2.5
130,388
recorded earthquakes
M8.4
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.09
mean magnitude
124,337
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | 23.06.2001 20:33 | 15.6 km | 7825 km |
| 8.3 | 19.08.1977 06:08 | 33 km | 12611 km |
| 8.2 | 09.06.1994 00:33 | 638 km | 7201 km |
| 8.2 | 19.08.2018 00:19 | 578.5 km | 18945 km |
| 8.2 | 30.04.1919 07:17 | 25 km | 18357 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 7537 km |
| 8.1 | 03.10.1974 14:21 | 15.1 km | 8271 km |
| 8.1 | 29.09.2009 17:48 | 23 km | 18296 km |
| 8.0 | 22.06.1977 12:08 | 58.2 km | 18708 km |
| 8.0 | 12.12.1908 12:08 | 60 km | 8307 km |
| 8.0 | 26.06.1917 05:49 | 15 km | 18470 km |
| 8.0 | 17.12.2024 01:53 | 34.7 km | 17861 km |
| 8.0 | 15.08.2007 23:40 | 39.3 km | 8168 km |
| 8.0 | 03.05.2006 15:26 | 40.9 km | 18544 km |
| 7.9 | 09.08.1901 13:01 | 0 km | 18097 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 01:06 | 127.6 km | 7310 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 21:56 | 37 km | 7501 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 20:20 | 137.6 km | 7314 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 18:51 | 85.4 km | 7345 km |
| 4.6 | 12.10.2026 18:30 | 10 km | 7129 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 18:27 | 10 km | 7141 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 15:58 | 133 km | 7281 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 15:07 | 99.1 km | 7389 km |
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 13:44 | 10 km | 7140 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 11:58 | 165.5 km | 7255 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 11:06 | 252.2 km | 7118 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 09:57 | 42 km | 8171 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 06:10 | 17.5 km | 7553 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 05:46 | 108.7 km | 7359 km |
| 5.5 | 12.10.2026 04:38 | 195.2 km | 18637 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 04:23 | 110.8 km | 7360 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 04:05 | 110.3 km | 7332 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 02:41 | 119.9 km | 7321 km |
| 2.6 | 12.10.2026 01:48 | 170.7 km | 7242 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 00:05 | 118.6 km | 7336 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 00:01 | 120.3 km | 7350 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 22:44 | 114 km | 7841 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 21:45 | 47.9 km | 7446 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 19:45 | 74.8 km | 7384 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 19:41 | 47 km | 7722 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 19:39 | 85.7 km | 7381 km |
| 4.7 | 11.10.2026 18:06 | 10 km | 18379 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 17:58 | 57.2 km | 7469 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 17:03 | 92.9 km | 7391 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 15:16 | 112.9 km | 7329 km |
| 2.7 | 11.10.2026 13:49 | 143.1 km | 7302 km |
| 5.2 | 11.10.2026 13:42 | 44.9 km | 7731 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 12:54 | 111.9 km | 7369 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.2026 10:05 | 512.9 km | 18908 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 06:39 | 102.9 km | 7346 km |
| 4.7 | 11.10.2026 05:07 | 10.6 km | 17885 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 04:47 | 140 km | 7288 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 03:24 | 32.4 km | 7455 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 03:21 | 187.1 km | 7178 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 01:38 | 109.4 km | 7349 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 01:07 | 108.2 km | 7345 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 22:27 | 106.2 km | 7362 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 20:41 | 3.5 km | 5088 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 19:43 | 99.1 km | 7343 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 18:14 | 42 km | 7732 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 17:59 | 132.4 km | 7335 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 17:01 | 92.9 km | 7391 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 16:49 | 122 km | 7325 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 14:55 | 105.1 km | 7353 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 12:45 | 204.1 km | 7210 km |
| 4.6 | 10.10.2026 12:21 | 560.2 km | 18892 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 12:18 | 140.2 km | 7315 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 12:07 | 90.5 km | 7359 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 09:22 | 29.6 km | 7554 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2026 08:38 | 79.4 km | 18492 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 04:49 | 98.5 km | 7383 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 04:21 | 155.6 km | 7305 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 125.4 km | 7349 km |
| 4.7 | 10.10.2026 00:38 | 10 km | 17951 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 22:41 | 101.7 km | 7342 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.