2.6
14,101
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.58
mean magnitude
12,641
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 05.09.2012 14:42 | 20.7 km | 134 km |
| 7.6 | 22.04.1991 21:56 | 15.7 km | 125 km |
| 7.6 | 18.07.1934 01:36 | 30 km | 271 km |
| 7.6 | 21.12.1939 20:54 | 25 km | 44 km |
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 130 km |
| 7.4 | 03.04.1983 02:50 | 29.6 km | 166 km |
| 7.3 | 05.12.1941 20:47 | 20 km | 162 km |
| 7.3 | 26.04.1916 02:21 | 35 km | 93 km |
| 7.3 | 25.03.1990 13:22 | 21.2 km | 67 km |
| 7.2 | 30.12.1907 05:26 | 0 km | 356 km |
| 7.2 | 26.07.1962 08:14 | 25 km | 288 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 08:02 | 35 km | 174 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1956 14:42 | 35 km | 342 km |
| 7.2 | 21.06.1900 20:52 | 0 km | 145 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.1904 14:51 | 10 km | 320 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 22:51 | 15 km | 80 km |
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 20:27 | 89 km | 186 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 16:51 | 36 km | 211 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 14:33 | 10 km | 51 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 09:19 | 1 km | 163 km |
| 3.5 | 13.10.2026 08:54 | 10 km | 219 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 08:13 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 07:24 | 51 km | 15 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 07:02 | 12 km | 211 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 06:15 | 11 km | 90 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2026 05:48 | 5 km | 214 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 05:26 | 13 km | 197 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 05:03 | 3 km | 192 km |
| 3.5 | 13.10.2026 04:34 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 03:49 | 6 km | 95 km |
| 4.2 | 13.10.2026 03:46 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 3.5 | 13.10.2026 02:33 | 11 km | 208 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 02:16 | 10 km | 146 km |
| 4.3 | 13.10.2026 01:03 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 4.9 | 12.10.2026 23:28 | 10 km | 131 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 21:44 | 10 km | 91 km |
| 4.4 | 12.10.2026 18:27 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.2 | 12.10.2026 17:30 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 17:25 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 16:43 | 10 km | 43 km |
| 3.3 | 12.10.2026 13:52 | 21 km | 166 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 13:48 | 17 km | 152 km |
| 4.5 | 12.10.2026 11:00 | 29 km | 268 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 07:16 | 15 km | 211 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 06:14 | 19 km | 110 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 05:11 | 12 km | 117 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 04:35 | 5 km | 209 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 04:15 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 04:08 | 22 km | 186 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 04:00 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 03:53 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 03:21 | 25 km | 226 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 01:24 | 26 km | 173 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 01:19 | 300 km | 133 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 23:21 | 11 km | 232 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 12:58 | 148 km | 36 km |
| 3.8 | 11.10.2026 10:06 | 20 km | 221 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 09:20 | 23 km | 130 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 08:57 | 28 km | 205 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 08:54 | 8 km | 210 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 08:52 | 27 km | 206 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 08:07 | 19 km | 185 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 07:06 | 22 km | 195 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 06:13 | 10 km | 66 km |
| 3.8 | 11.10.2026 04:59 | 6 km | 236 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 02:57 | 25 km | 69 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 01:05 | 10 km | 189 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 21:42 | 14 km | 75 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2026 17:40 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2026 12:49 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2026 12:04 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 11:53 | 199 km | 103 km |
| 4.0 | 10.10.2026 11:37 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 10.10.2026 11:24 | 10 km | 247 km |
| 3.6 | 10.10.2026 11:00 | 5 km | 216 km |
Regions
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.