3.2
65,520
recorded earthquakes
M8.4
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.12
mean magnitude
57,558
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 | 7754 km |
| 8.2 | 19.08.2018 00:19 | 578.5 km | 18755 km |
| 8.2 | 30.04.1919 07:17 | 25 km | 18172 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 7459 km |
| 8.0 | 17.12.2024 01:53 | 34.7 km | 17674 km |
| 8.0 | 03.05.2006 15:26 | 40.9 km | 18356 km |
| 7.9 | 09.08.1901 13:01 | 0 km | 17902 km |
| 7.9 | 26.12.1906 05:54 | 0 km | 7693 km |
| 7.9 | 13.05.1903 06:34 | 0 km | 17689 km |
| 7.9 | 06.09.2018 15:49 | 667 km | 18881 km |
| 7.9 | 16.06.1910 06:30 | 100 km | 17840 km |
| 7.8 | 08.09.1948 15:09 | 15 km | 18318 km |
| 7.8 | 09.02.1902 07:35 | 0 km | 18329 km |
| 7.8 | 04.01.1903 05:07 | 400 km | 18434 km |
| 7.8 | 20.09.1920 14:39 | 25 km | 17744 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 19:32 | 103.1 km | 7268 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 17:42 | 24.1 km | 7462 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 14:03 | 10.1 km | 7519 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 06:44 | 102.5 km | 7263 km |
| 3.8 | 13.10.2026 06:25 | 103.5 km | 7301 km |
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 05:31 | 80.3 km | 7357 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 15:07 | 99.1 km | 7315 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 11:06 | 252.2 km | 7045 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 06:10 | 17.5 km | 7473 km |
| 5.5 | 12.10.2026 04:38 | 195.2 km | 18449 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 19:39 | 85.7 km | 7303 km |
| 4.7 | 11.10.2026 18:06 | 10 km | 18193 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 17:03 | 92.9 km | 7313 km |
| 5.2 | 11.10.2026 13:42 | 44.9 km | 7660 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.2026 10:05 | 512.9 km | 18715 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 01:38 | 109.4 km | 7272 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 20:41 | 3.5 km | 5028 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 17:01 | 92.9 km | 7315 km |
| 4.6 | 10.10.2026 12:21 | 560.2 km | 18700 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 09:22 | 29.6 km | 7479 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 04:49 | 98.5 km | 7307 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 125.4 km | 7274 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 21:04 | 35 km | 7538 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 18:33 | 103.3 km | 7293 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 17:44 | 150 km | 7336 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 17:30 | 14.6 km | 7355 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 16:34 | 91.3 km | 7291 km |
| 5.1 | 09.10.2026 10:22 | 123.8 km | 7250 km |
| 2.8 | 09.10.2026 10:00 | 90 km | 7337 km |
| 4.8 | 09.10.2026 08:27 | 639.9 km | 18936 km |
| 4.5 | 09.10.2026 08:11 | 559.7 km | 18788 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 04:42 | 90.9 km | 7306 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 22:14 | 42 km | 7464 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 20:42 | 108 km | 7293 km |
| 2.9 | 08.10.2026 19:49 | 102.2 km | 7296 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 12:56 | 120 km | 7300 km |
| 5.1 | 08.10.2026 10:07 | 602.3 km | 18798 km |
| 2.7 | 08.10.2026 00:31 | 184.1 km | 7184 km |
| 2.5 | 07.10.2026 23:43 | 141.5 km | 7252 km |
| 3.8 | 07.10.2026 15:48 | 45.1 km | 7389 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 08:42 | 30.2 km | 7436 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 17:38 | 107.3 km | 7276 km |
| 2.7 | 06.10.2026 14:56 | 9.1 km | 7464 km |
| 2.9 | 06.10.2026 09:21 | 41.3 km | 7429 km |
| 4.5 | 06.10.2026 06:54 | 191.7 km | 7106 km |
| 2.9 | 06.10.2026 02:41 | 97 km | 7303 km |
| 4.4 | 06.10.2026 00:41 | 105.5 km | 7295 km |
| 3.1 | 05.10.2026 19:41 | 14.8 km | 7461 km |
| 2.5 | 05.10.2026 15:13 | 108.1 km | 7301 km |
| 2.8 | 05.10.2026 14:40 | 31.9 km | 7389 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 12:17 | 103.5 km | 7296 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 01:27 | 140.7 km | 7268 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2026 01:18 | 59.3 km | 7357 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2026 23:14 | 30.6 km | 7507 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 17:38 | 14 km | 7356 km |
| 2.4 | 04.10.2026 16:44 | 10 km | 12488 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 03:51 | 107.7 km | 7289 km |
| 3.6 | 04.10.2026 01:44 | 120 km | 7285 km |
| 2.9 | 03.10.2026 11:49 | 33.6 km | 7383 km |
| 3.0 | 03.10.2026 06:05 | 102 km | 7293 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.