3.1
508
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1930–2026
record span
3.69
mean magnitude
434
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 26.01.2001 03:16 | 16 km | 148 km |
| 6.3 | 21.07.1956 15:32 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 5.8 | 28.01.2001 01:02 | 14.9 km | 146 km |
| 5.6 | 13.07.1963 19:08 | — | 290 km |
| 5.6 | 31.10.1940 10:43 | 35 km | 258 km |
| 5.5 | 06.04.2006 17:59 | 19.8 km | 127 km |
| 5.5 | 26.01.2001 07:32 | 9.3 km | 166 km |
| 5.5 | 07.03.2006 18:20 | 19.3 km | 152 km |
| 5.4 | 25.06.1930 00:49 | 15 km | 351 km |
| 5.4 | 19.02.2001 08:24 | 13.4 km | 172 km |
| 5.3 | 26.01.2001 03:33 | 15 km | 163 km |
| 5.3 | 28.01.2001 11:10 | 15 km | 138 km |
| 5.3 | 23.03.1970 01:53 | 13.9 km | 201 km |
| 5.2 | 04.06.1976 00:43 | 18.9 km | 375 km |
| 5.2 | 26.01.2001 04:23 | 19.7 km | 158 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 20:37 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 13:46 | 7 km | 305 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 05:40 | 5 km | 304 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 15:19 | 6 km | 320 km |
| 3.3 | 01.10.2026 04:24 | 8 km | 155 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2026 01:21 | 7 km | 290 km |
| 3.6 | 26.09.2026 17:03 | 5 km | 313 km |
| 3.3 | 18.09.2026 13:40 | 4 km | 326 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2026 10:00 | 6 km | 329 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2026 09:24 | 14 km | 232 km |
| 2.9 | 01.09.2026 10:28 | 4 km | 329 km |
| 2.5 | 01.09.2026 09:42 | 5 km | 329 km |
| 3.1 | 01.09.2026 09:17 | 8 km | 260 km |
| 3.7 | 01.09.2026 09:13 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2026 07:08 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 3.5 | 30.08.2026 07:07 | 6 km | 302 km |
| 3.9 | 25.08.2026 22:44 | 124.4 km | 292 km |
| 3.5 | 23.08.2026 20:00 | 15 km | 124 km |
| 2.8 | 21.08.2026 13:05 | 5 km | 333 km |
| 3.3 | 21.08.2026 09:15 | 5 km | 329 km |
| 4.2 | 19.08.2026 03:16 | 289.7 km | 192 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2026 07:10 | 5 km | 332 km |
| 2.5 | 16.08.2026 23:36 | 5 km | 327 km |
| 3.2 | 14.08.2026 11:22 | 5 km | 334 km |
| 3.4 | 14.08.2026 00:02 | 3 km | 331 km |
| 2.8 | 13.08.2026 20:03 | 5 km | 326 km |
| 3.4 | 13.08.2026 19:16 | 5 km | 325 km |
| 3.5 | 13.08.2026 18:35 | 5 km | 333 km |
| 3.4 | 13.08.2026 16:37 | 6 km | 329 km |
| 2.8 | 13.08.2026 16:33 | 5 km | 331 km |
| 2.8 | 10.08.2026 16:08 | 5 km | 327 km |
| 2.9 | 10.08.2026 04:20 | 6.4 km | 332 km |
| 2.9 | 10.08.2026 02:23 | 6 km | 327 km |
| 3.3 | 09.08.2026 00:03 | 5 km | 333 km |
| 2.9 | 08.08.2026 20:13 | 5 km | 332 km |
| 3.1 | 08.08.2026 20:04 | 5 km | 326 km |
| 3.8 | 08.08.2026 16:30 | 10 km | 337 km |
| 2.5 | 06.08.2026 12:24 | 5 km | 341 km |
| 3.6 | 06.08.2026 10:08 | 5 km | 327 km |
| 2.8 | 06.08.2026 09:26 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 2.7 | 06.08.2026 03:28 | 7 km | 329 km |
| 3.0 | 06.08.2026 01:39 | 6 km | 339 km |
| 3.1 | 06.08.2026 00:11 | 10 km | 365 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 20:11 | 7 km | 356 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 12:28 | 8 km | 303 km |
| 3.8 | 29.07.2026 21:07 | 5 km | 329 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2026 13:56 | 174.7 km | 300 km |
| 3.4 | 29.07.2026 08:23 | 5 km | 335 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 12:22 | 5 km | 312 km |
| 3.7 | 28.07.2026 10:12 | 6 km | 330 km |
| 3.9 | 28.07.2026 09:57 | 10 km | 325 km |
| 3.5 | 28.07.2026 07:39 | 5 km | 303 km |
| 3.5 | 28.07.2026 04:16 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 2.9 | 27.07.2026 11:51 | 5 km | 325 km |
| 3.6 | 25.07.2026 21:14 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 18:25 | 5 km | 329 km |
| 3.4 | 25.07.2026 06:40 | 5 km | 327 km |
| 3.6 | 25.07.2026 04:25 | 5 km | 328 km |
| 2.7 | 21.07.2026 00:25 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 3.4 | 16.07.2026 08:53 | 25 km | 237 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.