4.5
860
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1917–2026
record span
3.68
mean magnitude
540
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 | 134 km |
| 7.3 | 31.08.1917 11:36 | 35 km | 144 km |
| 7.2 | 30.09.2012 16:31 | 155.2 km | 272 km |
| 7.2 | 23.11.1979 23:40 | 110 km | 115 km |
| 7.2 | 15.11.2004 09:06 | 11.4 km | 248 km |
| 7.2 | 19.11.1991 22:28 | 18.5 km | 232 km |
| 7.0 | 09.02.1967 15:24 | 36.6 km | 145 km |
| 6.8 | 06.06.1994 20:47 | 17.2 km | 156 km |
| 6.7 | 02.09.1997 12:13 | 204.3 km | 46 km |
| 6.5 | 19.08.1995 21:43 | 123.6 km | 112 km |
| 6.5 | 30.07.1962 20:18 | 64 km | 167 km |
| 6.5 | 09.07.1945 16:42 | 100 km | 223 km |
| 6.4 | 30.08.1917 03:24 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 6.3 | 11.12.1997 07:56 | 188.4 km | 51 km |
| 6.3 | 08.02.1995 18:40 | 76.9 km | 136 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 10.10.2026 05:45 | 115.1 km | 134 km |
| 4.4 | 07.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 56 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2026 21:50 | 10 km | 44 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2026 08:39 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.6 | 26.09.2026 06:38 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.4 | 25.09.2026 07:19 | 35 km | 60 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2026 03:57 | 10 km | 55 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2026 17:14 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.6 | 24.09.2026 16:46 | 10 km | 68 km |
| 4.6 | 23.09.2026 20:09 | 74.5 km | 36 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2026 09:04 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 4.3 | 23.09.2026 04:46 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.4 | 23.09.2026 04:36 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2026 01:28 | 35 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2026 10:38 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.4 | 21.09.2026 23:15 | 13.3 km | 53 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2026 22:58 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 4.5 | 21.09.2026 18:48 | 10 km | 29 km |
| 4.3 | 21.09.2026 16:23 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 4.3 | 13.08.2026 14:42 | 105.6 km | 145 km |
| 4.2 | 11.08.2026 15:43 | 100.6 km | 147 km |
| 5.0 | 10.08.2026 13:18 | 98.5 km | 150 km |
| 7.4 | 10.08.2026 12:34 | 110.3 km | 134 km |
| 3.6 | 28.06.2026 08:39 | 114.4 km | 149 km |
| 5.3 | 14.05.2026 12:48 | 112.2 km | 147 km |
| 3.7 | 02.05.2026 13:37 | 120.8 km | 161 km |
| 3.4 | 22.03.2026 15:15 | 117.5 km | 158 km |
| 4.6 | 09.03.2026 22:11 | 89.7 km | 116 km |
| 4.8 | 13.02.2026 11:40 | 100.8 km | 134 km |
| 3.7 | 30.12.2025 17:04 | 147.5 km | 113 km |
| 4.4 | 21.12.2025 14:05 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.7 | 03.11.2025 02:50 | 0 km | 116 km |
| 4.2 | 04.10.2025 08:56 | 141.2 km | 130 km |
| 4.7 | 11.08.2025 00:16 | 128.7 km | 88 km |
| 4.3 | 18.05.2025 06:17 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 4.2 | 09.04.2025 12:41 | 164.8 km | 53 km |
| 4.5 | 01.04.2025 02:04 | 99.6 km | 111 km |
| 4.4 | 04.01.2025 08:17 | 52 km | 124 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2024 05:32 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 4.5 | 07.06.2024 07:55 | 11.7 km | 72 km |
| 3.2 | 07.06.2024 07:55 | 1.8 km | 54 km |
| 4.7 | 30.04.2024 15:44 | 112.5 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 23.03.2024 07:30 | 4 km | 44 km |
| 4.2 | 10.02.2024 13:57 | 89.3 km | 105 km |
| 4.3 | 19.01.2024 11:47 | 76.3 km | 113 km |
| 5.6 | 19.01.2024 11:26 | 66.6 km | 105 km |
| 4.0 | 26.11.2023 14:30 | 147 km | 98 km |
| 4.1 | 31.10.2023 09:52 | 123.5 km | 103 km |
| 6.2 | 17.08.2023 17:04 | 11.2 km | 192 km |
| 5.0 | 03.08.2023 22:09 | 162.3 km | 118 km |
| 4.5 | 22.05.2023 17:14 | 114.3 km | 111 km |
| 4.3 | 07.05.2023 08:05 | 183 km | 138 km |
| 4.4 | 15.04.2023 20:52 | 14.5 km | 135 km |
| 4.3 | 15.03.2023 21:50 | 168.9 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 04.03.2023 07:10 | 70 km | 160 km |
| 4.4 | 27.01.2023 04:34 | 104.9 km | 153 km |
| 3.0 | 30.10.2022 03:40 | 68 km | 85 km |
| 4.5 | 30.08.2022 19:17 | 99.3 km | 157 km |
| 4.3 | 17.08.2022 15:46 | 121.4 km | 121 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.