2.6
3,131
recorded earthquakes
M9.6
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.96
mean magnitude
2,028
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 22.05.1960 19:11 | 25 km | 121 km |
| 8.8 | 27.02.2010 06:34 | 22.9 km | 142 km |
| 8.2 | 21.05.1960 10:02 | 25 km | 98 km |
| 7.9 | 22.05.1960 18:56 | 25 km | 91 km |
| 7.7 | 25.01.1939 03:32 | 35 km | 129 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 258 km |
| 7.7 | 10.05.1975 14:27 | 17.5 km | 95 km |
| 7.5 | 14.02.1962 06:36 | 30 km | 64 km |
| 7.5 | 30.01.1914 03:35 | 15 km | 273 km |
| 7.5 | 06.05.1953 17:16 | 66 km | 61 km |
| 7.4 | 27.02.2010 08:01 | 35 km | 258 km |
| 7.3 | 13.06.1907 09:18 | 0 km | 234 km |
| 7.3 | 10.12.1920 04:25 | 25 km | 208 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1920 04:26 | 15 km | 187 km |
| 7.1 | 02.01.2011 20:20 | 24.4 km | 139 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 13:38 | 15.5 km | 80 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 13:35 | 27.6 km | 82 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 23:02 | 21.7 km | 98 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 20:32 | 20.3 km | 124 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 05:20 | 81.4 km | 126 km |
| 3.9 | 07.10.2026 23:33 | 56.1 km | 95 km |
| 3.3 | 29.09.2026 23:40 | 34.1 km | 143 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2026 08:24 | 60 km | 119 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2026 12:52 | 30.1 km | 149 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2026 23:19 | 174.3 km | 93 km |
| 2.8 | 19.09.2026 06:34 | 79.8 km | 64 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 14:28 | 20 km | 178 km |
| 2.7 | 13.09.2026 08:54 | 87.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.0 | 08.09.2026 23:00 | 28.1 km | 130 km |
| 4.0 | 06.09.2026 06:09 | 60.1 km | 133 km |
| 3.0 | 03.09.2026 23:41 | 27.8 km | 80 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 00:31 | 17.6 km | 156 km |
| 2.5 | 26.08.2026 07:24 | 58.9 km | 114 km |
| 3.8 | 26.08.2026 04:25 | 137.7 km | 99 km |
| 2.9 | 26.08.2026 00:03 | 153.5 km | 125 km |
| 3.6 | 24.08.2026 14:31 | 98.1 km | 103 km |
| 2.5 | 24.08.2026 03:08 | 100.7 km | 139 km |
| 4.5 | 23.08.2026 20:38 | 102.5 km | 104 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 17:07 | 84.9 km | 28 km |
| 3.4 | 29.07.2026 09:32 | 45.9 km | 114 km |
| 2.6 | 25.07.2026 08:03 | 107 km | 141 km |
| 2.8 | 24.07.2026 22:10 | 130.7 km | 97 km |
| 3.5 | 22.07.2026 09:56 | 38.2 km | 86 km |
| 2.8 | 18.07.2026 10:30 | 40.4 km | 65 km |
| 2.9 | 15.07.2026 11:34 | 18.2 km | 129 km |
| 3.9 | 06.07.2026 12:58 | 21.3 km | 122 km |
| 4.5 | 06.07.2026 12:43 | 10 km | 136 km |
| 2.9 | 06.07.2026 07:09 | 23.3 km | 120 km |
| 3.5 | 06.07.2026 07:03 | 17.1 km | 122 km |
| 3.3 | 06.07.2026 04:10 | 110.2 km | 78 km |
| 2.6 | 03.07.2026 11:12 | 44 km | 153 km |
| 4.5 | 01.07.2026 19:52 | 45.8 km | 100 km |
| 3.4 | 01.07.2026 18:27 | 87.4 km | 62 km |
| 2.8 | 01.07.2026 11:32 | 14.1 km | 137 km |
| 2.7 | 29.06.2026 16:44 | 47.5 km | 144 km |
| 3.6 | 29.06.2026 04:13 | 63.4 km | 116 km |
| 2.5 | 22.06.2026 17:26 | 68.2 km | 49 km |
| 3.0 | 16.06.2026 11:37 | 108.1 km | 120 km |
| 3.4 | 10.06.2026 16:31 | 75.8 km | 8 km |
| 2.9 | 10.06.2026 10:58 | 52.8 km | 122 km |
| 3.0 | 09.06.2026 07:34 | 72.1 km | 133 km |
| 3.3 | 03.06.2026 15:05 | 98.1 km | 101 km |
| 3.1 | 29.05.2026 03:12 | 102.7 km | 125 km |
| 3.8 | 27.05.2026 02:41 | 61 km | 92 km |
| 3.2 | 23.05.2026 16:36 | 30.9 km | 86 km |
| 3.2 | 20.05.2026 10:52 | 103.6 km | 73 km |
| 2.8 | 20.05.2026 03:35 | 86.7 km | 15 km |
| 3.0 | 20.05.2026 01:11 | 29.8 km | 139 km |
| 2.6 | 19.05.2026 14:18 | 31.1 km | 87 km |
| 3.5 | 19.05.2026 02:09 | 38.6 km | 94 km |
| 3.5 | 15.05.2026 02:04 | 61.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 12.05.2026 21:48 | 66.3 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 12.05.2026 06:12 | 14.2 km | 80 km |
| 2.8 | 12.05.2026 05:44 | 40.9 km | 57 km |
| 3.6 | 10.05.2026 08:26 | 35.9 km | 84 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.