4.3
16,857
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.14
mean magnitude
16,030
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 | 30.05.1935 21:32 | 25 km | 566 km |
| 7.8 | 15.11.1921 20:36 | 240 km | 377 km |
| 7.7 | 07.07.1909 21:37 | 200 km | 363 km |
| 7.6 | 10.07.1949 03:53 | 20 km | 655 km |
| 7.6 | 09.06.1956 23:13 | 25 km | 137 km |
| 7.6 | 26.10.2015 09:09 | 216.7 km | 400 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 559 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1949 10:19 | 228.7 km | 404 km |
| 7.4 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 590 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1965 15:53 | 215.3 km | 391 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 422 km |
| 7.4 | 30.12.1983 23:52 | 215.6 km | 390 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 389 km |
| 7.3 | 03.03.2002 12:08 | 204.8 km | 383 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 690 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 13.10.2026 12:12 | 188.8 km | 414 km |
| 4.7 | 13.10.2026 09:41 | 10 km | 523 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 20:24 | 144.2 km | 592 km |
| 4.2 | 11.10.2026 07:07 | 198.6 km | 433 km |
| 4.1 | 10.10.2026 23:11 | 203.5 km | 446 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 11:39 | 203.1 km | 386 km |
| 4.3 | 08.10.2026 04:09 | 133 km | 528 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 21:38 | 203.4 km | 459 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 15:07 | 190.8 km | 395 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2026 13:14 | 5 km | 675 km |
| 4.8 | 04.10.2026 20:27 | 248.9 km | 429 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 22:10 | 9 km | 505 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 16:02 | 105.1 km | 455 km |
| 5.2 | 01.10.2026 01:29 | 49.6 km | 262 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 15:50 | 12 km | 711 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.2026 07:39 | 171.4 km | 465 km |
| 4.5 | 27.09.2026 15:00 | 148 km | 688 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2026 05:35 | 212.6 km | 568 km |
| 4.7 | 23.09.2026 05:46 | 141.2 km | 530 km |
| 4.4 | 22.09.2026 11:29 | 192.7 km | 414 km |
| 3.3 | 22.09.2026 09:50 | 10 km | 606 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 00:07 | 194.3 km | 409 km |
| 4.7 | 21.09.2026 10:48 | 129.3 km | 628 km |
| 4.2 | 18.09.2026 12:07 | 179.5 km | 414 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2026 01:29 | 106 km | 501 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2026 19:48 | 217.5 km | 367 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2026 18:01 | 10 km | 650 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 09:58 | 140 km | 762 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2026 18:02 | 108.5 km | 442 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2026 23:01 | 133.5 km | 469 km |
| 3.9 | 07.09.2026 00:06 | 158.8 km | 357 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2026 21:58 | 209.9 km | 371 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2026 01:22 | 109.7 km | 450 km |
| 4.2 | 02.09.2026 01:47 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 4.4 | 01.09.2026 18:51 | 212.6 km | 366 km |
| 4.4 | 31.08.2026 22:01 | 44.2 km | 278 km |
| 4.2 | 31.08.2026 19:36 | 103.9 km | 434 km |
| 4.2 | 30.08.2026 04:06 | 119.1 km | 442 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2026 19:53 | 208.1 km | 375 km |
| 4.1 | 29.08.2026 10:38 | 210.6 km | 416 km |
| 4.5 | 26.08.2026 02:24 | 93.7 km | 443 km |
| 4.4 | 25.08.2026 22:00 | 50 km | 698 km |
| 4.9 | 25.08.2026 01:18 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 4.6 | 23.08.2026 10:04 | 45.5 km | 702 km |
| 4.4 | 22.08.2026 22:14 | 175.8 km | 458 km |
| 4.1 | 21.08.2026 21:54 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 4.1 | 19.08.2026 08:34 | 122 km | 631 km |
| 5.3 | 18.08.2026 19:51 | 195.9 km | 407 km |
| 4.4 | 18.08.2026 18:51 | 10 km | 519 km |
| 4.2 | 17.08.2026 01:01 | 10 km | 521 km |
| 4.1 | 15.08.2026 16:47 | 99.5 km | 777 km |
| 3.1 | 14.08.2026 03:41 | 39.9 km | 678 km |
| 4.2 | 13.08.2026 23:11 | 110.3 km | 461 km |
| 4.3 | 13.08.2026 04:24 | 58 km | 689 km |
| 5.1 | 13.08.2026 00:35 | 58.9 km | 693 km |
| 4.2 | 12.08.2026 11:29 | 143.6 km | 404 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2026 09:55 | 236.1 km | 426 km |
| 4.1 | 12.08.2026 00:26 | 206 km | 431 km |
| 4.6 | 11.08.2026 21:37 | 44.5 km | 253 km |
| 4.5 | 08.08.2026 03:30 | 10 km | 583 km |
Regions
Badakhshan11,903Takhar3,635Nuristan2,013Baghlan1,570Parwan889Kunduz715Kandahar504Kunar303Nangarhar291Laghman281Samangan278Herat255Balkh221
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.