3.0
12,759
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.65
mean magnitude
8,838
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 11.08.1903 04:32 | 80 km | 93 km |
| 7.2 | 19.02.1968 22:45 | 6.9 km | 284 km |
| 7.0 | 18.02.1910 05:09 | 150 km | 150 km |
| 6.9 | 01.07.1927 08:19 | 120 km | 76 km |
| 6.9 | 06.10.1947 19:55 | 15 km | 147 km |
| 6.8 | 31.03.1965 09:47 | 57.6 km | 174 km |
| 6.8 | 12.10.2013 13:11 | 46.9 km | 174 km |
| 6.7 | 08.01.2006 11:34 | 67.2 km | 90 km |
| 6.6 | 04.03.1967 17:58 | 12.3 km | 246 km |
| 6.6 | 17.05.1908 12:30 | 100 km | 237 km |
| 6.6 | 14.02.1930 18:38 | 130 km | 186 km |
| 6.6 | 25.02.1935 02:51 | 80 km | 200 km |
| 6.6 | 24.02.1981 20:53 | 15.9 km | 132 km |
| 6.5 | 14.02.2008 12:08 | 35.4 km | 162 km |
| 6.5 | 20.01.1905 02:32 | 15 km | 233 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 00:50 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 13:11 | 15.8 km | 39 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2026 00:15 | 9.7 km | 137 km |
| 2.3 | 04.10.2026 02:02 | 9 km | 138 km |
| 2.6 | 03.10.2026 17:33 | 11.9 km | 135 km |
| 2.4 | 03.10.2026 00:59 | 2 km | 134 km |
| 2.7 | 02.10.2026 21:43 | 8.7 km | 134 km |
| 2.3 | 02.10.2026 08:55 | 5 km | 138 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 01:53 | 12.6 km | 46 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 13:03 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 2.4 | 01.10.2026 04:14 | 3 km | 134 km |
| 3.3 | 30.09.2026 05:28 | 11.8 km | 135 km |
| 2.2 | 30.09.2026 05:23 | 2 km | 134 km |
| 4.6 | 30.09.2026 05:20 | 9.8 km | 140 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 13:28 | 12.7 km | 138 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 12:45 | 14.3 km | 76 km |
| 2.0 | 26.09.2026 07:01 | 15.1 km | 139 km |
| 2.5 | 24.09.2026 08:57 | 9 km | 79 km |
| 2.5 | 21.09.2026 02:09 | 115.7 km | 134 km |
| 2.4 | 19.09.2026 18:52 | 16.8 km | 46 km |
| 2.6 | 16.09.2026 13:39 | 154.8 km | 68 km |
| 2.8 | 14.09.2026 09:58 | 12.7 km | 141 km |
| 3.1 | 14.09.2026 08:42 | 7 km | 134 km |
| 2.9 | 09.09.2026 21:31 | 5.6 km | 136 km |
| 2.5 | 06.09.2026 09:53 | 10.6 km | 59 km |
| 2.5 | 05.09.2026 19:33 | 82.6 km | 42 km |
| 2.5 | 05.09.2026 02:13 | 2 km | 146 km |
| 2.0 | 03.09.2026 13:07 | 5 km | 134 km |
| 2.4 | 01.09.2026 08:04 | 3 km | 87 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2026 23:55 | 89.6 km | 79 km |
| 2.3 | 27.08.2026 00:26 | 31 km | 150 km |
| 3.5 | 26.08.2026 12:30 | 14 km | 91 km |
| 2.0 | 23.08.2026 19:06 | 6.8 km | 140 km |
| 2.6 | 20.08.2026 02:52 | 8.7 km | 60 km |
| 2.6 | 19.08.2026 08:40 | 8.1 km | 135 km |
| 2.9 | 18.08.2026 14:29 | 13.4 km | 135 km |
| 2.8 | 15.08.2026 06:25 | 14.6 km | 25 km |
| 2.6 | 12.08.2026 05:18 | 84.9 km | 132 km |
| 4.3 | 09.08.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 2.6 | 06.08.2026 18:50 | 12.9 km | 140 km |
| 2.9 | 06.08.2026 13:37 | 63.7 km | 24 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 14:41 | 8.9 km | 135 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 13:40 | 7.9 km | 134 km |
| 2.6 | 30.07.2026 10:33 | 16.2 km | 85 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 19:07 | 12.9 km | 95 km |
| 2.5 | 25.07.2026 03:02 | 13.9 km | 76 km |
| 3.0 | 23.07.2026 09:25 | 12 km | 73 km |
| 2.3 | 20.07.2026 19:27 | 11 km | 71 km |
| 2.5 | 20.07.2026 03:53 | 89 km | 67 km |
| 2.6 | 17.07.2026 09:51 | 8 km | 106 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 14:49 | 7.2 km | 31 km |
| 3.3 | 11.07.2026 21:41 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 2.7 | 05.07.2026 21:01 | 7.1 km | 70 km |
| 2.7 | 04.07.2026 06:12 | 18.2 km | 73 km |
| 2.5 | 02.07.2026 22:15 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 2.6 | 02.07.2026 21:54 | 5.6 km | 133 km |
| 3.0 | 02.07.2026 14:10 | 87.3 km | 126 km |
| 2.8 | 30.06.2026 14:47 | 9 km | 122 km |
| 4.2 | 30.06.2026 04:13 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 4.0 | 28.06.2026 22:08 | 74 km | 66 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.