 km | 41 km |
| 4.3 | 30.03.2026 09:02 | 139.8 km | 54 km |
| 7.3 | 30.03.2026 08:44 | 120 km | 57 km |
| 5.4 | 30.03.2026 08:44 | 117.7 km | 54 km |
| 4.1 | 25.03.2026 14:50 | 124.7 km | 28 km |
| 5.8 | 21.03.2026 03:20 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 3.9 | 10.03.2026 09:51 | 119.6 km | 45 km |
| 3.7 | 06.03.2026 01:02 | 134.7 km | 36 km |
| 4.0 | 05.03.2026 12:50 | 67.5 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 23.02.2026 03:12 | 173.4 km | 87 km |
| 4.2 | 10.02.2026 20:02 | 122.7 km | 26 km |
| 3.4 | 07.02.2026 14:55 | 144.8 km | 44 km |
| 3.8 | 21.01.2026 07:39 | 117.2 km | 51 km |
| 5.2 | 21.01.2026 00:27 | 10 km | 31 km |
| 3.6 | 20.01.2026 19:44 | 0 km | 38 km |
| 3.7 | 14.01.2026 21:12 | 182 km | 14 km |
| 4.3 | 13.01.2026 10:43 | 126.3 km | 58 km |
| 4.0 | 26.12.2025 05:47 | 240.8 km | 56 km |
| 5.2 | 23.12.2025 20:41 | 165.5 km | 110 km |
| 3.7 | 12.12.2025 09:03 | 154.2 km | 60 km |
| 3.9 | 22.11.2025 20:52 | 68.7 km | 72 km |
| 3.9 | 19.11.2025 22:39 | 198.4 km | 21 km |
| 3.6 | 18.11.2025 23:22 | 136.3 km | 51 km |
| 5.7 | 14.11.2025 12:10 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 3.9 | 10.11.2025 05:18 | 120.5 km | 60 km |
| 4.0 | 18.10.2025 10:23 | 0 km | 53 km |
| 3.7 | 12.10.2025 00:11 | 123.5 km | 81 km |
| 4.8 | 09.10.2025 20:08 | 144.5 km | 51 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2025 08:19 | 152.6 km | 81 km |
| 5.6 | 07.10.2025 22:36 | 10 km | 26 km |
| 4.9 | 02.10.2025 14:00 | 157 km | 59 km |
| 4.6 | 26.09.2025 02:41 | 146 km | 40 km |
| 5.0 | 12.09.2025 06:05 | 0 km | 125 km |
| 5.0 | 11.09.2025 15:43 | 0 km | 115 km |
| 5.0 | 17.08.2025 05:06 | 97.6 km | 87 km |
| 4.5 | 10.08.2025 03:25 | 0 km | 59 km |
| 4.7 | 08.08.2025 12:41 | 127.7 km | 56 km |
| 4.6 | 08.08.2025 05:34 | 140.1 km | 57 km |
| 4.1 | 02.08.2025 22:51 | 7.2 km | 93 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.