3.1
13,738
recorded earthquakes
M9.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.91
mean magnitude
12,193
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.2 | 26.08.2024 04:26 | — | 848 km |
| 8.3 | 23.07.1905 02:46 | 15 km | 1294 km |
| 7.9 | 10.08.1931 21:18 | 10 km | 697 km |
| 7.8 | 03.01.1911 23:25 | 20 km | 554 km |
| 7.8 | 14.11.2001 09:26 | 12.6 km | 793 km |
| 7.7 | 22.08.1902 03:00 | 0 km | 691 km |
| 7.6 | 07.01.1937 13:20 | 15 km | 1273 km |
| 7.6 | 25.12.1932 02:04 | 15 km | 998 km |
| 7.6 | 08.10.2005 03:50 | 8.2 km | 1238 km |
| 7.5 | 08.11.1997 10:02 | 17.8 km | 770 km |
| 7.4 | 04.08.1914 22:41 | 15 km | 600 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.1949 16:08 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 7.3 | 02.11.1946 18:28 | 25 km | 1090 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 1059 km |
| 7.2 | 27.09.2003 11:33 | 10.3 km | 944 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 15:30 | 19 km | 463 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 16:43 | 21 km | 259 km |
| 3.8 | 10.10.2026 14:06 | 1 km | 312 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 23:48 | 0 km | 799 km |
| 3.4 | 09.10.2026 20:04 | 19 km | 122 km |
| 2.4 | 09.10.2026 09:51 | 5 km | 880 km |
| 2.7 | 08.10.2026 08:34 | 4 km | 931 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 05:01 | 0 km | 900 km |
| 4.9 | 06.10.2026 18:15 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 22:56 | 20 km | 168 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 09:57 | 10 km | 691 km |
| 2.3 | 04.10.2026 01:33 | 16 km | 942 km |
| 2.5 | 03.10.2026 17:16 | 15 km | 844 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 11:29 | 1 km | 899 km |
| 3.9 | 02.10.2026 06:39 | 1 km | 782 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 08:15 | 10 km | 1109 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 964 km |
| 4.5 | 30.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 964 km |
| 4.2 | 28.09.2026 08:53 | 2.3 km | 443 km |
| 3.4 | 28.09.2026 04:38 | 10 km | 684 km |
| 4.5 | 27.09.2026 15:00 | 148 km | 1048 km |
| 2.5 | 27.09.2026 02:07 | 12 km | 867 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2026 01:42 | 11 km | 865 km |
| 2.4 | 27.09.2026 00:33 | 0 km | 867 km |
| 2.7 | 26.09.2026 21:19 | 19 km | 863 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2026 20:23 | 11 km | 866 km |
| 2.3 | 26.09.2026 13:03 | 10 km | 928 km |
| 3.7 | 26.09.2026 08:31 | 25 km | 150 km |
| 2.4 | 26.09.2026 08:10 | 3 km | 867 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 00:54 | 10 km | 915 km |
| 4.5 | 25.09.2026 11:53 | 10 km | 985 km |
| 2.6 | 25.09.2026 10:31 | 10 km | 884 km |
| 2.8 | 25.09.2026 08:18 | 10 km | 911 km |
| 3.2 | 23.09.2026 05:43 | 10 km | 854 km |
| 4.5 | 22.09.2026 16:09 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 10:10 | 1 km | 874 km |
| 3.3 | 22.09.2026 09:50 | 10 km | 1210 km |
| 3.2 | 20.09.2026 08:10 | 10 km | 767 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2026 17:22 | 1 km | 321 km |
| 4.5 | 19.09.2026 15:53 | 10 km | 137 km |
| 3.6 | 19.09.2026 15:45 | 20 km | 124 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2026 14:32 | 27 km | 154 km |
| 3.0 | 18.09.2026 13:47 | 10 km | 804 km |
| 2.6 | 18.09.2026 08:06 | 0 km | 524 km |
| 4.3 | 18.09.2026 07:52 | 0 km | 345 km |
| 3.3 | 18.09.2026 05:15 | 0 km | 856 km |
| 2.1 | 17.09.2026 23:13 | 5 km | 872 km |
| 3.0 | 17.09.2026 22:56 | 12 km | 64 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 10:34 | 6 km | 825 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 09:44 | 10 km | 843 km |
| 3.3 | 17.09.2026 00:39 | 0 km | 823 km |
| 5.0 | 16.09.2026 05:52 | 10.5 km | 982 km |
| 3.6 | 16.09.2026 04:40 | 3 km | 620 km |
| 3.0 | 14.09.2026 21:06 | 15 km | 734 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 09:58 | 140 km | 986 km |
| 3.7 | 12.09.2026 07:13 | 1 km | 576 km |
| 3.7 | 11.09.2026 20:06 | 7.6 km | 476 km |
| 3.1 | 11.09.2026 13:41 | 14 km | 172 km |
| 2.3 | 10.09.2026 00:39 | 0 km | 959 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2026 18:17 | 1 km | 834 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.