3.5
268
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1909–2026
record span
4.36
mean magnitude
88
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 26.02.1961 18:10 | 35 km | 280 km |
| 7.5 | 10.11.1909 06:13 | 140 km | 180 km |
| 7.0 | 15.04.2016 16:25 | 7 km | 155 km |
| 7.0 | 12.01.1914 09:28 | 50 km | 276 km |
| 7.0 | 25.07.1970 22:41 | 34.6 km | 271 km |
| 6.8 | 07.12.1922 16:50 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 6.8 | 28.07.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 6.6 | 20.03.2005 01:53 | 9.1 km | 66 km |
| 6.4 | 20.04.1975 17:35 | 6.3 km | 178 km |
| 6.3 | 11.06.2006 20:01 | 143.3 km | 175 km |
| 6.3 | 08.12.1922 02:02 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 6.2 | 14.04.2016 12:26 | 6.2 km | 154 km |
| 6.1 | 26.03.1997 08:31 | 13.3 km | 207 km |
| 6.1 | 23.01.1975 14:19 | 10.3 km | 166 km |
| 6.1 | 20.02.1968 23:51 | 15 km | 212 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 04:26 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2026 04:24 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.4 | 26.09.2026 01:31 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 4.6 | 19.09.2026 12:07 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 10:36 | 0 km | 172 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2026 05:58 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.5 | 08.09.2026 04:54 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.8 | 26.08.2026 19:26 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 20.08.2026 18:23 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.0 | 18.08.2026 06:05 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 18.08.2026 03:42 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.1 | 17.08.2026 23:21 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 4.4 | 16.08.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 4.4 | 12.08.2026 21:21 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 4.9 | 12.08.2026 04:05 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.1 | 11.08.2026 21:53 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 10.08.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 10.08.2026 18:12 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.1 | 10.08.2026 17:47 | 10.2 km | 157 km |
| 4.2 | 10.08.2026 00:48 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 4.3 | 08.08.2026 23:02 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 06.08.2026 07:18 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 4.9 | 05.08.2026 22:59 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 05:19 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.4 | 04.08.2026 05:06 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 11:20 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 10:39 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 02.08.2026 10:05 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 16:07 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 15:40 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.9 | 01.08.2026 12:47 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.8 | 01.08.2026 09:41 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 3.1 | 01.08.2026 03:51 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 31.07.2026 21:48 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 5.0 | 30.07.2026 13:47 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 11:17 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 03:44 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 00:56 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 4.8 | 29.07.2026 20:16 | 11.7 km | 159 km |
| 3.5 | 29.07.2026 18:35 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.6 | 29.07.2026 14:02 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 5.4 | 29.07.2026 13:19 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 4.6 | 29.07.2026 11:47 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 09:02 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.4 | 28.07.2026 18:35 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.5 | 28.07.2026 14:49 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.9 | 28.07.2026 14:01 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 4.2 | 28.07.2026 12:10 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 10:46 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 28.07.2026 09:21 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 4.1 | 28.07.2026 09:10 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 5.2 | 28.07.2026 08:18 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 3.9 | 28.07.2026 08:10 | 0 km | 157 km |
| 5.7 | 28.07.2026 08:08 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 3.6 | 28.07.2026 07:53 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.0 | 28.07.2026 07:45 | 20 km | 163 km |
| 6.8 | 28.07.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 153 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.