1.8
40,533
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1908–2026
record span
2.32
mean magnitude
35,170
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 | 29.03.1954 06:17 | 626.2 km | 1122 km |
| 7.1 | 10.10.1980 12:25 | 12.9 km | 917 km |
| 7.0 | 08.09.2023 22:11 | 18.5 km | 1048 km |
| 6.8 | 21.05.2003 18:44 | 16.5 km | 1007 km |
| 6.7 | 09.09.1954 01:04 | 15 km | 917 km |
| 6.6 | 15.03.1964 22:30 | 32.3 km | 1289 km |
| 6.4 | 24.06.1910 13:27 | 35 km | 916 km |
| 6.4 | 25.01.2016 04:22 | 11.2 km | 999 km |
| 6.3 | 11.04.2010 22:08 | 620.6 km | 1118 km |
| 6.3 | 24.02.2004 02:27 | 13.1 km | 978 km |
| 6.2 | 10.10.1980 15:39 | 10.3 km | 922 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 899 km |
| 6.1 | 16.06.1910 04:16 | 35 km | 1093 km |
| 6.1 | 10.09.1954 05:44 | 15 km | 939 km |
| 6.0 | 25.08.1922 11:47 | 10 km | 923 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 19:51 | 25 km | 973 km |
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 19:48 | 20.5 km | 974 km |
| 1.5 | 12.10.2026 15:34 | 5.8 km | 1137 km |
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 10:52 | 30.9 km | 1129 km |
| 1.7 | 11.10.2026 20:34 | 2 km | 1133 km |
| 1.5 | 11.10.2026 19:45 | 5.2 km | 1143 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 18:31 | 3.9 km | 1145 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 10:35 | 40 km | 1316 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 06:52 | 8.3 km | 1125 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 01:26 | 29.6 km | 1083 km |
| 1.7 | 10.10.2026 07:12 | 90.5 km | 1120 km |
| 2.1 | 09.10.2026 23:18 | 105.6 km | 1050 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 13:33 | 17.4 km | 1056 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 11:25 | 31.7 km | 1339 km |
| 2.3 | 09.10.2026 04:39 | 25.8 km | 992 km |
| 2.1 | 09.10.2026 02:22 | 17.7 km | 977 km |
| 1.5 | 08.10.2026 20:14 | 1.6 km | 1115 km |
| 1.8 | 08.10.2026 10:00 | 11.6 km | 1144 km |
| 2.3 | 08.10.2026 08:04 | 6.3 km | 1141 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 05:43 | 13.2 km | 1008 km |
| 1.8 | 08.10.2026 03:20 | 0.2 km | 1141 km |
| 2.0 | 07.10.2026 22:16 | 5.3 km | 1184 km |
| 1.7 | 07.10.2026 20:37 | 6.2 km | 1183 km |
| 1.7 | 07.10.2026 17:54 | 11 km | 1141 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 14:10 | 2.2 km | 1131 km |
| 1.7 | 07.10.2026 01:04 | 4.2 km | 1130 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2026 13:37 | 5.8 km | 1132 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2026 11:38 | 4.1 km | 1130 km |
| 2.0 | 06.10.2026 06:54 | 34.4 km | 1340 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2026 05:38 | 0 km | 1133 km |
| 1.8 | 05.10.2026 20:07 | 11.6 km | 1018 km |
| 1.6 | 05.10.2026 12:04 | 5.2 km | 1133 km |
| 1.8 | 05.10.2026 07:48 | 3.7 km | 1030 km |
| 1.9 | 05.10.2026 05:31 | 0 km | 1143 km |
| 1.5 | 05.10.2026 02:06 | 6.3 km | 1138 km |
| 1.7 | 04.10.2026 19:56 | 2 km | 1136 km |
| 2.1 | 04.10.2026 17:45 | 0.9 km | 1131 km |
| 1.6 | 04.10.2026 17:11 | 6.5 km | 1131 km |
| 2.2 | 04.10.2026 10:43 | 3.1 km | 1097 km |
| 1.6 | 04.10.2026 06:22 | 5.8 km | 1133 km |
| 2.1 | 04.10.2026 01:23 | 5.8 km | 1303 km |
| 1.7 | 03.10.2026 18:19 | 5.9 km | 1143 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 17:05 | 0 km | 1145 km |
| 2.3 | 03.10.2026 17:04 | 0 km | 1143 km |
| 1.6 | 03.10.2026 16:48 | 31.9 km | 1319 km |
| 1.6 | 03.10.2026 09:50 | 3.3 km | 1141 km |
| 1.5 | 03.10.2026 05:23 | 1.3 km | 1130 km |
| 1.8 | 03.10.2026 02:41 | 4.5 km | 1140 km |
| 1.8 | 03.10.2026 00:51 | 33.3 km | 1327 km |
| 1.5 | 02.10.2026 23:14 | 5.6 km | 1132 km |
| 1.5 | 02.10.2026 22:02 | 6.7 km | 1134 km |
| 1.9 | 02.10.2026 13:01 | 0 km | 1134 km |
| 2.1 | 02.10.2026 12:39 | 0 km | 1133 km |
| 1.7 | 02.10.2026 10:25 | 4 km | 1136 km |
| 1.5 | 02.10.2026 06:44 | 2.7 km | 1130 km |
| 1.9 | 01.10.2026 10:15 | 0 km | 1059 km |
| 1.5 | 01.10.2026 06:10 | 15.2 km | 1138 km |
| 1.6 | 01.10.2026 01:13 | 3.6 km | 1190 km |
| 1.5 | 30.09.2026 23:22 | 0 km | 1182 km |
| 2.4 | 30.09.2026 23:14 | 6.6 km | 1188 km |
Regions
Boumerdès852Bouïra834Tipasa674Blida668Tizi Ouzou644Médéa626Béjaïa521Sétif521Mila518Constantine517Skikda515Aïn Defla511Chlef480Bordj Bou Arréridj480Mascara471Oran451Relizane426M'Sila401Jijel391Guelma332Oum El Bouaghi332Mostaganem311Djelfa285Batna260Tiaret237Algiers230Béchar223Aïn Témouchent199Sidi Bel Abbès171Tissemsilt167
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.