4.5
8,244
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.27
mean magnitude
6,702
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 05.06.1920 04:21 | 20 km | 192 km |
| 7.6 | 20.09.1999 17:47 | 25.4 km | 72 km |
| 7.5 | 01.09.1922 19:16 | 20 km | 195 km |
| 7.5 | 21.10.1951 21:34 | 25 km | 132 km |
| 7.5 | 12.03.1966 16:31 | 40.3 km | 260 km |
| 7.4 | 24.11.1951 18:47 | 25 km | 132 km |
| 7.4 | 02.04.2024 23:58 | 30.6 km | 159 km |
| 7.3 | 14.11.1986 21:20 | 25.2 km | 176 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1963 08:50 | 30 km | 222 km |
| 7.3 | 24.11.1951 18:50 | 30 km | 126 km |
| 7.3 | 25.01.1972 02:06 | 23 km | 248 km |
| 7.3 | 11.01.1908 03:35 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 7.3 | 14.04.1909 19:53 | 80 km | 298 km |
| 7.3 | 01.09.1910 14:20 | 0 km | 198 km |
| 7.3 | 07.09.1938 04:03 | 15 km | 146 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 30.07.2026 16:58 | 18.3 km | 145 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2026 02:14 | 10 km | 73 km |
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 12:36 | 90.4 km | 231 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2026 20:57 | 24.4 km | 150 km |
| 3.8 | 15.07.2026 14:44 | 5.2 km | 54 km |
| 4.0 | 08.07.2026 15:47 | 20.5 km | 140 km |
| 3.8 | 01.07.2026 23:06 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 4.2 | 14.06.2026 03:15 | 35 km | 188 km |
| 4.0 | 11.06.2026 18:57 | 10 km | 212 km |
| 3.8 | 07.06.2026 17:13 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 4.5 | 20.05.2026 12:25 | 37.4 km | 153 km |
| 3.5 | 20.05.2026 01:11 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.4 | 17.05.2026 00:46 | 18.2 km | 102 km |
| 4.7 | 13.05.2026 10:43 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 5.0 | 12.05.2026 06:53 | 29 km | 152 km |
| 4.2 | 10.05.2026 16:59 | 19.3 km | 133 km |
| 3.9 | 07.05.2026 23:08 | 20.9 km | 146 km |
| 4.4 | 07.05.2026 20:57 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 3.9 | 04.05.2026 06:59 | 131.4 km | 199 km |
| 4.3 | 04.05.2026 01:05 | 13 km | 207 km |
| 5.8 | 01.05.2026 12:39 | 93.6 km | 253 km |
| 4.2 | 25.04.2026 07:16 | 63.5 km | 227 km |
| 4.3 | 24.04.2026 14:56 | 64 km | 228 km |
| 4.0 | 22.04.2026 17:26 | 0 km | 167 km |
| 4.4 | 13.04.2026 11:23 | 48 km | 188 km |
| 4.5 | 04.04.2026 21:23 | 0 km | 169 km |
| 5.4 | 04.04.2026 17:14 | 19.5 km | 172 km |
| 3.8 | 02.04.2026 13:10 | 11.4 km | 61 km |
| 4.4 | 31.03.2026 15:43 | 0 km | 183 km |
| 4.4 | 29.03.2026 03:12 | 10 km | 144 km |
| 4.0 | 26.03.2026 08:43 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 4.2 | 26.03.2026 04:23 | 0 km | 162 km |
| 4.6 | 20.03.2026 13:34 | 31.8 km | 156 km |
| 4.4 | 20.03.2026 13:32 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 3.7 | 20.03.2026 02:18 | 46.1 km | 155 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2026 23:19 | 7.4 km | 58 km |
| 5.0 | 15.03.2026 08:14 | 30.8 km | 217 km |
| 3.8 | 14.03.2026 18:58 | 0 km | 130 km |
| 5.2 | 12.03.2026 12:14 | 21.5 km | 153 km |
| 3.9 | 06.03.2026 15:14 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 04.03.2026 22:02 | 20.1 km | 152 km |
| 4.1 | 03.03.2026 15:34 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 4.5 | 03.03.2026 11:52 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.9 | 28.02.2026 15:49 | 12.3 km | 197 km |
| 4.3 | 24.02.2026 17:23 | 9.4 km | 70 km |
| 4.8 | 24.02.2026 04:37 | 59.9 km | 224 km |
| 4.0 | 16.02.2026 21:44 | 19.7 km | 139 km |
| 4.2 | 16.02.2026 18:23 | 67.3 km | 228 km |
| 3.6 | 16.02.2026 11:00 | 21.6 km | 83 km |
| 4.4 | 26.01.2026 18:48 | 0 km | 214 km |
| 4.3 | 24.01.2026 14:26 | 17 km | 195 km |
| 4.1 | 23.01.2026 05:41 | 12.7 km | 193 km |
| 4.3 | 18.01.2026 23:48 | 11.1 km | 81 km |
| 4.6 | 18.01.2026 08:47 | 0 km | 211 km |
| 4.7 | 17.01.2026 17:01 | 49.6 km | 216 km |
| 4.5 | 16.01.2026 08:48 | 0 km | 205 km |
| 4.1 | 16.01.2026 03:09 | 13.7 km | 211 km |
| 4.1 | 15.01.2026 23:53 | 51.7 km | 124 km |
| 4.7 | 12.01.2026 13:31 | 85.2 km | 241 km |
| 3.9 | 07.01.2026 02:23 | 7.3 km | 144 km |
Regions
Hualien5,243Taitung3,008Yilan2,617Nantou2,571Taichung City2,152Kaohsiung1,663New Taipei1,276Chiayi1,140Pingtung922Tainan848Yunlin669Hsinchu573Miaoli572Taoyuan431Changhua413Taipei230Keelung220
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.