3.3
20,103
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1904–2026
record span
3.46
mean magnitude
13,626
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | 11.11.1922 04:32 | 70 km | 276 km |
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 141 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 204 km |
| 8.1 | 06.04.1943 16:07 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 313 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 226 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 212 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 304 km |
| 7.1 | 16.09.2015 23:18 | 29.4 km | 121 km |
| 7.1 | 15.01.1944 23:49 | 15 km | 238 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1997 01:03 | 56.9 km | 60 km |
| 7.0 | 19.04.1955 20:24 | 15 km | 125 km |
| 7.0 | 07.11.1922 23:00 | 25 km | 278 km |
| 7.0 | 19.03.1904 06:28 | 0 km | 184 km |
| 7.0 | 15.02.1917 00:48 | 35 km | 225 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 14.10.2026 00:43 | 39.5 km | 178 km |
| 5.0 | 14.10.2026 00:36 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 5.1 | 14.10.2026 00:30 | 19.2 km | 187 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 20:38 | 38.7 km | 195 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 15:38 | 44 km | 137 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 12:19 | 62 km | 68 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 11:35 | 84.7 km | 182 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 23:43 | 12.1 km | 101 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 20:28 | 115.6 km | 177 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 16:25 | 8 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2026 13:41 | 5.2 km | 100 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 13:27 | 83 km | 186 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 10:43 | 42.3 km | 62 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 00:59 | 107 km | 190 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 23:38 | 54.5 km | 104 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 22:46 | 127.2 km | 141 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 21:59 | 60.8 km | 76 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 11:48 | 44.6 km | 64 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2026 10:38 | 35 km | 130 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 06:04 | 80.3 km | 171 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 02:28 | 46.3 km | 109 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2026 19:59 | 75 km | 138 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 13:43 | 60.6 km | 83 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 11:05 | 30 km | 145 km |
| 3.9 | 07.10.2026 09:09 | 47 km | 68 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 05:31 | 33.2 km | 82 km |
| 2.7 | 06.10.2026 04:28 | 26.5 km | 81 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 10:06 | 56.7 km | 183 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 02:32 | 47.4 km | 142 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 19:57 | 132 km | 170 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 17:23 | 30.5 km | 137 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 12:29 | 126.4 km | 71 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 05:36 | 35.6 km | 136 km |
| 2.6 | 04.10.2026 00:23 | 62.5 km | 129 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 08:36 | 34 km | 56 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 01:24 | 18.7 km | 197 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2026 23:47 | 122 km | 104 km |
| 2.5 | 01.10.2026 14:08 | 30.8 km | 116 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2026 13:53 | 35.7 km | 147 km |
| 2.9 | 01.10.2026 08:57 | 42.4 km | 151 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 15:52 | 90.4 km | 153 km |
| 2.9 | 30.09.2026 10:23 | 62.5 km | 136 km |
| 2.9 | 30.09.2026 05:49 | 30.9 km | 84 km |
| 3.3 | 30.09.2026 03:52 | 36.4 km | 104 km |
| 3.9 | 30.09.2026 02:08 | 47 km | 109 km |
| 3.6 | 30.09.2026 01:20 | 46.9 km | 60 km |
| 2.8 | 29.09.2026 23:04 | 27.7 km | 83 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 17:28 | 65.9 km | 79 km |
| 3.2 | 28.09.2026 03:55 | 33.7 km | 175 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 00:49 | 115 km | 141 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2026 08:37 | 110.4 km | 121 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 21:53 | 64.2 km | 122 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 17:34 | 42.4 km | 117 km |
| 3.3 | 26.09.2026 11:45 | 117.2 km | 196 km |
| 3.1 | 26.09.2026 11:19 | 25.9 km | 117 km |
| 2.9 | 25.09.2026 22:06 | 52.1 km | 67 km |
| 3.7 | 25.09.2026 15:09 | 43.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2026 12:44 | 67.1 km | 63 km |
| 3.9 | 24.09.2026 17:26 | 75.6 km | 130 km |
| 3.1 | 24.09.2026 10:04 | 67.2 km | 115 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.