3.7
2,877
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.24
mean magnitude
2,597
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 | 650 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 692 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.1931 20:09 | 15 km | 516 km |
| 7.5 | 14.04.1955 01:29 | 10 km | 532 km |
| 7.3 | 30.07.1917 23:54 | 15 km | 427 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:41 | 15 km | 500 km |
| 7.2 | 26.12.1941 14:48 | 10 km | 371 km |
| 7.2 | 22.06.1923 06:44 | 25 km | 410 km |
| 7.2 | 04.01.1970 17:00 | 11.1 km | 137 km |
| 7.2 | 21.12.1913 15:37 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 7.2 | 25.05.1948 07:11 | 55 km | 574 km |
| 7.1 | 02.02.1950 23:33 | 35 km | 407 km |
| 7.0 | 31.08.1906 14:57 | 100 km | 530 km |
| 7.0 | 06.11.1988 13:03 | 12.6 km | 334 km |
| 7.0 | 12.12.1908 12:54 | 15 km | 549 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 12.10.2026 22:01 | 11 km | 448 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 13:52 | 9 km | 462 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 478 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 9 km | 449 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 10:56 | 5 km | 465 km |
| 3.6 | 07.10.2026 02:00 | 5 km | 470 km |
| 3.9 | 05.10.2026 15:38 | 10 km | 449 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 11:34 | 7 km | 410 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2026 17:19 | 10 km | 475 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 21:56 | 9 km | 290 km |
| 3.9 | 01.10.2026 05:38 | 7 km | 471 km |
| 3.6 | 30.09.2026 13:03 | 15 km | 295 km |
| 4.3 | 30.09.2026 10:31 | 10 km | 89 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2026 16:03 | 7 km | 465 km |
| 4.6 | 27.09.2026 18:29 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 4.7 | 26.09.2026 18:31 | 10 km | 466 km |
| 3.4 | 26.09.2026 03:28 | 5 km | 467 km |
| 5.0 | 25.09.2026 23:57 | 10 km | 471 km |
| 3.4 | 25.09.2026 21:08 | 6 km | 466 km |
| 5.0 | 25.09.2026 21:01 | 10 km | 474 km |
| 3.0 | 15.09.2026 20:18 | 10 km | 541 km |
| 3.0 | 15.09.2026 12:04 | 10 km | 413 km |
| 4.5 | 14.09.2026 09:07 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.2 | 10.09.2026 21:53 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 4.7 | 10.09.2026 16:53 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 3.0 | 10.09.2026 11:28 | 8 km | 247 km |
| 3.3 | 08.09.2026 06:48 | 8 km | 255 km |
| 4.6 | 07.09.2026 17:31 | 10 km | 272 km |
| 4.5 | 05.09.2026 01:09 | 10 km | 519 km |
| 3.0 | 04.09.2026 14:03 | 5 km | 471 km |
| 3.1 | 04.09.2026 10:44 | 5 km | 472 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2026 10:32 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 3.4 | 28.08.2026 19:43 | 5 km | 472 km |
| 3.0 | 28.08.2026 08:43 | 5 km | 471 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2026 05:13 | 10 km | 569 km |
| 3.3 | 27.08.2026 02:34 | 8 km | 468 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2026 19:21 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 4.9 | 24.08.2026 00:26 | 10 km | 479 km |
| 3.0 | 17.08.2026 02:02 | 5 km | 563 km |
| 3.0 | 16.08.2026 22:09 | 8 km | 563 km |
| 3.1 | 16.08.2026 20:05 | 7 km | 562 km |
| 3.3 | 16.08.2026 20:01 | 10 km | 562 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2026 19:23 | 8 km | 563 km |
| 3.6 | 14.08.2026 01:33 | 6 km | 564 km |
| 3.4 | 11.08.2026 02:46 | 5 km | 469 km |
| 4.5 | 10.08.2026 21:31 | 45.4 km | 479 km |
| 4.6 | 10.08.2026 18:40 | 10 km | 469 km |
| 3.4 | 08.08.2026 04:21 | 9 km | 463 km |
| 3.0 | 07.08.2026 08:02 | 7 km | 470 km |
| 5.1 | 07.08.2026 05:08 | 10 km | 471 km |
| 3.4 | 06.08.2026 17:40 | 5 km | 416 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 17:22 | 7 km | 472 km |
| 3.6 | 04.08.2026 16:16 | 10 km | 478 km |
| 4.4 | 04.08.2026 15:58 | 10 km | 475 km |
| 3.5 | 04.08.2026 09:31 | 10 km | 481 km |
| 3.4 | 04.08.2026 02:25 | 5 km | 468 km |
| 3.2 | 03.08.2026 08:25 | 7 km | 227 km |
| 4.9 | 03.08.2026 05:00 | 10 km | 488 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 03:11 | 5 km | 469 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 19:54 | 6 km | 470 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.