4.6
2,238
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.24
mean magnitude
1,943
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 | 16.12.1920 12:05 | 15 km | 438 km |
| 7.7 | 22.05.1927 22:32 | 15 km | 155 km |
| 7.6 | 25.12.1932 02:04 | 15 km | 415 km |
| 7.6 | 07.01.1937 13:20 | 15 km | 363 km |
| 7.5 | 17.03.1947 08:19 | 15 km | 481 km |
| 7.4 | 21.05.2021 18:04 | 5.4 km | 407 km |
| 7.4 | 06.02.1973 10:37 | 8.2 km | 708 km |
| 7.4 | 04.08.1914 22:41 | 15 km | 947 km |
| 7.3 | 25.08.1933 07:50 | 15 km | 683 km |
| 7.2 | 24.03.1923 12:40 | 15 km | 712 km |
| 7.1 | 11.02.1954 00:30 | 25 km | 147 km |
| 7.0 | 21.05.1962 12:02 | 17 km | 432 km |
| 6.9 | 04.11.1902 11:33 | 0 km | 458 km |
| 6.9 | 19.04.1963 07:35 | 20 km | 403 km |
| 6.9 | 13.04.2010 23:49 | 17.5 km | 620 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 13.10.2026 08:15 | 10 km | 392 km |
| 3.6 | 12.10.2026 22:18 | 19 km | 513 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 08:31 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 07:11 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 08:15 | 10 km | 488 km |
| 4.5 | 30.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 479 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 479 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2026 13:26 | 10 km | 390 km |
| 5.0 | 27.09.2026 16:43 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 02:59 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 5.0 | 16.09.2026 05:52 | 10.5 km | 461 km |
| 3.1 | 13.09.2026 18:41 | 10 km | 282 km |
| 3.6 | 13.09.2026 02:12 | 8 km | 578 km |
| 3.3 | 05.09.2026 08:28 | 10 km | 454 km |
| 5.2 | 03.09.2026 17:04 | 10 km | 464 km |
| 3.3 | 29.08.2026 16:25 | 15 km | 479 km |
| 3.1 | 20.08.2026 21:01 | 14 km | 427 km |
| 4.5 | 20.08.2026 10:05 | 10 km | 480 km |
| 5.2 | 20.08.2026 09:49 | 10 km | 466 km |
| 4.7 | 19.08.2026 05:22 | 10 km | 461 km |
| 4.5 | 18.08.2026 21:59 | 10 km | 469 km |
| 5.5 | 18.08.2026 21:36 | 6 km | 455 km |
| 3.2 | 13.08.2026 00:47 | 11 km | 307 km |
| 3.7 | 12.08.2026 21:28 | 10 km | 288 km |
| 3.6 | 12.08.2026 06:57 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 3.9 | 06.08.2026 10:32 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.2 | 06.08.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 3.4 | 06.08.2026 01:28 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 4.0 | 06.08.2026 00:34 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2026 14:37 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 4.9 | 02.08.2026 14:31 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 00:25 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 4.7 | 01.08.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 16:05 | 9 km | 459 km |
| 3.8 | 29.07.2026 02:23 | 9 km | 282 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 19:01 | 8 km | 282 km |
| 4.2 | 28.07.2026 15:38 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 4.6 | 28.07.2026 09:52 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 5.2 | 28.07.2026 08:04 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 07:24 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 07:01 | 9 km | 285 km |
| 6.1 | 28.07.2026 03:34 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 5.8 | 28.07.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 21:09 | 10 km | 386 km |
| 4.8 | 17.07.2026 01:08 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 3.0 | 14.07.2026 23:59 | 10 km | 465 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 06:04 | 0 km | 476 km |
| 3.5 | 03.07.2026 04:44 | 0 km | 475 km |
| 4.8 | 30.06.2026 23:44 | 10 km | 462 km |
| 4.1 | 29.06.2026 22:48 | 0 km | 462 km |
| 3.7 | 28.06.2026 03:39 | 10 km | 469 km |
| 3.8 | 23.06.2026 15:56 | 10 km | 462 km |
| 5.2 | 23.06.2026 15:29 | 10 km | 467 km |
| 3.7 | 23.06.2026 11:57 | 0 km | 464 km |
| 3.3 | 23.06.2026 07:27 | 0 km | 461 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 11:43 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 3.8 | 21.06.2026 04:37 | 10 km | 484 km |
| 4.0 | 20.06.2026 16:10 | 10 km | 469 km |
| 3.4 | 18.06.2026 18:02 | 0 km | 454 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.