3.6
47,597
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.42
mean magnitude
44,249
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | 11.11.1922 04:32 | 70 km | 1925 km |
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 1745 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 1783 km |
| 8.1 | 06.04.1943 16:07 | 35 km | 1772 km |
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 1752 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 1804 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 1787 km |
| 7.7 | 28.12.1966 08:18 | 22.1 km | 1912 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1914 03:36 | 15 km | 1663 km |
| 7.6 | 04.10.1983 18:52 | 28.6 km | 1888 km |
| 7.5 | 04.12.1918 11:47 | 40 km | 1884 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1939 06:22 | 35 km | 1848 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 1801 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 1765 km |
| 7.3 | 18.03.1931 08:02 | 35 km | 1804 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 08.08.2026 18:11 | 34.1 km | 1764 km |
| 4.0 | 08.08.2026 15:36 | 78 km | 1834 km |
| 2.6 | 08.08.2026 04:34 | 35.2 km | 1766 km |
| 3.0 | 08.08.2026 02:08 | 72.8 km | 1820 km |
| 2.9 | 07.08.2026 22:49 | 83.1 km | 1886 km |
| 2.5 | 07.08.2026 19:44 | 12.1 km | 1831 km |
| 3.0 | 07.08.2026 19:01 | 40 km | 1780 km |
| 2.6 | 07.08.2026 14:08 | 39 km | 1787 km |
| 2.6 | 07.08.2026 13:47 | 68.8 km | 1774 km |
| 2.6 | 07.08.2026 13:26 | 29.1 km | 1840 km |
| 2.9 | 07.08.2026 09:50 | 83.2 km | 1814 km |
| 2.8 | 07.08.2026 09:17 | 24.1 km | 1839 km |
| 2.5 | 07.08.2026 06:35 | 30.7 km | 1758 km |
| 2.8 | 06.08.2026 14:24 | 72.3 km | 1921 km |
| 3.1 | 06.08.2026 12:55 | 29.6 km | 1766 km |
| 3.1 | 06.08.2026 07:25 | 41.1 km | 1777 km |
| 3.2 | 06.08.2026 07:03 | 33 km | 1769 km |
| 2.9 | 06.08.2026 02:24 | 39.2 km | 1656 km |
| 3.6 | 05.08.2026 18:36 | 42.6 km | 1765 km |
| 3.9 | 05.08.2026 11:49 | 34.2 km | 1741 km |
| 2.9 | 05.08.2026 07:03 | 10 km | 1643 km |
| 2.7 | 05.08.2026 00:43 | 49.8 km | 1796 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 20:29 | 103.8 km | 1911 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 12:26 | 43.9 km | 1765 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 10:14 | 10.8 km | 1942 km |
| 3.2 | 04.08.2026 09:33 | 72.5 km | 1825 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 03:09 | 114.3 km | 1904 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 01:25 | 44.9 km | 1795 km |
| 3.3 | 04.08.2026 00:40 | 91.9 km | 1892 km |
| 4.4 | 03.08.2026 20:47 | 95.7 km | 1861 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 17:55 | 88.8 km | 1901 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 13:33 | 39.1 km | 1766 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 08:07 | 29.1 km | 1770 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 07:59 | 103.2 km | 1866 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 03:37 | 49.9 km | 1789 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 02:14 | 24.2 km | 1753 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 00:31 | 63.4 km | 1864 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 22:15 | 17.7 km | 1807 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 21:17 | 29.8 km | 1750 km |
| 2.7 | 02.08.2026 08:09 | 31.4 km | 1756 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 03:39 | 32.2 km | 1820 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 02:27 | 26.6 km | 1757 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 02:03 | 22.7 km | 1756 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 01:47 | 28.9 km | 1749 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 01:21 | 25.7 km | 1742 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 23:27 | 26.3 km | 1753 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 23:13 | 33.7 km | 1779 km |
| 2.7 | 01.08.2026 08:07 | 31.2 km | 1829 km |
| 2.8 | 01.08.2026 01:36 | 35.7 km | 1743 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 20:38 | 18.5 km | 1743 km |
| 5.0 | 31.07.2026 17:47 | 11.9 km | 1696 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 17:23 | 65.4 km | 1848 km |
| 4.0 | 31.07.2026 14:04 | 99.4 km | 1868 km |
| 2.8 | 31.07.2026 07:37 | 105.2 km | 1912 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 03:17 | 71.7 km | 1855 km |
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 23:07 | 26.8 km | 1692 km |
| 4.0 | 30.07.2026 21:18 | 220.9 km | 1904 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 21:15 | 34.2 km | 1698 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 18:40 | 10 km | 1716 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 17:07 | 64.2 km | 1825 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.