3.2
20,500
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.26
mean magnitude
17,315
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 162 km |
| 7.8 | 13.06.2005 22:44 | 104.8 km | 41 km |
| 7.7 | 03.04.2014 02:43 | 12 km | 125 km |
| 7.7 | 14.11.2007 15:40 | 42.9 km | 247 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 210 km |
| 7.5 | 30.11.1976 00:40 | 78.1 km | 69 km |
| 7.5 | 25.08.1916 09:44 | 180 km | 168 km |
| 7.3 | 21.12.1967 02:25 | 42 km | 195 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1940 07:55 | 35 km | 113 km |
| 7.2 | 08.08.1987 15:48 | 19.1 km | 134 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 201 km |
| 7.2 | 04.10.1910 23:00 | 120 km | 204 km |
| 7.2 | 23.02.1933 08:09 | 35 km | 89 km |
| 7.1 | 14.06.1959 00:12 | 109.2 km | 58 km |
| 7.1 | 30.08.1906 02:38 | 0 km | 111 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 19:32 | 103.1 km | 63 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 18:05 | 136.5 km | 138 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 08:13 | 117.5 km | 103 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 07:30 | 162.2 km | 171 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 06:44 | 102.5 km | 58 km |
| 3.8 | 13.10.2026 06:25 | 103.5 km | 76 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 05:31 | 80.3 km | 130 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 05:19 | 123 km | 171 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 01:35 | 107.1 km | 106 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 21:56 | 37 km | 146 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:20 | 137.6 km | 130 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 05:46 | 108.7 km | 106 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 04:23 | 110.8 km | 113 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 04:05 | 110.3 km | 133 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 02:41 | 119.9 km | 168 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 00:05 | 118.6 km | 128 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 00:01 | 120.3 km | 117 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 21:45 | 47.9 km | 149 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 19:45 | 74.8 km | 85 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 19:39 | 85.7 km | 11 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 17:58 | 57.2 km | 126 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 17:03 | 92.9 km | 3 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 13:49 | 143.1 km | 161 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 12:54 | 111.9 km | 75 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 06:39 | 102.9 km | 119 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 04:47 | 140 km | 163 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 03:24 | 32.4 km | 125 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 01:38 | 109.4 km | 44 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 01:07 | 108.2 km | 146 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 22:27 | 106.2 km | 107 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 19:43 | 99.1 km | 95 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 17:59 | 132.4 km | 122 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 17:01 | 92.9 km | 103 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 16:49 | 122 km | 117 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 14:55 | 105.1 km | 93 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 12:07 | 90.5 km | 130 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 04:49 | 98.5 km | 89 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 04:21 | 155.6 km | 179 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 125.4 km | 122 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 22:41 | 101.7 km | 91 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2026 21:22 | 123.1 km | 152 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 20:38 | 106.5 km | 77 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 20:03 | 106 km | 108 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 18:33 | 103.3 km | 59 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 17:30 | 14.6 km | 72 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 16:34 | 91.3 km | 24 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 10:58 | 118.4 km | 125 km |
| 5.1 | 09.10.2026 10:22 | 123.8 km | 68 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 09:32 | 110.4 km | 76 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 06:41 | 121.3 km | 132 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 04:42 | 90.9 km | 30 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 00:50 | 114.1 km | 128 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 20:42 | 108 km | 33 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2026 20:08 | 122.2 km | 136 km |
| 2.9 | 08.10.2026 19:49 | 102.2 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 14:20 | 54.4 km | 123 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 12:56 | 120 km | 47 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 12:03 | 115.5 km | 101 km |
| 2.5 | 07.10.2026 23:43 | 141.5 km | 65 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 19:15 | 114.6 km | 75 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.