4.8
8,852
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1914–2026
record span
3.39
mean magnitude
5,785
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 152 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 203 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 122 km |
| 7.7 | 25.01.1939 03:32 | 35 km | 234 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1914 03:36 | 15 km | 208 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 150 km |
| 7.3 | 18.03.1931 08:02 | 35 km | 85 km |
| 7.1 | 02.12.1928 04:20 | 30 km | 210 km |
| 7.1 | 25.03.2012 22:37 | 28.2 km | 127 km |
| 7.1 | 16.10.1981 03:25 | 24.2 km | 224 km |
| 7.1 | 09.04.1985 01:57 | 46.4 km | 59 km |
| 7.0 | 11.03.2010 14:55 | 22.9 km | 76 km |
| 6.9 | 24.04.2017 21:38 | 4.4 km | 182 km |
| 6.8 | 11.03.2010 14:39 | 15.4 km | 82 km |
| 6.8 | 04.09.1958 21:51 | 15 km | 124 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 18:17 | 33.6 km | 107 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 20:47 | 141.6 km | 71 km |
| 3.4 | 06.10.2026 02:39 | 46.7 km | 72 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 02:12 | 6 km | 116 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 00:34 | 18.3 km | 115 km |
| 2.5 | 02.10.2026 20:40 | 8 km | 97 km |
| 3.1 | 01.10.2026 07:31 | 82.5 km | 27 km |
| 3.4 | 01.10.2026 06:00 | 17.7 km | 95 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2026 00:15 | 96.5 km | 59 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 08:08 | 8 km | 114 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2026 08:39 | 17.8 km | 105 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2026 04:41 | 37.9 km | 91 km |
| 3.2 | 25.09.2026 18:40 | 22.8 km | 96 km |
| 2.9 | 25.09.2026 16:39 | 27.6 km | 120 km |
| 5.2 | 25.09.2026 15:29 | 29.1 km | 110 km |
| 3.3 | 24.09.2026 17:30 | 19 km | 114 km |
| 2.9 | 24.09.2026 17:00 | 24.5 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 24.09.2026 12:22 | 30.8 km | 114 km |
| 2.5 | 24.09.2026 11:23 | 19 km | 111 km |
| 3.1 | 24.09.2026 08:41 | 26.9 km | 115 km |
| 2.8 | 24.09.2026 08:22 | 26.5 km | 117 km |
| 3.0 | 24.09.2026 08:05 | 19.7 km | 114 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2026 08:04 | 30.1 km | 116 km |
| 3.1 | 24.09.2026 07:47 | 31.4 km | 117 km |
| 2.5 | 24.09.2026 07:20 | 18 km | 113 km |
| 2.6 | 24.09.2026 07:16 | 20.8 km | 113 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2026 07:07 | 31.4 km | 118 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2026 06:03 | 30.9 km | 117 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 15:48 | 109.3 km | 88 km |
| 2.5 | 19.09.2026 23:08 | 98 km | 34 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 16:15 | 92 km | 33 km |
| 2.6 | 16.09.2026 11:01 | 48.1 km | 54 km |
| 2.6 | 15.09.2026 00:25 | 60 km | 32 km |
| 2.7 | 14.09.2026 03:22 | 137.2 km | 92 km |
| 2.5 | 13.09.2026 10:39 | 51 km | 70 km |
| 2.6 | 11.09.2026 07:52 | 44.1 km | 73 km |
| 2.5 | 09.09.2026 20:37 | 37.6 km | 126 km |
| 2.8 | 08.09.2026 08:42 | 54.8 km | 102 km |
| 2.6 | 07.09.2026 07:04 | 100.1 km | 69 km |
| 3.3 | 06.09.2026 19:57 | 48.4 km | 29 km |
| 2.9 | 03.09.2026 22:45 | 91.4 km | 68 km |
| 3.0 | 03.09.2026 22:09 | 21.3 km | 114 km |
| 2.6 | 31.08.2026 23:09 | 23.6 km | 76 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2026 05:42 | 72.1 km | 45 km |
| 2.6 | 28.08.2026 06:39 | 97.8 km | 61 km |
| 2.5 | 25.08.2026 08:08 | 96.5 km | 41 km |
| 2.9 | 21.08.2026 04:11 | 38.9 km | 108 km |
| 3.2 | 20.08.2026 10:10 | 57.7 km | 98 km |
| 2.5 | 19.08.2026 18:29 | 18.7 km | 92 km |
| 3.8 | 18.08.2026 11:50 | 34 km | 69 km |
| 2.7 | 17.08.2026 09:46 | 80.1 km | 19 km |
| 2.6 | 17.08.2026 09:07 | 120.2 km | 81 km |
| 2.7 | 15.08.2026 07:14 | 107.4 km | 57 km |
| 2.7 | 15.08.2026 06:35 | 28.1 km | 120 km |
| 3.1 | 14.08.2026 04:24 | 79.6 km | 27 km |
| 2.6 | 13.08.2026 04:58 | 9.2 km | 102 km |
| 3.2 | 13.08.2026 04:44 | 11 km | 102 km |
| 2.7 | 10.08.2026 02:43 | 8 km | 86 km |
| 2.5 | 09.08.2026 13:35 | 8.6 km | 102 km |
| 3.0 | 07.08.2026 19:01 | 40 km | 89 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.