3.1
2,437
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.23
mean magnitude
2,182
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 12.05.2008 06:28 | 10.4 km | 815 km |
| 7.8 | 14.11.2001 09:26 | 12.6 km | 520 km |
| 7.7 | 18.11.1951 09:35 | 30 km | 664 km |
| 7.7 | 22.05.1927 22:32 | 15 km | 618 km |
| 7.7 | 17.08.1952 16:02 | 25 km | 678 km |
| 7.6 | 25.12.1932 02:04 | 15 km | 454 km |
| 7.6 | 07.01.1937 13:20 | 15 km | 138 km |
| 7.5 | 17.03.1947 08:19 | 15 km | 369 km |
| 7.4 | 21.05.2021 18:04 | 5.4 km | 215 km |
| 7.4 | 06.02.1973 10:37 | 8.2 km | 600 km |
| 7.3 | 25.08.1933 07:50 | 15 km | 775 km |
| 7.3 | 15.12.1934 01:57 | 15 km | 793 km |
| 7.2 | 24.03.1923 12:40 | 15 km | 616 km |
| 7.1 | 11.02.1954 00:30 | 25 km | 598 km |
| 7.1 | 30.08.1904 11:43 | 15 km | 660 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 15:30 | 19 km | 749 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 08:31 | 10 km | 701 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 07:11 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 08:15 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.5 | 30.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 5.0 | 27.09.2026 16:43 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 02:59 | 10 km | 301 km |
| 4.5 | 19.09.2026 12:19 | 10 km | 738 km |
| 5.0 | 16.09.2026 05:52 | 10.5 km | 262 km |
| 3.1 | 13.09.2026 18:41 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 3.3 | 05.09.2026 08:28 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 5.2 | 03.09.2026 17:04 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 4.5 | 20.08.2026 10:05 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 5.2 | 20.08.2026 09:49 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 4.7 | 19.08.2026 05:22 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 4.5 | 18.08.2026 21:59 | 10 km | 270 km |
| 5.5 | 18.08.2026 21:36 | 6 km | 276 km |
| 3.7 | 12.08.2026 21:28 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 3.6 | 12.08.2026 06:57 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 3.1 | 06.08.2026 22:20 | 10 km | 527 km |
| 3.9 | 06.08.2026 10:32 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 3.2 | 06.08.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 3.4 | 06.08.2026 01:28 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 4.0 | 06.08.2026 00:34 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 3.6 | 02.08.2026 14:37 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 4.9 | 02.08.2026 14:31 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 4.2 | 02.08.2026 03:15 | 10 km | 482 km |
| 3.0 | 02.08.2026 00:25 | 10 km | 303 km |
| 4.7 | 01.08.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 289 km |
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 16:05 | 9 km | 280 km |
| 3.8 | 29.07.2026 02:23 | 9 km | 300 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 19:01 | 8 km | 593 km |
| 4.2 | 28.07.2026 15:38 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 4.6 | 28.07.2026 09:52 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 5.2 | 28.07.2026 08:04 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 07:24 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 07:01 | 9 km | 298 km |
| 6.1 | 28.07.2026 03:34 | 10 km | 296 km |
| 5.8 | 28.07.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 21:09 | 10 km | 424 km |
| 4.8 | 17.07.2026 01:08 | 10 km | 282 km |
| 3.0 | 14.07.2026 23:59 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 06:04 | 0 km | 280 km |
| 3.5 | 03.07.2026 04:44 | 0 km | 256 km |
| 4.8 | 30.06.2026 23:44 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 4.1 | 29.06.2026 22:48 | 0 km | 261 km |
| 3.7 | 28.06.2026 03:39 | 10 km | 290 km |
| 3.8 | 23.06.2026 15:56 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 5.2 | 23.06.2026 15:29 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 3.7 | 23.06.2026 11:57 | 0 km | 275 km |
| 3.3 | 23.06.2026 07:27 | 0 km | 274 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 11:43 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 3.8 | 21.06.2026 04:37 | 10 km | 335 km |
| 4.0 | 20.06.2026 16:10 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 3.4 | 18.06.2026 18:02 | 0 km | 275 km |
| 4.3 | 18.06.2026 13:58 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 4.5 | 18.06.2026 07:11 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.9 | 17.06.2026 14:20 | 10 km | 275 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.