4.8
15,188
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.44
mean magnitude
13,544
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 01.04.2007 20:39 | 14.5 km | 473 km |
| 7.9 | 06.02.2013 01:12 | 23.8 km | 460 km |
| 7.9 | 30.04.1939 02:55 | 15 km | 179 km |
| 7.9 | 07.10.2009 22:18 | 35 km | 663 km |
| 7.9 | 22.01.2017 04:30 | 156.5 km | 761 km |
| 7.8 | 07.10.2009 22:18 | 35 km | 675 km |
| 7.8 | 08.12.2016 17:38 | 47.6 km | 175 km |
| 7.8 | 31.12.1966 18:23 | 58.6 km | 640 km |
| 7.8 | 18.07.1934 19:40 | 10 km | 693 km |
| 7.8 | 03.10.1931 19:13 | 15 km | 212 km |
| 7.8 | 17.12.1957 13:50 | 123.6 km | 690 km |
| 7.7 | 17.07.1980 19:42 | 40.4 km | 635 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1939 02:18 | 35 km | 685 km |
| 7.7 | 10.10.1931 00:19 | 15 km | 58 km |
| 7.7 | 21.04.1997 12:02 | 54.2 km | 705 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 03.08.2026 13:14 | 35 km | 604 km |
| 5.0 | 28.07.2026 19:28 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 4.9 | 23.07.2026 14:12 | 161.6 km | 653 km |
| 5.1 | 17.07.2026 13:27 | 66 km | 138 km |
| 4.6 | 17.07.2026 06:55 | 10 km | 212 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 22:18 | 208.5 km | 571 km |
| 3.5 | 08.07.2026 08:32 | 170.1 km | 528 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2026 06:00 | 0 km | 544 km |
| 3.7 | 28.06.2026 02:39 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 4.5 | 27.06.2026 11:23 | 0 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 27.06.2026 05:28 | 0 km | 284 km |
| 3.7 | 27.06.2026 00:55 | 0 km | 285 km |
| 4.6 | 27.06.2026 00:03 | 0 km | 234 km |
| 3.6 | 26.06.2026 22:53 | 0 km | 253 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 11:32 | 75.1 km | 697 km |
| 3.8 | 22.06.2026 15:17 | 54.9 km | 589 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2026 21:31 | 99.4 km | 611 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 00:02 | 0 km | 295 km |
| 3.1 | 14.06.2026 08:40 | 0 km | 501 km |
| 3.7 | 12.06.2026 14:20 | 0 km | 282 km |
| 3.8 | 08.06.2026 21:35 | 0 km | 276 km |
| 3.5 | 07.06.2026 05:33 | 212.2 km | 533 km |
| 4.1 | 06.06.2026 08:52 | 80.8 km | 120 km |
| 4.5 | 06.06.2026 00:09 | 10 km | 281 km |
| 3.3 | 06.06.2026 00:09 | 0 km | 285 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 18:52 | 10 km | 339 km |
| 4.1 | 04.06.2026 08:31 | 96.8 km | 171 km |
| 3.4 | 03.06.2026 23:15 | 0 km | 204 km |
| 4.1 | 30.05.2026 07:12 | 0 km | 598 km |
| 4.3 | 26.05.2026 19:39 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.9 | 26.05.2026 19:08 | 0 km | 331 km |
| 5.3 | 22.05.2026 19:30 | 10 km | 362 km |
| 3.7 | 22.05.2026 16:28 | 0 km | 282 km |
| 3.4 | 21.05.2026 21:25 | 0 km | 626 km |
| 3.6 | 21.05.2026 06:06 | 0 km | 108 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 02:53 | 85.7 km | 110 km |
| 3.8 | 16.05.2026 15:52 | 34.9 km | 110 km |
| 5.6 | 16.05.2026 15:17 | 25 km | 98 km |
| 5.6 | 12.05.2026 15:39 | 64 km | 426 km |
| 4.4 | 12.05.2026 03:45 | 65.9 km | 112 km |
| 5.3 | 11.05.2026 09:48 | 13.6 km | 237 km |
| 3.8 | 10.05.2026 20:16 | 0 km | 354 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 11:54 | 60.4 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 18:09 | 0 km | 666 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 16:38 | 0 km | 686 km |
| 4.3 | 06.05.2026 02:42 | 35 km | 150 km |
| 3.8 | 29.04.2026 12:32 | 0 km | 285 km |
| 3.6 | 25.04.2026 06:32 | 126.8 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 22.04.2026 12:04 | 32.1 km | 159 km |
| 3.7 | 22.04.2026 10:12 | 39.6 km | 404 km |
| 3.5 | 21.04.2026 19:25 | 0 km | 218 km |
| 3.8 | 20.04.2026 03:40 | 0 km | 665 km |
| 3.9 | 19.04.2026 22:39 | 0 km | 430 km |
| 4.2 | 19.04.2026 14:59 | 78.4 km | 626 km |
| 5.8 | 18.04.2026 15:03 | 40 km | 150 km |
| 4.2 | 18.04.2026 09:25 | 0 km | 371 km |
| 3.7 | 16.04.2026 20:17 | 104.5 km | 256 km |
| 3.8 | 16.04.2026 06:26 | 58.5 km | 201 km |
| 3.6 | 15.04.2026 22:43 | 51.9 km | 303 km |
| 3.9 | 15.04.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 308 km |
Regions
Temotu5,081Western3,783Makira-Ulawa2,275Guadalcanal1,025Malaita867Isabel598Choiseul532Central358Honiara177
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.