3.9
2,830
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1914–2026
record span
3.43
mean magnitude
1,372
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 | 88 km |
| 7.6 | 29.07.1943 03:02 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 7.5 | 08.08.1946 13:28 | 15 km | 154 km |
| 7.3 | 11.10.1918 14:14 | 15 km | 152 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 04:26 | 80 km | 67 km |
| 7.0 | 04.10.1946 14:45 | 50 km | 27 km |
| 7.0 | 27.07.1917 01:01 | 50 km | 130 km |
| 7.0 | 21.04.1948 20:22 | 15 km | 130 km |
| 6.7 | 22.04.1948 00:28 | 15 km | 108 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.1984 11:17 | 40.5 km | 100 km |
| 6.7 | 23.03.1979 19:32 | 77.8 km | 81 km |
| 6.6 | 04.12.1961 07:36 | — | 62 km |
| 6.5 | 30.07.1943 01:02 | 35 km | 122 km |
| 6.4 | 11.06.1971 12:56 | 49.9 km | 144 km |
| 6.3 | 21.08.1946 19:17 | 15 km | 119 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 13.10.2026 15:55 | 117 km | 28 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 10:22 | 17.8 km | 41 km |
| 3.6 | 12.10.2026 02:59 | 117 km | 30 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 15:57 | 59.5 km | 72 km |
| 4.0 | 04.10.2026 08:59 | 141 km | 22 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 06:02 | 106.6 km | 32 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 00:30 | 73.1 km | 61 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2026 01:46 | 114.9 km | 31 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 23:03 | 30.1 km | 54 km |
| 3.8 | 28.09.2026 10:54 | 153 km | 17 km |
| 3.4 | 28.09.2026 07:35 | 86.5 km | 42 km |
| 3.4 | 28.09.2026 01:05 | 156.6 km | 35 km |
| 5.2 | 27.09.2026 21:49 | 109 km | 53 km |
| 3.1 | 26.09.2026 04:05 | 24.1 km | 71 km |
| 3.7 | 24.09.2026 00:07 | 87 km | 63 km |
| 3.7 | 22.09.2026 02:49 | 189.6 km | 22 km |
| 3.1 | 21.09.2026 22:48 | 124.4 km | 54 km |
| 3.0 | 19.09.2026 09:29 | 12 km | 68 km |
| 3.7 | 18.09.2026 21:26 | 128 km | 48 km |
| 3.1 | 18.09.2026 07:12 | 10 km | 34 km |
| 3.7 | 17.09.2026 23:33 | 147 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 00:41 | 140.8 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 09.09.2026 21:54 | 136.6 km | 37 km |
| 3.6 | 07.09.2026 02:46 | 143 km | 12 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.2026 00:31 | 34.6 km | 61 km |
| 3.4 | 01.09.2026 03:03 | 93.9 km | 42 km |
| 3.9 | 29.08.2026 17:36 | 103.9 km | 45 km |
| 3.0 | 26.08.2026 23:41 | 26.9 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2026 09:42 | 128 km | 21 km |
| 3.1 | 23.08.2026 13:20 | 100.1 km | 47 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2026 08:59 | 98.4 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 23.08.2026 05:11 | 61.6 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 22.08.2026 08:59 | 66.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.0 | 21.08.2026 08:30 | 100.3 km | 9 km |
| 3.9 | 18.08.2026 03:33 | 103 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 16.08.2026 02:29 | 98.8 km | 41 km |
| 3.4 | 13.08.2026 03:41 | 110.2 km | 51 km |
| 3.1 | 11.08.2026 22:22 | 187.2 km | 63 km |
| 3.9 | 11.08.2026 03:38 | 100 km | 38 km |
| 3.4 | 07.08.2026 10:46 | 78.7 km | 55 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 11:09 | 10 km | 24 km |
| 3.8 | 28.07.2026 06:46 | 102 km | 40 km |
| 3.7 | 26.07.2026 17:56 | 113 km | 56 km |
| 3.7 | 25.07.2026 10:54 | 89 km | 63 km |
| 3.4 | 21.07.2026 03:28 | 71.8 km | 69 km |
| 3.3 | 20.07.2026 00:43 | 13.8 km | 70 km |
| 3.8 | 19.07.2026 06:52 | 131 km | 39 km |
| 3.7 | 05.07.2026 16:17 | 79 km | 50 km |
| 3.9 | 03.07.2026 14:57 | 148 km | 36 km |
| 3.4 | 01.07.2026 15:57 | 85.3 km | 15 km |
| 3.8 | 28.06.2026 09:45 | 158 km | 34 km |
| 4.7 | 26.06.2026 16:06 | 86 km | 72 km |
| 3.4 | 20.06.2026 04:27 | 70.3 km | 49 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 07:55 | 138 km | 48 km |
| 3.8 | 17.06.2026 23:06 | 61 km | 37 km |
| 3.7 | 15.06.2026 08:40 | 61 km | 44 km |
| 3.3 | 09.06.2026 23:27 | 5.9 km | 70 km |
| 3.9 | 07.06.2026 07:28 | 122 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 27.05.2026 15:29 | 5.1 km | 61 km |
| 3.7 | 23.05.2026 23:00 | 78 km | 72 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.