2.3
4,862
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.81
mean magnitude
4,682
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 20.05.1990 02:22 | 13.8 km | 1016 km |
| 7.0 | 24.05.1990 20:00 | 25.5 km | 1041 km |
| 6.5 | 30.06.1919 07:26 | 15 km | 573 km |
| 6.5 | 25.08.1906 13:47 | 15 km | 197 km |
| 6.5 | 21.05.1915 04:19 | 15 km | 979 km |
| 6.5 | 20.08.1989 11:16 | 19 km | 315 km |
| 6.4 | 21.08.1989 01:09 | 19.5 km | 327 km |
| 6.4 | 31.08.2001 16:05 | 15 km | 712 km |
| 6.3 | 27.09.1938 02:31 | 15 km | 146 km |
| 6.3 | 30.11.1937 12:57 | 10 km | 629 km |
| 6.2 | 05.03.1992 08:55 | 9.8 km | 367 km |
| 6.2 | 29.03.1969 09:15 | 15.9 km | 307 km |
| 6.2 | 16.09.1913 11:56 | 35 km | 562 km |
| 6.2 | 13.12.1982 09:12 | 10.1 km | 743 km |
| 6.2 | 05.04.1969 02:18 | 14.8 km | 317 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 12.10.2026 01:02 | 10 km | 750 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 05:39 | 10 km | 634 km |
| 4.6 | 05.10.2026 19:47 | 10 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 03:27 | 10 km | 573 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2026 02:31 | 9 km | 571 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 00:10 | 11 km | 578 km |
| 2.8 | 27.09.2026 12:08 | 10 km | 627 km |
| 3.2 | 27.09.2026 05:36 | 10 km | 602 km |
| 2.1 | 27.09.2026 00:16 | 4 km | 644 km |
| 2.8 | 23.09.2026 22:06 | 11 km | 709 km |
| 2.8 | 20.09.2026 22:46 | 9.6 km | 661 km |
| 2.2 | 19.09.2026 01:22 | 11.9 km | 667 km |
| 4.5 | 16.09.2026 12:33 | 10 km | 42 km |
| 3.1 | 10.09.2026 10:40 | 10 km | 550 km |
| 3.9 | 08.09.2026 04:48 | 10 km | 529 km |
| 2.4 | 06.09.2026 00:39 | 16.4 km | 744 km |
| 2.9 | 04.09.2026 21:31 | 1.7 km | 732 km |
| 2.9 | 04.09.2026 08:17 | 2.9 km | 743 km |
| 2.1 | 29.08.2026 01:08 | 17.3 km | 760 km |
| 2.6 | 28.08.2026 15:25 | 10 km | 708 km |
| 4.1 | 26.08.2026 22:32 | 7 km | 890 km |
| 2.8 | 24.08.2026 02:20 | 10 km | 540 km |
| 2.9 | 20.08.2026 02:52 | 10.3 km | 756 km |
| 2.8 | 10.08.2026 14:44 | 6 km | 669 km |
| 4.6 | 09.08.2026 17:11 | 10 km | 60 km |
| 3.9 | 08.08.2026 22:35 | 5.5 km | 649 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 12:17 | 4.9 km | 645 km |
| 2.3 | 03.08.2026 02:57 | 4.7 km | 646 km |
| 2.4 | 02.08.2026 23:39 | 14.6 km | 618 km |
| 4.8 | 25.07.2026 00:50 | 10 km | 381 km |
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 03:42 | 8 km | 673 km |
| 4.6 | 21.07.2026 03:01 | 10 km | 87 km |
| 3.1 | 17.07.2026 16:36 | 10 km | 561 km |
| 3.4 | 13.07.2026 02:16 | 2.8 km | 668 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 00:02 | 10 km | 665 km |
| 3.0 | 12.07.2026 08:10 | 10 km | 661 km |
| 3.2 | 12.07.2026 05:14 | 10 km | 662 km |
| 4.2 | 11.07.2026 05:19 | 15.1 km | 659 km |
| 3.2 | 11.07.2026 03:13 | 10 km | 674 km |
| 3.1 | 10.07.2026 22:12 | 10 km | 678 km |
| 3.0 | 10.07.2026 20:14 | 10 km | 672 km |
| 3.5 | 10.07.2026 19:18 | 10 km | 677 km |
| 3.4 | 10.07.2026 15:14 | 8 km | 680 km |
| 2.7 | 09.07.2026 18:03 | 10 km | 670 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 05:30 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 2.6 | 03.07.2026 19:17 | 3 km | 734 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 02:50 | 13.1 km | 677 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 01:41 | 5 km | 666 km |
| 2.6 | 02.07.2026 22:54 | 3.3 km | 661 km |
| 2.9 | 02.07.2026 19:16 | 5 km | 654 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 20:48 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 20:12 | 10 km | 112 km |
| 2.8 | 22.06.2026 23:01 | 10 km | 673 km |
| 3.2 | 15.06.2026 23:06 | 10 km | 737 km |
| 3.9 | 11.06.2026 07:23 | 0 km | 563 km |
| 2.8 | 31.05.2026 02:39 | 11 km | 764 km |
| 4.1 | 22.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 14.05.2026 07:19 | 9.2 km | 762 km |
| 2.0 | 14.05.2026 02:30 | 7.8 km | 764 km |
| 3.7 | 14.05.2026 00:14 | 10 km | 609 km |
Regions
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.