2.6
12,959
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.31
mean magnitude
10,049
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 451 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 370 km |
| 8.1 | 06.04.1943 16:07 | 35 km | 467 km |
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 349 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 340 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 329 km |
| 7.5 | 23.11.1977 09:26 | 10.4 km | 412 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 351 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 339 km |
| 7.3 | 18.03.1931 08:02 | 35 km | 290 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1920 04:26 | 15 km | 366 km |
| 7.1 | 25.03.2012 22:37 | 28.2 km | 332 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.2015 23:18 | 29.4 km | 453 km |
| 7.1 | 15.01.1944 23:49 | 15 km | 377 km |
| 7.1 | 09.04.1985 01:57 | 46.4 km | 285 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 17:30 | 79 km | 314 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 12:52 | 103.8 km | 202 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 11:26 | 110 km | 284 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 10:29 | 102.5 km | 200 km |
| 4.4 | 12.10.2026 04:38 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 16:13 | 109 km | 325 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 09:17 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 3.8 | 11.10.2026 05:03 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 02:13 | 101.5 km | 253 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 00:59 | 107 km | 313 km |
| 3.4 | 09.10.2026 22:29 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 20:47 | 141.6 km | 173 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 03:38 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 03:48 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 3.8 | 06.10.2026 20:28 | 115 km | 328 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 02:12 | 6 km | 123 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 22:26 | 6 km | 325 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 10:59 | 125 km | 325 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 01:51 | 135 km | 322 km |
| 2.7 | 05.10.2026 01:39 | 121 km | 245 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 19:57 | 132 km | 332 km |
| 2.6 | 03.10.2026 03:14 | 6 km | 318 km |
| 2.5 | 03.10.2026 01:40 | 11.4 km | 183 km |
| 2.5 | 02.10.2026 20:40 | 8 km | 152 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 08:29 | 104 km | 323 km |
| 2.9 | 01.10.2026 08:09 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2026 00:15 | 96.5 km | 184 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2026 23:57 | 6 km | 328 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2026 08:36 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 2.9 | 30.09.2026 08:27 | 139 km | 231 km |
| 2.8 | 29.09.2026 11:10 | 211 km | 173 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2026 17:45 | 92 km | 295 km |
| 3.5 | 27.09.2026 14:48 | 115 km | 314 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2026 13:20 | 104.8 km | 265 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 08:08 | 8 km | 171 km |
| 3.3 | 27.09.2026 02:12 | 10 km | 217 km |
| 3.8 | 27.09.2026 01:24 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 3.3 | 26.09.2026 20:56 | 16 km | 322 km |
| 2.9 | 26.09.2026 07:07 | 10 km | 175 km |
| 2.7 | 25.09.2026 14:57 | 15.6 km | 321 km |
| 3.0 | 24.09.2026 20:13 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2026 03:34 | 94.1 km | 376 km |
| 2.8 | 23.09.2026 17:54 | 221 km | 175 km |
| 3.2 | 23.09.2026 08:29 | 141 km | 303 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2026 06:22 | 113 km | 338 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2026 00:25 | 121 km | 346 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 15:48 | 109.3 km | 170 km |
| 2.7 | 21.09.2026 08:22 | 226 km | 114 km |
| 3.3 | 21.09.2026 00:47 | 148 km | 258 km |
| 3.6 | 20.09.2026 16:31 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 3.0 | 20.09.2026 16:23 | 8 km | 307 km |
| 3.5 | 20.09.2026 16:21 | 102 km | 299 km |
| 2.5 | 19.09.2026 23:08 | 98 km | 201 km |
| 5.2 | 18.09.2026 16:52 | 100 km | 230 km |
| 2.8 | 18.09.2026 15:22 | 137 km | 263 km |
| 2.8 | 17.09.2026 17:07 | 86 km | 325 km |
| 2.5 | 17.09.2026 16:17 | 14.8 km | 288 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 09:31 | 110 km | 316 km |
| 3.8 | 15.09.2026 23:02 | 132.5 km | 341 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2026 10:23 | 10 km | 204 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.