3.7
770
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1913–2026
record span
4.19
mean magnitude
605
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 30.07.1917 23:54 | 15 km | 285 km |
| 7.2 | 21.12.1913 15:37 | 15 km | 524 km |
| 7.2 | 04.01.1970 17:00 | 11.1 km | 506 km |
| 6.9 | 16.05.1936 07:05 | 15 km | 338 km |
| 6.7 | 10.05.1974 19:25 | 16.9 km | 286 km |
| 6.7 | 26.04.1936 23:59 | 15 km | 341 km |
| 6.3 | 05.02.1966 15:12 | 16.7 km | 344 km |
| 6.2 | 03.08.2014 08:30 | 13.7 km | 311 km |
| 6.1 | 08.10.1948 19:02 | 35 km | 263 km |
| 6.0 | 18.12.1935 07:10 | 35 km | 350 km |
| 6.0 | 06.04.1940 13:42 | 35 km | 445 km |
| 6.0 | 18.12.1935 16:59 | 15 km | 394 km |
| 5.9 | 10.10.1948 02:06 | 35 km | 256 km |
| 5.9 | 27.04.1936 01:33 | 15 km | 368 km |
| 5.8 | 30.03.2015 01:47 | 19.5 km | 224 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 12.10.2026 22:01 | 11 km | 223 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 10:56 | 5 km | 257 km |
| 3.6 | 07.10.2026 02:00 | 5 km | 260 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2026 17:19 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 21:56 | 9 km | 236 km |
| 3.9 | 01.10.2026 05:38 | 7 km | 257 km |
| 3.6 | 30.09.2026 13:03 | 15 km | 233 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2026 16:03 | 7 km | 259 km |
| 4.7 | 26.09.2026 18:31 | 10 km | 227 km |
| 3.4 | 26.09.2026 03:28 | 5 km | 256 km |
| 5.0 | 25.09.2026 23:57 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.4 | 25.09.2026 21:08 | 6 km | 256 km |
| 5.0 | 25.09.2026 21:01 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.2 | 10.09.2026 21:53 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 4.6 | 07.09.2026 17:31 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 3.0 | 04.09.2026 14:03 | 5 km | 225 km |
| 3.1 | 04.09.2026 10:44 | 5 km | 259 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2026 10:32 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 3.0 | 28.08.2026 08:43 | 5 km | 220 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2026 05:13 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 3.3 | 27.08.2026 02:34 | 8 km | 257 km |
| 4.9 | 24.08.2026 00:26 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 3.0 | 17.08.2026 02:02 | 5 km | 287 km |
| 3.0 | 16.08.2026 22:09 | 8 km | 288 km |
| 3.1 | 16.08.2026 20:05 | 7 km | 286 km |
| 3.3 | 16.08.2026 20:01 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2026 19:23 | 8 km | 287 km |
| 3.6 | 14.08.2026 01:33 | 6 km | 286 km |
| 3.4 | 11.08.2026 02:46 | 5 km | 259 km |
| 4.5 | 10.08.2026 21:31 | 45.4 km | 266 km |
| 4.6 | 10.08.2026 18:40 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 3.4 | 08.08.2026 04:21 | 9 km | 255 km |
| 3.0 | 07.08.2026 08:02 | 7 km | 256 km |
| 5.1 | 07.08.2026 05:08 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 17:22 | 7 km | 261 km |
| 4.4 | 04.08.2026 15:58 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 3.4 | 04.08.2026 02:25 | 5 km | 258 km |
| 4.9 | 03.08.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 03:11 | 5 km | 259 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 19:54 | 6 km | 260 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 19:29 | 5 km | 259 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 18:32 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 5.0 | 02.08.2026 18:21 | 2.6 km | 259 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 13:39 | 6 km | 270 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 02:51 | 5 km | 256 km |
| 3.1 | 20.07.2026 02:27 | 9 km | 347 km |
| 4.4 | 12.07.2026 23:27 | 58.5 km | 261 km |
| 3.2 | 12.07.2026 23:27 | 0 km | 250 km |
| 3.4 | 12.07.2026 21:02 | 20.2 km | 250 km |
| 3.1 | 10.07.2026 12:23 | 5 km | 259 km |
| 3.8 | 10.07.2026 11:48 | 0 km | 248 km |
| 3.3 | 10.07.2026 09:38 | 5 km | 257 km |
| 3.2 | 10.07.2026 06:05 | 6 km | 256 km |
| 3.9 | 09.07.2026 04:25 | 0 km | 247 km |
| 4.4 | 08.07.2026 23:44 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 05:05 | 6 km | 256 km |
| 5.0 | 08.07.2026 02:08 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 3.2 | 07.07.2026 22:48 | 8 km | 258 km |
| 4.3 | 07.07.2026 22:22 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 4.4 | 07.07.2026 22:19 | 10 km | 252 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.