4.8
9,810
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.32
mean magnitude
6,976
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 237 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 149 km |
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 113 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 118 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 212 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 132 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 102 km |
| 7.3 | 18.03.1931 08:02 | 35 km | 70 km |
| 7.1 | 25.03.2012 22:37 | 28.2 km | 217 km |
| 7.1 | 16.10.1981 03:25 | 24.2 km | 207 km |
| 7.1 | 09.04.1985 01:57 | 46.4 km | 94 km |
| 7.0 | 11.03.2010 14:55 | 22.9 km | 132 km |
| 6.9 | 07.11.1981 03:29 | 60.4 km | 174 km |
| 6.9 | 19.08.1906 09:27 | 0 km | 135 km |
| 6.9 | 24.04.2017 21:38 | 4.4 km | 139 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 18:17 | 33.6 km | 99 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 12:52 | 103.8 km | 49 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 10:29 | 102.5 km | 48 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 02:13 | 101.5 km | 85 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 09:36 | 5.3 km | 95 km |
| 2.5 | 03.10.2026 01:40 | 11.4 km | 61 km |
| 2.5 | 02.10.2026 20:40 | 8 km | 92 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2026 17:28 | 32.1 km | 129 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 07:25 | 26.5 km | 126 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2026 00:15 | 96.5 km | 78 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2026 16:35 | 65.8 km | 77 km |
| 4.2 | 29.09.2026 04:02 | 72 km | 109 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2026 11:49 | 52 km | 63 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 08:08 | 8 km | 69 km |
| 5.2 | 25.09.2026 15:29 | 29.1 km | 131 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 15:48 | 109.3 km | 73 km |
| 5.2 | 18.09.2026 16:52 | 100 km | 52 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 16:15 | 92 km | 73 km |
| 2.7 | 16.09.2026 13:55 | 41.7 km | 80 km |
| 2.5 | 13.09.2026 10:39 | 51 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 09.09.2026 22:48 | 37.3 km | 102 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2026 11:29 | 9.8 km | 60 km |
| 3.2 | 06.09.2026 10:46 | 9.7 km | 60 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2026 06:13 | 9.4 km | 62 km |
| 2.5 | 05.09.2026 14:47 | 11.6 km | 62 km |
| 2.5 | 05.09.2026 14:38 | 11.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 05.09.2026 07:16 | 101.9 km | 80 km |
| 2.5 | 02.09.2026 21:17 | 22.4 km | 110 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2026 22:42 | 104.9 km | 85 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2026 05:42 | 72.1 km | 86 km |
| 2.6 | 28.08.2026 06:39 | 97.8 km | 52 km |
| 2.9 | 28.08.2026 00:17 | 41.4 km | 75 km |
| 2.6 | 27.08.2026 21:06 | 26.9 km | 107 km |
| 2.9 | 27.08.2026 18:59 | 96.2 km | 94 km |
| 3.6 | 27.08.2026 00:07 | 26 km | 120 km |
| 2.8 | 26.08.2026 23:57 | 25.1 km | 118 km |
| 2.5 | 26.08.2026 02:31 | 64.1 km | 43 km |
| 2.5 | 25.08.2026 08:08 | 96.5 km | 79 km |
| 3.8 | 18.08.2026 11:50 | 34 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 18.08.2026 02:29 | 68.1 km | 78 km |
| 2.9 | 17.08.2026 20:40 | 91.2 km | 50 km |
| 3.4 | 17.08.2026 16:10 | 96.4 km | 62 km |
| 2.7 | 17.08.2026 09:46 | 80.1 km | 86 km |
| 2.6 | 17.08.2026 09:07 | 120.2 km | 90 km |
| 2.5 | 16.08.2026 18:50 | 18.2 km | 123 km |
| 2.7 | 16.08.2026 01:45 | 93.5 km | 80 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2026 15:12 | 8 km | 62 km |
| 2.7 | 15.08.2026 07:14 | 107.4 km | 79 km |
| 3.1 | 14.08.2026 04:24 | 79.6 km | 74 km |
| 2.6 | 13.08.2026 04:58 | 9.2 km | 76 km |
| 3.2 | 13.08.2026 04:44 | 11 km | 75 km |
| 2.5 | 09.08.2026 13:35 | 8.6 km | 78 km |
| 3.0 | 07.08.2026 19:01 | 40 km | 99 km |
| 2.5 | 04.08.2026 10:14 | 10.8 km | 79 km |
| 3.3 | 04.08.2026 00:40 | 91.9 km | 86 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 15:42 | 117.4 km | 80 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 17:23 | 65.4 km | 62 km |
| 4.2 | 29.07.2026 14:37 | 27.1 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 13:33 | 92.5 km | 27 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 07:56 | 112.4 km | 107 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.