4.6
16,881
recorded earthquakes
M8.4
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.43
mean magnitude
9,969
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 | 7847 km |
| 8.2 | 19.08.2018 00:19 | 578.5 km | 18998 km |
| 8.2 | 30.04.1919 07:17 | 25 km | 18408 km |
| 8.1 | 29.09.2009 17:48 | 23 km | 18347 km |
| 8.0 | 17.12.2024 01:53 | 34.7 km | 17910 km |
| 7.9 | 13.05.1903 06:34 | 0 km | 17926 km |
| 7.8 | 06.08.1913 22:14 | 25 km | 7877 km |
| 7.7 | 12.11.1996 16:59 | 30.9 km | 8064 km |
| 7.7 | 26.12.1975 15:56 | 31.7 km | 18397 km |
| 7.7 | 24.08.1942 22:50 | 30 km | 7974 km |
| 7.6 | 22.02.1909 09:21 | 550 km | 19100 km |
| 7.6 | 11.08.1965 22:31 | 34.7 km | 17838 km |
| 7.6 | 07.07.2001 09:38 | 24.5 km | 7664 km |
| 7.6 | 23.05.1956 20:48 | 419.1 km | 19079 km |
| 7.6 | 09.03.1994 23:28 | 567 km | 19032 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 12.10.2026 18:30 | 10 km | 7149 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 18:27 | 10 km | 7161 km |
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 13:44 | 10 km | 7160 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 19:41 | 47 km | 7743 km |
| 5.2 | 11.10.2026 13:42 | 44.9 km | 7753 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 18:14 | 42 km | 7753 km |
| 4.3 | 09.10.2026 10:55 | 111.5 km | 7694 km |
| 6.3 | 08.10.2026 09:00 | 10 km | 17946 km |
| 4.2 | 05.10.2026 10:32 | 95 km | 7762 km |
| 2.4 | 04.10.2026 13:30 | 8.4 km | 13235 km |
| 3.3 | 25.09.2026 17:35 | 11 km | 7540 km |
| 4.8 | 25.09.2026 09:24 | 10 km | 4644 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2026 00:53 | 338.2 km | 18803 km |
| 2.3 | 23.09.2026 18:14 | 23.3 km | 13738 km |
| 5.0 | 23.09.2026 17:46 | 10 km | 18995 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 09:56 | 30 km | 7687 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2026 05:31 | 428.1 km | 18957 km |
| 4.4 | 20.09.2026 17:17 | 160.7 km | 18645 km |
| 5.2 | 20.09.2026 13:00 | 10 km | 18653 km |
| 5.0 | 20.09.2026 05:07 | 10 km | 18648 km |
| 4.9 | 20.09.2026 00:33 | 10 km | 18630 km |
| 4.8 | 17.09.2026 06:32 | 36.7 km | 17878 km |
| 5.3 | 17.09.2026 04:06 | 10 km | 18507 km |
| 4.8 | 14.09.2026 23:52 | 10 km | 18824 km |
| 4.3 | 12.09.2026 16:04 | 122.7 km | 7509 km |
| 4.9 | 08.09.2026 15:43 | 10 km | 18491 km |
| 4.2 | 06.09.2026 09:14 | 35 km | 7764 km |
| 4.4 | 02.09.2026 21:25 | 156.8 km | 7851 km |
| 4.1 | 31.08.2026 14:07 | 114.9 km | 7755 km |
| 4.3 | 29.08.2026 00:09 | 334 km | 18747 km |
| 4.2 | 26.08.2026 21:03 | 294.5 km | 18699 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2026 19:29 | 10 km | 7989 km |
| 5.2 | 25.08.2026 15:15 | 10 km | 18342 km |
| 4.7 | 19.08.2026 09:07 | 10 km | 18431 km |
| 3.0 | 30.07.2026 15:53 | 12.7 km | 7266 km |
| 4.5 | 28.07.2026 19:25 | 123 km | 18528 km |
| 5.1 | 27.07.2026 01:05 | 67.7 km | 18566 km |
| 4.8 | 23.07.2026 02:38 | 93.2 km | 7736 km |
| 5.3 | 22.07.2026 21:58 | 75.9 km | 18557 km |
| 4.6 | 19.07.2026 09:48 | 10 km | 18463 km |
| 4.0 | 13.07.2026 13:23 | 0 km | 18999 km |
| 4.3 | 11.07.2026 12:48 | 10 km | 17804 km |
| 4.1 | 10.07.2026 16:57 | 203.6 km | 7489 km |
| 4.2 | 09.07.2026 20:59 | 0 km | 19029 km |
| 4.3 | 07.07.2026 18:04 | 238 km | 18615 km |
| 3.7 | 07.07.2026 11:47 | 112 km | 18511 km |
| 4.0 | 06.07.2026 14:43 | 0 km | 18428 km |
| 3.9 | 04.07.2026 20:24 | 41.3 km | 7834 km |
| 3.8 | 04.07.2026 05:46 | 298.9 km | 18664 km |
| 4.5 | 04.07.2026 01:22 | 10 km | 18874 km |
| 2.9 | 03.07.2026 04:34 | 10 km | 13736 km |
| 5.6 | 01.07.2026 21:13 | 256.9 km | 18674 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 20:17 | 0 km | 19011 km |
| 3.7 | 26.06.2026 16:11 | 0 km | 18981 km |
| 3.5 | 24.06.2026 23:10 | 170 km | 18712 km |
| 3.4 | 24.06.2026 18:07 | 316.3 km | 18676 km |
| 4.0 | 23.06.2026 21:53 | 398.3 km | 18909 km |
| 4.1 | 23.06.2026 07:11 | 10 km | 18377 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 08:50 | 119 km | 7533 km |
| 4.1 | 18.06.2026 05:57 | 106.5 km | 18449 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.