3.9
1,311
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.97
mean magnitude
547
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 | 23.09.1902 20:18 | 0 km | 222 km |
| 7.5 | 30.03.1914 00:41 | 150 km | 121 km |
| 7.2 | 21.10.1995 02:38 | 163.7 km | 167 km |
| 7.1 | 02.06.1916 13:59 | 150 km | 263 km |
| 6.9 | 22.06.1979 06:30 | 111.1 km | 226 km |
| 6.7 | 07.04.2011 13:11 | 165.1 km | 184 km |
| 6.5 | 28.05.1937 15:35 | 150 km | 115 km |
| 6.5 | 12.02.2008 12:50 | 88.8 km | 255 km |
| 6.3 | 26.08.1959 08:25 | 31 km | 198 km |
| 6.3 | 08.10.1920 16:50 | 10 km | 186 km |
| 6.2 | 27.06.1941 17:11 | 220 km | 40 km |
| 6.1 | 16.09.1989 23:20 | 111.4 km | 200 km |
| 6.1 | 05.02.1954 15:18 | 85 km | 77 km |
| 6.0 | 06.07.2007 01:09 | 122.6 km | 205 km |
| 5.9 | 10.01.1979 13:24 | 159.1 km | 158 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 12.10.2026 20:58 | 23.2 km | 50 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 19:15 | 174.9 km | 191 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 07:47 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 3.9 | 08.10.2026 21:15 | 174.4 km | 172 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2026 18:34 | 31.5 km | 197 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2026 16:44 | 51.7 km | 194 km |
| 3.8 | 05.10.2026 09:41 | 145.8 km | 195 km |
| 4.0 | 02.10.2026 02:20 | 154.6 km | 187 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.2026 04:06 | 177.7 km | 147 km |
| 4.2 | 28.09.2026 11:31 | 151 km | 190 km |
| 4.0 | 23.09.2026 15:17 | 184.1 km | 175 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2026 10:20 | 150.6 km | 189 km |
| 3.5 | 21.09.2026 09:02 | 175.4 km | 176 km |
| 4.0 | 20.09.2026 18:39 | 199.8 km | 161 km |
| 3.1 | 20.09.2026 10:07 | 5 km | 144 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2026 08:23 | 173 km | 179 km |
| 3.1 | 09.09.2026 20:12 | 3 km | 44 km |
| 3.9 | 29.08.2026 21:15 | 16.7 km | 181 km |
| 3.3 | 20.08.2026 10:15 | 4.5 km | 164 km |
| 4.6 | 19.08.2026 20:06 | 178.3 km | 188 km |
| 3.6 | 10.08.2026 21:43 | 12 km | 117 km |
| 4.2 | 04.08.2026 02:40 | 65.4 km | 110 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 11:04 | 40.5 km | 196 km |
| 3.5 | 30.07.2026 08:40 | 5.6 km | 99 km |
| 4.2 | 26.07.2026 20:16 | 192.7 km | 166 km |
| 4.6 | 24.07.2026 17:33 | 191.1 km | 141 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 09:21 | 193.1 km | 161 km |
| 3.1 | 12.07.2026 19:08 | 172.6 km | 190 km |
| 3.6 | 10.07.2026 10:08 | 188.6 km | 171 km |
| 4.0 | 06.07.2026 16:23 | 151.6 km | 201 km |
| 4.0 | 15.06.2026 22:40 | 146.7 km | 197 km |
| 3.7 | 13.06.2026 19:59 | 40.6 km | 178 km |
| 4.1 | 12.06.2026 21:44 | 167 km | 178 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2026 22:51 | 159.8 km | 188 km |
| 3.7 | 07.06.2026 22:34 | 169 km | 189 km |
| 3.5 | 05.06.2026 22:27 | 7.8 km | 162 km |
| 4.0 | 03.06.2026 10:46 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 4.1 | 01.06.2026 17:29 | 172 km | 179 km |
| 4.3 | 29.05.2026 09:10 | 12.5 km | 42 km |
| 4.0 | 29.05.2026 07:53 | 146.4 km | 211 km |
| 4.0 | 28.05.2026 23:55 | 5 km | 56 km |
| 4.1 | 28.05.2026 23:53 | 5 km | 59 km |
| 4.1 | 28.05.2026 21:50 | 5 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 28.05.2026 09:09 | 4.8 km | 96 km |
| 3.7 | 27.05.2026 09:24 | 166.3 km | 179 km |
| 4.2 | 25.05.2026 08:02 | 18.8 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 16.05.2026 18:45 | 55.2 km | 171 km |
| 4.0 | 15.05.2026 05:02 | 151.1 km | 205 km |
| 4.0 | 14.05.2026 15:30 | 149.7 km | 188 km |
| 3.1 | 05.05.2026 22:35 | 162.4 km | 182 km |
| 3.6 | 05.05.2026 09:46 | 165.2 km | 187 km |
| 3.9 | 30.04.2026 10:20 | 176 km | 177 km |
| 3.5 | 28.04.2026 09:05 | 157.8 km | 194 km |
| 4.1 | 28.04.2026 06:10 | 139.3 km | 209 km |
| 3.1 | 26.04.2026 21:06 | 171.7 km | 174 km |
| 3.8 | 24.04.2026 21:27 | 201.8 km | 161 km |
| 3.8 | 15.04.2026 22:04 | 170.5 km | 190 km |
| 3.6 | 14.04.2026 10:22 | 152.3 km | 189 km |
| 4.1 | 14.04.2026 02:04 | 54.7 km | 193 km |
| 3.1 | 08.04.2026 04:47 | 2.4 km | 96 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.