4.3
11,903
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.19
mean magnitude
10,861
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 | 15.11.1921 20:36 | 240 km | 177 km |
| 7.7 | 07.07.1909 21:37 | 200 km | 199 km |
| 7.6 | 26.10.2015 09:09 | 216.7 km | 158 km |
| 7.6 | 10.07.1949 03:53 | 20 km | 283 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 297 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1949 10:19 | 228.7 km | 162 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1965 15:53 | 215.3 km | 168 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 129 km |
| 7.4 | 30.12.1983 23:52 | 215.6 km | 169 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 162 km |
| 7.3 | 03.03.2002 12:08 | 204.8 km | 177 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 143 km |
| 7.2 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 297 km |
| 7.2 | 18.02.1911 18:41 | 15 km | 154 km |
| 7.2 | 06.10.1902 09:15 | 200 km | 180 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 13.10.2026 12:12 | 188.8 km | 147 km |
| 4.2 | 11.10.2026 07:07 | 198.6 km | 132 km |
| 4.1 | 10.10.2026 23:11 | 203.5 km | 120 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 11:39 | 203.1 km | 185 km |
| 4.3 | 08.10.2026 04:09 | 133 km | 37 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 21:38 | 203.4 km | 101 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 15:07 | 190.8 km | 165 km |
| 4.8 | 04.10.2026 20:27 | 248.9 km | 132 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 16:02 | 105.1 km | 96 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.2026 07:39 | 171.4 km | 95 km |
| 4.5 | 27.09.2026 15:00 | 148 km | 170 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2026 05:35 | 212.6 km | 56 km |
| 4.7 | 23.09.2026 05:46 | 141.2 km | 70 km |
| 4.4 | 22.09.2026 11:29 | 192.7 km | 146 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 00:07 | 194.3 km | 154 km |
| 4.7 | 21.09.2026 10:48 | 129.3 km | 107 km |
| 4.2 | 18.09.2026 12:07 | 179.5 km | 148 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2026 01:29 | 106 km | 81 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2026 19:48 | 217.5 km | 205 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2026 18:01 | 10 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 09:58 | 140 km | 204 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2026 18:02 | 108.5 km | 110 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2026 23:01 | 133.5 km | 85 km |
| 3.9 | 07.09.2026 00:06 | 158.8 km | 195 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2026 21:58 | 209.9 km | 200 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2026 01:22 | 109.7 km | 112 km |
| 4.4 | 01.09.2026 18:51 | 212.6 km | 207 km |
| 4.2 | 31.08.2026 19:36 | 103.9 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 30.08.2026 04:06 | 119.1 km | 110 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2026 19:53 | 208.1 km | 196 km |
| 4.1 | 29.08.2026 10:38 | 210.6 km | 146 km |
| 4.5 | 26.08.2026 02:24 | 93.7 km | 110 km |
| 4.4 | 25.08.2026 22:00 | 50 km | 177 km |
| 4.6 | 23.08.2026 10:04 | 45.5 km | 182 km |
| 4.4 | 22.08.2026 22:14 | 175.8 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 19.08.2026 08:34 | 122 km | 110 km |
| 5.3 | 18.08.2026 19:51 | 195.9 km | 157 km |
| 4.1 | 15.08.2026 16:47 | 99.5 km | 227 km |
| 4.2 | 13.08.2026 23:11 | 110.3 km | 124 km |
| 4.3 | 13.08.2026 04:24 | 58 km | 162 km |
| 5.1 | 13.08.2026 00:35 | 58.9 km | 171 km |
| 4.2 | 12.08.2026 11:29 | 143.6 km | 151 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2026 09:55 | 236.1 km | 143 km |
| 4.1 | 12.08.2026 00:26 | 206 km | 133 km |
| 4.5 | 07.08.2026 14:55 | 10 km | 15 km |
| 3.8 | 04.08.2026 11:53 | 119 km | 154 km |
| 4.4 | 31.07.2026 20:26 | 45.8 km | 255 km |
| 4.4 | 30.07.2026 09:38 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.5 | 30.07.2026 09:20 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.5 | 28.07.2026 06:57 | 132 km | 75 km |
| 4.6 | 27.07.2026 17:47 | 109.1 km | 78 km |
| 4.2 | 27.07.2026 03:09 | 168.4 km | 147 km |
| 4.5 | 26.07.2026 06:48 | 173.4 km | 52 km |
| 4.7 | 25.07.2026 18:54 | 57.2 km | 179 km |
| 4.1 | 25.07.2026 16:56 | 126 km | 244 km |
| 4.2 | 25.07.2026 03:04 | 168.6 km | 76 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 10:18 | 209 km | 138 km |
| 3.9 | 20.07.2026 01:09 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.7 | 19.07.2026 22:58 | 91.8 km | 182 km |
| 4.8 | 18.07.2026 10:36 | 136.8 km | 116 km |
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.