2.6
14,564
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.67
mean magnitude
12,275
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 | 02.09.1992 00:16 | 22.5 km | 493 km |
| 7.6 | 05.09.2012 14:42 | 20.7 km | 239 km |
| 7.6 | 22.04.1991 21:56 | 15.7 km | 278 km |
| 7.6 | 18.07.1934 01:36 | 30 km | 268 km |
| 7.6 | 21.12.1939 20:54 | 25 km | 237 km |
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 285 km |
| 7.4 | 03.04.1983 02:50 | 29.6 km | 212 km |
| 7.3 | 05.12.1941 20:47 | 20 km | 170 km |
| 7.3 | 26.04.1916 02:21 | 35 km | 231 km |
| 7.3 | 25.03.1990 13:22 | 21.2 km | 213 km |
| 7.3 | 27.02.1916 20:21 | 15 km | 316 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 08:02 | 35 km | 343 km |
| 7.2 | 21.06.1900 20:52 | 0 km | 240 km |
| 7.2 | 20.12.1904 05:44 | 35 km | 221 km |
| 7.2 | 20.01.1904 14:51 | 10 km | 324 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 22:51 | 15 km | 185 km |
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 20:27 | 89 km | 18 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 14:33 | 10 km | 248 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 08:13 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 08:01 | 15 km | 296 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 07:24 | 51 km | 219 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 07:16 | 13 km | 295 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 07:02 | 12 km | 294 km |
| 3.9 | 13.10.2026 06:48 | 1 km | 303 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 06:15 | 11 km | 138 km |
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 05:26 | 13 km | 224 km |
| 3.5 | 13.10.2026 04:34 | 10 km | 121 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 03:49 | 6 km | 123 km |
| 4.2 | 13.10.2026 03:46 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 02:16 | 10 km | 270 km |
| 4.3 | 13.10.2026 01:03 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 4.9 | 12.10.2026 23:28 | 10 km | 197 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 21:44 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 4.2 | 12.10.2026 17:30 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 17:25 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 16:43 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 15:54 | 18 km | 299 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 15:09 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 12.10.2026 13:52 | 21 km | 231 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 13:48 | 17 km | 238 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 07:16 | 15 km | 254 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 06:14 | 19 km | 100 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 05:11 | 12 km | 91 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 04:15 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 04:08 | 22 km | 245 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 03:21 | 25 km | 218 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 01:24 | 26 km | 203 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 01:19 | 300 km | 255 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 12:58 | 148 km | 225 km |
| 3.8 | 11.10.2026 10:06 | 20 km | 208 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 09:41 | 12 km | 255 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 09:20 | 23 km | 177 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 08:57 | 28 km | 231 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 08:54 | 8 km | 226 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 08:52 | 27 km | 231 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 08:07 | 19 km | 245 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 07:06 | 22 km | 196 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 06:13 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 02:57 | 25 km | 156 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 01:05 | 10 km | 247 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 21:42 | 14 km | 146 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2026 17:40 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 13:04 | 300 km | 345 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 11:53 | 199 km | 281 km |
| 4.0 | 10.10.2026 11:37 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 11:35 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.0 | 10.10.2026 11:24 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 10:18 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 09:37 | 4 km | 221 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 08:44 | 21 km | 306 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 05:06 | 11 km | 270 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 02:24 | 22 km | 306 km |
| 4.7 | 10.10.2026 00:45 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 4.8 | 09.10.2026 23:58 | 22 km | 213 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 22:27 | 10 km | 268 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.