3.1
1,155
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.78
mean magnitude
828
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 04.04.1905 00:49 | 20 km | 174 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 179 km |
| 6.6 | 27.02.1906 19:41 | 15 km | 199 km |
| 6.4 | 22.06.1945 18:00 | 20 km | 147 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 10:46 | 13.9 km | 230 km |
| 6.4 | 08.10.2005 04:26 | 9 km | 231 km |
| 6.3 | 20.11.2002 21:32 | 15.2 km | 211 km |
| 6.2 | 09.10.1914 02:39 | 20 km | 135 km |
| 6.0 | 28.12.1974 12:11 | 28.9 km | 270 km |
| 6.0 | 10.07.1947 10:19 | 60 km | 172 km |
| 5.9 | 08.10.2005 05:34 | 27 km | 167 km |
| 5.8 | 08.10.2005 03:57 | 27 km | 167 km |
| 5.8 | 08.10.2005 05:19 | 15.7 km | 225 km |
| 5.7 | 08.10.2005 03:58 | 22 km | 190 km |
| 5.7 | 08.10.2005 12:25 | 20.1 km | 238 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 11:10 | 5 km | 164 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 20:24 | 144.2 km | 109 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 18:01 | 5 km | 41 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 00:04 | 10 km | 46 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2026 13:14 | 5 km | 46 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2026 04:09 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 3.3 | 22.09.2026 09:50 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 2.7 | 13.09.2026 10:17 | 5 km | 155 km |
| 4.2 | 10.09.2026 18:57 | 34.2 km | 79 km |
| 3.2 | 09.09.2026 00:10 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 2.7 | 03.09.2026 22:15 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 2.8 | 31.08.2026 20:24 | 5.6 km | 64 km |
| 2.7 | 31.08.2026 17:23 | 5 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 25.08.2026 23:08 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2026 22:10 | 8 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2026 16:52 | 6 km | 113 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2026 15:38 | 7 km | 87 km |
| 2.5 | 22.08.2026 00:50 | 5 km | 96 km |
| 2.8 | 21.08.2026 19:55 | 15 km | 168 km |
| 3.1 | 21.08.2026 03:44 | 5 km | 104 km |
| 2.8 | 20.08.2026 13:35 | 5 km | 77 km |
| 2.5 | 19.08.2026 19:39 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 3.0 | 18.08.2026 14:12 | 5 km | 170 km |
| 4.3 | 18.08.2026 14:10 | 45.9 km | 171 km |
| 3.6 | 18.08.2026 13:24 | 5 km | 168 km |
| 2.7 | 16.08.2026 08:46 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 2.6 | 15.08.2026 23:34 | 9 km | 141 km |
| 3.1 | 14.08.2026 06:11 | 15 km | 120 km |
| 3.1 | 14.08.2026 03:41 | 39.9 km | 38 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2026 02:29 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2026 01:06 | 5 km | 131 km |
| 3.4 | 11.08.2026 21:58 | 11 km | 130 km |
| 2.5 | 09.08.2026 08:17 | 10 km | 52 km |
| 4.5 | 08.08.2026 03:30 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 3.1 | 05.08.2026 18:47 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 2.9 | 02.08.2026 20:07 | 5 km | 32 km |
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 04:49 | 5 km | 157 km |
| 2.6 | 23.07.2026 15:32 | 5 km | 178 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2026 22:59 | 28.2 km | 144 km |
| 3.2 | 18.07.2026 23:13 | 16 km | 85 km |
| 2.7 | 13.07.2026 15:14 | 5 km | 172 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2026 14:24 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 3.3 | 13.07.2026 10:15 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2026 20:30 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 2.6 | 10.07.2026 20:19 | 5 km | 165 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 02:25 | 8 km | 102 km |
| 3.0 | 07.07.2026 08:15 | 5 km | 115 km |
| 3.7 | 30.06.2026 10:33 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 2.9 | 28.06.2026 21:23 | 5 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 27.06.2026 06:08 | 5 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 13:20 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.5 | 24.06.2026 21:06 | 15 km | 44 km |
| 3.1 | 20.06.2026 15:14 | 14 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 18.06.2026 21:47 | 11.7 km | 47 km |
| 2.6 | 10.06.2026 23:37 | 7 km | 163 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2026 03:24 | 5 km | 168 km |
| 2.5 | 07.06.2026 10:12 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 18:22 | 5 km | 175 km |
| 2.8 | 05.06.2026 17:33 | 5 km | 169 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.