3.2
1,503
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.09
mean magnitude
1,150
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 | 28.03.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 213 km |
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 367 km |
| 7.3 | 03.12.1930 18:51 | 10 km | 459 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 405 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:41 | 15 km | 269 km |
| 7.2 | 26.12.1941 14:48 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 7.2 | 06.08.1988 00:36 | 98.1 km | 519 km |
| 7.2 | 21.12.1913 15:37 | 15 km | 464 km |
| 7.2 | 04.01.1970 17:00 | 11.1 km | 483 km |
| 7.2 | 22.06.1923 06:44 | 25 km | 126 km |
| 7.1 | 16.07.1956 15:07 | 34.3 km | 303 km |
| 7.1 | 02.02.1950 23:33 | 35 km | 137 km |
| 7.0 | 06.11.1988 13:03 | 12.6 km | 170 km |
| 7.0 | 16.05.1941 07:14 | 25 km | 230 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 13:52 | 9 km | 48 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 08:50 | 10 km | 244 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 33 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 9 km | 54 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 19:18 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 16:50 | 10 km | 247 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 247 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2026 04:35 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2026 12:47 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2026 09:47 | 5 km | 203 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2026 11:18 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 3.9 | 22.09.2026 06:06 | 10 km | 260 km |
| 3.2 | 19.09.2026 21:26 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2026 09:34 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.0 | 15.09.2026 20:18 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.0 | 15.09.2026 12:04 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 4.5 | 14.09.2026 09:07 | 10 km | 333 km |
| 4.5 | 05.09.2026 01:09 | 10 km | 98 km |
| 3.8 | 02.09.2026 00:51 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 3.4 | 28.08.2026 19:43 | 5 km | 172 km |
| 4.0 | 25.08.2026 22:32 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 4.3 | 25.08.2026 21:35 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 3.2 | 21.08.2026 13:09 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.1 | 21.08.2026 09:09 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.1 | 20.08.2026 05:52 | 10 km | 331 km |
| 3.0 | 18.08.2026 12:34 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 11:31 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 3.1 | 17.08.2026 04:11 | 10 km | 329 km |
| 3.0 | 16.08.2026 13:50 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.7 | 15.08.2026 16:54 | 10 km | 242 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2026 13:14 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 3.9 | 09.08.2026 04:00 | 5 km | 258 km |
| 3.1 | 08.08.2026 03:35 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 4.1 | 07.08.2026 05:56 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 4.2 | 06.08.2026 20:32 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 3.4 | 06.08.2026 17:40 | 5 km | 179 km |
| 3.6 | 04.08.2026 16:16 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 3.5 | 04.08.2026 09:31 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 3.6 | 01.08.2026 10:34 | 3 km | 125 km |
| 4.5 | 31.07.2026 21:24 | 10 km | 317 km |
| 3.7 | 30.07.2026 06:16 | 10 km | 74 km |
| 3.4 | 30.07.2026 01:26 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.2 | 29.07.2026 14:02 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 04:44 | 10 km | 320 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 09:31 | 10 km | 203 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 19:57 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.6 | 24.07.2026 00:29 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:16 | 8 km | 305 km |
| 5.1 | 21.07.2026 11:43 | 10 km | 328 km |
| 4.1 | 17.07.2026 01:42 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 5.1 | 17.07.2026 01:26 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2026 22:39 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 3.6 | 03.07.2026 09:09 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2026 17:24 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.9 | 26.06.2026 19:04 | 7 km | 214 km |
| 3.0 | 26.06.2026 15:10 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 3.3 | 25.06.2026 16:59 | 2 km | 212 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 16:57 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 4.3 | 24.06.2026 03:58 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 3.4 | 23.06.2026 21:12 | 10 km | 271 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.