2.8
4,085
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.66
mean magnitude
3,280
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | 11.11.1922 04:32 | 70 km | 289 km |
| 8.2 | 09.12.1950 21:38 | 113.9 km | 418 km |
| 7.7 | 28.12.1966 08:18 | 22.1 km | 425 km |
| 7.6 | 04.10.1983 18:52 | 28.6 km | 369 km |
| 7.5 | 05.03.1987 09:17 | 41.4 km | 478 km |
| 7.5 | 04.12.1918 11:47 | 40 km | 376 km |
| 7.5 | 23.11.1977 09:26 | 10.4 km | 392 km |
| 7.2 | 23.06.1991 21:22 | 563.4 km | 361 km |
| 7.2 | 08.06.1909 05:46 | 35 km | 367 km |
| 7.2 | 02.12.1960 09:10 | 35 km | 459 km |
| 7.2 | 05.02.1988 14:01 | 37.9 km | 471 km |
| 7.1 | 15.01.1944 23:49 | 15 km | 438 km |
| 7.1 | 06.09.1910 19:59 | 0 km | 417 km |
| 7.1 | 13.07.1936 11:12 | 35 km | 447 km |
| 7.1 | 25.08.1948 06:09 | 30 km | 424 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 18:00 | 106 km | 191 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 09:10 | 121 km | 252 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 07:52 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 06:56 | 122 km | 261 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 03:47 | 10 km | 188 km |
| 4.4 | 13.10.2026 03:04 | 128.3 km | 140 km |
| 2.9 | 13.10.2026 02:30 | 120.2 km | 240 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 11:54 | 3 km | 192 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 08:46 | 175 km | 210 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 06:03 | 167 km | 205 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 03:16 | 143 km | 78 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 02:17 | 139 km | 41 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 11:35 | 166 km | 51 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 00:36 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 10:36 | 105 km | 332 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 00:42 | 140 km | 73 km |
| 2.8 | 09.10.2026 02:44 | 5 km | 144 km |
| 2.7 | 08.10.2026 01:28 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 18:58 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 11:23 | 5 km | 186 km |
| 2.8 | 07.10.2026 10:34 | 120 km | 200 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 09:27 | 151 km | 178 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 05:42 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 04:54 | 349 km | 14 km |
| 4.3 | 07.10.2026 02:41 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 2.7 | 06.10.2026 06:02 | 132 km | 82 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 19:19 | 133 km | 123 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2026 10:41 | 6 km | 201 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 03:47 | 125 km | 120 km |
| 2.6 | 04.10.2026 22:11 | 20 km | 261 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 15:43 | 10 km | 190 km |
| 3.6 | 04.10.2026 08:21 | 103.1 km | 344 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2026 07:52 | 138 km | 78 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 08:10 | 112 km | 126 km |
| 2.9 | 02.10.2026 16:40 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 3.9 | 02.10.2026 16:12 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 2.7 | 02.10.2026 15:07 | 79.5 km | 305 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2026 13:48 | 178 km | 23 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2026 13:29 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 06:15 | 146 km | 199 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 05:22 | 106 km | 268 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 02:20 | 6 km | 192 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 17:42 | 164 km | 65 km |
| 2.9 | 01.10.2026 16:31 | 149 km | 54 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 15:25 | 107.9 km | 335 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2026 12:34 | 176 km | 32 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 08:06 | 204 km | 208 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 06:03 | 41 km | 222 km |
| 2.9 | 01.10.2026 00:08 | 138 km | 58 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 15:00 | 128 km | 122 km |
| 2.7 | 29.09.2026 07:18 | 118 km | 198 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 05:50 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 2.9 | 29.09.2026 05:29 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 2.5 | 29.09.2026 03:58 | 11 km | 190 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2026 02:39 | 140 km | 134 km |
| 2.7 | 29.09.2026 01:36 | 0 km | 187 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2026 20:02 | 104 km | 222 km |
| 3.2 | 27.09.2026 23:30 | 10 km | 172 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2026 23:03 | 3 km | 191 km |
| 2.5 | 27.09.2026 23:02 | 11 km | 188 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.