3.4
11,030
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.18
mean magnitude
10,585
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 31.01.1906 15:36 | 20 km | 546 km |
| 8.1 | 12.12.1979 07:59 | 29.9 km | 590 km |
| 8.0 | 26.05.2019 07:41 | 125.5 km | 1022 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 435 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 539 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 448 km |
| 7.5 | 28.09.1906 15:24 | 100 km | 812 km |
| 7.5 | 12.12.1953 17:31 | 25 km | 371 km |
| 7.5 | 26.09.2005 01:55 | 127.7 km | 906 km |
| 7.5 | 22.02.2019 10:17 | 149.9 km | 719 km |
| 7.5 | 28.11.2021 10:52 | 118.5 km | 798 km |
| 7.4 | 27.07.1971 02:02 | 105.6 km | 690 km |
| 7.3 | 14.05.1928 22:14 | 10 km | 673 km |
| 7.2 | 30.09.2012 16:31 | 155.2 km | 888 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1970 04:34 | 17.4 km | 402 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 15:11 | 20 km | 646 km |
| 4.3 | 02.08.2026 17:09 | 139.3 km | 868 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 09:30 | 14 km | 471 km |
| 3.7 | 01.08.2026 01:25 | 25 km | 296 km |
| 4.7 | 31.07.2026 16:04 | 10 km | 913 km |
| 4.3 | 31.07.2026 01:10 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.2026 16:15 | 15 km | 618 km |
| 3.3 | 29.07.2026 15:27 | 5 km | 692 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2026 04:38 | 80 km | 428 km |
| 3.7 | 26.07.2026 23:22 | 24 km | 508 km |
| 4.0 | 25.07.2026 01:46 | 24 km | 296 km |
| 3.9 | 23.07.2026 10:20 | 14 km | 290 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 00:53 | 20 km | 288 km |
| 3.9 | 21.07.2026 22:36 | 20 km | 306 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2026 15:26 | 89 km | 515 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 08:49 | 37 km | 450 km |
| 3.6 | 11.07.2026 05:35 | 138 km | 780 km |
| 3.7 | 09.07.2026 23:42 | 23.9 km | 298 km |
| 3.4 | 09.07.2026 22:24 | 5 km | 299 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 11:20 | 25 km | 405 km |
| 3.6 | 07.07.2026 09:21 | 37 km | 352 km |
| 3.8 | 07.07.2026 08:34 | 10 km | 286 km |
| 3.5 | 05.07.2026 22:41 | 17 km | 393 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 13:48 | 17 km | 325 km |
| 3.5 | 01.07.2026 22:54 | 8 km | 447 km |
| 3.6 | 30.06.2026 21:23 | 10 km | 380 km |
| 4.3 | 30.06.2026 06:02 | 13 km | 644 km |
| 3.7 | 26.06.2026 15:08 | 30 km | 429 km |
| 3.5 | 23.06.2026 15:05 | 11 km | 283 km |
| 3.3 | 22.06.2026 01:42 | 21 km | 315 km |
| 3.1 | 21.06.2026 04:09 | 23 km | 343 km |
| 3.6 | 21.06.2026 00:44 | 69 km | 433 km |
| 3.6 | 20.06.2026 13:49 | 13 km | 271 km |
| 4.3 | 19.06.2026 04:50 | 146 km | 716 km |
| 3.7 | 17.06.2026 11:51 | 67 km | 479 km |
| 3.7 | 16.06.2026 20:12 | 21 km | 631 km |
| 3.8 | 16.06.2026 14:56 | 0 km | 458 km |
| 5.0 | 13.06.2026 06:35 | 74 km | 492 km |
| 3.3 | 12.06.2026 18:12 | 89 km | 415 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2026 01:42 | 33 km | 360 km |
| 3.5 | 08.06.2026 18:05 | 87 km | 661 km |
| 4.1 | 08.06.2026 16:03 | 21 km | 346 km |
| 3.8 | 08.06.2026 15:06 | 9 km | 393 km |
| 3.2 | 08.06.2026 06:06 | 57 km | 397 km |
| 4.0 | 02.06.2026 11:54 | 46 km | 363 km |
| 3.3 | 02.06.2026 09:48 | 20 km | 291 km |
| 3.6 | 02.06.2026 04:05 | 15 km | 686 km |
| 3.4 | 01.06.2026 22:51 | 83 km | 507 km |
| 3.7 | 28.05.2026 11:58 | 130 km | 624 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2026 01:39 | 9 km | 480 km |
| 3.5 | 27.05.2026 06:27 | 186 km | 654 km |
| 4.0 | 24.05.2026 04:57 | 48 km | 386 km |
| 3.9 | 23.05.2026 08:44 | 131.2 km | 698 km |
| 3.6 | 22.05.2026 21:25 | 10 km | 347 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2026 17:47 | 10 km | 666 km |
| 3.8 | 21.05.2026 03:32 | 20 km | 455 km |
| 3.8 | 19.05.2026 01:57 | 93 km | 609 km |
| 3.6 | 17.05.2026 20:04 | 32 km | 479 km |
| 2.7 | 16.05.2026 07:25 | 14 km | 592 km |
| 4.1 | 15.05.2026 14:19 | 70 km | 396 km |
Regions
Morona-Santiago2,798Manabí2,177Pastaza2,113Guayas1,899Esmeraldas980Tungurahua945Azuay937Los Ríos807Galápagos768Santa Elena737Napo727Cotopaxi727Loja688Cañar647Pichincha604Chimborazo552El Oro524Orellana478Bolívar448Imbabura447Sucumbíos369Carchi327Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas324Zamora Chinchipe307
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.