2.8
1,275
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1917–2026
record span
4.11
mean magnitude
741
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 06.08.1988 00:36 | 98.1 km | 352 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1938 04:28 | 75 km | 70 km |
| 7.0 | 08.07.1975 12:04 | 106.8 km | 169 km |
| 6.9 | 13.04.2016 13:55 | 151.4 km | 173 km |
| 6.8 | 24.08.2016 10:34 | 88.2 km | 200 km |
| 6.7 | 03.01.2016 23:05 | 49.5 km | 275 km |
| 6.5 | 28.09.1948 21:36 | 65 km | 86 km |
| 6.5 | 02.06.1934 05:54 | 130 km | 290 km |
| 6.5 | 15.03.1927 16:56 | 130 km | 290 km |
| 6.5 | 11.05.1940 21:00 | 80 km | 178 km |
| 6.5 | 29.05.1994 14:11 | 43.5 km | 217 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.1944 14:46 | 15 km | 275 km |
| 6.3 | 17.10.1969 01:25 | 137.7 km | 153 km |
| 6.3 | 04.02.2011 13:53 | 86.5 km | 286 km |
| 6.2 | 23.04.1935 16:45 | 110 km | 230 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 22:47 | 136 km | 122 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 21:11 | 50 km | 197 km |
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 18:50 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.6 | 04.10.2026 05:55 | 58.3 km | 121 km |
| 3.5 | 04.10.2026 01:48 | 52 km | 192 km |
| 4.9 | 03.10.2026 18:13 | 17.6 km | 62 km |
| 4.9 | 03.10.2026 18:12 | 35 km | 196 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 04:51 | 57 km | 135 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2026 05:35 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2026 18:37 | 70 km | 160 km |
| 3.6 | 23.09.2026 04:16 | 50 km | 129 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 12:20 | 5 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 14.09.2026 19:13 | 115 km | 195 km |
| 3.3 | 11.09.2026 08:23 | 50 km | 163 km |
| 3.6 | 04.09.2026 22:39 | 121 km | 112 km |
| 4.1 | 03.09.2026 18:41 | 130 km | 114 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2026 19:33 | 50 km | 177 km |
| 3.1 | 24.08.2026 19:41 | 100 km | 177 km |
| 4.4 | 21.08.2026 10:12 | 69 km | 116 km |
| 3.2 | 15.08.2026 13:41 | 85 km | 201 km |
| 3.0 | 05.08.2026 12:59 | 12 km | 140 km |
| 3.9 | 04.08.2026 02:56 | 10 km | 164 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 18:15 | 11 km | 170 km |
| 2.9 | 31.07.2026 23:09 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 02:21 | 55 km | 123 km |
| 3.8 | 28.07.2026 14:34 | 50 km | 100 km |
| 3.6 | 22.07.2026 06:18 | 105 km | 104 km |
| 3.4 | 21.07.2026 06:12 | 60 km | 117 km |
| 2.7 | 07.07.2026 19:28 | 5 km | 194 km |
| 3.6 | 05.07.2026 16:34 | 55 km | 189 km |
| 4.4 | 28.06.2026 15:53 | 49 km | 124 km |
| 2.8 | 19.06.2026 17:04 | 8 km | 150 km |
| 4.4 | 19.06.2026 07:52 | 62 km | 68 km |
| 4.5 | 18.06.2026 15:29 | 52.1 km | 232 km |
| 3.4 | 07.06.2026 11:20 | 107 km | 119 km |
| 3.4 | 06.06.2026 00:26 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 3.0 | 01.06.2026 09:28 | 10 km | 47 km |
| 4.2 | 30.05.2026 09:56 | 110 km | 120 km |
| 3.8 | 29.05.2026 12:22 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 3.4 | 29.05.2026 08:49 | 70 km | 180 km |
| 2.7 | 27.05.2026 09:37 | 11 km | 193 km |
| 3.3 | 22.05.2026 18:42 | 55 km | 34 km |
| 3.2 | 22.05.2026 01:25 | 190 km | 111 km |
| 3.2 | 21.05.2026 04:51 | 12 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 19.05.2026 01:18 | 76 km | 201 km |
| 2.5 | 19.05.2026 01:03 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 2.7 | 16.05.2026 18:54 | 27 km | 183 km |
| 3.5 | 16.05.2026 02:43 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 4.0 | 16.05.2026 01:10 | 100 km | 117 km |
| 3.1 | 13.05.2026 19:31 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 5.0 | 10.05.2026 19:36 | 54.2 km | 220 km |
| 2.6 | 03.05.2026 11:26 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.0 | 28.04.2026 16:35 | 80 km | 198 km |
| 3.8 | 21.04.2026 14:24 | 76.5 km | 181 km |
| 3.8 | 20.04.2026 16:01 | 117 km | 113 km |
| 3.8 | 15.04.2026 20:39 | 22 km | 169 km |
| 3.9 | 06.04.2026 19:23 | 69.8 km | 197 km |
| 3.4 | 31.03.2026 22:26 | 22 km | 32 km |
| 3.1 | 31.03.2026 21:12 | 90 km | 125 km |
| 3.1 | 26.03.2026 23:57 | 17 km | 172 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.