2.8
549
recorded earthquakes
M9.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.81
mean magnitude
335
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 | 548 km |
| 8.2 | 21.05.1960 10:02 | 25 km | 557 km |
| 7.9 | 22.05.1960 18:56 | 25 km | 522 km |
| 7.7 | 25.01.1939 03:32 | 35 km | 574 km |
| 7.7 | 10.05.1975 14:27 | 17.5 km | 513 km |
| 7.5 | 14.02.1962 06:36 | 30 km | 519 km |
| 7.5 | 06.05.1953 17:16 | 66 km | 558 km |
| 7.3 | 13.06.1907 09:18 | 0 km | 483 km |
| 7.3 | 10.12.1920 04:25 | 25 km | 527 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1920 04:26 | 15 km | 337 km |
| 7.1 | 02.01.2011 20:20 | 24.4 km | 539 km |
| 7.1 | 11.10.1940 18:41 | 35 km | 592 km |
| 7.1 | 02.03.1919 11:45 | 15 km | 524 km |
| 7.1 | 20.06.1960 12:59 | 25 km | 473 km |
| 7.0 | 20.06.1960 02:01 | 25 km | 509 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 19:07 | 8 km | 203 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 00:48 | 7 km | 203 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 08:40 | 7 km | 205 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 08:36 | 6 km | 204 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 04:34 | 7 km | 206 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 16:02 | 8 km | 205 km |
| 2.5 | 02.10.2026 15:15 | 8 km | 204 km |
| 2.7 | 02.10.2026 15:09 | 7 km | 206 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2026 05:21 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 19:53 | 8 km | 207 km |
| 2.5 | 01.10.2026 13:21 | 9 km | 206 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 07:25 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 3.0 | 01.10.2026 03:16 | 8 km | 205 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2026 23:57 | 6 km | 282 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 20:46 | 9 km | 204 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 19:38 | 9 km | 208 km |
| 2.5 | 30.09.2026 16:06 | 8 km | 205 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 10:03 | 8 km | 206 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 02:13 | 9 km | 206 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 02:05 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 2.9 | 29.09.2026 22:08 | 9 km | 209 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2026 05:28 | 6 km | 204 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 16:42 | 8 km | 208 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 04:58 | 6 km | 206 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2026 03:51 | 6 km | 208 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 18:31 | 9 km | 208 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 17:00 | 9 km | 207 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2026 23:19 | 174.3 km | 424 km |
| 2.8 | 01.09.2026 05:44 | 8 km | 218 km |
| 2.5 | 31.08.2026 02:16 | 6 km | 313 km |
| 2.6 | 30.08.2026 22:07 | 7 km | 281 km |
| 2.8 | 23.08.2026 19:54 | 8 km | 189 km |
| 2.6 | 12.08.2026 16:52 | 5 km | 302 km |
| 2.8 | 06.08.2026 07:06 | 6 km | 314 km |
| 2.7 | 15.07.2026 02:36 | 5 km | 310 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 16:03 | 5 km | 224 km |
| 2.7 | 13.07.2026 07:44 | 8 km | 213 km |
| 4.3 | 10.07.2026 08:49 | 109.4 km | 407 km |
| 2.5 | 05.07.2026 11:51 | 8 km | 305 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 05:36 | 200.5 km | 352 km |
| 2.9 | 29.06.2026 15:57 | 124.2 km | 385 km |
| 3.2 | 27.06.2026 22:59 | 6 km | 308 km |
| 2.7 | 26.06.2026 11:14 | 8 km | 207 km |
| 2.6 | 26.06.2026 08:04 | 16 km | 207 km |
| 2.6 | 26.06.2026 02:19 | 10 km | 208 km |
| 3.0 | 25.06.2026 15:12 | 8 km | 310 km |
| 2.6 | 25.06.2026 13:40 | 8 km | 283 km |
| 3.1 | 23.06.2026 20:32 | 6 km | 206 km |
| 2.5 | 23.06.2026 12:31 | 7 km | 282 km |
| 2.5 | 20.06.2026 18:58 | 6 km | 204 km |
| 3.6 | 13.06.2026 20:33 | 144 km | 330 km |
| 2.6 | 10.06.2026 02:44 | 6 km | 314 km |
| 2.6 | 03.06.2026 21:04 | 6 km | 205 km |
| 2.8 | 03.06.2026 07:44 | 13 km | 311 km |
| 2.6 | 03.06.2026 05:29 | 7 km | 310 km |
| 2.5 | 02.06.2026 14:47 | 6 km | 205 km |
| 2.5 | 01.06.2026 11:49 | 6 km | 204 km |
| 2.6 | 31.05.2026 22:17 | 6 km | 205 km |
| 2.6 | 30.05.2026 13:01 | 5 km | 203 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.