1.6
1,190
recorded earthquakes
M5.9
largest
1966–2026
record span
2.70
mean magnitude
1,136
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 21.09.2021 23:15 | 9.1 km | 533 km |
| 5.5 | 27.12.1989 23:26 | 4.7 km | 402 km |
| 5.4 | 09.03.1973 19:09 | 11.8 km | 297 km |
| 5.4 | 21.09.2021 23:24 | 6 km | 520 km |
| 5.2 | 06.08.1994 11:03 | 10 km | 357 km |
| 5.1 | 08.04.1983 19:33 | 10 km | 592 km |
| 5.1 | 08.06.2012 11:32 | 10 km | 448 km |
| 5.0 | 13.08.1996 04:30 | 10 km | 482 km |
| 5.0 | 22.12.1987 15:06 | 10 km | 657 km |
| 4.9 | 25.09.1996 07:49 | 10 km | 546 km |
| 4.9 | 31.08.2025 10:46 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 4.8 | 23.05.2025 16:36 | 3 km | 226 km |
| 4.8 | 23.08.2024 02:01 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 4.8 | 21.11.1982 11:34 | 33 km | 484 km |
| 4.8 | 08.10.2021 16:47 | 10 km | 657 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 13.10.2026 09:45 | 2.4 km | 351 km |
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 17:31 | 10 km | 469 km |
| 2.3 | 09.10.2026 10:23 | 5 km | 173 km |
| 2.1 | 07.10.2026 14:09 | 2.2 km | 350 km |
| 1.9 | 26.09.2026 22:04 | 10 km | 410 km |
| 1.9 | 26.09.2026 14:55 | 4.8 km | 388 km |
| 3.9 | 26.09.2026 11:19 | 6.8 km | 494 km |
| 1.1 | 25.09.2026 20:12 | 5 km | 351 km |
| 2.2 | 24.09.2026 16:38 | 6.6 km | 388 km |
| 2.6 | 24.09.2026 15:18 | 15.4 km | 536 km |
| 2.1 | 24.09.2026 14:19 | 5 km | 171 km |
| 1.0 | 24.09.2026 11:24 | 5.6 km | 354 km |
| 1.1 | 23.09.2026 15:05 | 4.3 km | 350 km |
| 1.1 | 23.09.2026 10:30 | 3.6 km | 350 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 04:15 | 5 km | 353 km |
| 1.2 | 22.09.2026 02:17 | 1.4 km | 350 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2026 18:37 | 0.8 km | 350 km |
| 1.0 | 21.09.2026 10:00 | 5 km | 351 km |
| 1.0 | 20.09.2026 18:56 | 3.7 km | 352 km |
| 1.5 | 19.09.2026 13:30 | 2.1 km | 349 km |
| 0.9 | 19.09.2026 11:31 | 3 km | 353 km |
| 1.5 | 18.09.2026 18:24 | 3.6 km | 351 km |
| 2.4 | 09.09.2026 00:32 | 2.3 km | 351 km |
| 2.3 | 05.09.2026 21:20 | 1.1 km | 320 km |
| 3.4 | 05.09.2026 12:29 | 7.4 km | 751 km |
| 1.6 | 31.08.2026 11:56 | 0.8 km | 411 km |
| 2.3 | 31.08.2026 09:17 | 2.7 km | 556 km |
| 3.4 | 28.08.2026 03:07 | 2.3 km | 350 km |
| 2.9 | 23.08.2026 15:14 | 6.1 km | 534 km |
| 2.2 | 10.08.2026 09:44 | 2.4 km | 555 km |
| 2.1 | 26.07.2026 20:50 | 6.9 km | 471 km |
| 2.7 | 24.07.2026 18:07 | 11.6 km | 503 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 19:31 | 9.5 km | 145 km |
| 2.5 | 30.06.2026 00:45 | 5 km | 191 km |
| 1.9 | 26.06.2026 11:11 | 5 km | 92 km |
| 2.6 | 22.06.2026 14:25 | 10 km | 489 km |
| 2.3 | 22.06.2026 05:02 | 3.8 km | 310 km |
| 3.0 | 21.06.2026 15:15 | 1.2 km | 183 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2026 19:43 | 1.1 km | 171 km |
| 3.2 | 18.06.2026 17:20 | 10 km | 450 km |
| 2.3 | 17.06.2026 02:54 | 5 km | 335 km |
| 3.1 | 14.06.2026 09:22 | 10 km | 553 km |
| 2.9 | 14.06.2026 02:51 | 5 km | 303 km |
| 2.4 | 13.06.2026 16:38 | 5 km | 202 km |
| 2.9 | 05.06.2026 20:26 | 16.3 km | 467 km |
| 2.2 | 01.06.2026 20:53 | 5 km | 274 km |
| 2.4 | 24.05.2026 16:33 | 5.8 km | 303 km |
| 2.1 | 19.05.2026 15:59 | 1.1 km | 219 km |
| 2.5 | 17.05.2026 15:11 | 5.9 km | 377 km |
| 2.2 | 15.05.2026 11:08 | 10 km | 526 km |
| 2.8 | 15.05.2026 03:05 | 0.7 km | 173 km |
| 2.6 | 12.05.2026 18:42 | 5 km | 340 km |
| 2.3 | 08.05.2026 10:16 | 6.9 km | 349 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2026 07:49 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 2.5 | 04.05.2026 12:45 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 2.7 | 28.04.2026 13:13 | 19.2 km | 445 km |
| 2.7 | 26.04.2026 15:12 | 22 km | 619 km |
| 2.1 | 17.04.2026 10:52 | 10 km | 430 km |
| 2.2 | 14.04.2026 10:50 | 5 km | 173 km |
| 2.4 | 14.04.2026 10:25 | 5 km | 174 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.