2.9
15,270
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.92
mean magnitude
14,659
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 | 31.01.1906 15:36 | 20 km | 794 km |
| 8.1 | 12.12.1979 07:59 | 29.9 km | 761 km |
| 8.0 | 31.07.1970 17:08 | 647.1 km | 626 km |
| 7.9 | 17.01.1922 03:50 | 475 km | 792 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 903 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 803 km |
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 879 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 889 km |
| 7.7 | 29.10.1900 09:11 | 0 km | 1089 km |
| 7.5 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 967 km |
| 7.5 | 28.09.1906 15:24 | 100 km | 1081 km |
| 7.5 | 22.02.2019 10:17 | 149.9 km | 841 km |
| 7.5 | 28.11.2021 10:52 | 118.5 km | 1049 km |
| 7.4 | 27.07.1971 02:02 | 105.6 km | 914 km |
| 7.4 | 10.08.2026 12:34 | 110.3 km | 375 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 07:08 | 148 km | 870 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 01:38 | 11 km | 851 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2026 05:45 | 115.1 km | 323 km |
| 5.1 | 10.10.2026 03:14 | 15 km | 719 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2026 19:06 | 24 km | 698 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 18:23 | 5 km | 694 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2026 05:16 | 15 km | 1096 km |
| 4.3 | 07.10.2026 16:06 | 162.4 km | 839 km |
| 3.2 | 07.10.2026 05:36 | 300 km | 1001 km |
| 4.4 | 07.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2026 23:17 | 26 km | 845 km |
| 3.5 | 02.10.2026 15:27 | 20 km | 1087 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2026 21:50 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2026 10:22 | 134.8 km | 857 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2026 14:42 | 155.2 km | 302 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2026 08:39 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.6 | 27.09.2026 21:57 | 70.5 km | 427 km |
| 4.6 | 26.09.2026 06:38 | 10 km | 320 km |
| 4.4 | 25.09.2026 07:19 | 35 km | 310 km |
| 4.2 | 25.09.2026 03:57 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 4.5 | 25.09.2026 00:57 | 52.2 km | 450 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2026 22:56 | 4 km | 820 km |
| 4.2 | 24.09.2026 17:14 | 10 km | 323 km |
| 4.6 | 24.09.2026 16:46 | 10 km | 314 km |
| 3.8 | 24.09.2026 07:08 | 16 km | 716 km |
| 4.6 | 23.09.2026 20:09 | 74.5 km | 281 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2026 09:04 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.3 | 23.09.2026 04:46 | 10 km | 303 km |
| 4.4 | 23.09.2026 04:36 | 10 km | 313 km |
| 4.2 | 23.09.2026 01:28 | 35 km | 335 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 320 km |
| 4.1 | 22.09.2026 10:38 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.4 | 21.09.2026 23:15 | 13.3 km | 305 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2026 22:58 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 4.5 | 21.09.2026 18:48 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 4.3 | 21.09.2026 16:23 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 14:30 | 8 km | 733 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 09:46 | 13 km | 772 km |
| 2.8 | 20.09.2026 19:41 | 8 km | 800 km |
| 2.2 | 20.09.2026 00:06 | 10 km | 707 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2026 23:20 | 80.2 km | 410 km |
| 4.8 | 19.09.2026 13:44 | 58.2 km | 438 km |
| 4.9 | 19.09.2026 07:12 | 10 km | 1027 km |
| 4.3 | 19.09.2026 05:01 | 74 km | 425 km |
| 4.5 | 18.09.2026 18:41 | 72.6 km | 430 km |
| 4.4 | 18.09.2026 08:45 | 10 km | 631 km |
| 4.7 | 18.09.2026 06:17 | 68.4 km | 427 km |
| 4.7 | 17.09.2026 21:10 | 57.8 km | 432 km |
| 4.4 | 17.09.2026 01:12 | 58.8 km | 426 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2026 23:31 | 22 km | 844 km |
| 4.7 | 16.09.2026 20:55 | 51.5 km | 429 km |
| 4.9 | 16.09.2026 20:12 | 66.1 km | 435 km |
| 4.8 | 16.09.2026 07:02 | 10 km | 584 km |
| 4.6 | 16.09.2026 06:18 | 71 km | 428 km |
| 4.5 | 16.09.2026 01:37 | 10 km | 839 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2026 23:45 | 155.8 km | 855 km |
| 4.6 | 14.09.2026 22:39 | 67.1 km | 432 km |
| 4.9 | 14.09.2026 21:13 | 48.1 km | 439 km |
| 4.6 | 14.09.2026 20:08 | 74.9 km | 426 km |
| 4.9 | 14.09.2026 20:02 | 59.8 km | 424 km |
Regions
Boyacá4,876Santander4,654Norte de Santander4,204Chocó2,247Antioquia1,468Valle del Cauca1,084Tolima860Nariño715Cundinamarca581Huila561Meta548Cauca470Bolívar441Casanare387Risaralda350Córdoba330Cesar323Caquetá308Caldas261Quindío244La Guajira217Magdalena180Arauca176
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.