4.1
43,300
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.37
mean magnitude
37,817
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 | 113 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 472 km |
| 8.0 | 30.07.1995 05:11 | 32.8 km | 146 km |
| 7.8 | 13.06.2005 22:44 | 104.8 km | 393 km |
| 7.7 | 03.04.2014 02:43 | 12 km | 361 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 169 km |
| 7.7 | 28.12.1966 08:18 | 22.1 km | 287 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1957 22:19 | 232.5 km | 358 km |
| 7.6 | 04.10.1983 18:52 | 28.6 km | 385 km |
| 7.5 | 30.11.1976 00:40 | 78.1 km | 338 km |
| 7.5 | 05.03.1987 09:17 | 41.4 km | 181 km |
| 7.5 | 04.12.1918 11:47 | 40 km | 384 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 290 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1939 06:22 | 35 km | 459 km |
| 7.3 | 19.07.2024 01:50 | 123.9 km | 118 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 13.10.2026 23:26 | 122.8 km | 181 km |
| 3.7 | 13.10.2026 22:56 | 183.3 km | 190 km |
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 22:19 | 189.6 km | 204 km |
| 4.1 | 13.10.2026 21:31 | 99 km | 183 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 20:13 | 168.7 km | 184 km |
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 19:12 | 94.6 km | 73 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 18:05 | 136.5 km | 242 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 18:00 | 106 km | 334 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 16:56 | 79.8 km | 77 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 16:32 | 222.3 km | 189 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 15:14 | 228.6 km | 153 km |
| 3.9 | 13.10.2026 12:38 | 46.1 km | 305 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 11:34 | 252.7 km | 202 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 09:56 | 200 km | 183 km |
| 3.4 | 13.10.2026 09:55 | 207.9 km | 127 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 09:37 | 114.6 km | 164 km |
| 2.9 | 13.10.2026 09:05 | 201.3 km | 154 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 08:13 | 117.5 km | 272 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 08:05 | 151.8 km | 204 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 07:30 | 162.2 km | 222 km |
| 2.9 | 13.10.2026 06:42 | 105.7 km | 183 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 06:40 | 59.6 km | 173 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 05:43 | 101.2 km | 86 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 05:19 | 123 km | 218 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 03:47 | 10 km | 342 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 02:43 | 99.5 km | 140 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2026 02:00 | 210.4 km | 191 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 01:35 | 107.1 km | 270 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 01:08 | 92.1 km | 106 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 01:06 | 127.6 km | 204 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 00:53 | 216.5 km | 170 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 00:02 | 195.7 km | 204 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 23:27 | 81 km | 107 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 21:56 | 37 km | 304 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:23 | 112.2 km | 141 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:20 | 137.6 km | 263 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 19:56 | 229.2 km | 161 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 19:16 | 137 km | 137 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 18:51 | 85.4 km | 199 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 16:17 | 244.5 km | 160 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 16:04 | 40.7 km | 202 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 15:58 | 133 km | 267 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 14:46 | 247.8 km | 176 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 12:09 | 193.7 km | 171 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 11:58 | 165.5 km | 259 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 11:54 | 3 km | 338 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 10:50 | 219.1 km | 155 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 08:46 | 175 km | 315 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 08:38 | 247.4 km | 162 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 08:36 | 238.8 km | 167 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 06:03 | 167 km | 321 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 05:46 | 108.7 km | 265 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 05:44 | 118.4 km | 103 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 04:23 | 110.8 km | 257 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 04:05 | 110.3 km | 248 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 02:41 | 119.9 km | 216 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 01:56 | 208.4 km | 169 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 01:48 | 170.7 km | 280 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 01:12 | 232 km | 150 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 00:41 | 233.2 km | 165 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.