3.4
13,379
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1900–2026
record span
2.57
mean magnitude
11,444
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 26.12.1939 23:57 | 20 km | 419 km |
| 7.0 | 29.04.1991 09:12 | 14.8 km | 29 km |
| 6.7 | 07.12.1988 07:41 | 4.6 km | 176 km |
| 6.7 | 14.05.1970 18:12 | 14.9 km | 327 km |
| 6.6 | 30.10.1983 04:12 | 11.1 km | 239 km |
| 6.5 | 16.07.1963 18:27 | 30 km | 175 km |
| 6.5 | 07.05.1940 22:23 | 50 km | 45 km |
| 6.4 | 23.10.1992 23:19 | 19 km | 149 km |
| 6.3 | 21.10.1905 11:01 | 15 km | 162 km |
| 6.3 | 20.02.1920 11:44 | 15 km | 222 km |
| 6.2 | 15.06.1991 00:59 | 10.3 km | 59 km |
| 6.2 | 28.07.1976 20:17 | 15.5 km | 197 km |
| 6.2 | 28.09.1906 05:50 | 30 km | 209 km |
| 6.1 | 14.05.1970 09:20 | 10.5 km | 321 km |
| 6.1 | 29.04.1991 18:30 | 9.6 km | 44 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 13.10.2026 06:44 | 5 km | 257 km |
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 05:41 | 9.8 km | 221 km |
| 2.0 | 09.10.2026 02:47 | 5.9 km | 33 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 11:42 | 8.4 km | 122 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2026 12:20 | 7.8 km | 81 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 04:04 | 8.4 km | 136 km |
| 2.2 | 05.10.2026 18:03 | 6.4 km | 54 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 10:51 | 7 km | 279 km |
| 0.8 | 30.09.2026 11:30 | 6.9 km | 190 km |
| 3.4 | 30.09.2026 10:12 | 90 km | 219 km |
| 1.8 | 29.09.2026 16:08 | 5.1 km | 163 km |
| 2.1 | 29.09.2026 08:36 | 5.8 km | 113 km |
| 1.8 | 26.09.2026 10:15 | 4.8 km | 162 km |
| 2.0 | 22.09.2026 00:26 | 7.4 km | 16 km |
| 2.5 | 19.09.2026 06:53 | 6.8 km | 118 km |
| 1.5 | 18.09.2026 13:07 | 15.5 km | 154 km |
| 2.0 | 18.09.2026 05:57 | 11.3 km | 83 km |
| 1.9 | 18.09.2026 05:56 | 11.9 km | 81 km |
| 1.1 | 18.09.2026 02:54 | 13.2 km | 140 km |
| 3.1 | 17.09.2026 06:14 | 8 km | 192 km |
| 2.5 | 16.09.2026 18:20 | 12 km | 115 km |
| 3.8 | 16.09.2026 06:48 | 50.2 km | 240 km |
| 2.2 | 16.09.2026 02:41 | 11.6 km | 116 km |
| 2.1 | 14.09.2026 03:14 | 21.7 km | 181 km |
| 1.3 | 14.09.2026 01:52 | 7 km | 172 km |
| 2.6 | 12.09.2026 20:10 | 7.1 km | 134 km |
| 2.5 | 12.09.2026 02:17 | 21.2 km | 31 km |
| 2.5 | 08.09.2026 05:09 | 9.8 km | 85 km |
| 2.4 | 08.09.2026 04:55 | 11.7 km | 84 km |
| 3.9 | 08.09.2026 04:52 | 9.2 km | 83 km |
| 1.1 | 07.09.2026 07:18 | 7 km | 171 km |
| 3.3 | 07.09.2026 04:44 | 5 km | 110 km |
| 1.5 | 06.09.2026 23:50 | 5.9 km | 138 km |
| 3.3 | 06.09.2026 19:15 | 66.6 km | 260 km |
| 3.1 | 04.09.2026 07:55 | 10 km | 72 km |
| 1.2 | 03.09.2026 00:57 | 6.7 km | 114 km |
| 1.4 | 02.09.2026 23:42 | 7.1 km | 110 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 23:28 | 13.9 km | 115 km |
| 2.3 | 01.09.2026 15:11 | 10.9 km | 319 km |
| 2.6 | 31.08.2026 08:19 | 9 km | 123 km |
| 3.1 | 28.08.2026 05:45 | 28.5 km | 300 km |
| 1.5 | 28.08.2026 02:03 | 10.2 km | 113 km |
| 1.5 | 28.08.2026 00:58 | 6.6 km | 110 km |
| 2.4 | 27.08.2026 23:05 | 7.1 km | 122 km |
| 3.1 | 26.08.2026 21:27 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 0.6 | 26.08.2026 09:39 | 7 km | 190 km |
| 3.7 | 24.08.2026 19:53 | 100 km | 227 km |
| 2.4 | 24.08.2026 14:04 | 8.8 km | 107 km |
| 1.5 | 22.08.2026 22:09 | 6.6 km | 145 km |
| 1.8 | 19.08.2026 22:18 | 12.4 km | 123 km |
| 3.0 | 19.08.2026 09:50 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 2.6 | 19.08.2026 05:24 | 7.9 km | 115 km |
| 1.8 | 18.08.2026 20:36 | 1.4 km | 141 km |
| 3.4 | 18.08.2026 07:33 | 11 km | 151 km |
| 3.6 | 16.08.2026 11:09 | 10 km | 252 km |
| 1.2 | 16.08.2026 06:07 | 7 km | 179 km |
| 1.4 | 10.08.2026 21:34 | 5 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 08.08.2026 19:07 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 1.6 | 08.08.2026 00:20 | 8 km | 125 km |
| 2.0 | 07.08.2026 15:41 | 6.6 km | 119 km |
Regions
Samtskhe–Javakheti3,214Kvemo Kartli2,710Imereti1,505Kakheti1,257Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti1,162Shida Kartli1,091Adjara1,062Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti1,006Mtskheta-Mtianeti622Abkhazia454Guria429
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.