2.7
23,404
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.39
mean magnitude
17,406
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 | 09.12.1950 21:38 | 113.9 km | 418 km |
| 7.8 | 13.06.2005 22:44 | 104.8 km | 245 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 400 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 64 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 276 km |
| 7.5 | 30.11.1976 00:40 | 78.1 km | 208 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 146 km |
| 7.3 | 19.07.2024 01:50 | 123.9 km | 317 km |
| 7.3 | 21.12.1967 02:25 | 42 km | 370 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 89 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 295 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 130 km | 266 km |
| 7.2 | 08.08.1987 15:48 | 19.1 km | 367 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1933 08:09 | 35 km | 354 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2000 18:43 | 227.4 km | 370 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 01:08 | 92.1 km | 304 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 01:06 | 127.6 km | 233 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:23 | 112.2 km | 285 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:20 | 137.6 km | 210 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 18:51 | 85.4 km | 263 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 15:58 | 133 km | 181 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 11:58 | 165.5 km | 166 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 11:06 | 252.2 km | 100 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 08:38 | 247.4 km | 297 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 05:44 | 118.4 km | 305 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 04:05 | 110.3 km | 230 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 02:41 | 119.9 km | 236 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 01:48 | 170.7 km | 147 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 01:12 | 232 km | 286 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 00:05 | 118.6 km | 233 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 23:59 | 209.2 km | 232 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 21:58 | 131.3 km | 268 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 16:01 | 98.8 km | 255 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 15:16 | 112.9 km | 254 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 13:49 | 143.1 km | 211 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 08:54 | 258.5 km | 269 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 07:12 | 241 km | 233 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 06:39 | 102.9 km | 241 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 04:54 | 90.9 km | 366 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 04:47 | 140 km | 195 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 03:21 | 187.1 km | 79 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 01:55 | 121.2 km | 266 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 01:07 | 108.2 km | 249 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 20:14 | 181.9 km | 306 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 19:43 | 99.1 km | 230 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 18:48 | 76.8 km | 364 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 17:59 | 132.4 km | 229 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 16:49 | 122 km | 217 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 15:59 | 176.4 km | 274 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 14:08 | 270.2 km | 274 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 12:45 | 204.1 km | 141 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 12:18 | 140.2 km | 241 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 09:03 | 117.3 km | 257 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 08:10 | 118.4 km | 269 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 04:21 | 155.6 km | 224 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 02:49 | 114.4 km | 291 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 22:50 | 250.6 km | 293 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 22:41 | 101.7 km | 228 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2026 21:22 | 123.1 km | 231 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 20:03 | 106 km | 228 km |
| 2.9 | 09.10.2026 19:24 | 91 km | 319 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 16:48 | 120.2 km | 273 km |
| 4.1 | 09.10.2026 13:40 | 228.2 km | 188 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 10:58 | 118.4 km | 242 km |
| 5.1 | 09.10.2026 10:22 | 123.8 km | 217 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 06:41 | 121.3 km | 233 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 00:50 | 114.1 km | 243 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 00:46 | 129.6 km | 238 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 21:41 | 115.9 km | 301 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2026 20:08 | 122.2 km | 241 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2026 16:31 | 118.6 km | 288 km |
| 4.5 | 08.10.2026 05:35 | 121.4 km | 283 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 03:52 | 107.2 km | 249 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 01:16 | 109.8 km | 296 km |
| 2.7 | 08.10.2026 00:31 | 184.1 km | 151 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.