3.7
11,952
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.69
mean magnitude
9,515
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 09.12.1950 21:38 | 113.9 km | 242 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 271 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 339 km |
| 7.3 | 19.07.2024 01:50 | 123.9 km | 216 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 332 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2000 18:43 | 227.4 km | 103 km |
| 7.1 | 23.01.1997 02:15 | 267 km | 127 km |
| 7.1 | 25.08.1948 06:09 | 30 km | 197 km |
| 7.0 | 24.05.1993 23:51 | 221 km | 86 km |
| 6.9 | 01.04.1987 01:48 | 245.7 km | 50 km |
| 6.9 | 21.02.1971 10:35 | 182.7 km | 160 km |
| 6.8 | 21.03.2005 12:23 | 578.2 km | 302 km |
| 6.8 | 03.08.1962 08:56 | 124.8 km | 226 km |
| 6.8 | 17.11.2005 19:26 | 148.7 km | 239 km |
| 6.7 | 10.02.1982 20:38 | 231.3 km | 96 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 13.10.2026 22:56 | 183.3 km | 184 km |
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 22:19 | 189.6 km | 162 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 20:13 | 168.7 km | 184 km |
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 17:03 | 30 km | 205 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 11:34 | 252.7 km | 127 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2026 02:00 | 210.4 km | 166 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 00:02 | 195.7 km | 170 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 16:17 | 244.5 km | 181 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 14:46 | 247.8 km | 166 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 12:09 | 193.7 km | 190 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 08:38 | 247.4 km | 174 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 08:36 | 238.8 km | 193 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 07:21 | 197.1 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 01:56 | 208.4 km | 178 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 00:41 | 233.2 km | 161 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 00:24 | 252.5 km | 153 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 23:08 | 238.7 km | 177 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 22:45 | 209.4 km | 174 km |
| 4.3 | 11.10.2026 21:33 | 195.6 km | 145 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 12:01 | 225.8 km | 164 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 08:54 | 258.5 km | 141 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 23:12 | 247.8 km | 167 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 19:02 | 227.7 km | 189 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 14:08 | 270.2 km | 145 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 02:38 | 235.3 km | 171 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 00:14 | 233.7 km | 177 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 22:50 | 250.6 km | 138 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 05:34 | 229.7 km | 179 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 13:27 | 192.2 km | 191 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 00:58 | 221.7 km | 143 km |
| 3.2 | 07.10.2026 17:26 | 239.3 km | 186 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 15:09 | 206.1 km | 174 km |
| 2.9 | 06.10.2026 23:09 | 242.3 km | 176 km |
| 3.4 | 06.10.2026 11:09 | 255.1 km | 166 km |
| 3.4 | 06.10.2026 08:31 | 219.3 km | 176 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2026 07:50 | 239.8 km | 166 km |
| 2.9 | 06.10.2026 06:25 | 209.4 km | 165 km |
| 3.4 | 06.10.2026 04:49 | 216.1 km | 164 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 22:13 | 245.4 km | 169 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 14:12 | 195.9 km | 201 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 11:35 | 160.8 km | 136 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 11:15 | 147.6 km | 209 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 04:54 | 236.3 km | 177 km |
| 2.8 | 04.10.2026 04:31 | 230.7 km | 189 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 03:01 | 163.4 km | 181 km |
| 2.7 | 03.10.2026 14:51 | 207.9 km | 167 km |
| 2.7 | 03.10.2026 14:46 | 218.8 km | 124 km |
| 2.6 | 03.10.2026 12:07 | 190.8 km | 188 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 07:41 | 231.5 km | 157 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2026 12:47 | 189.4 km | 164 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2026 00:17 | 246.6 km | 168 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 23:28 | 289.2 km | 141 km |
| 3.3 | 01.10.2026 23:10 | 233.5 km | 179 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 18:33 | 156.9 km | 182 km |
| 3.3 | 01.10.2026 00:39 | 193 km | 128 km |
| 3.3 | 30.09.2026 09:03 | 222.3 km | 197 km |
| 2.9 | 29.09.2026 15:29 | 236.8 km | 162 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2026 09:31 | 194.6 km | 201 km |
| 2.9 | 29.09.2026 06:22 | 256 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 28.09.2026 19:48 | 173.8 km | 181 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.