2.7
9,457
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.01
mean magnitude
8,871
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 15.08.1950 14:09 | 15 km | 827 km |
| 8.0 | 15.01.1934 08:43 | 15 km | 593 km |
| 7.9 | 25.04.2015 06:11 | 13.4 km | 565 km |
| 7.8 | 14.11.2001 09:26 | 12.6 km | 484 km |
| 7.7 | 17.08.1952 16:02 | 25 km | 303 km |
| 7.7 | 18.11.1951 09:35 | 30 km | 255 km |
| 7.6 | 07.01.1937 13:20 | 15 km | 939 km |
| 7.5 | 08.11.1997 10:02 | 17.8 km | 377 km |
| 7.5 | 17.03.1947 08:19 | 15 km | 1035 km |
| 7.4 | 21.05.2021 18:04 | 5.4 km | 955 km |
| 7.4 | 06.02.1973 10:37 | 8.2 km | 1116 km |
| 7.3 | 29.07.1947 13:43 | 20 km | 590 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 948 km |
| 7.3 | 15.12.1934 01:57 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2015 07:05 | 12.3 km | 518 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 13:26 | 7 km | 592 km |
| 4.4 | 12.10.2026 08:45 | 208.4 km | 971 km |
| 3.9 | 12.10.2026 08:27 | 135 km | 424 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 18:26 | 6.6 km | 1071 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 19:55 | 5 km | 900 km |
| 4.4 | 10.10.2026 14:37 | 22 km | 968 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 10:10 | 5 km | 857 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2026 21:49 | 10 km | 569 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 21:43 | 10 km | 561 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 06:04 | 10 km | 416 km |
| 2.9 | 09.10.2026 02:15 | 10 km | 428 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 01:11 | 10 km | 392 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 19:38 | 10 km | 628 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2026 15:52 | 10 km | 781 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 00:57 | 5 km | 610 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2026 20:52 | 5 km | 627 km |
| 5.1 | 06.10.2026 16:53 | 16.5 km | 893 km |
| 3.7 | 06.10.2026 09:03 | 10 km | 422 km |
| 4.5 | 05.10.2026 22:54 | 10 km | 284 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2026 19:23 | 5 km | 523 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 14:37 | 35 km | 77 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 06:35 | 5 km | 684 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2026 05:30 | 13.7 km | 553 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 12:42 | 10 km | 433 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 01:25 | 14 km | 502 km |
| 3.6 | 03.10.2026 00:30 | 15 km | 435 km |
| 3.7 | 02.10.2026 21:59 | 7 km | 628 km |
| 3.9 | 02.10.2026 16:50 | 15 km | 443 km |
| 4.0 | 02.10.2026 11:30 | 120 km | 222 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2026 00:51 | 10 km | 405 km |
| 2.6 | 01.10.2026 19:17 | 5 km | 535 km |
| 4.0 | 01.10.2026 15:56 | 10 km | 391 km |
| 3.7 | 01.10.2026 08:16 | 10 km | 626 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 08:15 | 10 km | 792 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 13:13 | 6 km | 507 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 21:25 | 30 km | 400 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2026 20:58 | 72 km | 443 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2026 07:53 | 5 km | 908 km |
| 2.9 | 28.09.2026 00:38 | 101.6 km | 438 km |
| 3.8 | 27.09.2026 18:30 | 100.4 km | 914 km |
| 5.0 | 27.09.2026 16:43 | 10 km | 1094 km |
| 2.9 | 26.09.2026 23:02 | 9 km | 731 km |
| 2.9 | 26.09.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 642 km |
| 3.6 | 26.09.2026 07:05 | 5 km | 881 km |
| 2.7 | 24.09.2026 00:35 | 5 km | 595 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2026 07:49 | 80 km | 418 km |
| 4.1 | 21.09.2026 08:10 | 15 km | 564 km |
| 3.5 | 21.09.2026 02:23 | 200 km | 43 km |
| 2.7 | 20.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 810 km |
| 3.2 | 20.09.2026 08:10 | 10 km | 866 km |
| 4.5 | 19.09.2026 12:19 | 10 km | 50 km |
| 4.8 | 19.09.2026 10:31 | 10 km | 571 km |
| 3.6 | 19.09.2026 00:40 | 114 km | 1050 km |
| 2.6 | 18.09.2026 17:24 | 6 km | 485 km |
| 2.6 | 16.09.2026 20:57 | 10 km | 741 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2026 17:28 | 10 km | 439 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2026 16:56 | 10 km | 624 km |
| 2.9 | 16.09.2026 08:22 | 30 km | 454 km |
| 2.7 | 15.09.2026 23:47 | 5 km | 504 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2026 22:43 | 98 km | 695 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.