2.7
36,327
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.36
mean magnitude
33,503
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 | 09.06.1994 00:33 | 638 km | 511 km |
| 8.2 | 09.12.1950 21:38 | 113.9 km | 972 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 855 km |
| 8.0 | 30.07.1995 05:11 | 32.8 km | 1060 km |
| 7.8 | 13.06.2005 22:44 | 104.8 km | 715 km |
| 7.7 | 03.04.2014 02:43 | 12 km | 880 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 960 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 617 km |
| 7.7 | 15.08.1963 17:25 | 550 km | 681 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 581 km |
| 7.6 | 19.08.1961 05:09 | 612.2 km | 987 km |
| 7.5 | 24.11.2015 22:45 | 609.3 km | 1010 km |
| 7.5 | 30.11.1976 00:40 | 78.1 km | 721 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 705 km |
| 7.5 | 26.07.1958 17:37 | 612.4 km | 699 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 01:08 | 92.1 km | 875 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 01:06 | 127.6 km | 799 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 23:27 | 81 km | 917 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:23 | 112.2 km | 854 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:20 | 137.6 km | 761 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 18:51 | 85.4 km | 824 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 15:58 | 133 km | 739 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 15:07 | 99.1 km | 681 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 11:58 | 165.5 km | 732 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 11:06 | 252.2 km | 498 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 08:38 | 247.4 km | 848 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 05:46 | 108.7 km | 791 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 05:44 | 118.4 km | 875 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 04:23 | 110.8 km | 797 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 04:05 | 110.3 km | 782 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 02:41 | 119.9 km | 797 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 01:48 | 170.7 km | 710 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 01:12 | 232 km | 844 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 00:05 | 118.6 km | 783 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 00:01 | 120.3 km | 789 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 23:59 | 209.2 km | 799 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 21:58 | 131.3 km | 835 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 19:45 | 74.8 km | 801 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 19:39 | 85.7 km | 746 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 19:34 | 20.5 km | 952 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 17:03 | 92.9 km | 757 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 16:01 | 98.8 km | 822 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 15:16 | 112.9 km | 819 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 13:49 | 143.1 km | 771 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 12:54 | 111.9 km | 781 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 08:54 | 258.5 km | 809 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 07:12 | 241 km | 803 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 06:39 | 102.9 km | 788 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 04:54 | 90.9 km | 937 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 04:47 | 140 km | 756 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 03:21 | 187.1 km | 647 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 01:55 | 121.2 km | 832 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 01:38 | 109.4 km | 711 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 01:07 | 108.2 km | 805 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 22:27 | 106.2 km | 795 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 20:14 | 181.9 km | 872 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 19:43 | 99.1 km | 767 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 18:48 | 76.8 km | 935 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 17:59 | 132.4 km | 778 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 17:01 | 92.9 km | 707 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 16:49 | 122 km | 764 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 15:59 | 176.4 km | 840 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 14:55 | 105.1 km | 777 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 14:08 | 270.2 km | 816 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 12:45 | 204.1 km | 710 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 12:18 | 140.2 km | 806 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 12:07 | 90.5 km | 807 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 10:21 | 73.8 km | 904 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 09:03 | 117.3 km | 826 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 08:10 | 118.4 km | 835 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 04:49 | 98.5 km | 706 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 04:21 | 155.6 km | 788 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 02:49 | 114.4 km | 861 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 125.4 km | 664 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 22:50 | 250.6 km | 833 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.