3.3
48,065
recorded earthquakes
M8.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.42
mean magnitude
44,696
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 | 1925 km |
| 8.3 | 16.09.2015 22:54 | 12.1 km | 1745 km |
| 8.2 | 17.08.1906 00:40 | 35 km | 1783 km |
| 8.1 | 06.04.1943 16:07 | 35 km | 1772 km |
| 7.9 | 03.03.1985 22:47 | 40.6 km | 1752 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1971 03:03 | 52.2 km | 1804 km |
| 7.7 | 28.12.1966 08:18 | 22.1 km | 1912 km |
| 7.7 | 01.12.1928 04:06 | 35 km | 1787 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1914 03:36 | 15 km | 1663 km |
| 7.6 | 04.10.1983 18:52 | 28.6 km | 1888 km |
| 7.5 | 04.12.1918 11:47 | 40 km | 1884 km |
| 7.4 | 18.04.1939 06:22 | 35 km | 1848 km |
| 7.4 | 28.03.1965 16:33 | 70 km | 1801 km |
| 7.3 | 04.03.1985 00:32 | 13.8 km | 1765 km |
| 7.3 | 18.03.1931 08:02 | 35 km | 1804 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 14.10.2026 00:43 | 39.5 km | 1736 km |
| 5.0 | 14.10.2026 00:36 | 10 km | 1725 km |
| 5.1 | 14.10.2026 00:30 | 19.2 km | 1730 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 20:38 | 38.7 km | 1754 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 18:55 | 27.1 km | 1764 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 18:15 | 27.8 km | 1723 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 15:38 | 44 km | 1784 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 12:19 | 62 km | 1776 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 01:03 | 22.4 km | 1758 km |
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 18:17 | 33.6 km | 1771 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 12:52 | 103.8 km | 1916 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 11:35 | 84.7 km | 1807 km |
| 4.3 | 12.10.2026 10:29 | 107.2 km | 1917 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 23:47 | 31.2 km | 1768 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 23:43 | 12.1 km | 1860 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 17:18 | 39.6 km | 1780 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 16:25 | 8 km | 1855 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2026 13:41 | 5.2 km | 1854 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 13:27 | 83 km | 1854 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 10:43 | 42.3 km | 1765 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 05:58 | 25.6 km | 1700 km |
| 2.8 | 11.10.2026 02:13 | 101.5 km | 1901 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 00:59 | 107 km | 1915 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 23:38 | 54.5 km | 1776 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 22:46 | 127.2 km | 1899 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 21:59 | 60.8 km | 1783 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 11:48 | 44.6 km | 1764 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 13:08 | 50 km | 1800 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2026 10:38 | 35 km | 1765 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 09:36 | 5.3 km | 1785 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 05:01 | 19.9 km | 1848 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2026 03:12 | 30.3 km | 1710 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 18:35 | 56 km | 1795 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 11:02 | 30.4 km | 1799 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 06:04 | 80.3 km | 1799 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 02:28 | 46.3 km | 1767 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 01:19 | 50.4 km | 1817 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2026 19:59 | 75 km | 1827 km |
| 2.5 | 07.10.2026 15:32 | 29.1 km | 1763 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 13:43 | 60.6 km | 1769 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 11:05 | 30 km | 1730 km |
| 3.9 | 07.10.2026 09:09 | 47 km | 1787 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 06:19 | 26.2 km | 1748 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 05:31 | 33.2 km | 1752 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2026 01:03 | 28.5 km | 1757 km |
| 2.7 | 06.10.2026 11:30 | 83.6 km | 1843 km |
| 2.9 | 06.10.2026 08:18 | 28.3 km | 1696 km |
| 2.7 | 06.10.2026 04:28 | 26.5 km | 1745 km |
| 2.8 | 06.10.2026 03:32 | 32.3 km | 1762 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 03:27 | 32.3 km | 1762 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 10:06 | 56.7 km | 1770 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 02:32 | 47.4 km | 1778 km |
| 2.7 | 05.10.2026 01:44 | 30.9 km | 1777 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 00:34 | 18.3 km | 1750 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 19:57 | 132 km | 1911 km |
| 2.6 | 04.10.2026 18:44 | 103.8 km | 1892 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 17:23 | 30.5 km | 1749 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 12:29 | 126.4 km | 1898 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 08:41 | 23.6 km | 1746 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 05:36 | 35.6 km | 1742 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.