2.9
1,920
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1917–2026
record span
4.16
mean magnitude
1,299
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 14.05.1942 02:13 | 20 km | 215 km |
| 7.8 | 16.04.2016 23:58 | 8.7 km | 249 km |
| 7.5 | 12.12.1953 17:31 | 25 km | 199 km |
| 7.2 | 10.12.1970 04:34 | 17.4 km | 249 km |
| 7.1 | 04.08.1998 18:59 | 24.4 km | 158 km |
| 7.0 | 16.01.1956 23:37 | 20 km | 143 km |
| 6.8 | 02.10.1933 15:29 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 6.7 | 18.03.2023 17:12 | 70.1 km | 97 km |
| 6.6 | 29.03.1946 07:26 | 15 km | 143 km |
| 6.6 | 12.07.1942 05:05 | 15 km | 202 km |
| 6.5 | 22.07.1924 04:04 | 250 km | 19 km |
| 6.4 | 05.08.1949 19:08 | 15 km | 186 km |
| 6.4 | 06.05.1981 21:36 | 28 km | 137 km |
| 6.4 | 12.11.1942 15:26 | 15 km | 237 km |
| 6.4 | 28.09.2000 23:23 | 22.7 km | 208 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 05:50 | 11 km | 147 km |
| 3.6 | 10.10.2026 03:18 | 74 km | 14 km |
| 3.8 | 05.10.2026 14:53 | 25 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 04.10.2026 08:57 | 42.9 km | 136 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2026 18:53 | 31 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 15:52 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 3.4 | 20.09.2026 00:17 | 19 km | 143 km |
| 3.9 | 17.09.2026 23:33 | 34 km | 80 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 09:23 | 8 km | 164 km |
| 3.3 | 13.09.2026 07:52 | 86 km | 151 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 15:50 | 73 km | 113 km |
| 3.7 | 02.09.2026 07:02 | 52 km | 73 km |
| 3.2 | 02.09.2026 05:07 | 23 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 27.08.2026 17:26 | 48 km | 125 km |
| 4.1 | 27.08.2026 17:23 | 47.6 km | 133 km |
| 3.0 | 27.08.2026 03:46 | 11 km | 145 km |
| 4.2 | 16.08.2026 00:22 | 79 km | 162 km |
| 4.0 | 12.08.2026 07:33 | 70 km | 119 km |
| 3.4 | 10.08.2026 21:24 | 67 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 06.08.2026 16:24 | 93 km | 122 km |
| 3.3 | 06.08.2026 04:12 | 66 km | 44 km |
| 3.4 | 01.08.2026 09:30 | 14 km | 83 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2026 04:38 | 80 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 08:49 | 37 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 11:20 | 25 km | 76 km |
| 3.6 | 07.07.2026 09:21 | 37 km | 66 km |
| 3.5 | 05.07.2026 22:41 | 17 km | 61 km |
| 3.6 | 04.07.2026 13:48 | 17 km | 108 km |
| 3.1 | 21.06.2026 04:09 | 23 km | 154 km |
| 3.3 | 12.06.2026 18:12 | 89 km | 13 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2026 01:42 | 33 km | 109 km |
| 4.1 | 08.06.2026 16:03 | 21 km | 159 km |
| 3.2 | 08.06.2026 06:06 | 57 km | 6 km |
| 3.5 | 28.05.2026 01:39 | 9 km | 79 km |
| 4.0 | 24.05.2026 04:57 | 48 km | 113 km |
| 3.2 | 15.05.2026 00:22 | 26 km | 156 km |
| 3.3 | 09.05.2026 08:12 | 27 km | 118 km |
| 4.0 | 06.05.2026 22:06 | 83.6 km | 96 km |
| 3.4 | 01.05.2026 17:12 | 76 km | 91 km |
| 3.8 | 29.04.2026 22:25 | 91 km | 149 km |
| 4.1 | 23.04.2026 14:39 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.8 | 21.04.2026 16:20 | 34 km | 116 km |
| 2.8 | 21.04.2026 09:16 | 99 km | 82 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2026 00:22 | 44 km | 134 km |
| 3.3 | 07.04.2026 11:13 | 17 km | 127 km |
| 4.3 | 04.04.2026 12:23 | 68.3 km | 49 km |
| 3.5 | 27.03.2026 18:01 | 29 km | 56 km |
| 4.3 | 23.03.2026 17:46 | 59 km | 132 km |
| 4.2 | 12.03.2026 14:03 | 58 km | 24 km |
| 3.5 | 03.03.2026 13:59 | 94 km | 129 km |
| 3.5 | 22.02.2026 16:37 | 21 km | 91 km |
| 3.5 | 16.02.2026 20:11 | 20 km | 88 km |
| 3.9 | 19.01.2026 07:03 | 16 km | 29 km |
| 3.6 | 15.01.2026 06:35 | 95 km | 119 km |
| 4.6 | 03.01.2026 08:46 | 8.2 km | 108 km |
| 3.7 | 14.12.2025 01:33 | 18 km | 87 km |
| 3.6 | 14.12.2025 01:24 | 22 km | 64 km |
| 2.9 | 13.12.2025 23:38 | 35 km | 73 km |
| 3.2 | 13.12.2025 23:05 | 16 km | 88 km |
| 3.5 | 13.12.2025 22:14 | 20 km | 79 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.