4.1
22,088
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1910–2026
record span
3.56
mean magnitude
18,316
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 | 251 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 503 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 383 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 439 km |
| 7.3 | 19.07.2024 01:50 | 123.9 km | 271 km |
| 7.3 | 21.12.1967 02:25 | 42 km | 524 km |
| 7.2 | 23.06.1991 21:22 | 563.4 km | 357 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 435 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 439 km |
| 7.2 | 08.12.1962 21:27 | 588.7 km | 290 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2000 18:43 | 227.4 km | 124 km |
| 7.1 | 23.01.1997 02:15 | 267 km | 239 km |
| 7.1 | 14.08.1950 22:51 | 610 km | 455 km |
| 7.1 | 06.09.1910 19:59 | 0 km | 470 km |
| 7.1 | 25.08.1948 06:09 | 30 km | 107 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 13.10.2026 23:26 | 122.8 km | 423 km |
| 3.7 | 13.10.2026 22:56 | 183.3 km | 174 km |
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 22:19 | 189.6 km | 155 km |
| 4.1 | 13.10.2026 21:31 | 99 km | 426 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 20:13 | 168.7 km | 178 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 18:00 | 106 km | 249 km |
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 17:03 | 30 km | 121 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 16:32 | 222.3 km | 322 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 15:14 | 228.6 km | 206 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 11:34 | 252.7 km | 191 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 09:56 | 200 km | 378 km |
| 3.4 | 13.10.2026 09:55 | 207.9 km | 234 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 09:37 | 114.6 km | 411 km |
| 2.9 | 13.10.2026 09:05 | 201.3 km | 212 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 05:43 | 101.2 km | 368 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 03:47 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 02:43 | 99.5 km | 395 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2026 02:00 | 210.4 km | 168 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 01:08 | 92.1 km | 351 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 00:53 | 216.5 km | 203 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 00:02 | 195.7 km | 158 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:23 | 112.2 km | 391 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 19:56 | 229.2 km | 199 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 19:16 | 137 km | 235 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 16:17 | 244.5 km | 197 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 14:46 | 247.8 km | 181 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 12:09 | 193.7 km | 190 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 11:54 | 3 km | 244 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 10:50 | 219.1 km | 206 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 08:46 | 175 km | 240 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 08:38 | 247.4 km | 238 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 08:36 | 238.8 km | 194 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 07:21 | 197.1 km | 128 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 06:03 | 167 km | 241 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 05:44 | 118.4 km | 339 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 01:56 | 208.4 km | 189 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 01:12 | 232 km | 266 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 00:41 | 233.2 km | 207 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 00:24 | 252.5 km | 206 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 23:59 | 209.2 km | 318 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 23:08 | 238.7 km | 198 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 22:45 | 209.4 km | 171 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 21:58 | 131.3 km | 413 km |
| 4.3 | 11.10.2026 21:33 | 195.6 km | 144 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 20:57 | 107.3 km | 336 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 20:50 | 258.3 km | 213 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 16:01 | 98.8 km | 406 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 12:01 | 225.8 km | 161 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 08:54 | 258.5 km | 222 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 08:30 | 193.7 km | 204 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 07:12 | 241 km | 343 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 01:41 | 153.5 km | 266 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 23:12 | 247.8 km | 199 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 20:14 | 181.9 km | 304 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 19:02 | 227.7 km | 195 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 15:59 | 176.4 km | 306 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 14:08 | 270.2 km | 223 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 09:03 | 117.3 km | 392 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 06:26 | 207 km | 212 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 03:20 | 218.5 km | 199 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.