3.4
2,591
recorded earthquakes
M9.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.40
mean magnitude
1,025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 11.03.2011 05:46 | 19.7 km | 175 km |
| 8.2 | 16.05.1968 00:48 | 12.1 km | 213 km |
| 7.8 | 16.05.1968 10:39 | 18 km | 238 km |
| 7.8 | 20.03.1960 17:07 | 15 km | 163 km |
| 7.7 | 28.12.1994 12:19 | 10.6 km | 201 km |
| 7.7 | 26.05.1983 03:00 | 16.5 km | 208 km |
| 7.7 | 09.03.1931 03:49 | 35 km | 140 km |
| 7.6 | 12.06.1978 08:14 | 48.5 km | 164 km |
| 7.6 | 16.06.1964 04:01 | 10 km | 226 km |
| 7.6 | 08.12.2025 14:15 | 44.2 km | 171 km |
| 7.5 | 01.11.1915 07:23 | 30 km | 181 km |
| 7.5 | 09.08.1901 18:33 | 35 km | 137 km |
| 7.4 | 20.04.2026 07:52 | 29.2 km | 144 km |
| 7.4 | 11.03.2011 06:08 | 20 km | 193 km |
| 7.4 | 01.11.1989 18:25 | 31.8 km | 134 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 11:56 | 40 km | 84 km |
| 3.5 | 28.09.2026 12:04 | 50 km | 95 km |
| 4.4 | 23.09.2026 21:35 | 70 km | 110 km |
| 3.7 | 13.09.2026 11:19 | 50 km | 109 km |
| 3.4 | 13.09.2026 04:53 | 50 km | 105 km |
| 3.7 | 10.09.2026 15:21 | 60 km | 43 km |
| 3.6 | 08.09.2026 07:19 | 50 km | 95 km |
| 3.3 | 07.09.2026 08:47 | 60 km | 77 km |
| 3.8 | 04.09.2026 12:10 | 70 km | 94 km |
| 3.5 | 02.09.2026 10:12 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 4.4 | 28.08.2026 14:31 | 67.1 km | 88 km |
| 4.8 | 27.08.2026 19:54 | 63.8 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 13.08.2026 02:29 | 50 km | 63 km |
| 5.6 | 08.08.2026 17:57 | 34 km | 103 km |
| 3.4 | 08.08.2026 02:07 | 50 km | 55 km |
| 3.7 | 07.08.2026 21:29 | 50 km | 104 km |
| 3.6 | 06.08.2026 04:18 | 50 km | 91 km |
| 4.4 | 04.08.2026 21:08 | 43.5 km | 134 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 23:17 | 50 km | 85 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.2026 16:20 | 51.3 km | 110 km |
| 3.6 | 30.07.2026 04:51 | 50 km | 72 km |
| 3.4 | 17.07.2026 21:31 | 40 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 16.07.2026 16:00 | 60 km | 114 km |
| 4.1 | 14.07.2026 08:07 | 58.2 km | 107 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2026 20:40 | 50 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 08.07.2026 14:33 | 69.8 km | 74 km |
| 4.6 | 08.07.2026 07:35 | 73.6 km | 83 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 07:35 | 60 km | 79 km |
| 3.4 | 06.07.2026 11:29 | 58.6 km | 105 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2026 14:37 | 55.1 km | 104 km |
| 4.2 | 03.07.2026 01:44 | 38 km | 110 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 20:24 | 65.1 km | 87 km |
| 6.0 | 01.07.2026 12:08 | 40 km | 107 km |
| 4.9 | 30.06.2026 14:02 | 51.1 km | 106 km |
| 4.2 | 28.06.2026 14:49 | 60.8 km | 102 km |
| 4.3 | 28.06.2026 05:39 | 48 km | 109 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2026 00:12 | 40 km | 114 km |
| 5.8 | 27.06.2026 20:21 | 56.7 km | 107 km |
| 3.4 | 27.06.2026 17:43 | 70 km | 50 km |
| 4.2 | 27.06.2026 00:50 | 64.9 km | 109 km |
| 4.6 | 25.06.2026 16:11 | 54.8 km | 110 km |
| 4.6 | 25.06.2026 11:58 | 55.4 km | 108 km |
| 3.2 | 25.06.2026 10:21 | 50 km | 64 km |
| 4.1 | 25.06.2026 01:11 | 64 km | 105 km |
| 3.1 | 24.06.2026 23:22 | 50 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 24.06.2026 23:12 | 50 km | 106 km |
| 6.9 | 24.06.2026 22:30 | 50.5 km | 97 km |
| 4.2 | 12.06.2026 00:47 | 59.3 km | 112 km |
| 4.3 | 11.06.2026 14:22 | 55.4 km | 100 km |
| 3.7 | 11.06.2026 06:06 | 50 km | 104 km |
| 4.3 | 10.06.2026 09:55 | 39.3 km | 91 km |
| 4.3 | 09.06.2026 21:34 | 54.7 km | 60 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2026 20:15 | 58.6 km | 56 km |
| 4.8 | 04.06.2026 17:45 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 4.3 | 31.05.2026 12:36 | 43.2 km | 118 km |
| 4.2 | 29.05.2026 08:53 | 61.9 km | 77 km |
| 4.3 | 26.05.2026 20:20 | 41.5 km | 107 km |
| 4.7 | 25.05.2026 08:14 | 53 km | 109 km |
| 4.4 | 22.05.2026 16:53 | 49.8 km | 110 km |
| 3.9 | 21.05.2026 04:20 | 50 km | 95 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.