2.8
1,367
recorded earthquakes
M9.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.66
mean magnitude
946
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 22.05.1960 19:11 | 25 km | 302 km |
| 8.8 | 27.02.2010 06:34 | 22.9 km | 364 km |
| 8.2 | 21.05.1960 10:02 | 25 km | 306 km |
| 7.9 | 22.05.1960 18:56 | 25 km | 273 km |
| 7.7 | 10.05.1975 14:27 | 17.5 km | 265 km |
| 7.7 | 25.01.1939 03:32 | 35 km | 327 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 427 km |
| 7.5 | 14.02.1962 06:36 | 30 km | 266 km |
| 7.5 | 06.05.1953 17:16 | 66 km | 302 km |
| 7.3 | 13.06.1907 09:18 | 0 km | 280 km |
| 7.3 | 10.12.1920 04:25 | 25 km | 307 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1920 04:26 | 15 km | 102 km |
| 7.1 | 02.01.2011 20:20 | 24.4 km | 298 km |
| 7.1 | 02.12.1928 04:20 | 30 km | 408 km |
| 7.1 | 25.03.2012 22:37 | 28.2 km | 423 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 19:07 | 8 km | 131 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 23:04 | 82.7 km | 324 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 05:20 | 81.4 km | 288 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 00:48 | 7 km | 132 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 22:25 | 73.6 km | 323 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 08:40 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 70 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 08:36 | 6 km | 131 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 04:34 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 16:02 | 8 km | 132 km |
| 2.5 | 02.10.2026 15:15 | 8 km | 131 km |
| 2.7 | 02.10.2026 15:09 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2026 05:21 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 19:53 | 8 km | 130 km |
| 2.5 | 01.10.2026 13:21 | 9 km | 130 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 07:25 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.0 | 01.10.2026 03:16 | 8 km | 130 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2026 23:57 | 6 km | 128 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 20:46 | 9 km | 133 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 19:38 | 9 km | 128 km |
| 2.5 | 30.09.2026 16:06 | 8 km | 130 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 10:03 | 8 km | 131 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 02:13 | 9 km | 130 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 02:05 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 2.9 | 29.09.2026 22:08 | 9 km | 128 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2026 08:24 | 60 km | 308 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2026 05:28 | 6 km | 137 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 16:42 | 8 km | 69 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 04:58 | 6 km | 69 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2026 03:51 | 6 km | 70 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 18:31 | 9 km | 69 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 17:00 | 9 km | 70 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2026 23:19 | 174.3 km | 171 km |
| 2.8 | 19.09.2026 06:34 | 79.8 km | 215 km |
| 2.7 | 13.09.2026 08:54 | 87.4 km | 263 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2026 19:41 | 5 km | 230 km |
| 2.8 | 01.09.2026 05:44 | 8 km | 84 km |
| 2.5 | 31.08.2026 02:16 | 6 km | 137 km |
| 2.6 | 30.08.2026 22:07 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 3.8 | 26.08.2026 04:25 | 137.7 km | 184 km |
| 2.9 | 26.08.2026 00:03 | 153.5 km | 246 km |
| 3.6 | 24.08.2026 14:31 | 98.1 km | 246 km |
| 2.5 | 24.08.2026 03:08 | 100.7 km | 284 km |
| 4.5 | 23.08.2026 20:38 | 102.5 km | 252 km |
| 2.8 | 23.08.2026 19:54 | 8 km | 87 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 17:07 | 84.9 km | 232 km |
| 2.6 | 12.08.2026 16:52 | 5 km | 129 km |
| 2.8 | 06.08.2026 07:06 | 6 km | 137 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 10:03 | 188.2 km | 246 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2026 08:03 | 107 km | 288 km |
| 2.8 | 24.07.2026 22:10 | 130.7 km | 220 km |
| 2.6 | 22.07.2026 11:09 | 16 km | 285 km |
| 3.0 | 18.07.2026 16:07 | 76.2 km | 335 km |
| 2.9 | 15.07.2026 11:34 | 18.2 km | 232 km |
| 2.7 | 15.07.2026 02:36 | 5 km | 135 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 16:03 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 2.7 | 13.07.2026 07:44 | 8 km | 126 km |
| 2.7 | 13.07.2026 06:38 | 157.3 km | 280 km |
| 4.3 | 10.07.2026 08:49 | 109.4 km | 256 km |
| 4.2 | 09.07.2026 01:42 | 10 km | 173 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.