2.7
14,941
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1904–2026
record span
3.45
mean magnitude
13,172
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | 11.11.1922 04:32 | 70 km | 258 km |
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 323 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 347 km |
| 8.1 | 06.04.1943 16:07 | 35 km | 278 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 352 km |
| 7.5 | 23.11.1977 09:26 | 10.4 km | 120 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1939 06:22 | 35 km | 412 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 343 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.2015 23:18 | 29.4 km | 304 km |
| 7.1 | 15.01.1944 23:49 | 15 km | 114 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1997 01:03 | 56.9 km | 257 km |
| 7.0 | 07.11.1922 23:00 | 25 km | 388 km |
| 7.0 | 19.04.1955 20:24 | 15 km | 316 km |
| 7.0 | 19.03.1904 06:28 | 0 km | 271 km |
| 7.0 | 27.07.1917 02:51 | 60 km | 147 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 23:47 | 75 km | 88 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 17:30 | 79 km | 177 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 16:30 | 95 km | 107 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 11:50 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 11:26 | 110 km | 237 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 01:30 | 114 km | 30 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 00:15 | 102 km | 100 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 23:43 | 12.1 km | 217 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 20:28 | 115.6 km | 162 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 16:25 | 8 km | 217 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 16:13 | 109 km | 192 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2026 13:41 | 5.2 km | 221 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 13:27 | 83 km | 235 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 09:17 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 05:10 | 97 km | 67 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 00:59 | 107 km | 241 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 00:36 | 10 km | 88 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 22:46 | 127.2 km | 208 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 21:45 | 115 km | 164 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 15:41 | 120 km | 145 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 10:36 | 105 km | 24 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 06:58 | 132 km | 216 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 03:52 | 113.1 km | 200 km |
| 3.4 | 09.10.2026 22:29 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 16:16 | 98 km | 152 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 12:11 | 77 km | 127 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 10:42 | 93 km | 111 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 09:30 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 06:23 | 106 km | 123 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 22:48 | 55 km | 50 km |
| 2.9 | 08.10.2026 15:20 | 10 km | 36 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 15:00 | 10 km | 41 km |
| 2.9 | 08.10.2026 12:06 | 150 km | 126 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 06:18 | 106 km | 159 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 13:23 | 107 km | 124 km |
| 2.8 | 07.10.2026 10:34 | 120 km | 180 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 07:00 | 110 km | 141 km |
| 2.5 | 07.10.2026 00:06 | 112 km | 103 km |
| 3.8 | 06.10.2026 20:28 | 115 km | 168 km |
| 2.7 | 06.10.2026 11:30 | 83.6 km | 251 km |
| 2.6 | 06.10.2026 10:34 | 90 km | 85 km |
| 2.7 | 06.10.2026 10:02 | 85 km | 110 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 09:38 | 29.2 km | 229 km |
| 3.1 | 06.10.2026 06:42 | 110 km | 109 km |
| 2.7 | 05.10.2026 23:33 | 114 km | 52 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 22:26 | 6 km | 165 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 19:19 | 133 km | 224 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2026 17:58 | 114 km | 136 km |
| 2.8 | 05.10.2026 16:48 | 123 km | 156 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 10:59 | 125 km | 175 km |
| 2.8 | 05.10.2026 10:14 | 102 km | 100 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2026 09:37 | 104 km | 95 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2026 08:12 | 105 km | 146 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 03:47 | 125 km | 223 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 01:51 | 135 km | 237 km |
| 3.7 | 05.10.2026 01:02 | 101 km | 95 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 00:23 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 22:04 | 112 km | 132 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 19:57 | 132 km | 224 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 12:29 | 126.4 km | 136 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.