3.7
1,944
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1907–2026
record span
4.01
mean magnitude
1,126
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 13.02.2001 19:28 | 25.8 km | 245 km |
| 7.3 | 25.09.1931 05:59 | 35 km | 283 km |
| 7.3 | 24.06.1933 21:54 | 20 km | 47 km |
| 7.3 | 25.07.2004 14:35 | 580.8 km | 264 km |
| 7.2 | 13.08.1913 04:25 | 75 km | 78 km |
| 7.2 | 01.04.1943 14:18 | 35 km | 190 km |
| 7.1 | 10.02.1931 06:34 | 35 km | 252 km |
| 6.8 | 03.07.1954 22:31 | 60 km | 213 km |
| 6.8 | 15.02.1994 17:07 | 25.2 km | 62 km |
| 6.8 | 25.10.2000 09:32 | 43.9 km | 214 km |
| 6.7 | 09.07.1957 09:58 | 39.9 km | 153 km |
| 6.7 | 22.10.1925 17:01 | 35 km | 229 km |
| 6.6 | 14.01.2022 09:05 | 43.1 km | 229 km |
| 6.6 | 18.04.1992 09:16 | 29.9 km | 215 km |
| 6.5 | 14.02.1931 13:58 | 15 km | 205 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 09.10.2026 02:01 | 30 km | 143 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 20:50 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 2.5 | 30.09.2026 20:06 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.3 | 29.09.2026 11:31 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.3 | 19.09.2026 15:18 | 98 km | 84 km |
| 3.8 | 10.09.2026 02:37 | 60 km | 102 km |
| 2.6 | 09.09.2026 19:48 | 24 km | 154 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2026 07:22 | 10 km | 63 km |
| 3.0 | 07.09.2026 06:32 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2026 06:27 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.1 | 07.09.2026 06:16 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 07.09.2026 06:12 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 4.1 | 01.09.2026 12:23 | 115 km | 157 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2026 20:20 | 60 km | 141 km |
| 4.0 | 27.08.2026 11:33 | 25 km | 150 km |
| 3.6 | 25.08.2026 12:37 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 2.8 | 18.08.2026 01:39 | 30 km | 147 km |
| 2.8 | 17.08.2026 17:01 | 17 km | 173 km |
| 2.5 | 16.08.2026 07:03 | 8 km | 63 km |
| 3.4 | 16.08.2026 06:42 | 10 km | 110 km |
| 3.2 | 15.08.2026 19:19 | 31 km | 183 km |
| 2.9 | 13.08.2026 16:10 | 6 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2026 06:43 | 98 km | 116 km |
| 3.6 | 09.08.2026 09:05 | 32 km | 130 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2026 02:58 | 34 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 08.08.2026 01:33 | 38 km | 145 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 21:54 | 29 km | 140 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 17:27 | 6 km | 136 km |
| 2.6 | 31.07.2026 12:12 | 3 km | 68 km |
| 2.5 | 31.07.2026 08:27 | 3 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 10:21 | 69 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 04:10 | 23 km | 149 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 21:41 | 5 km | 65 km |
| 2.8 | 25.07.2026 19:19 | 97 km | 167 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 04:51 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 03:11 | 29 km | 66 km |
| 2.5 | 24.07.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 64 km |
| 2.5 | 24.07.2026 21:03 | 8 km | 63 km |
| 4.8 | 24.07.2026 17:28 | 59.5 km | 137 km |
| 3.3 | 23.07.2026 19:04 | 18 km | 155 km |
| 3.2 | 23.07.2026 14:10 | 145 km | 142 km |
| 3.5 | 22.07.2026 19:46 | 28 km | 145 km |
| 2.7 | 16.07.2026 15:12 | 14 km | 56 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 13:51 | 3 km | 94 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 12:58 | 6 km | 161 km |
| 2.6 | 13.07.2026 07:01 | 6 km | 142 km |
| 2.5 | 13.07.2026 06:29 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 2.6 | 09.07.2026 02:13 | 64 km | 131 km |
| 2.6 | 03.07.2026 23:01 | 25 km | 71 km |
| 2.8 | 03.07.2026 13:37 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.7 | 02.07.2026 02:42 | 163.7 km | 155 km |
| 2.8 | 28.06.2026 09:42 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 3.9 | 27.06.2026 21:10 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 2.7 | 23.06.2026 16:29 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 2.6 | 23.06.2026 01:45 | 7 km | 64 km |
| 2.8 | 17.06.2026 20:31 | 63 km | 149 km |
| 4.0 | 15.06.2026 03:33 | 48 km | 119 km |
| 2.5 | 14.06.2026 23:16 | 98 km | 85 km |
| 2.5 | 14.06.2026 06:26 | 3 km | 58 km |
| 2.8 | 12.06.2026 16:49 | 27 km | 161 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.