4.7
7,279
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.43
mean magnitude
5,851
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 12.04.1910 00:22 | 235 km | 286 km |
| 7.9 | 05.06.1920 04:21 | 20 km | 595 km |
| 7.9 | 15.06.1911 14:25 | 150 km | 349 km |
| 7.6 | 10.06.1938 09:53 | 20 km | 231 km |
| 7.5 | 12.03.1966 16:31 | 40.3 km | 516 km |
| 7.5 | 01.09.1922 19:16 | 20 km | 575 km |
| 7.4 | 01.02.1916 07:36 | 15 km | 587 km |
| 7.4 | 28.02.1915 18:59 | 20 km | 495 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 616 km |
| 7.3 | 14.11.1986 21:20 | 25.2 km | 595 km |
| 7.3 | 04.07.1917 00:38 | 35 km | 153 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1963 08:50 | 30 km | 548 km |
| 7.3 | 14.04.1909 19:53 | 80 km | 490 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1910 14:20 | 0 km | 577 km |
| 7.3 | 24.04.1900 23:16 | 35 km | 93 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 05.10.2026 13:30 | 156.2 km | 411 km |
| 3.9 | 03.10.2026 23:45 | 50 km | 247 km |
| 4.6 | 30.09.2026 21:11 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 5.6 | 30.09.2026 05:00 | 10.8 km | 509 km |
| 3.5 | 27.09.2026 08:37 | 40 km | 162 km |
| 4.7 | 25.09.2026 19:14 | 14.1 km | 147 km |
| 3.3 | 23.09.2026 16:30 | 50 km | 255 km |
| 5.1 | 22.09.2026 10:46 | 10 km | 344 km |
| 3.4 | 22.09.2026 09:49 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 5.1 | 20.09.2026 07:28 | 68.8 km | 314 km |
| 3.9 | 19.09.2026 12:23 | 60 km | 239 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2026 18:06 | 50 km | 162 km |
| 4.7 | 15.09.2026 21:00 | 11.5 km | 381 km |
| 4.3 | 15.09.2026 17:16 | 10 km | 376 km |
| 3.4 | 09.09.2026 17:11 | 40 km | 239 km |
| 3.3 | 02.09.2026 01:27 | 20 km | 261 km |
| 3.5 | 31.08.2026 02:55 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2026 10:11 | 131.7 km | 196 km |
| 3.6 | 25.08.2026 05:29 | 30 km | 80 km |
| 4.9 | 24.08.2026 15:27 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 4.4 | 22.08.2026 18:44 | 90.8 km | 250 km |
| 4.7 | 21.08.2026 00:01 | 44.1 km | 66 km |
| 3.9 | 20.08.2026 18:15 | 30 km | 283 km |
| 4.7 | 17.08.2026 04:54 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 3.4 | 12.08.2026 12:03 | 30 km | 263 km |
| 4.0 | 04.08.2026 18:21 | 30 km | 135 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 13:21 | 30 km | 121 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 10:10 | 62 km | 183 km |
| 4.6 | 31.07.2026 12:58 | 10 km | 221 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 19:59 | 20 km | 240 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2026 06:30 | 132.1 km | 80 km |
| 3.0 | 29.07.2026 06:24 | 80 km | 300 km |
| 5.1 | 23.07.2026 09:22 | 10 km | 348 km |
| 3.4 | 18.07.2026 00:48 | 20 km | 348 km |
| 3.5 | 16.07.2026 11:25 | 177.4 km | 239 km |
| 3.9 | 09.07.2026 16:21 | 110.4 km | 247 km |
| 3.5 | 06.07.2026 03:28 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 3.4 | 04.07.2026 00:15 | 0 km | 158 km |
| 4.2 | 03.07.2026 11:33 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 4.3 | 03.07.2026 09:01 | 0 km | 162 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2026 07:33 | 0 km | 159 km |
| 4.2 | 03.07.2026 07:32 | 10 km | 133 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2026 07:22 | 0 km | 138 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2026 05:23 | 0 km | 144 km |
| 6.1 | 03.07.2026 04:04 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 3.7 | 03.07.2026 03:53 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 4.9 | 03.07.2026 03:53 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 4.3 | 02.07.2026 14:44 | 100 km | 483 km |
| 4.4 | 30.06.2026 04:59 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 4.5 | 22.06.2026 22:20 | 35 km | 252 km |
| 3.3 | 22.06.2026 22:20 | 23.2 km | 243 km |
| 3.5 | 22.06.2026 19:27 | 20 km | 348 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 19:41 | 0 km | 177 km |
| 4.8 | 19.06.2026 19:36 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.7 | 16.06.2026 23:18 | 0 km | 413 km |
| 4.1 | 16.06.2026 03:19 | 0 km | 423 km |
| 3.0 | 15.06.2026 19:11 | 20 km | 289 km |
| 4.3 | 08.06.2026 22:37 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 3.4 | 07.06.2026 02:46 | 70 km | 13 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.