2.0
788
recorded earthquakes
M5.9
largest
1966–2026
record span
2.73
mean magnitude
747
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 | 134 km |
| 5.4 | 09.03.1973 19:09 | 11.8 km | 505 km |
| 5.4 | 21.09.2021 23:24 | 6 km | 126 km |
| 5.0 | 29.08.2000 12:05 | 12.2 km | 213 km |
| 5.0 | 19.06.2012 10:53 | 10.2 km | 202 km |
| 5.0 | 22.12.1987 15:06 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 4.9 | 31.08.2025 10:46 | 10 km | 315 km |
| 4.9 | 25.09.1996 07:49 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 4.8 | 21.10.2023 15:11 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 4.8 | 21.11.1982 11:34 | 33 km | 133 km |
| 4.8 | 08.10.2021 16:47 | 10 km | 422 km |
| 4.7 | 25.09.1996 04:53 | 10 km | 102 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2026 16:01 | 10 km | 205 km |
| 4.6 | 04.11.2024 19:41 | 0 km | 88 km |
| 4.6 | 17.10.1966 17:12 | 18 km | 162 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 17:31 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 06:51 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 1.6 | 08.10.2026 14:49 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 11:08 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 11:17 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 05:46 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 2.3 | 05.10.2026 13:12 | 10 km | 202 km |
| 2.7 | 03.10.2026 16:22 | 5.6 km | 207 km |
| 2.6 | 03.10.2026 02:25 | 6.8 km | 209 km |
| 3.2 | 02.10.2026 16:56 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2026 16:01 | 10 km | 205 km |
| 3.3 | 30.09.2026 23:43 | 6.8 km | 250 km |
| 1.9 | 26.09.2026 22:04 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 3.9 | 26.09.2026 11:19 | 6.8 km | 233 km |
| 2.3 | 24.09.2026 15:42 | 9.9 km | 251 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 19:46 | 12.7 km | 249 km |
| 3.4 | 05.09.2026 12:29 | 7.4 km | 372 km |
| 1.6 | 31.08.2026 11:56 | 0.8 km | 291 km |
| 2.9 | 23.08.2026 15:14 | 6.1 km | 84 km |
| 2.1 | 26.07.2026 20:50 | 6.9 km | 142 km |
| 4.0 | 05.07.2026 03:39 | 13.1 km | 310 km |
| 2.3 | 28.06.2026 16:01 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 2.6 | 22.06.2026 14:25 | 10 km | 225 km |
| 2.9 | 14.06.2026 02:51 | 5 km | 277 km |
| 2.2 | 01.06.2026 20:53 | 5 km | 386 km |
| 2.7 | 28.05.2026 09:10 | 8.1 km | 260 km |
| 2.1 | 19.05.2026 15:59 | 1.1 km | 451 km |
| 2.5 | 17.05.2026 15:11 | 5.9 km | 141 km |
| 2.2 | 15.05.2026 11:08 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2026 08:12 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 2.3 | 08.05.2026 10:16 | 6.9 km | 265 km |
| 2.8 | 28.04.2026 19:48 | 5 km | 228 km |
| 2.1 | 17.04.2026 10:52 | 10 km | 340 km |
| 1.9 | 15.04.2026 11:31 | 10.8 km | 219 km |
| 2.8 | 03.04.2026 22:44 | 8.4 km | 238 km |
| 2.5 | 01.04.2026 07:26 | 18.5 km | 274 km |
| 2.6 | 28.03.2026 15:05 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 2.7 | 16.03.2026 18:36 | 9 km | 92 km |
| 2.0 | 12.03.2026 15:34 | 12 km | 393 km |
| 4.4 | 11.03.2026 08:09 | 10 km | 391 km |
| 2.2 | 07.03.2026 09:51 | 5 km | 306 km |
| 2.7 | 07.03.2026 08:33 | 5 km | 303 km |
| 2.2 | 03.03.2026 05:38 | 10 km | 316 km |
| 3.3 | 03.03.2026 02:21 | 5 km | 212 km |
| 2.9 | 28.02.2026 07:54 | 10 km | 399 km |
| 2.9 | 26.02.2026 14:43 | 4.4 km | 243 km |
| 3.0 | 03.02.2026 06:02 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 3.1 | 02.02.2026 21:38 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 2.1 | 27.01.2026 06:30 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 2.3 | 13.01.2026 18:49 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 3.1 | 11.01.2026 01:02 | 5 km | 303 km |
| 1.6 | 27.12.2025 21:19 | 10 km | 386 km |
| 2.2 | 21.12.2025 19:26 | 10 km | 300 km |
| 3.2 | 09.12.2025 15:06 | 11.5 km | 300 km |
| 2.8 | 05.12.2025 09:52 | 10 km | 85 km |
| 1.9 | 13.11.2025 09:14 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 2.0 | 30.10.2025 16:01 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 2.4 | 24.10.2025 13:39 | 10 km | 111 km |
| 2.6 | 16.10.2025 16:22 | 10 km | 308 km |
| 2.1 | 14.10.2025 10:45 | 10 km | 405 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.