2.6
11,093
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.17
mean magnitude
10,645
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 | 546 km |
| 8.1 | 12.12.1979 07:59 | 29.9 km | 590 km |
| 8.0 | 26.05.2019 07:41 | 125.5 km | 1022 km |
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 435 km |
| 7.8 | 19.01.1958 14:07 | 27.5 km | 539 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 448 km |
| 7.5 | 28.09.1906 15:24 | 100 km | 812 km |
| 7.5 | 12.12.1953 17:31 | 25 km | 371 km |
| 7.5 | 26.09.2005 01:55 | 127.7 km | 906 km |
| 7.5 | 22.02.2019 10:17 | 149.9 km | 719 km |
| 7.5 | 28.11.2021 10:52 | 118.5 km | 798 km |
| 7.4 | 27.07.1971 02:02 | 105.6 km | 690 km |
| 7.3 | 14.05.1928 22:14 | 10 km | 673 km |
| 7.2 | 30.09.2012 16:31 | 155.2 km | 888 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1970 04:34 | 17.4 km | 402 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 07:11 | 13 km | 511 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 07:08 | 148 km | 581 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 01:38 | 11 km | 557 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 05:50 | 11 km | 338 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 04:18 | 17 km | 415 km |
| 3.6 | 10.10.2026 03:18 | 74 km | 417 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2026 19:06 | 24 km | 640 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 18:23 | 5 km | 648 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2026 05:16 | 15 km | 673 km |
| 4.3 | 07.10.2026 16:06 | 162.4 km | 634 km |
| 3.8 | 05.10.2026 14:53 | 25 km | 448 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2026 04:58 | 12 km | 463 km |
| 4.3 | 04.10.2026 08:57 | 42.9 km | 377 km |
| 3.7 | 04.10.2026 08:14 | 34 km | 373 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2026 18:53 | 31 km | 330 km |
| 3.8 | 03.10.2026 17:34 | 68 km | 540 km |
| 3.5 | 02.10.2026 15:27 | 20 km | 676 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 15:52 | 10 km | 358 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2026 10:22 | 134.8 km | 882 km |
| 3.7 | 23.09.2026 03:45 | 35 km | 401 km |
| 3.4 | 21.09.2026 21:25 | 13 km | 565 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 14:30 | 8 km | 614 km |
| 2.8 | 20.09.2026 19:41 | 8 km | 574 km |
| 3.4 | 20.09.2026 00:17 | 19 km | 360 km |
| 2.2 | 20.09.2026 00:06 | 10 km | 679 km |
| 4.9 | 19.09.2026 07:12 | 10 km | 724 km |
| 3.9 | 17.09.2026 23:33 | 34 km | 323 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2026 23:31 | 22 km | 670 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2026 23:45 | 155.8 km | 596 km |
| 3.6 | 15.09.2026 12:39 | 67 km | 454 km |
| 4.8 | 14.09.2026 19:16 | 106.2 km | 712 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 09:23 | 8 km | 342 km |
| 2.8 | 14.09.2026 08:39 | 15 km | 593 km |
| 3.3 | 13.09.2026 07:52 | 86 km | 512 km |
| 4.7 | 10.09.2026 14:15 | 10 km | 885 km |
| 4.4 | 10.09.2026 13:38 | 10 km | 881 km |
| 4.7 | 10.09.2026 10:39 | 22.1 km | 720 km |
| 5.3 | 10.09.2026 06:42 | 10 km | 702 km |
| 3.5 | 06.09.2026 13:46 | 37 km | 452 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 15:50 | 73 km | 419 km |
| 3.2 | 03.09.2026 14:09 | 162 km | 600 km |
| 3.7 | 02.09.2026 07:02 | 52 km | 464 km |
| 3.2 | 02.09.2026 05:07 | 23 km | 473 km |
| 4.2 | 31.08.2026 14:57 | 5 km | 317 km |
| 3.4 | 31.08.2026 10:26 | 67 km | 429 km |
| 3.7 | 29.08.2026 20:26 | 84 km | 541 km |
| 3.1 | 28.08.2026 00:33 | 11 km | 630 km |
| 4.0 | 27.08.2026 17:26 | 48 km | 421 km |
| 4.1 | 27.08.2026 17:23 | 47.6 km | 424 km |
| 4.1 | 27.08.2026 17:09 | 38.4 km | 360 km |
| 3.0 | 27.08.2026 03:46 | 11 km | 334 km |
| 3.7 | 20.08.2026 03:21 | 3 km | 609 km |
| 3.4 | 17.08.2026 11:03 | 20 km | 675 km |
| 4.2 | 16.08.2026 00:22 | 79 km | 497 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2026 07:33 | 70 km | 415 km |
| 4.3 | 11.08.2026 18:05 | 4 km | 279 km |
| 3.4 | 10.08.2026 21:24 | 67 km | 416 km |
| 3.5 | 08.08.2026 02:11 | 5 km | 692 km |
| 3.7 | 07.08.2026 17:49 | 6 km | 691 km |
| 3.0 | 06.08.2026 16:24 | 93 km | 464 km |
Regions
Morona-Santiago2,808Manabí2,190Pastaza2,120Guayas1,920Esmeraldas987Tungurahua950Azuay944Los Ríos813Galápagos770Santa Elena739Napo730Cotopaxi730Loja699Cañar650Pichincha608Chimborazo555El Oro531Orellana480Imbabura453Bolívar449Sucumbíos371Carchi333Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas324Zamora Chinchipe310
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.