3.4
9,505
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.26
mean magnitude
8,145
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 04.08.1946 17:51 | 15 km | 103 km |
| 7.6 | 29.07.1943 03:02 | 15 km | 321 km |
| 7.5 | 08.08.1946 13:28 | 15 km | 101 km |
| 7.3 | 11.10.1918 14:14 | 15 km | 311 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 04:26 | 80 km | 231 km |
| 7.0 | 12.01.2010 21:53 | 13.9 km | 254 km |
| 7.0 | 27.07.1917 01:01 | 50 km | 283 km |
| 7.0 | 06.10.1911 10:16 | 35 km | 43 km |
| 7.0 | 04.10.1946 14:45 | 50 km | 176 km |
| 7.0 | 21.04.1948 20:22 | 15 km | 79 km |
| 6.9 | 17.02.1902 00:31 | 0 km | 138 km |
| 6.7 | 22.04.1948 00:28 | 15 km | 93 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.1984 11:17 | 40.5 km | 127 km |
| 6.7 | 23.03.1979 19:32 | 77.8 km | 148 km |
| 6.6 | 04.12.1961 07:36 | — | 130 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 15:36 | 19.9 km | 130 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 05:27 | 120 km | 147 km |
| 3.6 | 12.10.2026 02:59 | 117 km | 138 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 02:27 | 58 km | 120 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 15:57 | 59.5 km | 221 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 06:16 | 22.6 km | 143 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 00:08 | 14.7 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 04.10.2026 08:59 | 141 km | 185 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 06:02 | 106.6 km | 132 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 00:30 | 73.1 km | 203 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2026 15:03 | 41 km | 141 km |
| 3.6 | 03.10.2026 11:08 | 13 km | 134 km |
| 3.1 | 02.10.2026 19:02 | 21.7 km | 182 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2026 14:02 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2026 03:34 | 83.6 km | 75 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2026 01:46 | 114.9 km | 139 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 23:03 | 30.1 km | 152 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 22:41 | 93.6 km | 56 km |
| 3.8 | 28.09.2026 10:54 | 153 km | 158 km |
| 3.4 | 28.09.2026 07:35 | 86.5 km | 187 km |
| 3.4 | 28.09.2026 01:05 | 156.6 km | 150 km |
| 5.2 | 27.09.2026 21:49 | 109 km | 114 km |
| 3.1 | 27.09.2026 20:13 | 20.2 km | 68 km |
| 3.1 | 27.09.2026 19:09 | 65 km | 160 km |
| 4.2 | 27.09.2026 10:07 | 98.1 km | 52 km |
| 3.1 | 26.09.2026 04:05 | 24.1 km | 205 km |
| 3.2 | 26.09.2026 01:43 | 43.7 km | 121 km |
| 3.7 | 24.09.2026 00:07 | 87 km | 213 km |
| 3.4 | 23.09.2026 03:41 | 73.9 km | 70 km |
| 3.7 | 22.09.2026 02:49 | 189.6 km | 156 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 22:51 | 31.2 km | 203 km |
| 3.1 | 21.09.2026 22:48 | 124.4 km | 201 km |
| 2.8 | 21.09.2026 02:48 | 9.7 km | 223 km |
| 3.1 | 20.09.2026 16:59 | 35 km | 197 km |
| 3.1 | 20.09.2026 06:51 | 86.8 km | 59 km |
| 3.2 | 19.09.2026 15:32 | 22.1 km | 135 km |
| 3.2 | 19.09.2026 15:28 | 15.7 km | 82 km |
| 3.0 | 19.09.2026 09:29 | 12 km | 120 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2026 07:40 | 25.3 km | 139 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2026 00:06 | 28.3 km | 169 km |
| 3.7 | 18.09.2026 21:26 | 128 km | 171 km |
| 3.1 | 18.09.2026 07:12 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 3.0 | 17.09.2026 23:51 | 52.7 km | 47 km |
| 3.0 | 17.09.2026 23:45 | 20.5 km | 102 km |
| 3.7 | 17.09.2026 23:33 | 147 km | 160 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 00:41 | 140.8 km | 186 km |
| 3.2 | 14.09.2026 19:44 | 13.9 km | 207 km |
| 3.1 | 13.09.2026 01:05 | 28.6 km | 70 km |
| 3.3 | 12.09.2026 12:53 | 17.7 km | 194 km |
| 3.3 | 09.09.2026 21:54 | 136.6 km | 162 km |
| 3.6 | 07.09.2026 02:46 | 143 km | 152 km |
| 3.2 | 07.09.2026 02:46 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 3.3 | 05.09.2026 18:14 | 81.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.2 | 05.09.2026 13:25 | 20 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.2026 22:37 | 30.5 km | 65 km |
| 3.0 | 04.09.2026 08:48 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 3.3 | 04.09.2026 06:45 | 16.9 km | 143 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.2026 00:31 | 34.6 km | 185 km |
| 3.2 | 03.09.2026 11:30 | 93.1 km | 88 km |
| 2.9 | 03.09.2026 07:49 | 5 km | 182 km |
Regions
La Altagracia2,828El Seibo1,381Monte Plata1,345Puerto Plata1,168Duarte1,048Hato Mayor1,027San Pedro de Macorís934La Vega916La Romana845Santiago819Samaná796Independencia745Espaillat745Azua705María Trinidad Sánchez700Sánchez Ramírez669Monseñor Nouel586San Cristóbal583Santo Domingo578San José de Ocoa547Valverde475Monte Cristi438Pedernales436Hermanas Mirabal411San Juan394Barahona381Peravia335Baoruco330La Estrelleta262Santiago Rodríguez211Dajabón157
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.