2.0
14,230
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.44
mean magnitude
8,306
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 23.10.2011 10:41 | 7.6 km | 201 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 223 km |
| 7.0 | 24.11.1976 12:22 | 11.9 km | 142 km |
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 112 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1940 22:23 | 50 km | 274 km |
| 6.5 | 11.08.2012 12:23 | 8.7 km | 243 km |
| 6.4 | 27.04.1931 16:50 | 15 km | 119 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2012 12:34 | 18.9 km | 243 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 144 km |
| 6.3 | 28.04.1903 23:46 | 30 km | 240 km |
| 6.2 | 08.05.1930 15:35 | 15 km | 180 km |
| 6.2 | 23.10.2011 11:32 | 17.4 km | 198 km |
| 6.2 | 28.09.1906 05:50 | 30 km | 202 km |
| 6.0 | 01.05.1935 10:24 | 35 km | 183 km |
| 6.0 | 29.06.1948 16:06 | 35 km | 273 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 16:17 | 3 km | 145 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 15:33 | 7 km | 123 km |
| 2.2 | 12.10.2026 07:29 | 6.9 km | 160 km |
| 2.4 | 12.10.2026 04:15 | 7 km | 148 km |
| 2.2 | 09.10.2026 18:38 | 7 km | 164 km |
| 2.0 | 08.10.2026 18:19 | 13.8 km | 179 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 21:31 | 7 km | 164 km |
| 1.2 | 06.10.2026 21:35 | 7 km | 184 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 04:04 | 8.4 km | 163 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2026 00:41 | 7 km | 190 km |
| 1.1 | 03.10.2026 21:46 | 4.9 km | 82 km |
| 2.0 | 03.10.2026 17:49 | 7 km | 69 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 10:51 | 7 km | 202 km |
| 1.3 | 29.09.2026 22:15 | 6.9 km | 128 km |
| 2.1 | 29.09.2026 08:36 | 5.8 km | 193 km |
| 1.6 | 29.09.2026 01:29 | 6.8 km | 109 km |
| 2.8 | 28.09.2026 21:16 | 7.7 km | 192 km |
| 0.9 | 26.09.2026 20:01 | 7.1 km | 127 km |
| 1.2 | 25.09.2026 13:50 | 7.3 km | 118 km |
| 1.5 | 24.09.2026 19:59 | 17.8 km | 180 km |
| 2.3 | 22.09.2026 19:21 | 7.5 km | 109 km |
| 2.2 | 22.09.2026 08:30 | 7 km | 83 km |
| 1.0 | 22.09.2026 00:15 | 6.7 km | 135 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2026 23:58 | 6 km | 127 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2026 09:39 | 6.4 km | 137 km |
| 2.5 | 19.09.2026 06:53 | 6.8 km | 169 km |
| 1.7 | 18.09.2026 15:49 | 7.1 km | 117 km |
| 1.1 | 18.09.2026 02:54 | 13.2 km | 149 km |
| 2.4 | 17.09.2026 08:17 | 5 km | 37 km |
| 2.5 | 16.09.2026 18:20 | 12 km | 172 km |
| 2.0 | 16.09.2026 12:40 | 7.1 km | 177 km |
| 2.2 | 16.09.2026 02:41 | 11.6 km | 172 km |
| 1.4 | 15.09.2026 16:28 | 5 km | 120 km |
| 2.2 | 14.09.2026 21:06 | 12.6 km | 181 km |
| 1.6 | 14.09.2026 07:36 | 15.4 km | 164 km |
| 2.1 | 14.09.2026 03:46 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 1.8 | 13.09.2026 14:54 | 6.6 km | 82 km |
| 2.6 | 12.09.2026 20:10 | 7.1 km | 159 km |
| 2.1 | 12.09.2026 15:24 | 13.4 km | 177 km |
| 2.3 | 09.09.2026 11:24 | 6.9 km | 146 km |
| 2.2 | 08.09.2026 09:51 | 4.6 km | 138 km |
| 1.5 | 06.09.2026 23:50 | 5.9 km | 155 km |
| 1.6 | 06.09.2026 01:54 | 9.6 km | 189 km |
| 1.2 | 03.09.2026 00:57 | 6.7 km | 175 km |
| 1.4 | 02.09.2026 23:42 | 7.1 km | 179 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 23:28 | 13.9 km | 172 km |
| 2.3 | 31.08.2026 20:04 | 5 km | 144 km |
| 2.5 | 28.08.2026 11:16 | 9.5 km | 90 km |
| 3.1 | 28.08.2026 05:45 | 28.5 km | 182 km |
| 2.4 | 27.08.2026 23:05 | 7.1 km | 167 km |
| 1.4 | 25.08.2026 17:58 | 7.3 km | 190 km |
| 1.5 | 22.08.2026 22:09 | 6.6 km | 153 km |
| 2.1 | 22.08.2026 15:40 | 7 km | 165 km |
| 2.0 | 22.08.2026 15:39 | 9.4 km | 167 km |
| 1.8 | 19.08.2026 22:18 | 12.4 km | 182 km |
| 2.1 | 19.08.2026 05:40 | 15.4 km | 184 km |
| 2.6 | 19.08.2026 05:24 | 7.9 km | 172 km |
| 1.8 | 18.08.2026 20:36 | 1.4 km | 146 km |
| 1.6 | 18.08.2026 06:25 | 7 km | 150 km |
| 1.9 | 15.08.2026 00:33 | 7.2 km | 145 km |
Regions
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.