3.2
11,964
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.61
mean magnitude
9,526
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 | 07.09.1915 01:20 | 80 km | 409 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.2001 17:33 | 57.6 km | 362 km |
| 7.6 | 05.09.2012 14:42 | 20.7 km | 317 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1992 00:16 | 22.5 km | 275 km |
| 7.6 | 22.04.1991 21:56 | 15.7 km | 439 km |
| 7.6 | 21.12.1939 20:54 | 25 km | 339 km |
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 269 km |
| 7.3 | 27.08.2012 04:37 | 16 km | 362 km |
| 7.3 | 27.02.1916 20:21 | 15 km | 316 km |
| 7.3 | 26.04.1916 02:21 | 35 km | 323 km |
| 7.3 | 25.03.1990 13:22 | 21.2 km | 345 km |
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 290 km |
| 7.3 | 27.02.1916 20:21 | 15 km | 434 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 201 km |
| 7.2 | 30.12.1907 05:26 | 0 km | 129 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 04.08.2026 00:57 | 16 km | 275 km |
| 2.7 | 04.08.2026 00:52 | 156 km | 175 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 00:25 | 40 km | 208 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 22:36 | 12 km | 275 km |
| 2.9 | 03.08.2026 06:49 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 04:55 | 30 km | 277 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 04:14 | 20 km | 287 km |
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 00:07 | 30 km | 216 km |
| 3.5 | 02.08.2026 20:45 | 28 km | 289 km |
| 3.2 | 02.08.2026 20:42 | 33 km | 280 km |
| 4.6 | 02.08.2026 16:09 | 136.5 km | 153 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 23:41 | 2 km | 218 km |
| 4.0 | 01.08.2026 03:43 | 200 km | 152 km |
| 4.2 | 30.07.2026 06:59 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 21:53 | 27 km | 177 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 14:51 | 1 km | 275 km |
| 3.8 | 29.07.2026 08:44 | 57 km | 252 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 08:04 | 21 km | 265 km |
| 2.6 | 29.07.2026 07:38 | 58 km | 175 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 00:07 | 34 km | 255 km |
| 3.4 | 28.07.2026 21:05 | 31 km | 259 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 10:03 | 150 km | 145 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 09:37 | 166 km | 180 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 06:05 | 19 km | 239 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 20:50 | 21 km | 272 km |
| 3.1 | 27.07.2026 14:24 | 62 km | 190 km |
| 2.8 | 27.07.2026 12:10 | 196 km | 174 km |
| 2.6 | 27.07.2026 07:03 | 35 km | 249 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 20:19 | 21 km | 202 km |
| 2.6 | 26.07.2026 11:51 | 5 km | 100 km |
| 4.9 | 26.07.2026 09:26 | 16.7 km | 218 km |
| 2.7 | 26.07.2026 08:34 | 34 km | 214 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 22:52 | 40 km | 242 km |
| 3.6 | 25.07.2026 17:24 | 42 km | 224 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 16:36 | 59 km | 180 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 06:22 | 6 km | 212 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 05:57 | 27 km | 217 km |
| 3.8 | 25.07.2026 02:53 | 206 km | 174 km |
| 3.2 | 24.07.2026 14:55 | 38 km | 183 km |
| 2.9 | 24.07.2026 10:38 | 1 km | 301 km |
| 4.2 | 24.07.2026 10:25 | 143 km | 162 km |
| 2.8 | 24.07.2026 05:41 | 45 km | 236 km |
| 3.0 | 24.07.2026 04:51 | 18 km | 272 km |
| 2.9 | 23.07.2026 11:57 | 41 km | 218 km |
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 15:51 | 34 km | 263 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 13:44 | 39 km | 256 km |
| 3.3 | 21.07.2026 11:14 | 35 km | 265 km |
| 4.2 | 21.07.2026 07:13 | 149 km | 226 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 05:08 | 12 km | 244 km |
| 2.5 | 20.07.2026 05:07 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 3.4 | 20.07.2026 03:09 | 26 km | 273 km |
| 2.9 | 20.07.2026 03:02 | 20 km | 237 km |
| 3.3 | 19.07.2026 23:35 | 14 km | 267 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2026 18:53 | 7 km | 271 km |
| 3.3 | 19.07.2026 09:39 | 28 km | 237 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2026 03:48 | 151 km | 225 km |
| 4.8 | 18.07.2026 23:31 | 63.7 km | 225 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2026 16:10 | 104 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 18.07.2026 06:22 | 73 km | 163 km |
| 3.1 | 18.07.2026 06:11 | 10 km | 232 km |
Regions
Chinandega2,495León2,183Rivas1,760Managua1,592Carazo1,341Río San Juan977Granada730Masaya564South Caribbean Coast523Matagalpa254Chontales251Boaco224Jinotega201Estelí201North Caribbean Coast178
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.