3.0
4,162
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.24
mean magnitude
3,099
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 23.10.2011 10:41 | 7.6 km | 384 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 330 km |
| 7.0 | 24.11.1976 12:22 | 11.9 km | 328 km |
| 6.8 | 25.11.2000 18:09 | 39.2 km | 202 km |
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 296 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 260 km |
| 6.5 | 25.11.2000 18:10 | 28.8 km | 204 km |
| 6.5 | 11.08.2012 12:23 | 8.7 km | 204 km |
| 6.4 | 27.04.1931 16:50 | 15 km | 167 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 341 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2012 12:34 | 18.9 km | 207 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1978 15:22 | 31.1 km | 299 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 208 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 390 km |
| 6.2 | 08.05.1930 15:35 | 15 km | 284 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 11.8 km | 174 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 6.4 km | 237 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 17:53 | 26.8 km | 73 km |
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 15:24 | 27.5 km | 180 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 21:47 | 26.4 km | 181 km |
| 3.3 | 25.07.2026 23:04 | 18.5 km | 234 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2026 11:39 | 6.8 km | 281 km |
| 2.3 | 23.07.2026 11:11 | 7.1 km | 285 km |
| 1.8 | 21.07.2026 21:50 | 6.3 km | 265 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2026 18:44 | 10 km | 90 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 06:57 | 7.1 km | 280 km |
| 2.1 | 13.07.2026 03:36 | 6.9 km | 290 km |
| 2.2 | 12.07.2026 21:18 | 7 km | 296 km |
| 2.1 | 10.07.2026 06:34 | 6.5 km | 294 km |
| 2.0 | 06.07.2026 15:07 | 11.1 km | 277 km |
| 2.1 | 05.07.2026 10:17 | 6.7 km | 237 km |
| 2.9 | 05.07.2026 07:16 | 16.3 km | 240 km |
| 3.1 | 05.07.2026 01:58 | 47 km | 168 km |
| 3.3 | 04.07.2026 09:34 | 45.2 km | 76 km |
| 1.9 | 02.07.2026 15:05 | 7 km | 238 km |
| 2.1 | 22.06.2026 05:03 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.1 | 19.06.2026 15:17 | 7 km | 159 km |
| 3.6 | 17.06.2026 07:53 | 13 km | 244 km |
| 2.1 | 14.06.2026 01:54 | 7 km | 259 km |
| 3.9 | 12.06.2026 11:13 | 41 km | 103 km |
| 4.8 | 12.06.2026 11:12 | 7 km | 129 km |
| 2.8 | 11.06.2026 05:57 | 7 km | 216 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2026 04:55 | 69.7 km | 239 km |
| 3.1 | 07.06.2026 12:45 | 11 km | 104 km |
| 2.6 | 26.05.2026 20:07 | 7 km | 276 km |
| 3.4 | 25.05.2026 04:40 | 29.9 km | 237 km |
| 3.3 | 24.05.2026 03:52 | 28.4 km | 116 km |
| 4.0 | 21.05.2026 01:47 | 39.4 km | 224 km |
| 3.5 | 20.05.2026 16:45 | 13 km | 233 km |
| 2.7 | 20.05.2026 12:06 | 7 km | 281 km |
| 3.0 | 14.05.2026 15:36 | 7 km | 293 km |
| 2.8 | 10.05.2026 11:46 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 3.5 | 09.05.2026 10:35 | 36.1 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 13:49 | 7 km | 275 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2026 09:05 | 7 km | 277 km |
| 2.5 | 08.05.2026 08:18 | 7 km | 281 km |
| 3.5 | 08.05.2026 03:47 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.7 | 05.05.2026 04:45 | 19 km | 233 km |
| 3.0 | 02.05.2026 05:50 | 27.4 km | 225 km |
| 2.3 | 01.05.2026 11:02 | 7 km | 303 km |
| 3.4 | 29.04.2026 23:09 | 18.8 km | 223 km |
| 1.9 | 27.04.2026 16:52 | 7 km | 299 km |
| 2.2 | 27.04.2026 16:42 | 7 km | 300 km |
| 3.2 | 26.04.2026 07:36 | 33 km | 231 km |
| 3.2 | 23.04.2026 05:57 | 19.6 km | 225 km |
| 3.3 | 22.04.2026 10:07 | 3.5 km | 209 km |
| 2.4 | 21.04.2026 14:32 | 6.9 km | 242 km |
| 3.5 | 17.04.2026 21:36 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.1 | 15.04.2026 16:10 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.3 | 15.04.2026 02:52 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 3.1 | 14.04.2026 06:21 | 20 km | 232 km |
| 3.1 | 14.04.2026 05:53 | 0 km | 225 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 23:03 | 29.4 km | 229 km |
| 3.2 | 13.04.2026 07:17 | 15 km | 193 km |
| 3.2 | 12.04.2026 19:45 | 32.6 km | 224 km |
Regions
Lankaran578Balakan281Zaqatala280Quba279Shamakhi268Ismayilli266Agsu243Sheki221Tovuz219Absheron218Qakh203Gobustan203Qusar202Agstafa198Baku184Lerik182Samukh179Khizi178Masally177Shabran170Goranboy158Yardimli153Qabala152Shamkir151
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.