2.3
12,939
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1904–2026
record span
2.49
mean magnitude
9,563
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 08.11.1905 22:06 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 7.2 | 19.02.1968 22:45 | 6.9 km | 223 km |
| 7.0 | 26.09.1932 19:20 | 10 km | 83 km |
| 7.0 | 04.04.1904 10:26 | 15 km | 126 km |
| 6.8 | 04.04.1904 10:02 | 15 km | 129 km |
| 6.7 | 30.11.1967 07:23 | 16.9 km | 215 km |
| 6.7 | 30.04.1954 13:02 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 6.6 | 06.08.1983 15:43 | 15.2 km | 170 km |
| 6.6 | 18.02.1911 21:35 | 15 km | 171 km |
| 6.6 | 18.01.1982 19:27 | 6.6 km | 145 km |
| 6.6 | 09.07.1980 02:11 | 13.2 km | 157 km |
| 6.5 | 08.03.1931 01:50 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 6.5 | 08.03.1957 12:21 | 10 km | 161 km |
| 6.5 | 13.05.1995 08:47 | 14.6 km | 121 km |
| 6.5 | 20.01.1905 02:32 | 15 km | 168 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 13.10.2026 09:51 | 5.3 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 17:30 | 9 km | 99 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 02:12 | 6 km | 36 km |
| 2.5 | 02.10.2026 04:06 | 15.2 km | 103 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 02:44 | 14 km | 106 km |
| 2.0 | 02.10.2026 01:33 | 9.9 km | 100 km |
| 2.5 | 01.10.2026 15:46 | 14.3 km | 105 km |
| 2.1 | 01.10.2026 05:52 | 16.7 km | 97 km |
| 2.5 | 30.09.2026 22:29 | 15 km | 99 km |
| 2.0 | 26.09.2026 15:08 | 5.5 km | 101 km |
| 1.7 | 25.09.2026 23:32 | 10.5 km | 110 km |
| 2.6 | 18.09.2026 14:46 | 18.1 km | 107 km |
| 2.7 | 13.09.2026 19:18 | 5.6 km | 91 km |
| 2.5 | 07.09.2026 11:10 | 11 km | 88 km |
| 2.2 | 05.09.2026 20:20 | 8 km | 97 km |
| 2.1 | 05.09.2026 09:43 | 9 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 05.09.2026 01:43 | 15 km | 137 km |
| 1.7 | 04.09.2026 03:50 | 9.8 km | 116 km |
| 1.2 | 02.09.2026 07:04 | 5.6 km | 98 km |
| 1.9 | 02.09.2026 06:15 | 3.4 km | 93 km |
| 1.9 | 01.09.2026 23:15 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 2.4 | 31.08.2026 04:13 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 1.7 | 29.08.2026 09:18 | 5.1 km | 111 km |
| 1.7 | 28.08.2026 14:02 | 5.5 km | 62 km |
| 1.2 | 28.08.2026 01:29 | 13.7 km | 91 km |
| 3.0 | 27.08.2026 09:33 | 2 km | 84 km |
| 1.2 | 24.08.2026 14:20 | 7 km | 113 km |
| 1.4 | 23.08.2026 20:40 | 11.5 km | 95 km |
| 1.1 | 22.08.2026 17:17 | 4.2 km | 69 km |
| 1.4 | 22.08.2026 16:56 | 7.9 km | 70 km |
| 1.4 | 22.08.2026 16:19 | 5.8 km | 72 km |
| 2.6 | 15.08.2026 14:06 | 13.2 km | 109 km |
| 3.2 | 15.08.2026 00:42 | 15.7 km | 75 km |
| 1.5 | 14.08.2026 08:48 | 3.8 km | 111 km |
| 1.3 | 08.08.2026 18:23 | 9.7 km | 76 km |
| 3.3 | 08.08.2026 14:43 | 14.1 km | 76 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 12:50 | 10.2 km | 63 km |
| 1.8 | 31.07.2026 20:17 | 10.5 km | 122 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 19:58 | 8.4 km | 109 km |
| 1.6 | 30.07.2026 16:08 | 7.4 km | 101 km |
| 1.3 | 29.07.2026 03:45 | 5.3 km | 100 km |
| 1.2 | 28.07.2026 23:35 | 5.4 km | 61 km |
| 3.8 | 28.07.2026 08:30 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 1.3 | 27.07.2026 16:40 | 8.9 km | 71 km |
| 2.5 | 13.07.2026 15:01 | 11.3 km | 113 km |
| 2.4 | 05.07.2026 01:03 | 12 km | 109 km |
| 2.3 | 04.07.2026 22:26 | 12 km | 107 km |
| 2.5 | 04.07.2026 11:24 | 6 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 04.07.2026 02:35 | 5.8 km | 86 km |
| 2.7 | 29.06.2026 23:24 | 15.3 km | 49 km |
| 2.6 | 17.06.2026 20:00 | 15 km | 126 km |
| 2.0 | 08.06.2026 00:48 | 6 km | 104 km |
| 2.2 | 07.06.2026 13:38 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 2.7 | 25.05.2026 16:10 | 7 km | 125 km |
| 2.6 | 15.05.2026 23:48 | 7 km | 124 km |
| 2.6 | 14.05.2026 09:54 | 13.9 km | 114 km |
| 2.5 | 10.05.2026 22:23 | 8.6 km | 117 km |
| 2.3 | 10.05.2026 11:10 | 12 km | 102 km |
| 3.1 | 03.05.2026 21:19 | 8 km | 120 km |
| 2.5 | 03.05.2026 20:45 | 13.7 km | 115 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.