4.4
561
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.71
mean magnitude
385
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 | 254 km |
| 7.3 | 31.08.1917 11:36 | 35 km | 227 km |
| 7.2 | 30.09.2012 16:31 | 155.2 km | 125 km |
| 7.2 | 23.11.1979 23:40 | 110 km | 242 km |
| 7.2 | 15.11.2004 09:06 | 11.4 km | 309 km |
| 7.2 | 19.11.1991 22:28 | 18.5 km | 290 km |
| 7.0 | 09.02.1967 15:24 | 36.6 km | 90 km |
| 6.8 | 06.06.1994 20:47 | 17.2 km | 52 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1997 12:13 | 204.3 km | 137 km |
| 6.5 | 09.07.1945 16:42 | 100 km | 108 km |
| 6.5 | 21.05.1937 13:12 | 90 km | 218 km |
| 6.4 | 30.08.1917 03:24 | 15 km | 221 km |
| 6.3 | 11.12.1997 07:56 | 188.4 km | 147 km |
| 6.3 | 08.02.1995 18:40 | 76.9 km | 190 km |
| 6.3 | 25.06.1980 12:04 | 164.9 km | 206 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 07.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2026 21:50 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2026 08:39 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 4.6 | 26.09.2026 06:38 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 4.4 | 25.09.2026 07:19 | 35 km | 124 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2026 03:57 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2026 17:14 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 4.6 | 24.09.2026 16:46 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.6 | 23.09.2026 20:09 | 74.5 km | 130 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2026 09:04 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.3 | 23.09.2026 04:46 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.4 | 23.09.2026 04:36 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2026 10:38 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.4 | 21.09.2026 23:15 | 13.3 km | 129 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2026 22:58 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.5 | 21.09.2026 18:48 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 4.3 | 21.09.2026 16:23 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 4.6 | 30.08.2026 04:37 | 35 km | 80 km |
| 7.4 | 10.08.2026 12:34 | 110.3 km | 254 km |
| 4.2 | 26.06.2026 08:31 | 10 km | 187 km |
| 5.3 | 14.05.2026 12:48 | 112.2 km | 206 km |
| 4.4 | 21.12.2025 14:05 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 01.11.2025 19:52 | 136.4 km | 174 km |
| 4.4 | 27.08.2025 09:31 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 3.2 | 20.06.2025 19:58 | 35.1 km | 78 km |
| 4.4 | 20.06.2025 19:58 | 35.1 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2024 05:32 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 4.4 | 05.05.2024 06:11 | 1 km | 94 km |
| 5.0 | 03.08.2023 22:09 | 162.3 km | 123 km |
| 4.1 | 10.06.2023 06:53 | 135.2 km | 169 km |
| 4.3 | 07.05.2023 08:05 | 183 km | 101 km |
| 4.4 | 15.04.2023 20:52 | 14.5 km | 164 km |
| 4.3 | 15.03.2023 21:50 | 168.9 km | 154 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2023 07:10 | 70 km | 105 km |
| 3.9 | 27.02.2023 13:48 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.5 | 12.12.2022 14:49 | 68 km | 183 km |
| 3.0 | 30.10.2022 03:40 | 68 km | 135 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2022 01:06 | 31 km | 99 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.2022 21:23 | 70.7 km | 188 km |
| 2.8 | 08.05.2022 16:34 | 30 km | 157 km |
| 2.5 | 08.05.2022 12:47 | 33 km | 100 km |
| 4.6 | 19.04.2022 19:32 | 24 km | 96 km |
| 4.5 | 07.02.2022 00:31 | 48.3 km | 124 km |
| 4.3 | 29.10.2021 21:43 | 2.1 km | 131 km |
| 5.4 | 21.05.2021 01:30 | 207 km | 227 km |
| 4.9 | 23.01.2021 21:12 | 19.2 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2020 05:44 | 5 km | 55 km |
| 4.4 | 23.08.2020 09:53 | 30.7 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 20.08.2020 12:08 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 3.5 | 19.07.2020 11:59 | 2 km | 167 km |
| 3.0 | 20.06.2020 11:02 | 0 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 24.05.2020 12:22 | 9.1 km | 132 km |
| 3.2 | 15.01.2020 01:21 | 25 km | 89 km |
| 5.8 | 24.12.2019 19:19 | 9.3 km | 176 km |
| 6.0 | 24.12.2019 19:03 | 7.7 km | 175 km |
| 2.9 | 22.11.2019 03:51 | 3 km | 130 km |
| 6.1 | 23.03.2019 19:21 | 127.7 km | 218 km |
| 3.6 | 17.03.2019 23:24 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.9 | 26.02.2019 15:03 | 7 km | 60 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.