3.1
1,587
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1906–2026
record span
4.00
mean magnitude
940
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 | 146 km |
| 7.7 | 15.08.1963 17:25 | 550 km | 179 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 394 km |
| 7.5 | 26.07.1958 17:37 | 612.4 km | 213 km |
| 7.2 | 08.08.1987 15:48 | 19.1 km | 509 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 130 km | 361 km |
| 7.2 | 26.05.2022 12:02 | 226.9 km | 232 km |
| 7.0 | 01.03.2019 08:50 | 265.2 km | 201 km |
| 6.9 | 30.08.1906 02:38 | 60 km | 428 km |
| 6.9 | 10.01.1994 15:53 | 607.1 km | 221 km |
| 6.8 | 21.05.1979 22:22 | 228.5 km | 207 km |
| 6.8 | 09.04.1928 17:34 | 25 km | 277 km |
| 6.7 | 25.02.1983 22:49 | 137.7 km | 415 km |
| 6.6 | 28.11.1997 22:53 | 603.8 km | 151 km |
| 6.6 | 11.05.1948 08:55 | 58.7 km | 333 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 17:44 | 150 km | 347 km |
| 2.5 | 19.09.2026 21:34 | 161.6 km | 338 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2026 14:42 | 152.1 km | 376 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 21:14 | 120.6 km | 374 km |
| 3.1 | 16.09.2026 10:26 | 15.8 km | 314 km |
| 2.7 | 10.09.2026 13:24 | 158.7 km | 340 km |
| 4.7 | 30.08.2026 16:04 | 102 km | 395 km |
| 3.0 | 29.08.2026 00:39 | 181.1 km | 292 km |
| 4.5 | 27.08.2026 17:40 | 142 km | 325 km |
| 2.8 | 23.08.2026 17:19 | 136.9 km | 368 km |
| 4.2 | 12.08.2026 18:28 | 158.6 km | 312 km |
| 3.3 | 12.08.2026 11:47 | 4 km | 359 km |
| 3.3 | 12.08.2026 08:03 | 6.7 km | 356 km |
| 2.5 | 12.08.2026 07:18 | 10 km | 355 km |
| 3.2 | 12.08.2026 07:12 | 5.6 km | 354 km |
| 3.5 | 12.08.2026 07:03 | 10 km | 359 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 20:09 | 153.3 km | 321 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 15:53 | 12.7 km | 115 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 09:57 | 127.4 km | 371 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 17:06 | 141.6 km | 355 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 09:07 | 154.8 km | 337 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2026 22:27 | 168.5 km | 306 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2026 07:41 | 145 km | 334 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2026 19:22 | 145.9 km | 352 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2026 17:33 | 158.6 km | 324 km |
| 2.5 | 04.07.2026 22:38 | 108.2 km | 386 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 05:49 | 122.4 km | 373 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2026 10:24 | 154.2 km | 341 km |
| 3.1 | 28.06.2026 06:26 | 140.7 km | 368 km |
| 2.5 | 25.06.2026 07:19 | 68.3 km | 360 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 22:59 | 172.7 km | 322 km |
| 2.9 | 13.06.2026 17:38 | 174.3 km | 315 km |
| 3.0 | 09.06.2026 06:07 | 129.2 km | 366 km |
| 3.1 | 08.06.2026 09:47 | 158.1 km | 341 km |
| 3.2 | 07.06.2026 15:09 | 161.5 km | 303 km |
| 3.0 | 06.06.2026 22:12 | 284.8 km | 370 km |
| 2.7 | 06.06.2026 08:22 | 140 km | 346 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 18:15 | 172.5 km | 345 km |
| 2.5 | 05.06.2026 11:22 | 135.3 km | 362 km |
| 3.1 | 04.06.2026 17:19 | 165.6 km | 318 km |
| 3.0 | 04.06.2026 12:37 | 161.9 km | 298 km |
| 2.9 | 02.06.2026 18:14 | 151.7 km | 362 km |
| 2.6 | 30.05.2026 21:08 | 129.1 km | 373 km |
| 3.1 | 29.05.2026 03:07 | 135.1 km | 374 km |
| 3.3 | 28.05.2026 01:52 | 173.9 km | 323 km |
| 3.6 | 27.05.2026 02:42 | 187.5 km | 238 km |
| 2.5 | 25.05.2026 08:05 | 135.1 km | 345 km |
| 2.6 | 21.05.2026 06:09 | 165 km | 337 km |
| 2.8 | 20.05.2026 01:55 | 160.2 km | 358 km |
| 2.8 | 17.05.2026 20:04 | 137.2 km | 356 km |
| 3.5 | 16.05.2026 07:19 | 307.9 km | 348 km |
| 3.0 | 16.05.2026 05:30 | 143.5 km | 362 km |
| 4.1 | 15.05.2026 15:45 | 130 km | 349 km |
| 3.0 | 14.05.2026 06:15 | 178.3 km | 330 km |
| 2.6 | 13.05.2026 22:10 | 152 km | 363 km |
| 4.2 | 12.05.2026 18:32 | 181.8 km | 277 km |
| 3.5 | 09.05.2026 06:03 | 146 km | 349 km |
| 3.0 | 06.05.2026 12:10 | 165.9 km | 325 km |
| 2.9 | 04.05.2026 00:46 | 150.1 km | 372 km |
| 2.8 | 02.05.2026 19:52 | 122.7 km | 372 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.