4.6
2,247
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1904–2026
record span
3.98
mean magnitude
1,767
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 10.08.2026 12:34 | 110.3 km | 185 km |
| 7.3 | 11.07.1976 20:41 | 8.8 km | 171 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.1904 14:52 | 35 km | 237 km |
| 7.2 | 23.11.1979 23:40 | 110 km | 200 km |
| 7.2 | 28.05.1914 03:23 | 70 km | 318 km |
| 7.2 | 15.11.2004 09:06 | 11.4 km | 191 km |
| 7.2 | 19.11.1991 22:28 | 18.5 km | 202 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1974 01:18 | 13.4 km | 162 km |
| 7.1 | 18.10.1992 15:12 | 16.7 km | 80 km |
| 6.8 | 11.07.1976 16:54 | 17.5 km | 192 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1997 12:13 | 204.3 km | 309 km |
| 6.6 | 17.10.1992 08:32 | 15.5 km | 57 km |
| 6.6 | 13.08.2013 15:43 | 18.6 km | 145 km |
| 6.5 | 26.09.1970 12:02 | 7.4 km | 55 km |
| 6.5 | 27.09.1970 03:38 | 13 km | 47 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 27.09.2026 21:57 | 70.5 km | 202 km |
| 4.6 | 26.09.2026 06:38 | 10 km | 287 km |
| 4.5 | 25.09.2026 00:57 | 52.2 km | 202 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2026 17:14 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 3.8 | 24.09.2026 07:08 | 16 km | 267 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2026 01:28 | 35 km | 276 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2026 23:20 | 80.2 km | 215 km |
| 4.8 | 19.09.2026 13:44 | 58.2 km | 203 km |
| 4.3 | 19.09.2026 05:01 | 74 km | 215 km |
| 4.5 | 18.09.2026 18:41 | 72.6 km | 205 km |
| 4.4 | 18.09.2026 08:45 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.7 | 18.09.2026 06:17 | 68.4 km | 225 km |
| 4.7 | 17.09.2026 21:10 | 57.8 km | 203 km |
| 4.4 | 17.09.2026 01:12 | 58.8 km | 201 km |
| 4.7 | 16.09.2026 20:55 | 51.5 km | 210 km |
| 4.9 | 16.09.2026 20:12 | 66.1 km | 199 km |
| 4.8 | 16.09.2026 07:02 | 10 km | 97 km |
| 4.6 | 16.09.2026 06:18 | 71 km | 206 km |
| 4.6 | 14.09.2026 22:39 | 67.1 km | 206 km |
| 4.9 | 14.09.2026 21:13 | 48.1 km | 199 km |
| 4.6 | 14.09.2026 20:08 | 74.9 km | 212 km |
| 4.9 | 14.09.2026 20:02 | 59.8 km | 207 km |
| 4.5 | 14.09.2026 14:57 | 76.1 km | 199 km |
| 4.7 | 12.09.2026 11:16 | 77.3 km | 215 km |
| 4.7 | 11.09.2026 16:42 | 68.3 km | 209 km |
| 4.4 | 08.09.2026 02:01 | 67.1 km | 203 km |
| 4.4 | 06.09.2026 22:15 | 61.6 km | 201 km |
| 4.5 | 03.09.2026 05:17 | 81.4 km | 220 km |
| 3.9 | 01.09.2026 16:47 | 46 km | 136 km |
| 4.5 | 29.08.2026 10:50 | 58.1 km | 197 km |
| 4.5 | 27.08.2026 16:21 | 64 km | 205 km |
| 4.7 | 27.08.2026 15:25 | 61.4 km | 205 km |
| 4.4 | 24.08.2026 18:55 | 74 km | 222 km |
| 4.4 | 24.08.2026 02:41 | 77.7 km | 203 km |
| 4.4 | 19.08.2026 10:07 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.3 | 13.08.2026 14:42 | 105.6 km | 177 km |
| 4.2 | 11.08.2026 15:43 | 100.6 km | 172 km |
| 3.4 | 11.08.2026 06:44 | 2 km | 160 km |
| 5.0 | 10.08.2026 13:18 | 98.5 km | 173 km |
| 7.4 | 10.08.2026 12:34 | 110.3 km | 185 km |
| 3.2 | 04.08.2026 08:33 | 11 km | 287 km |
| 4.4 | 02.08.2026 17:12 | 33.6 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 06:37 | 8 km | 225 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2026 09:14 | 6 km | 172 km |
| 3.6 | 28.06.2026 08:39 | 114.4 km | 162 km |
| 3.8 | 26.06.2026 18:47 | 0 km | 125 km |
| 4.2 | 26.06.2026 08:31 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 10:01 | 5 km | 257 km |
| 3.7 | 02.06.2026 17:06 | 11 km | 224 km |
| 3.9 | 30.05.2026 19:55 | 0 km | 142 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2026 10:45 | 9 km | 162 km |
| 4.3 | 19.05.2026 13:07 | 9 km | 285 km |
| 3.5 | 17.05.2026 13:14 | 20 km | 271 km |
| 5.3 | 14.05.2026 12:48 | 112.2 km | 243 km |
| 4.3 | 11.05.2026 15:32 | 11 km | 152 km |
| 3.7 | 02.05.2026 13:37 | 120.8 km | 149 km |
| 3.4 | 22.03.2026 15:15 | 117.5 km | 154 km |
| 4.6 | 09.03.2026 22:11 | 89.7 km | 202 km |
| 4.8 | 13.02.2026 11:40 | 100.8 km | 182 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.